Company News

Wattsalpoag to Premiere Fruit Fair at UK Games Expo, May 31 - June 1, 2008

(Seattle, USA -- May 21, 2008) Wattsalpoag Games will be at UK Games Expo in Birmingham for the first time this year. We will be demonstrating Wattsalpoag games at two tables near the JKLM booth.

We are happy to announce the world premiere of Fruit Fair at this year's Expo! In Fruit Fair, 3 to 5 players compete to be the first to pick fruit from four trees, and send it to the fair for prizes. Holding on to the majority of each fruit gives you a special benefit. But don't hold on too long, or another player will grab that gold medal you wanted! Fruit fair is appealing and accessible for the whole family, but with enough strategy to satisfy the serious gamers in the group.

Preproduction copies of Fruit Fair got good buzz at Spiel 07 in Essen, as well as at Alan Moon's Gathering of Friends. Come give it a try, and see what they were talking about.

We will also have our games from the past two years for Games Expo attendees to try: Claim It! is a game of rolling dice and claiming land in the gold rush days of the American west. Nomads of Arabia lets you collect wild camels, horses, donkeys and goats in the deserts of Arabia.

Come and play a game with the game designer and artist for Wattsalpoag Games. Our games will be sold at the JKLM booth nearby. So stop by and try one out, or just say Hi!

Visit Wattsalpoag at Gen Con So Cal, November 16-19, 2006

(Seattle, USA -- November 11, 2006) Wattsalpoag is attending Gen Con Southern California in Anaheim, USA. Visit us to help celebrate the US debut of Wattsalpoag, the latest addition to the board game industry. Play Claim It!, the first Wattsalpoag game, and preview Nomads of Arabia and Fruit Fight which will be released this winter.

Successful Debut at Spiel '06

(Seattle, USA -- October 27, 2006) Kris Gould, game designer and owner of Wattsalpoag Games, writes to us saying,

I am proud to announce that Wattsalpoag Games is now officially open for business, as of October 19, 2006!

Last week, Mike and Kristina and I went to Germany, to Spiel 06 - the enormous game convention in Essen, Germany. There we received the first commercial copies of Claim It!, one of three games that will begin Wattsalpoag's career. The other two: Fruit Fight and Nomads of Arabia, will hopefully be available before the year ends.

The convention was great! We sold about 100 games retail, and talked to several store owners and distributors who were excited about carrying Claim It! In addition to Germany, Britain, and France, we had inquiries from Italy, Israel, Belgium, Lithuania, Australia and Japan! Here in the states, Funagain Games (funagain.com) will be carrying our games.

Now we're back, and in addition to trying to get the other two games ready for manufacture, we are dealing with production, getting orders and getting games to dealers and distributors, setting up the financial and legal parts of the business, getting ready for another convention in California next month, promotions and reviews, and lots of etc.

Anyway, check out our web site and let me know what you think. Many thanks to Keith van Kirk, who designed and set up the website!

And huge amounts of thanks to Mike Raabe, who is taking time from painting and ripping up carpet to try to complete all the art for THREE GAMES (!!!) before the year ends. And to Kristina Raabe, who is not only handling all the contacts and information keeping (whew!), but whose knowledge of German kept us alive at Essen. Many many many many thanks to both of you!

So check out Wattsalpoag Games, and Have fun!

Visit Wattsalpoag at Spiel ’06 October 19-22, 2006

Wattsalpoag will be attending Spiel ’06 in Essen, Germany. Visit us in Hall 10, Booth 27 to help celebrate the debut of Wattsalpoag, the latest addition to the board game industry. Play Claim It!, the first Wattsalpoag game, and preview Nomads of Arabia and Fruit Fight which will be released this winter.

Wattsalpoag Releases Claim It!

(Essen, Germany -- October 18, 2006) Wattsalpoag announces the release of Claim It! at the company’s debut at Spiel ’06. Claim It! is the first game from the Bellevue, Washington, USA based board game company.

Claim It! is a press-your-luck style game set in the Gold Rush era of the American Old West. Players roll dice and claim spaces on the board. At any time you can stop and claim your spaces, or continue rolling and risk “going bust.” Spaces can be stolen from other players or permanently claimed to prevent loss. The player with the most contiguous spaces at the end of the game wins.

With an initial print run of 1000 games and a low price of US$24.00, Claim It! will be Wattsalpoag’s holiday favorite.