Get ready, folks! Set your calendars for August 11th, because that’s when our beloved sportsball boardgame, Breakaway Football, will be available via Crowd Sale on TheGameCrafter.com website! A Crowd Sale is similar to a Kickstarter, but the amount you pay for the product goes down the more people buy it. […]
Mark Burlet
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A review on the popular board game site BoardGameGeek.com dished out some serious love for Breakaway Football this week. Regular contributor Clinton Paris lavished praise on our little endeavor, calling it a “Hidden Gem” and a “rousing success on many levels.” Not that we don’t agree with him, but it’s […]
Uplink Underground’s own Arthur Franz appeared on a couple recent podcasts to talk about our projects and game design in general. Check them out below! Indie Board Game Designers podcast: Art appeared on Episode 43 (40:32) of this podcast that focuses on indie designers and their products and processes. He […]
Brainchild of Arthur Franz, our resident football guru, Hurry-Up Offense is an excellent dice-based simulation of the last 2 minutes of a football game. One player serves as the offensive play-caller, trying to lead their team (trailing by 4 points) down the field to score the winning touchdown. The opponent […]
This is a question we recently posed to ourselves, and to the world in general: Why is there not a quality Mardi Gras-themed board game out there? Well, there is no good answer to this. The only thing to do is fix the problem. Which is what we, as native […]
Alright folks, we are approaching the finish line… or rather, time is running out and the finish line is way up there, in the distance, mocking us with its seeming unreachableness. However, whether we are able to sprint forward and break that metaphorical tape, or are left staring, forlorn, at the […]
After one week, the Kickstarter campaign for Breakaway Football is around 25% funded! Definitely looking forward to delivering this game to all our amazing donors. Of course, we’ve got a long way to go and a long time to get there (23 more days!), so now is no time to rest […]
A little excited here at Underground HQ as we ramp up to our first Kickstarter campaign! Breakaway Football will be launching soon (September!) and we want you to be a part! Stay tuned for updates…
We live in interesting times. Between the jarring clatter of the morning alarm and the constant buzz of modern communication, it might be difficult to locate and preserve moments of sanity and simple enjoyment. And time is a valuable, but fleeting commodity that seems to be increasingly more difficult to […]