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SurprisedStare

@SurprisedStare

We design and publish games that people want to play again and again; games that are colourful, rich in theme and detail, innovative and, most importantly, fun!

Joined February 2020
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SSG at Attack! 2024, 20-21 July

SSG at Attack! 2024, 20-21 July

We have tables at Attack! 2024 this weekend (20-21 July 2024) at Devizes in Wiltshire.This is a large wargame show, and Dave Mortimer and I will be there with our Surprised Stare Games goodies. So,...

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June 2024 conventions

June 2024 conventions

UK Games Expo 2024June started with UK Games Expo. Well, more accurately, May ended with it, but I always think of Expo being a June thing. This year we had a relatively bijou stand, as you can see...

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SSG at UK Games Expo 2024

SSG at UK Games Expo 2024

The UK's biggest games extravaganza, UK Games Expo, takes place between 31 May and 2 June 2024 - only a week to go!Surprised Stare Games will be there as usual; we've had a stand at Expo for every...

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Mission Command: Normandy - Pushing in a German Outpost 2

This post is a session report for Mission Command: Normandy, our WW2 miniatures ruleset. However, it is deliberately incomplete, as I don't want to give away too much about the Intro Scenario, in...

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The Cousins' War board game on Brain of Britain! #newblogpost #BrainOfBritain #warsoftheroses #boardgame #surprisedstare wix.to/pnWuuaS
The Cousins' War on Brain of Britain

The Cousins' War on Brain of Britain

Our game, The Cousins' War by David J Mortimer has hit the big-time! We have featured as a question in Heat 10 of the Brain of Britain quiz show broadcast on Monday 16 October 2023.The question was:...

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War of the 3 Sanchos: last couple of days on Gamefound! We're on the last sprint and need YOUR support. Please nip over to our Gamefound page. You can also pick up a bargain - Ming Voyages, and Cousins' War are available for a hefty discount. #boargames gamefound.com/projects/ssg/3…
War of the 3 Sanchos by Surprised Stare Games - Gamefound

War of the 3 Sanchos by Surprised Stare Games - Gamefound

Conflict Between Cousins in the Time of El Cid. War of the 3 Sanchos is the 4th game in our popular Pocket Campaigns series. You are 1 of 3 King Sanchos, fighting for control of castles and towers...

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War of the 3 Sanchos Solo Play Through 20:00 today 5 August 2023 on twitch.tv/surprisedstaregame…
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I love the @SurprisedStare pocket campaign games. Ming Voyages is my favourite so far but they're all excellent. This is a auto back game. gamefound.com/projects/ssg/3…
War of the 3 Sanchos by Surprised Stare Games - Gamefound

War of the 3 Sanchos by Surprised Stare Games - Gamefound

Conflict Between Cousins in the Time of El Cid. War of the 3 Sanchos is the 4th game in our popular Pocket Campaigns series. You are 1 of 3 King Sanchos, fighting for control of castles and towers...

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Our latest Pocket Campaigns boardgame, War of the 3 Sanchos is now LIVE on Gamefound: gamefound.com/projects/ssg/3…
War of the 3 Sanchos by Surprised Stare Games - Gamefound

War of the 3 Sanchos by Surprised Stare Games - Gamefound

Conflict Between Cousins in the Time of El Cid. War of the 3 Sanchos is the 4th game in our popular Pocket Campaigns series. You are 1 of 3 King Sanchos, fighting for control of castles and towers...

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Latest blog post, celebrating our stand #UKGamesExpo surprisedstaregames.co.uk/si…
SSG at UKGE!

SSG at UKGE!

At this year’s Expo we will be presenting our Pocket Campaigns series of games variously designed by David J Mortimer and Alan Paull, Lux Aeterna (Tony Boydell’s solitaire SF game), as well as our...

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April 2022 Kingmaker update on the Surprised Stare Games blog: surprisedstaregames.co.uk/si…

Making of Kings, April 2022 update

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/tabletop-gaming-magazine-podcast-season-2-is-here/ https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Back-Issues/tabletop-gaming/issue-65 April 2022 sees a couple of...

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SSG is looking for helpers for our stand at UK Games Expo in June 2022. Would you be willing to help demo our games? If so, we'll be able to provide a hotel room and additional benefits. If you're interested, please email me at [email protected] for further details.
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See you all at AireCon 2022! surprisedstaregames.co.uk/si…

AireCon 2022

Surprised Stare will be at AireCon 2022 in Harrogate from Friday 11 March to Sunday 13 March. We'll be setting up on the Thursday afternoon at stand G9. For the first time, we'll have all 3 of our...

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Proud to be the 33rd 😎 on @BackerKit for Ironclads: Space Battles in the Victorian Aether. Thanks @tripleacegames ironclads.backerkit.com/comm…
Proud to be the 33rd 😎 on @BackerKit for Ironclads: Space Battles in the Victorian Aether. Thanks...

Proud to be the 33rd 😎 on @BackerKit for Ironclads: Space Battles in the Victorian Aether. Thanks...

Check out Ironclads: Space Battles in the Victorian Aether on BackerKit!

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My stab at gaming goals for 2022... surprisedstaregames.co.uk/si…

Gaming Goals for 2022

Following in the footsteps of seemingly everybody else, I thought I’d trace out some gaming goals for 2022. In my experience, this trace will morph into many other alternatives, regardless of my...

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Wargame complexity. A new post on Something To Do With Games surprisedstaregames.co.uk/si…
Wargames – increasing complexity?

Wargames – increasing complexity?

A caricatured view of the history of wargames suggests that there was a Golden Age when there were very few wargames around, and they were relatively simple to find out about and get to grips with....

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A post about Kingmaker redevelopment... surprisedstaregames.co.uk/si…
Another Kingmaker Milestone

Another Kingmaker Milestone

I've handed over the redeveloped Kingmaker prototype to Gibsons Games down in Sutton. This marks a line-drawn-under-it moment in terms of development. Now, we enter into the production phase...

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Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk game design.

Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk game design.

A comparison of professional wargaming and recreational wargaming design processes2019 was a very important year for professional wargames design, because it saw the publication of Graham Longley-B...

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Tony's been on the BBC! surprisedstaregames.co.uk/si…
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