The Full 2026 Stonemaier Games Lineup – Stonemaier Games

Typically I wait to announce new merchandise till a couple of weeks earlier than we’re able to launch and ship them, however yesterday I attempted one thing totally different: Taking inspiration from Nintendo Direct, Marvel Studios, and Garphill Games, I revealed our full 2026 product lineup on a YouTube and Facebook livecast, quarter by quarter.

There are a couple of causes I did this:

• I prefer to experiment with strategies and approaches we haven’t tried earlier than to see in the event that they really feel proper to us and are helpful/enjoyable for our viewers.
• Based on the standing of our 2026 merchandise, I’ve excessive ranges of certainty concerning the schedule. This isn’t all the time the case, even with our typical tough 3-year launch roadmap.
• Our 2026 is essentially pushed by expansions and new editions, so folks have already got loads of context for the assorted reveals.
• Previewing these merchandise helps me discover ways to speak about them clearly and succinctly whereas I gauge folks’s responses to totally different info and phrasing.

The methodology I used for the reveals was a premiere video by way of Streamyard (livecast concurrently on YouTube and Facebook), with the hyperlink posted round a day upfront and in a newsletter I despatched quarter-hour earlier than the livecast. I spent round quarter-hour per quarter, utilizing tangible visuals (playing cards, boards, artwork, and so forth) from virtually each product to convey the concept that these are actual merchandise that do/will exist.

During the reveals, I deliberately didn’t present the field covers and even the product names. This was only a preview; the complete reveal for these merchandise will come a lot nearer to their respective launches, and I feel it’s far too quickly for them to seem on BoardGameGeek. I answered some questions in regards to the merchandise, however I didn’t get into the weeds of card portions, sizes, pricing, and so forth.

At the tip of the video, I requested folks for suggestions on the format, and other people universally mentioned they favored that it supplied issues to stay up for all year long and the power to plan forward (particularly for expansions). Some mentioned that the preview felt like the alternative of a FOMO tactic, which isn’t one thing I had considered, however I used to be completely happy to listen to that.

Here’s a fast recap of what I revealed within the video:

• Q1: Wingspan enlargement (primarily based on the birds of Central and South America and the Caribbean; imaginative and prescient pleasant playing cards can be found as an add-on) and a Viticulture enlargement (a brand new 4-season board with the unique board on the again)
• Q2: Euphoria Essential (combines the enlargement with the core sport and gives a brand new board format with some guidelines tweaks; the board and guidelines will likely be out there individually for many who have already got Euphoria) and the primary Finspan enlargement (I previewed a shark card and a colourful fish)
• Q3: Scythe vs Expeditions 2-player dueling sport (this content material expands Scythe and Expeditions, and all Scythe factions/participant mats and Expeditions mechs/characters are appropriate with the dueling sport; there will likely be an add-on pack containing steel variations of the mechs and a plastic airship, which isn’t used within the dueling sport), a small-box, lighter Wingspan fowl expertise playable in round 3o minutes, and a mini-expansion to Origin Story (many extra superheroes)
• This autumn: The first Smoking Bones sport from artist and worldbuilder Andrew Bosley and a debut designer (see some info about the world here) and our model of Namiji (combines the core sport and the enlargement in a traditional field measurement with accessibility updates)
• reprints for the Nesting Box and Rolling Realm promos (different reprints for out-of-stock merchandise are depending on demand as indicated by back-in-stock requests on our webstore)

There are visuals and particulars within the video, and I’m completely happy to reply some questions within the feedback.

We ship semi-monthly newsletters for a lot of of our video games that embrace future teasers and particulars, current opinions and content material, and extra. Here is the newest version of every replace; every features a hyperlink to subscribe for those who’d like to remain in contact.

Last, right here is the complete preview video. What did you concentrate on this experiment?

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