And now for something pretty cool.

Two quick upfront apologies. :)

1) If you already saw this on twitter or the Button Shy Blog, or the upcoming mailing list, sorry about the repeat info. But.. there is some  detail here that is specific to the Board Game of the Month Club (it's your discounts below!)

2) For the $20+ supporters, sorry for the second post in one day. I'm just home from work and can actually get things done for once and knocking it all out.

Now onto Button Shy Select. 

Button Shy Select are limited, short run, hand-numbered wallet games SELECTED by us for a SELECT few of you. 

Here's a quick history leading up to this announcement:

One of the original Button Shy core concepts was that making tiny  games allowed us to take chances that other publishers simply couldn't  take. Our risk was small and therefore we could make a game that wasn't  going to skyrocket on Kickstarter. But Kickstarter has become harder and  harder over the years as campaigns become more glossy, polished, lower  priced and loaded with stretch goals. Some of that is impossible for us,  especially with some of the quirkier, non-standard games that we like  to feature from time to time. 

In spending so much of our focus on the marketing end, I started to  miss the end where we do something fun and low stress, and where making  the game is more important than making the add-on material. So we came  up with Button Shy Select.

How to get your grubby hands on these.

The select games will be offered here first (see below). You guys keep us going, so you get first dibs of course. We're only printing 250 copies, and we have around 200 supporters here. I'm just not sure how many to expect the first time around.

And for our loyal PNP supporters, this will be available in PNP. There are no current limits on PNP availability.

You Fool!

Sorry, I wasn't trying to insult you. The first game in the Select series is You Fool!, a 3-4 player game about making a human pyramid of clowns, and trying not to be the only player not in the human pyramid.

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The game is highly social as players will secretly look at a movement  card and try to direct the active player on how to use that card.  Sometimes players will cooperate to make the pyramid together and other times they will straight up lie to secure their position.

Once the top 3 spaces of the pyramid are formed, the game ends. The  player not on the pyramid loses the game and, naturally, gets a pie to the face.

SELECTED BECAUSE: Unique player count (3-4 and best with 4 (for  optimal social play), circus theme (adorable but we know some of you are  afraid of clowns) and multi-player win condition.

SELECTED FOR: Groups that would enjoy a late night, convention style,  good time that has the rush of those Cosmic Encounter games where  everyone except one player wins EXCEPT much, much lighter (in both  complexity and physical weight).

You Fool! is available to our Patreon supporters from now until July 9th. On July 10th we will be releasing the remaining copies at 9:00AM EST. The games will ship that day. 

$1 Patrons use Patron1 for $1.00 off

$5 Patrons use Patron5 for $2.00 off

$10 Patrons use Patron10 for $5.00 off

$20 Patrons this will be our featured monthly game for July so you will get it unless you choose another. 

Here's the pre-order link: https://buttonshygames.com/products/you-fool-patreon-pre-order 

The pre-order is live now and we will remind you as it gets closer to the release if you want to jump in. We just want to make sure that you get first dibs. 

You Fool! at Origins 2017

The designers, Dr. Wictz will be at Origins in Columbus Ohio and  they've dedicated 12:00 noon on Friday 6/16 and Saturday 6/17 to  showcase the game before it is available. Follow @drwictz and @buttonshy  on twitter for the exact location as it gets closer.

More Select games?

There will be more as we have game submissions that are perfect for  it. Expect announcements here as things develop. Thanks!