A cooperative game about taking direct action
Hello, and welcome! Disarm the Base is a board game. It's a relatively compact, lightweight cooperative game. It can be played by between one and four people, and lasts from 20 minutes (solo game) to 45 minutes. Together you need to find and disarm war planes on a base, both avoiding the guards and disarming... Continue Reading →
We have produced 500 copies of the game, and have around 150 left for sale. If you'd like to buy one, please email dissentgames@gmail.com. Each game costs £29, plus packaging and postage (£5 within the UK, £12 for EU, £16 for the rest of the world). It's possible to get two copies in one small... Continue Reading →
Disarm the Base has been a great project....but it's now time to move on and start something else. Current thoughts are for not one, but two (yes, TWO!) political games. Both would be quick card games. Both would be slightly silly. And you can follow the progress of both over at http://www.dissentgames.com. As well as... Continue Reading →
It's a month into the new year, and I still feel like it's Christmas. Apologies to everyone following for the complete lack of of blog posts! Most people who signed up to the Kickstarter will have received their copy. One game was returned in the post and has been resent, and another is making a... Continue Reading →
Most of the parcels have been sent out. Many of the UK ones will have got to their destinations by now, and hopefully the overseas parcels will make it in time for Christmas! I am now very well acquainted with my local post office. Each game is wrapped in tissue paper and newspaper, and those... Continue Reading →
The games have arrived. The instructions have arrived. Shipping starts....tomorrow.
Last week I went to a meeting of people working in peace education. I was the fun bit in a skill-sharing and networking day. They wanted an hour of something different, and I wanted one last playtest. Well, it works. (Thankfully.) I brought four samples and/or paper copies, and we had a mixture of groups... Continue Reading →
They’ve been ordered, and are in production. We thought we had them ready for ordering, but then spotted a typo...but they are done now, and might even be here by the end of the week...
I’ve started getting ready to send out the games. I have boxes and sellotape. I’ve mail merged and printed addresses. I have newspaper to pad the insides of the boxes. What I don’t have quite yet are the games. Don’t worry, I’m expecting them soon!
The badges have arrived!
I have another exciting photo for you. Here are the games, just before they were loaded into some sort of cargo container thing to come here. I’m VERY excited!
