Demoing Five Men Standing to Euan at Made In Wairarapa- photo by Bruce Levy

Last weekend we were at the brilliant Made in Wairarapa expo, demonstrating Five Men Standing and handing out entries to the new colouring competition.

After the turmoil of recent months with earthquakes in the south and ongoing news of global financial calamities, it was inspiring to be part of such a positive, exciting experience, and to be able to see how many people are just getting on with life and creating innovative and intriguing work!

There were photographers and video-makers, creators of gorgeous furniture, printers, designers, boutique beers and luscious cup-cakes, superb olive oils and cheese and chocolate, books, pottery and… well, you get the idea! Continue reading “Made In Wairarapa roundup” »

I’m looking forward to participating in the Made In Wairarapa exhibition, which kicks off next weekend Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of August at the Genesis Centre in Masterton. It’ll be fascinating to find out more about what’s going on in my backyard, and meet the folk who make their living in all sorts of interesting ways.

We will, of course, also be there showing off our web, design and boardgame work, including Five Men Standing. If you pop by and have a play, you’ll score a voucher for $5 off the game itself or $2 off a Country Team Pack.

Hope to catch you there!

Developing a game can be a funny thing. Sure, you need to do lots of playtesting, but you also spend many hours working alone on concepts and graphics and manufacturing issues. After all that, it’s nice to actually get out and play the game with folks in the public!

To that end, we’ve created these demonstration & product display stands, and we’ve already had a team of demonstrators out in Auckland showing people how fast, fun and furious Five Men Standing is!

Last Friday I was in Lambton Key in Wellington showing it off with the able assistance of my son, and then Saturday was Queensgate Shopping Centre in Lower Hutt. While they both went well, Lambton Key was definitely the land of busy workers on their lunch-break, while Queensgate was more relaxed with shoppers out enjoying the weekend. Lots of positive response and good sales, and everybody quickly grasped the concept and so I played a LOT of games. It may have helped that there was a yummy jellybaby reward for anyone who beat me!

Still, one especially keen young girl came back three times before I said “No more jellybabies”… and still she played another five times! Lovely to have such an enthusiastic response.

We’ll be doing more Wellington and Auckland demos over the coming weeks, and I’ll also be showing off Five Men Standing  around the Wairarapa and at the “Made In Wairarapa” exhibition, so do pop by and say hi!

Cheers,
Minty Hunter
Five Men Standing co-inventor

Ps. If you can’t get to a demo, you can always find out how to play with this 60 second animated clip.