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Blue background with hex shapes. Headline is maroon text on a gold background and reads Gen Con Events. Below it is an image of the cover of Dog Eat Dog, which features a red pitbull with a spiked collar holding a balance scale between its teeth with coins in one and a humanoid figure in the other. Next to the image of the book is a headshot of a young man in a collared white shirt. He has light brown hair and is smiling. Below the photo are the words Sold out event in white text rimmed in scarlet. Below this text are the words, with Evan Devenney. At the bottom of the page are scarlet words which read Thursday: 2-5 PM.
Header reads Gen Con Events in maroon text highlighted in gold. Below it in red text are the words First Exposure Playtest Hall. Below that is a blue box with black header text Dwell. Beneath the header is smaller maroon text which reads Thursday: 8-10 AM, Friday: 8-10 AM and 4-6 PM, and Saturday: 12-2 PM. Next to the blue box is a circular photograph of a person with shoulder-length black hair and fair skin wearing a navy polo. Beneath the photo is a small header of maroon text highlighted in gold. It reads With designer Lien Tran. The background of the graphic is a lightened version of the Dwell board, which features a city-plan-like graphic with lines and dots connecting different cartoon building images.
A group of three people sit around a circular table with a black tablecloth. The components for Hydrologic Cycle are spread out in the middle.
Graphic of an internet browser window. The outline is simplistic and colored maroon. Three circular buttons in the top left are red, gold, and light blue. In the center of the graphic is a white space with black letters. It reads, Find CMich Press Games on BGG and RPGG! Update your lists and leave a review!
Light blue background. Maroon text reads Join CMich Press for demos at... next to this text is the logo for Good Games, a game store. The word good is in lowercase navy font, and the word games is in lowercase light gray font. A navy dragon with three gray cards and a pair of navy dice. Below the logo is maroon text which reads Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday 6-11. Around the text are game cover images for The New Way, The Blue Way, Witch Hunt: 1649, Keep the Faith, and Line By Line.
A map of the Gen Con Exhibit Hall with a maroon overlay forms the background of the graphic. Maroon text highlighted in gold reads Find CMich Press at Booth 2758, and a maroon arrow points towards one section of the map grid. Images of the game boxes for Making History, Witch Hunt 1649, Keep the Faith, and game books for Dog Eat Dog, Princess with a Cursed Sword, and The Mountain Witch surround the words.
Background is light blue with the outline of hexagons. A yellow banner with maroon text reads Gen Con Events. Below it is an image of the game box for Keep the Faith. Next to the box is a headshot of a woman with short dark curly hair, fair skin, and a stuffed golden dragon on her shoulder. Beneath her image is another smaller gold banner with maroon text which reads with Veronica Gregory. Below this banner is a list of dates written in scarlet. The first reads Friday, 9-11 AM. The second reads Saturday, 3-5 PM. Both of these have smaller lighter red text next to them which read Sold Out Event!
Light blue background with hexagon pattern. A small golden banner with maroon text reads Gen Con Events. Below the banner is the cover for The Mountain Witch. Next to the cover is a headshot of a woman with long curly dark hair, glasses, and fair skin. Below the picture is a small golden banner with maroon letters which reads, with Celeste Bloodreign. Below that is a line of dark red text which reads Friday, 7 to 11 PM. A smaller, lighter red line of text reads Sold Out Event! Below that is a dark red line of text which reads Saturday, 7 to 11 PM. Another smaller, lighter red line of text reads Sold Out Event!
Golden background with black text at the top. It reads Podcast Drop! Below it is a screenshot of a Youtube video. There are two video boxes in the window and a title at the bottom that reads, Inside Boardgames, Center for Learning through Games and Simulations. The channel name is G3 Boardroom. The video box on the left shows a light-skinned man with short gray hair, glasses, and a black polo. The video box on the right shows a light-skinned man with short gray hair, glasses, and a gray shirt with the Central Michigan University press logo.
A drawn map with green moors, a light blue river, a small village, a cave, and a castle is the background for this image. At the forefront are a couple of lines of white text which reads Thank you for supporting The Blue Way.
Photograph of game components on a table. The board and cards for the game Hydrologic Cycle are laid out in the center of the image. The board shows various water repositories and arrows connecting them to each other. Cards with names for the transport processes marked by the arrows and names for the repositories dot the board. Around this game are markers and other games like Making History, Monumental Consequence, and Five Hundred Year Old Vampire.
The game Hydrologic Cycle is laid out on a long wooden table in a bright airy room with lots of windows and teal walls.
Blue background. Big white text at the top of the graphic reads Unlocked in capital letters. Below the word are the card backs for the two new decks for The Blue Way. The card deck on the left features a portrait of a humanoid with long hair and a single blue eye. A crown made of little blue squares lines the top of its head and blue paint drips down its face. The card deck on the right features a human skull with a big blue square in the middle of its forehead and decorative rectangles made of smaller squares on opposite sides of the image.
White text reads 1 day left! The background of the graphic is blue. An illustration of a skull with a blue square on its forehead is positioned on the left side of the graphic. On the right side is a cluster of translucent rainbow dice with magenta numbers.
Blue background. In the upper left, a cover for the game The New Way is visible. It is mostly black with a light red outline of a compass and the words The New Way A game by Allen White in a light maroon. Next to the cover is a cluster of white text which reads Stretch Goal 2: Unlocked! A maroon and gold arrow points from the words to the cover. Below this cluster of items, a new card back for The Blue Way is visible in the lower right corner. It is a portrait of a human figure with a dripping blue crown. Their only facial feature is a single blue eye. There is a cluster of white text to the left which reads, Stretch Goal 3: Revealed! with a maroon and gold arrow pointing towards the card back.
Blue text reads 2 Days Left! Behind it is the box image from The Blue Way. It features two human figures on cloudy brown background standing one behind the other. The figure in the back only has one bright blue eye visible. It reaches around the front figure and paints their face completely blue. The tips of the figure in the back's fingertips are outstretched and hauntingly blue.
Light blue background. Two golden speech bubbles with maroon outlines are centered in the design. The top speech bubble asks in black text, Are you on Discord? The bottom speech bubble states, We are!
Black header text says Game Night at the Library. Smaller text beneath it says, Explore own games available for you to play at the Mackinac Island Public Library! Tuesday July 14, 6:30 to 8:30, Mackinac Island Public Library. RSVP at astonge at mackinacislandlibrary.org. Hosted by the Mackinac Island Public Library and Central Michigan University's Center for Learning through Games and Simulations. In the background is a faded photograph of dice on a teal board. The logo for the CLGS is in the bottom right corner.
Three people sit at a round black table. The components for The Blue Way, which include a central black and white printed map, printed character sheets with character portraits on top, and a deck of cards in the center, are laid out on the table in front of them.
Two light-skinned men with glasses smile in a selfie. The man on the left has shoulder-length gray-white hair and a purple lanyard around his neck. The man on the right has short grey hair and is wearing a maroon shirt.
A textured portrait of a young man with pale skin, short tousled brown hair, and light eyes. Blue paint is splattered over the top of his head, and a cluster of pixel-like blue squares frame the top and bottom of his right eye. At the bottom of the graphic is a blue rectangle with white text spelling out the word The Castaway.
Dark maroon background. A compass is drawn in dark tones of red. In front of it in pale pink letters are the words The New Way. Smaller letters at the bottom of the graphic say, A game by Allen White.
Light blue background with hexagons. In the top left, a gold banner with maroon text reads Gen Con Events. Below it is the cover of the Princess with a Cursed Sword collection of journaling games. Across the bottom of the cover is a line of red text that looks like it is glowing. It reads, Sold Out Event! Next to the book image is a headshot of a young person with short light brown hair, glasses, and fair skin. The round gray logo for TTRPGkids is positioned next to and slightly above this headshot. Below the headshot is a shorter golden banner with maroon text which reads with Steph Campbell. Below this banner is another line of red text, this time darker, which reads Saturday 1 to 2 PM.
Light blue background with hexagon shapes. At the top left is a short gold banner with maroon letters. It reads Gen Con Events. Below it is the game box for Making History. Next to the box is a headshot of a man with short gray hair, glasses, and fair skin. Below his picture is a small golden banner with maroon letters which reads with Jonathan Truitt. Below this banner is a line of red text white reads Trade Day, 4 to 5 PM.
At the top of the graphic is a logo for Break Our Games. The title is laid out in bold maroon letters. Next to the title is a graphic of two six-sided dice tumbling in the middle of a maroon rectangle that is fracturing at opposite corners. Below this graphic is black text which spells out, Modern Explorers Guild, July 10, 5 to 7 PM. In the background of the entire image is a faded photograph of pawns and dice on a game board.
Golden envelope graphic with white letter coming out of top. On the letter there is maroon text which reads, Newsletter drop! Read our June newsletter at CMichPress dot com slash news. Sign up for our mailing list at the link in bio!
White text on a light blue background reads Why are you excited about a curriculum guide? There are quotations around the question as if it is spoken aloud.
Black headline text on a blue rectangle reads Share a Game at the Library. Above it is a smaller white rectangle with black text which reads Bring your favorite OR your own creation! Below the headline is a wider white rectangle with black text outlining the details of the event. It is Tuesday, July 7th from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Mackinac Island Public Library. RSVP astonge@mackinacislandlibrary.org. Below the rectangle, there is smaller black text which reads, Hosted by the Mackinac Island Public Library and Central Michigan University's Center for Learning through Games and Simulations. The logo for the CLGS is in the lower right corner.
Background shows a series of CMich Press art from Five Hundred Year Old Vampire, Rising Waters, Hydrologic Cycle, Dog Eat Dog, and Monumental Consequence. It is faded to stay in the background. At the forefront is a maroon rectangle with white text. It reads, Sign up for the CMich Press Newsletter, monthly updates on game launches, projects, and more! A small golden envelope graphic hovers in the upper right corner of the rectangle.
White text reads Stretch Goal Unlocked. Behind the text is the cover art from The Blue Way, which is an image of two people standing in a brown background. They both are featureless. They stand with one figure slightly in front of the other, and the back figure is wiping bright blue paint over the front figure's face.
Four young people stand together smiling in front of a beautiful mosaic tile fireplace. The person in the back holds a small golden stuffed dragon with a maroon sweater and a big golden C in the middle.
Background is light blue with the outline of hexagons. A yellow banner with maroon text reads Gen Con Events. Below it is an image of the game box for Monumental Consequence. Next to the box is a headshot of a woman with glasses, fair skin, and long dark hair. Beneath her image is another smaller gold banner with maroon text which reads with Kyla Stepp. Below this banner is a list of dates written in scarlet. The first reads Trade Day, 10-11 AM. The second reads Thursday, 10-11 AM. The third reads Saturday, 2-3 PM.
At the top of the graphic is a logo for Break Our Games. The title is laid out in bold maroon letters. Next to the title is a graphic of two six-sided dice tumbling in the middle of a maroon rectangle that is fracturing at opposite corners. Below this graphic is black text which spells out, Modern Explorers Guild, July 10, 5 to 7 PM. In the background of the entire image is a faded photograph of pawns and dice on a game board.
Light blue hexagon background pattern. There is a golden circle with a simple graphic of a piece of paper with a magnifying glass over the top. Above the circle are maroon words which say, check out this opportunity.
White text on a dark background reads, With your help, The Blue Way has met its initial goal on BackerKit! Thank you for your support! Let's keep going and unlock stretch goals! The dark background is a faded image of The Blue Way's cover art, which features one human figure standing behind another and painting dripping blue paint over its face. There are little faded blue and white confetti flakes behind the words, as well.
The Blue Way logo is superimposed on top of a collage of six human portraits in soft shades of brown. Uneven streams of blue paint interrupt each image. Below this graphic is a strip of dark brown. On top of this strip is white text which reads, A bleak, gritty narrative tabletop fantasy storytelling game about colonialism and lost stories.
Royal blue background. There is a column of white text on the left side which reads, Cross-collaboration with Chancers by Jaunty Goblin Games. Next to this column is a card back which features a portrait of a skull created in shades of dark gray. A blue square sits in the center of its forehead and two rectangles composed of checkerboard-like small blue squares float in the top right and the bottom left of the image. Below the card back is a cluster of several dice. They are all translucent, with magenta numbers and green and blue specks.
A navy shirt is foregrounded against a royal blue background. In the upper left, a strip of white text highlighted in maroon reads, New add-on. The art for The Blue Way is on the back of the navy shirt. It shows two human figures standing with one in front of the other. The figure in the back is reaching forward to paint over the front figure's face with dripping blue paint. Below the art is white text which reads The Blue Way. The word Blue is in blue. Below the text are two logos: one is for Central Michigan University Press, and one is for the Scholarship and Lore series. The Press logo is entirely white and is composed of a simplistic tower design with the text beneath it. The Scholarship and Lore logo has a white dragon with a monocle peering over the edge of an open book. The words Scholarship and Lore are on the cover of the book.
Black text reads The Blue Way Launches Today! The word Blue is blue instead of black. The background is a collage of human portraits in brown tones. Stripes of blue mark each picture like dripping paint.
A portrait of two figures standing one in front of the other. They are only visible from the neck up, with the rest of their bodies disappearing into a dark brown background. The figure in the back only has one blue eye in its face and a halo of dark short hair. It reaches two hands around either side of the figure in the front and covers its face in a dripping splotch of blue paint. Below in the left corner is blue text which reads, Launching Tomorrow.
Black letters on a golden background say Podcast Drop! Below the text is a screenshot of Space-Biff's website. A red banner across the top of the page has Space Biff written in black letters. A cartoon monk with a quill, book, and coffee is positioned in the right corner. Below the header is a blog entry titled Space-Cast Number 56: Keep Your Shirt Tucked In. The page is mostly white with dark gray text.
Maroon text reads Heading to Origins? Find Keep the Faith at Booth 1803: Indie Press Revolution! Maroon arrows outlined in yellow point at the box of Keep the Faith to the right of the letters. The box shows two hooded figures standing in a dark room with their hands held forward in a triangular gesture. The background is mostly light blue with a faint illustration of three candles.
Maroon background with a large cartoon graphic of a golden magnifying glass. In the bottom right corner, maroon text highlighted in pale pink reads Where can you find CMich Press Games? Navy text highlighted in light blue, which is centered within the lens of the magnifying glass, reads Total Escape Games, Broomfield, Colorado.