Blaž Urban Gracar (Letibus Design)

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letibus.com blazgracar.com/blaz Herd out now! Game designer of LOK, LOK Digital, Abdec, Workworkwork, Herd, All Is Bomb // Making music for theatre, keyboardist, electronic producer as Blaž // Some other stuff as well // he/him

An upright piano and 2 microphones recording it
A screenshot of the YouTube playlist: Abdec - Part 5: Nothing Makes Sense Anymore Abdec - Part 6: These Hints Mean Nothing Abdec - Part 7: This Book Should Be Banned
DoE box
Herd game opened up on the Top Deck Games table
A new book of LOK in my hand
an artwork from the new edition
A puzzle from a new LOK expansion
Blaž drinking a mango drink on a beach
Plac new version of faces - eyes on top of the whole block structure
Got 00:53 in the Carrot Kingdom
All Is Bomb card Hate Mail: Discard a royal from the deck / equipped cards / display. Put this card into the display
Skygli: Here's my review of the game for anyone on the fence. Herd is another amazing puzzle-discovery game by Letibus. I'm tempted to call it my favourite game they have made, like I did with WorkWorkWork; however, I'm sure they will top it again. As with the rest of their catalogue, it reinvents what has been done before. I love the direction of rather than having the rule-discovery be in the basic rules, but the interactions within those rule. A great example is the hunt for the key. It was an amazing moment. However, there is one rule that is left entirely to be discovered which made my jaw drop. The secret rule is a genius way of ending the book. It really gives the rest of the book life. I also love the theming of this book. The difficulty of the puzzles make it really feel like a journey. The few bits of text we get at the end of chapters are beautiful, especially the Singularity. I love the odes to the other puzzle games like Lok and abdec on the side of the box. They were fun additions. I love the figures that come with the physical book. They feel really good to stack; although, a Shepherd on Shepherd feels clunky. In summary, this is another great book by Letibus you should buy now.
a big puzzle from puzzle book PLAC with some sort of liquid on top of the grid
a plac puzzle that contains some sort of liquid
A cat eating food out of a bowl
Heretic card from All Is Bomb with text “discard a prophet from the deck / equipped cards”
An illustration from AIB showcasing a sentient spark on top of a wick
2 loks carrying shovels in a grid with E, U, M & G letters.
A PLAC puzzle
A mobile screenshot of the PNP file of the All Is Bomb cards
My attempt to explain the limitation through exclusively visual language of the puzzle format
A PLAC puzzle showing placing a piece into the grid.
5 creatures from 4 Letibus games: an Abb, a Worker, a Sheep, a Shepherd, a Lok / and the title HAPPY EASTER LETIBUS!
A shot of the Abdec book
2 All Is Bomb cards - Titan Head and Titan Heart
Abdecs are currently sold out
An orange cat
A play session of the newly printed AIB cards
A puzzle/illustration depicting a broom
A puzzle/illustration depicting a piano roll
Herd in the store, with a paper slip saying: "Herd, the most recent puzzle game from Slovenian designer Blaž Gracar, is tactile and confounding. It is cute as all get out, but don't mistake that to mean it's easy. Herd is fiendishly difficult."
A cat in a box besides boxes of puzzle books
A Workworkwork variant puzzle, made as a celebration for WWW getting the Thinky Award for the Best Paper and Pen Puzzle
Herd puzzle mimicking microban 1
The award banner for Workworkwork
Oeuf merch: an origami slip, origami instructions, 10 stickers
A shot of Onirim in play
Me playing on a synth, sporting quite an interesting facial expression
“The 3rd Annual Thinky Awards” banner
Herd figurines on piano keys
A cat sleeping among LOKs, Abdecs and Workworkworks
Nightwalk puzzle no4
Title page: Nightwalk
Herd figurines on a dock
Herd figurines in frosted grass
Herd figurines on the coast