Ted Mann Schaller

@tedmannschaller.bsky.social

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Follow Counterpoint on Kickstarter: https://bit.ly/4bRqQWK Board game designer @ Square Cactus Games — Designing silly little card games to spread joy. 🃏 Product designer @ Halcyon — Helping drive green energy investment and development. 🔋

A glam shot of the Counterpoint box floating above a grid of playing cards and the text: “Only 24 hours left! Kickstarter”
A glam shot of the Counterpoint box and the text: “Only 48 hours left! Kickstarter”
The game box for Counterpoint, surrounded by sheet music, a violin, and a copy of Johann Joseph Fux's The Study of Counterpoint
A close up of an illustration of a yellow armadillo with a cute little scarf standing on a stool playing an ornately decorated piano.
A compilation video showing components in the card game, Counterpoint: Cards being shuffled, the rulebooks, a player's hand of cards, the music book full of challenges.
A close up photo of the Counterpoint box with a colorful display of the cards in the background.
A close up photo of the Counterpoint box with a colorful display of the cards in the background.
The colorful box for the game counterpoint floats above a sea of cards and music note tokens from the game.
The box for Counterpoint with three animal musicians adorning the cover!
A (rare) photo of me standing in front of the Vancouver convention center with the gorgeousness of North Vancouver and Grouse Mountain across the water!
Image of Counterpoint cover with an arrow pointing to the Terminal City Tabletop Convention logo
Stickers of each of the five characters in Counterpoint: the violet opossum first violinist, the green lizard second violinist, the blue boar violist, the yellow armadillo pianist, and the red mouflon cellist.
A table with gold table cloth and components and signs advertising the game Counterpoint.
A table set with a gold table cloth, two signs with info about my game, Counterpoint, and the components for the game neatly arranged.
A delightful illustration showing a lizard, armadillo, and opossum playing a piano trio. The text Counterpoint is shown below.
Duckie bags mid stamping. Going from only black, to black and yellow!
50+ cardboard punch sheets with a grid of bathtub tiles
A table with many hundreds of mini duckies and ziploc baggies
A bunch of small game bags in process of being stamped with cover art. They all say “Okay, Duckies, Now Let’s Get In Formation”
A board game designer with a table full of games and components. A blue table cloth, a number of yellow rubber duckies, cardboard tiles, cards and signs advertising the game Okay, Duckies, Now Let’s Get In Formation.
A blue rubber ducky with pink heart sunglasses and a gold chain. A pink ducky with black sunglasses and a gold chain.
A showcase photo of Okay, Duckies, Now Let’s Get In Formation. The game components including colorful tiles, yellow ducky miniatures, colorful cards, the rulebook, and the storage bag are arranged on a white marble tabletop.
Okay, Duckies, Now Let's Get In Formation. The board game! Lot's of little duckies, tiles, and cards laid out and ready for a diva ducky showdown!
A messy board game closet SLAMMED with games and a few coats as well.
A hand of cards with funny animal musicians at a table playing with other people
Mini rubber ducks on a grid of water tiles with a few cards.
A grey plate with a thick cut slice of sourdough toast topped with soft scrambled eggs next to a sunny window.
A glossy yellow omelette speckled with green tarragon and some oozy buttery goodness on a grey plate by a bright window.
A digital rendering of a trick-taking game. Various colored cards and musical notation tokens are littered across the screen.
A table with a prototype game board of a hex-map pond. A pile of yellow mini rubber duckies. One single blue mini rubber ducky.
A splayed deck of cards showing cute Japanese toys next to the red and white game box.
A smattering of components strewn across a black table. There are too many cards and wooden meeples and cubes and a board with a score track.
A hand of cards from the prototype of Counterpoint. Showing eight cards, three yellow, three pink, one red, and one purple. Additionally some hands in the background manipulating game pieces and gesturing.
A set of components for the game, Counterpoint. Includes various cards, music note tokens, and a book of scores.
Sample sign for a board game called 10s Across The Board. It shows three playing cards with blue robots, symbols for player count (3-5 players), time (45 mins), and age range (13+). The text says "It's time for a robot dance-off! Who can harness the most star power and be crowned a legendary dance-bot?!"