{"id":39882,"date":"2016-07-13T16:28:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T23:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=39882"},"modified":"2016-07-13T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T23:28:31","slug":"upcoming-skyboats-knows-way-wind-blows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2016\/07\/13\/upcoming-skyboats-knows-way-wind-blows\/","title":{"rendered":"The upcoming Skyboats knows which way the wind blows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t normally post Kickstarter campaigns, because I prefer getting excited about finished games that are currently available.  But Brain Good Games doesn&#8217;t normally announce a new title.  The creators of the minimalist and clever Axes and Acres are looking for support for Skyboats, which seems to be abandoning the minimalist part of the equation.  They&#8217;ve launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1279797925\/skyboats-sail-the-skies\">Kickstarter campaign<\/a> and a page on Steam&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=722471168\">Greenlight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Skyboats is what us boardgamers call &#8220;pick up and deliver&#8221;, but the twist is that a skyboat doesn&#8217;t just go where it wants to go.  A skyboat is at the mercy of the wind.  The flow of goods is dictated by the wind patterns, which are in turn dictated by the flow of goods.  If you&#8217;re not convinced, you probably haven&#8217;t tried Axes and Acres.  You can get it <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/448910\/\">here<\/a> and I&#8217;ll walk you through the basics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-nslipmdYkU\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t normally post Kickstarter campaigns, because I prefer getting excited about finished games that are currently available. But Brain Good Games doesn&#8217;t normally announce a new title. The creators of the minimalist and clever Axes and Acres are looking for support for Skyboats, which seems to be abandoning the minimalist part of the equation. 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