Author: Theodore Wisniewski

Scivatan

Scivatan, also known as the “Mountain Empire,” holds lands primarily amongst the largest mountain range on the planet of Bryche, the setting of Project Aleutian. The mountain range is rich in a yellow crystal that remains hot and never seems to cool down. It was used early in the nation’s history to keep their mountain […]

Navaire

Navaire is a coastal nation on the planet of Bryche, the setting of Project Aleutian. As a coastal nation with a rich naval tradition, they are well known as experts in navigation. As such, they are renowned makers of traditional compasses that use the magnetic field of Bryche to aid in traversal of the seas […]

New Nations

I’ve developed two new nations that I’ve started playtesting along the existing four. Their abilities are aimed at adding some interesting interactions between the different players such as swapping cards and triggering espionage. It will also add some more variety to the different nation ability combinations when playing with four players.

Welcome Madelyn!

I’m excited to announce our new partnership with Madelyn Hogrebe, @heartoflakesandmountains, who is on contract, as of this week, to be the concept artist for Project Aleutian! After several weeks of discussing the scope and theme, last week was my first time showcasing the game to her and showing some physical cards.  We can’t wait […]

Experimenting with Grunge

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been experimenting with some different looks for the design and layout of the card fronts. One thing that I started experimenting with were grunge textures in Inkscape to get a bit of a weathered and organic paper look. When applied to other symbols, I also found that grunge […]

Project Aleutian V10

I got to work incorporating some feedback from the prototype con over the last couple of weeks into Project Aleutian. This was focusing on some of the mechanics and balance of the game. Luckily, it didn’t require a complete reprint of Project Aleutian, the adjustments were mostly centered on the points in the stone cloud […]

Dice Tower West 2024

It was a fun weekend at Dice Tower West this year with a lot of exciting games and other prototypes being showcased! I am so thankful to everyone who took the time to play Project Aleutian! During Project Aleutian’s two playtesting sessions I got a lot of great input and feedback that will be instrumental […]

Getting Ready for DTW 2024

After a couple months of testing with the previous version (V08) of Project Aleutian, we’re implementing feedback and updating some of the card graphic design elements to make some aspects of the game clearer. We’re excited to test this new version (V09) with a few rule tweaks in preparation for Dice Tower West in two […]