Hey there! If any of you wonderful people happen to be at the Midwinter Gaming Convention this weekend we’ve got some great news. 1) If you want to be one of the first to get your copy of Inoka: we can help with that! We’ll be offering in-person pickup of your pledge at this convention. Just be sure to either email info@xyzgamelabs.com to let…
It’s here! Just before Christmas the final shipment of Inoka arrived from China. Honestly we weren’t expecting to get this until the 1st or 2nd week of January so THIS IS GREAT! If you need to update your address you have until January 15th to do so. (We’ll send out another reminder about that) Here are some pics of the shipment: What’s…
Happy Holidays, Everyone! With the Holidays around the corner, we hope you spend that time with family, friends, and fur friends. We also hope you can avoid those awkward questions and conversations with family (“When are you graduating?” or “Whatever happened to that person you brought home from last Christmas?”) YOU GET THE IDEA. So here are the top ten…
We are SO Thankful Thanksgiving is right around the corner the team at XYZ Game Labs would just like to give our thanks for helping us achieve some awesome milestones this year. 1. We went to some of our favorite conventions like Gen Con, Protospiel Chicago, Protospiel Madison, Midwinter Gaming Convention, ACEN, and Gaming Hoopla. 2. We donated copies of RobotLab to the Chicago…
Another year, Another IGD@YL All over the country, libraries host a free, game day where children and adults gather around to make crafts and to learn/play the hottest, newest, and even classic board games from the Library’s collection. We love this event because it’s free, it’s in our home town, we’ve loved working with the Chicago Public Libraries by donating…
We’ve got good news and bad news. We always do the bad news first… The Bad News: There were delays with the printer that were out of both our and their control. They’ve done right by us and recovered from those delays as fast as possible. Our original production complete date was to be Early October. Thanks to those delays,…
Haven’t Read chapter 3? you can find it here NATURE’S EMISARRY By Jordan Miller Ino approached the doorway of the hut and paused as she reached for the curtain. Suddenly she felt worried, knowing what she had to do and the responsibility resting on her shoulders. She could hear the crowd gathered outside. The drums played a steady thump-thump of…
Haven’t Read chapter 2? you can find it here Achkai Tournament By Jordan Miller Days went by, then weeks, months, years. The Inoka village grew at an amazing pace. Good weather led to bountiful harvests. The streams teemed with more than could be fished. Life was peaceful, and the Inoka were thankful for all that the forest provided. There was…
Haven’t Read chapter 1? you can find it here TELA & THE TREE by Jordan Miller Tela awoke with the sun high in the sky. Confused, she called out for Kirak, but got no response. As she rose to her feet, uneasy and disoriented, she took in her surroundings. She was lost. Strange, because she’s known every nook in every…
Ino and the Shaman by Jordan Miller Ino pulled back the intricate beaded curtain of the shaman’s hut and poked her head inside. The aroma of incense and burning herbs was strong and mildly dizzying. The shaman, her hair gray from age, was fussing over candles and incense when she heard the curtain being drawn. She lifted her head toward…