Hand-drawn card-game box with a halo and devil horns, cards fanned beside a convention badge
Completed2014–2020Games
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God Hates Games

The games company I started to publish my own games.

Role: FounderYears: 2014–2020
What it was

A tabletop games company. It published God Hates Charades and its expansions, plus Side Effects by Pillbox Games, and sold through Urban Outfitters.

Why it mattered

I didn't want to wait for a publisher for God Hates Charades, so I became one.

How it ended

COVID stopped shipping in 2020, and moving games got too expensive to keep going.

What it left behind

Two funded Kickstarters and games still on shelves at Walmart and Amazon.

Games

  • 2014–2020

    God Hates Charades

    Charades where you can talk. Just don't say the words. Kickstarted, then sold at Urban Outfitters.

  • 2018–2019

    Side Effects

    A take-that card game about treating your own disorders, designed by Pillbox Games. A 2019 SXSW Gamer's Voice finalist.

  • 2015

    Dinner Murder Party

    A party game released under the God Hates Games label.

  • 2019

    Baby Futures

    A storytelling game shown at PAX East 2019 and never released.

Milestones

  • Closed

    COVID stopped shipping, and moving games got too expensive.

  • Side Effects, and Baby Futures at PAX East

    Published Side Effects and showed Baby Futures.

  • PAX Unplugged

    Exhibited at the biggest tabletop convention in the US.

  • Dinner Murder Party

    The label's third game.

  • God Hates Charades on Kickstarter

    The first game, and the reason the company exists.

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