All Is Bomb has been a part of 2021 Solitaire Print and Play Contest that's been happening on Board Game Geek (BGG).

CONTEST THREAD

ALL IS BOMB BGG THREAD

The contest is now over and the results are in. I'm extremely happy with the placings of All Is Bomb, especially since this was primarily a game I made for me, to accommodate my own particular taste for solo games, only later I've heard about the contest and tried my luck - to see so many people enjoying it as well, offering their feedback and printing it out, can't really be described with words. I want to thank Igor Zuber, who's seen my obscure Facebook post back in the beginning of 2021 about how I'm making a new card game and contacted me about it - he's been of immense help, offered a lot of useful feedback and became a friend during the process. I also want to thank all of you who played the game, wrote me about it, commented in the thread, it kept me going and now I'm really happy about where AIB is as a game. The contest surprised me, the community that follows it is warm and friendly, nothing like what I've encountered in the years I've been designing games. Thank you!

YouTube reviewers' award for the best game - 1st place

Best video playthrough - 1st place
Best regular build - 3rd place
Best rule book - 4th place
Best graphic design - 5th place
Best low ink printing - 5th place
Best over all - 6th place
Best mechanics - 8th place
Best AI system - 9th place
Best original art - 11th place
Best use of theme - 15th place

About the future of All Is Bomb: some people in this contest have started offering their games as professionally printed products on Game Crafter. I must admit Game Crafter looks tempting, because it's a print-on-demand service and because I'd love to hold All Is Bomb in my hands as a professionally printed game. The downside of Game Crafter is that it's located in USA and it will probably take a while to get the test copy, before I can offer the product with confidence that it looks/feels good. If anyone has any other ideas what I can do with AIB in the future, please let me know. In any case, I'm already thinking about a new game that would take part in the 54-card contest on BGG, so expect to hear from me soon!

All the best, B