As part of the process of developing the game that has become Mechanisms, I built a bunch of prototypes. There’s the Tabletop Simulator mod, and a couple of versions on Screentop.gg, and I’m partway through a Tabletop Playground version for Protospiel Online.

But it’s never really a tabletop game until you have cards and chonky bits in your grubby little hands, is it? So I made a Print and Play, which has now had enough printing and playing done that I’m comfortable showing it to you. I recommend the 77mm components, but the 60mm ones are there if you have a small table or just prefer smaller cards and tiles in general.

A good friend of mine is even helping me test setting up a Cricut design so that I don’t have to cut 199 components out by hand every time (You don’t either, by the way – the P&P is organized so you can just cut out what you need as you need it) (but it’s still a lot of cutting).

In addition to the P&P version, I went ahead and laid out and ordered copies from two online game prototyping services – The Game Crafter and AdMagic’s Print and Play. I’m very interested to see how the two compare, but at the end of the day I don’t think I’ll need both on hand.

It occurred to me today that maybe someone might want one, even if it’s just to start the wood furnace (kidding – please don’t burn my baby!). So I’ve decided that once I have had a chance to look both of them over, I’ll give one of the two away, as a small thank you to you folks who’ve supported me as I’ve been figuring out this design.

I expect I’ll have the two copies in hand sometime in June, after which I’ll draw for a winner. Depending on interest levels, I might even scrounge up a few other goodies to give out as consolation prizes.

If you’re interested, join the Perfect Minute Games Discord server and react to the giveaway announcement (in the pinned posts in #mechanisms-beta) for a chance to win!