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Gameswell is Thomas and Kelly Cardwell—high-school sweethearts from San Antonio with roots in Seattle, Austin, and Berkeley. We create themed books of original games for a deck of cards, and collaborate with local illustrators to bring our games and cards to life.
PNW and Texas are fully illustrated hardcover books of six unique games we designed for fans of card games, board games, and thoughtful local gifts.
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Build a nest as a cactus wren in this drafting game for 1-3 players.
Brave the salmon run, acclimating to changing conditions in this deckbuilding game for two players.
Explore a forest and gather baskets of mushrooms faster than your opponents in this set-collection game for 2-8 players.
Race across Texas as a Roadrunner in this climbing game for 3-5 players.
Predict where your prey will be as a bat in this trick-taking game for four players.
Pack supplies for your journey, then hike past landmarks in this drafting and resource-management game.
PNW
From our book , PNW: Card Games Inspired by the Pacific Northwest , available at gameswell.shop
Explore a forest and gather baskets of mushrooms faster than your opponents in this set-collection game for 2-8 players.
Pack supplies for your journey, then hike past landmarks in this drafting and resource-management game.
Place orcas from your pod to gather prey, and collect poker hands to hunt at wooded isles in this worker-placement game
Brave the salmon run, acclimating to changing conditions in this deckbuilding game for two players.
Communicate to your partner with smoke signals, moving around the ridge and valley in this team trick-taking game.
Build stacks of cards from the sea, the beach, and your supply. The sea gives and the sea takes in this solitaire game.
Texas
From our book, Texas: Card Games Inspired by the Lone Star State , available at gameswell.shop .
Build a nest as a cactus wren in this drafting game for 1-3 players.
Race across Texas as a Roadrunner in this climbing game for 3-5 players.
Play as the Texas weather sowing wildflowers in this pattern-building game for 1-2 players.
Predict where your prey will be as a bat in this trick-taking game for four players.
Point out constellations with your neighbors in this area-control card game for 3-4 players.
Avoid the coyote and collect sets as an armadillo in this game for 2-8 players.