Hey Gubs Fans:

This is Cole, just checking in. It’s been a while since I posted something in Gubs news, but that’s not to say nothing has happened. GUBS has been getting lots of attention, which is awesome, and even won a bunch of awards! I would like to stay on top of posting more about the exciting stuff, but there’s never enough time in the day. I’m really excited about expanding the world of the gubs, but exactly how I’ll end up doing that is still under development…

If you haven’t already, hop over and LIKE the facebook page for GUBS. I’ve been working on putting together some new Gubs related stuff, and any official news on the developments of those projects will be announced the second there’s something to share.

Meanwhile, Gubs is being played at PAX East as we speak! Check out Gamewright’s booth if your there. They have lots of great games!

GUBS was presented this year at the New York Toy Fair in February. It was very well received, with many people being drawn to its colourful packaging. My brother Alex and I were a little overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff to see at this show, but it was a great learning experience. Another thing that caught us off guard is seeing, first hand, the business side of toys and games so vividly. We are used to conventions filled with gamers who are searching for fun. Here we found sales people, many of whom were not really gamers, who were primarily interested in sales pitches and whatnot. We felt a little out of place until day two, where we just hovered near our game and explained it as best we could to anyone interested. Overall, we felt things went great. And we got to finally meet the Gamewright guys in person, which was really awesome. They are really cool folks, and Alex and I look forward to working with them well into the future.

As many of you have probably already heard, GUBS has a new publisher: Gamewright Games! I am thrilled to be welcomed into the Gamewright family of games. GUBS is a perfect fit for their line, and the people at Gamewright have worked very hard to preserve everything that made GUBS great. Their new and improved version is AMAZING! I could not be more pleased.

The game should be released middle of next month, but you can preorder now by going here.

I realized the other day that my brother and I have never really gotten much face time associated with GUBS, and that most of you have no idea what we look like or who we are. I mean, there’s a great deal of information in the making of GUBS about the history of the game itself, but only little glimpses into our lives.

Well, nice to meet you. My name is Cole and thats my brother Alex. Together we created GUBS. He’s four years younger than I am (I’m 27 now) and he’s been helping me make games since we were very young. I live over in San Francisco and Alex is in Lodi where we grew up together. Alex is a talented craftsman (welding, leather work, etc), a musician (he’s written many songs and plays awesome guitar) and an all around cool dude. I’m a writer/game designer/artisty guy who loves film and literature.

GUBS is our baby and there’s no one on earth who knows the game or world better than the two of us. We know every strategy inside and out, he constantly is my equal in tossing around ideas for expansions and changes, and watching a game of GUBS between the two of us is a crazy affair where each “turn” lasts maybe a second.

We are both so excited to be sharing all the joy we’ve had with the game and the gubs world with all the fans. Thanks for reading, and I hope we can continue to bring you more great adventures in the land of the Gubs.