{"id":539,"date":"2023-06-20T09:25:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T08:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boardgamewire.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2023-06-22T14:54:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T13:54:04","slug":"7-wonders-creator-repos-productions-co-founder-launch-new-publishing-company-playpunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boardgamewire.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/20\/7-wonders-creator-repos-productions-co-founder-launch-new-publishing-company-playpunk\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Wonders creator, Repos Productions co-founder launch new publishing company PlayPunk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Antoine Bauza<\/a>, the veteran designer of games including 7 Wonders<\/a> and Takenoko<\/a>, has launched board game publishing company PlayPunk alongside Repos Productions<\/a> co-founder Thomas Provoost<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bauza and Provoost officially announced the company this morning<\/a>, almost a year after it began quietly hunting for prototype designs to craft into finished games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PlayPunk said its first game will be Captain Flip from Ethnos and Libertalia designer Paolo Mori and co-designer Remo Conzadori, who previously worked on Amul and Rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game is described as “a devilishly clever family game for 2 to 5 players”, and is expected to hit retail in the first quarter of next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No further details about the game have been revealed yet by PlayPunk, although images from Festival Alchimie du Jeu in Toulouse last month show Provoost demoing a prototype version of a pirate-themed game called Keep or Flip as per the image below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"PlayPunk<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PlayPunk also announced it is working on an “expert game” for either two or four player designed by Gregory Grard and Mathieu Roussel, which is earmarked for a release at next year’s Essen Spiel in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grard designed newly released tile-placement game In The Footsteps of Darwin, and previously worked on set collection card game Kameloot with Roussel in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company’s Twitter feed shows it has been in discussions with Asmodee about distribution of its games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bauza made a name for himself with Ghost Stories in 2008, before going on to design the widely lauded 7 Wonders in 2011 and Spiel des Jahres winner Hanabi in 2013. His other games include 7 Wonders Duel, Draftosaurus, Conan and Terror in Meeple City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A statement from PlayPunk announcing the company’s official launch said, “On the strength of their long collaboration, [Bauza and Provoost] decided to set up a new publishing company together, based on their solid experience and shared vision of the publishing profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For them, authors are the key creative players, and will be supported \u2013 and challenged! \u2013 so that each game reaches its full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“PlayPunk\u2019s games will be polished down to the smallest detail: game design, narrative, ergonomics, graphics, production, writing\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“To achieve this goal, PlayPunk will take the time to mature its games and will have a limited catalog.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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