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This Harbour campaign now has just under 24 hours left!  We've certainly had our fair share of stretch goals during the campaign... now we have this final Home Stretch. We hope you've enjoyed the ride so far and encourage you to make a connection... (Read More)

Hello everybody! Scott Almes here, the designer of Harbour.  It’s been a great campaign, and it’s hard to believe it’s just about over. It’s now under the 48-hour mark, so all bets are off. No matter how it ends, I just wanted to say thank... (Read More)

Design Goal - Buildings with Character My first introduction to Harbour was the rules PDF and printable text cards emailed to me by the designer Scott. I read over the rules and looked at the cards. It all seemed simple enough. Buildings that have... (Read More)

Hey Backers, Michael Mindes (Founder/CEO of TMG) here.  You have been fantastic!  Thank you!  As of right now, no matter what happens Harbour is already an immense success thanks to you.  Thank you for trusting us at TMG to provide you with a... (Read More)

Hello everybody! Scott Almes here again, your favorite seaside designer. This time, I’m here to talk to you about how we went about balancing the game and the different methods we used. A warning: things are about to get mathy. For me, game design... (Read More)

Hey everybody, Michael Mindes here, friendly publisher.  I was recently traveling with my family which meant I drove for 28 hours, which leads to a lot of thinking.  Yesterday I returned in the afternoon at the office and was briefed about the... (Read More)

"Hey, Liza? Where do we live?" "Shut up, dear Henry ... we'll find out soon enough!" It's time to pull the suggestions from Update #10 together and take a look at the names that are the finalists for the name of the busy waterfront port town in... (Read More)

TMG stands firm when it says no un-tested game content will be added to our games just because of shear backer enthusiasm or interest. Our designer articles have provided a look under the hood into our development process and there's still more to... (Read More)

Happy pre-’Murica day. Before you go outside for lawn games and burger chowing, be sure to check out some of these upcoming Kickstarters. New to these parts? Here is a handy introduction. Presented in no particular order, I give you this week’s projects. (Read More)

Hello everybody! Scott Almes here again, your favorite neighborhood designer. Last week, I talked about some of our big changes at the start of development: starter buildings, cost and victory points, all that good stuff.  Today, I’d like to talk... (Read More)

Videos, Improvements, ... and a BACKER CHALLENGE!Step right up, "EXTRA! EXTRA!" ... here's the latest news and updates from the HARBOUR HERALD, known affectionately around the waterfront as "All The News, That's Fish to Print." NEWS FLASH - We're... (Read More)

Hello everybody! Scott Almes here, the designer of Harbour, ready to talk shop.  Although, before I get into some design and development, I just need to say a personal big “THANK YOU!” to every single one of you backers. Honestly, your faith and... (Read More)

Chris Schreiber here to announce that we're into six digits now—congratulations on helping raise over $100,000 for Harbour!  And with that accomplishment, we have unlocked two more additions to game play; the Dockhand (added to the base game)... (Read More)

Hey everybody, you guessed it.  We unlocked another stretch goal earlier this morning.   The Shipbuilder's Union The Shipbuilder's Union will now be in the base game of Harbour.  When you go to the shipbuilder's union you get to exchange resources... (Read More)

Hey everybody. We have gone through yet another Stretch Goal, which is incredible. We unlocked the Drover, designed by Seth Jaffee, which is a character that is a lot of fun to play, and pretty interesting.  The drover starts with the standard... (Read More)

Hey everybody, thanks for your continued excitement about Harbour.  When compared to the first day, I know it looks like the project has slowed down significantly.  So it is important to note this fun fact: Harbour's second day raised more money... (Read More)

So, Harbour is a game about shipping goods…. Wait, wait, wait! Hear me out. It’s only about shipping goods… Come back! (Read More)

I officially have found the need to give all of you the title of Stretch Goal Slayers.  Seriously 9 stretch goals within the first 24 hours of the project being live!   Congratulations.  You have served with honor.  Now, I heard there was some... (Read More)

Currently there are several projects on Kickstarter that I think are worth looking at. Some of these I have backed and others I am considering. (Read More)

Ok.  Wow.  I don't think that we have ever had funding for a project come this quickly in the history of TMG.  Fun Fact: by the end of today, we should have a similar level of funding as we did for our entire groundbreaking original project... (Read More)

Hey everybody.  The funding on Harbour has been incredible thus far, and that is why we have blown through the first stretch goal.  This unlocks the Inn as shown below: When a player goes to the Inn, they will trade away one fish, one stone, and... (Read More)

Hey everybody.  Thanks for backing Harbour.  You might not fully understand how much it means to me, so I will try to explain... I have not been scared to launch a Kickstarter project in a long time.  I wasn't worried about the response that we... (Read More)

What is this post all about? Well, it should pretty straightforward, but, if there's any confusion, this is where I'll be talking about a handful of Kickstarter projects each week, focusing on a few projects that recently launched and a few projects that are about to end. Will I be focusing only on projects in need of funding? No. I will simply be focusing on projects that interest me, regardless of whether they've only raised $5 or raised ten times that of their original goal. Anyway, I think it's about time I got to the actual projects, eh. (Read More)