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Personal Space is starting to arrive - and the universe is growing.
🕑 Added 2020-07-06 16:35:46 +0000 UTCHey everyone! Hope those in the US had a great holiday weekend, and those in the rest of the world ate meals as good as ours. The 4th of July has always been about food and fireworks here, and to make up for the lack of fireworks, we just ate more food.
But there were tons of fireworks in Personal Space this weekend. Here's a screenshot of District 3, my little corner of the universe.
So what does all of this mean? Let me explain.
Our 2020 year long game (which by now will dip into 2021 due to the delays) is Personal Space. A solo-ish game of living your best life. I say solo-ish because of the digital community component where it kind of feels like you are playing with others, while also playing alone. The game mixes elements of roll and write, dice games, legacy games, collectables, customization, money handling, entertainment, social networking, and much more. It's very different than anything I've ever played, and I hope that everyone enjoys how "off the deep end" this thing can get.
If you haven't received your packages yet, we are very close to being through all of them (like 90% shipped). Newer subscribers will likely just get the starter pack, but older subscribers should have a few of the delayed March and April packages arriving or on their way. We've seen some intense international mail delays, so please hang tight while the USPS sorts out their COVID-19 issues.
But if you did receive your package or you're curious to get a head start, there are a few important links for Personal Space:
1) Discord: https://discord.gg/ertUUqZ
We are driving a lot of the in-game interaction at Discord. Things like your district, which is a group of players with similar numbered planets. The store has different items each day. The lottery changes regularly. Plus there are places to post your stuff as you go and join in on that "ish" part of the solo-ish experience.
2) Rules: https://www.buttonshy.com/personalspace/home.html
The rules for Personal Space are entirely online. They are optimized for online rules as well. Not perfect yet, but you'll see some of the benefits. One is that everything is hidden except for the exact thing that you need. So if you are looking at what to do on your turn, you won't see everything else. It should help keep things focused. The other benefit is that we can keep adding as new content emerges, and so far, it's been emerging almost daily.
3) Files: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tchm5uu1tmatvdn/AADt6U8LANVLFndHcInzOmqea?dl=0
There will be more files over time, but for now it's a few of the sheets that you use to play. We sent everyone 1 of each sheet. You could laminate those or print your own. Or play on an iPad as I've seen some people do.
4) Community Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GTLHyCJVsBB40thdyjqpgyfzrUNZKh0mb7A2HGACFj0/edit?usp=sharing
This is a place to share the contents of your starter kit and monthly packages. Some of it is 100% unique, the others are randomized. Once you add yourself to the sheet, I can add you to the your district on Discord.
I think that's it for now. But I mentioned the universe expanding so I should expand on that. :)
Today we released an in-game Hobby called Birdwatching. It's a sheet that you can print with instructions on how to find some of the 216 different birds that appear on your planet.
This is the first of many Hobbies to come. And in the store today are a few items that you can use to help make Birdwatching even easier.
With all of that in mind, I hope to see more packages arriving. There are so many goodies inside, from a ton of Personal Space stuff to the multiplayer Trolling For Trouble, plus SpaceShipped and Rube and the newest wallet games. Happy to see these things starting to arrive, and move on to the next few months of packages here.
Talk to you again soon!
Comments
Stephane Brochu
Figured out the resource. It's the poker card-size card... still don't know where to get the number though...
Stephane Brochu
quick question: is there supposed to be a number on the planet card? Also, i have all three resource generator. how do i figure which one to use?
Grey
Quick off the subject question, have the playmates for UR arrived and shipped? Thanks in advance
Nick Ulle
I'm wondering this too. No sign of mine yet.
Gannon Moon
This is a great game! I was wondering if it's possible to purchase additional copies of randomized starter packs? I think they would make a good gift for a friend. :)
B Sullivan
have all of the packages been mailed out?
Button Shy
Glad to hear it all arrived. International Mail is so hit and miss right now. Sometimes it arrives in a week, sometimes 3 months. Hope the migraine goes away!
EmmaPlaysGreen
Funnily enough, I had three different ButtonShy envelopes in my post box today, here in France! I'm at the tail end of a three day migraine so it was all a little overwhelming but hopefully tomorrow I can start to make some sense of it! Personal Space certainly looks like a lot of fun.
