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Welcome to the Hangman Games Official Site
Late breaking news!
03/15/08 - Our newest game, Dry Gulch Junction will be released on April 1, 2008. It can be ordered through our website or from one of the fine retailers stocking our games.09/01/06 - Alan appears in the latest episode of Board Games with Scott. He talks with Scott Nicholson about Tahuantinsuyu. Click on the link to check out the video (as well as previous episodes), which you can download or stream as you like. Thanks to Scott for featuring Alan and the game. 08/31/06 - Alan and Kurt will be at TriaDCon on 9/16. We'll have a table at the Con and will be available to demonstrate and play our games. If you're in the neighborhood, come by and see us.
06/01/06 - Upcoming convention appearances by Hangman Games: Origins (June 29-July 2), DexCon (July 12-July 16) and World Boardgaming Championships (August 1-6).
03/17/06 - Our newest game, Crystal Faire will be released on April 1, 2006. It can be ordered through our website or from one of the fine retailers stocking our games.
02/05/06 - Alan will be attending UberCon February 10-12. Alan and Kurt will both be attending PrezCon February 22-26. At both Cons we'll be demoing games as well as challenging people to "Beat the Designer!". We invite anybody that is attending to visit us and give Alan a beatdown at the games he's designed. You just might score some fun swag.
05/02/05 - Our newest game, Ars Mysteriorum: The Alchemy Apprentice Competition received quite good comments at the Gathering of Friends and a review is expected in the forthcoming issue of Counter.
03/06/05 - New card released for Dry Gulch! We've come up with a new card for Dry Gulch as a thank you to the purchasers of the game and a way to put to rest questions about the "missing" card (due to a misprint in the original rules). Check out the Doctor's Office for details.
03/05/05 - Upcoming convention appearances by Hangman Games: Origins (June 30-July 3), DexCon (July 13-July 17) and World Boardgaming Championships (August 2-7).
11/15/04 - We'll be attending PrezCon in Charlottesville, VA from February 25th-27th.
10/15/04 - Tahuantinsuyu has been named Advanced Strategy Game of the Year in the 2004 Buyer's Guide. Thanks to the good folks at Games for this honor.
10/1/04 - Hangman Games has set up a mailing list at Yahoo for people that wish to get announcements regarding upcoming games, releases, and convention appearances. You can join up by going to the hangmangames_announce home page. The list has been set up as broadcast only, so you should only receive things that we send out. We promise to not spam you with pointless trivia.
9/15/04 - Alan will be attending Gamefest Richmond September 17-19. Come visit him along w/Anye Sellers of Dancing Eggplant.
9/1/04 - Tahuantinsuyu has been nominated for an International Gamers Award in the General Strategy category. Thanks to the IGA committee for the recognition. You can check out all the nominees (as well as past winners) at the IGA website.
5/21/04 - We'll be demoing games at Origins on June 25th and 26th. Come by and see us in the open gaming area and check out all our stuff.
5/1/04 - We've implemented a shopping cart and you can now use Paypal to order games from us. Enjoy!
4/3/04 - We've released our latest two games: Tahuantinsuyu and Austin Poker. Check out the General Store for more details.
Hangman Games is a small game company dedicated to producing interesting games for adults and families. We create quality card and board games which are challenging, social, have lively graphics, and are, above all else, fun. Each of our games is individually numbered and produced in a limited run of 1,000. We also offer a collectors club called the Silk Noose Club.
Hangman Games does not accept outside submissions. If you are an aspiring game designer, you should take a look at the Undertaker's Notes for informational links.
Letter from the Mayor:
I became a part of the board gaming community while I was in college. The big discussion at the time was the "graying of the hobby." Now that I am graying with the hobby, instead of the youth infusion, is that I have had to deal with the deaths of long time friends. In recent years, the gaming community has lost friends of mine like Paul Randles, Ed Okimoto, and, most recently, Jeff Gardner.
Jeff was a playtester for Hangman Games and part of our regular gaming group for the past 5 years. For those of you who never gamed with Jeff, I can tell you that he was often loud, always intense, and extremely fair. He played games for fun, but winning--especially against people he considered excellent opponents--was the primary goal. Okay, finishing ahead of his friends was the primary goal. That said, Jeff was someone who appreciated losing a hard fought, evenly matched game, better than anyone I know. Team Chum will never be the same.
We will miss you Jeff.
Alan D. Ernstein
Current Mayor of Hangman Games
