So, my first convention as an exhibitor is over! Was it a success? Definitely!

For starters, to my knowledge, I was the only word game in town. Now, this was both good and bad. The BAD is that most of the retailers there specialized in fantasy and scifi types of war games. They simply weren’t there to buy word games. The GOOD is that I still got most of them to come over and take a look at KERFLIP and, when they did, their eyes lit up! A number of them ended up buying cases, and the ones that didn’t explained that, while the game just wouldn’t work for their stores, they personally wanted a copy when the game becomes available in May.

After seeing the demo, one retailer exclaimed, “You fixed Scrabble and Banangrams!” Another enthusiastic retailer described KERFLIP as a “Fist-full of Scrabble!”. While I initially hesitated to post these references to other word games (which I know well and greatly admire), I decided that it’s inevitable. Someone’s going to anyway. So, compare away!

Also, the game may be getting some coverage in GGI, the game industry quarterly. I’ll certainly post here when I know more about that.

In any case, I’ve got TONS to do between now and ASTRA in June. I’ll post here when I can. You can also follow our Twitter feed, @kerflip, and be sure to like us on Facebook!