The five finalists in each category of the Origins Awards were announced at the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas last week. The finalists were chosen by retailers from a list drawn from publisher/creator submissions with a jury review. We're excited to announce that Treehouse has been nominated for the best "Board Game or Expansion of the Year".

The Game We Play After the Kid Goes to Bed posted by Christine D.

"Endless Possibilities - I love this game because you just never know how it's going to go. It's totally unpredictable, and the game can resemble many different games, depending on the cards that are played. No Duplicate Cards - I'm really impressed by the great variety of cards in this game. There are 4 types of cards, but all are different, and this makes play endlessly interesting, and also allows for more strategizing since you know if a card has already been played or discarded, it's gone (at least until the deck is reshuffled)."

Ziggurat Con, the world's first convention/game day ever held in a war zone is happening in Iraq on June 9th, 2007. The largest problem with running a Con in Iraq, of course, is that there are no local stores or game publishers. So we decided to help our fans send some games to the Troops!

Join the discussion on the Rabbit mailing list to find out who is sending what. To purchase and send Looney Labs games to the soldiers gaming in Iraq between now and May 5th:

1. Go shopping in our webstore
2. Ship to address:

   SPC David Amberson A Co 86th Sig Bn APO, AE 09331

   
   
3. In the "Special Instructions" comment box put "Send to Ziggurat Con in Iraq"
4. If you'd like to include a personal message for the troops to see, put it in the middle box which says: "Type a message to be included on the packing slip if this is a gift."

If you want to learn more about Ziggurat Con or learn how you can send your donations directly: Toys 4 Troops or Games For G.I.s

IMPORTANT: To get the games to the troops in time for the Con, we need to ship SOON! Make your purchases by midnight, Saturday May 5th and be SURE to follow the special instructions above. And remember, the order for the troops has to be separate from any other order you might want to place - everything in the order (including specials) will be shipped to the troops.

THE BAD NEWS: We're temporarily out of Fluxx Blanxx, and it will be a little while before we get a new print run in.

THE GOOD NEWS: we only JUST ran out of them, so they might still be available in your friendly neighborhood game store - check our store roster and call a store near you to see if they have them. Or you can order them online still at Paizo.com. (If you run an online game store that has Fluxx Blanxx in stock, let us know and we'll list your store here. If you find one of these stores has since run out, please let us know!)

Get a FREE copy of the new promo card The Computer when you purchase over $25 worth of games (before Shipping).

Get a FREE copy of Flowers & Fluxx AND two copies of The Computer when you purchase over $100 worth of games (before shipping).

You have to put these into your shopping cart yourself though, so don't forget!

Consumers - If you've played Fluxx, even once, please take our Fluxx Consumer Survey! This year marks the 10th anniversary of Fluxx, and we're doing this market survey to better understand our customer base and to help us start making plans for the next ten years! It should take only 5 to 10 minutes to take - and we'll give you $2 off your next order in our online store to say Thank You for taking the survey!

Retailers - if you have ever sold the card game Fluxx, please take our Fluxx Resellers Survey! We're looking for advice on what marketing materials we can provide to help your store celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Fluxx! The survey includes questions about the packaging and marketing ideas, as well as in store gaming and promotions. Please help us help you sell more Fluxx decks!

Looney Show Date Location MARCON 42  May 25-27 Columbus, OH Origins July 5-8 Columbus, OH GenCon Indy Aug 16-19 Indianapolis, IN

What's a "Looney Show"? A Looney Show is an event at which one or more of the people actually named Looney will show up in person to help with the running of Looney Labs events.

Rabbit Show Date Location Excaliber May 4-6 Honicombe, Cornwall, UK Just a Game Con May 5-6 Corvallis, OR "B&P" Games Weekend May 12-13 Staffordshire, UK Morphicon May 18-20 Columbus, OH KublaCon May 25-28 Burlingame, CA Gamex May 25-28 Los Angeles, CA DieCon June 1-3 Collinsville, IL UK Games Expo June 2-3 Birmingham, UK Geekway to the West June 16-17 St. Louis, MO Game 07 June 23-24 Manchester, UK BenCon June 28-July 1 Denver, CO Anthrocon July 5-8 Pittsburgh, PA Trinoc*coN Aug 3-5 Durham, NC Gen Con UK Aug 30- Sept 2 Reading University, UK Dragon*Con Aug 31 - Sept 3 Atlanta, GA MileHiCon Oct 26-28 Denver, CO MACE Nov 16-18 High Point, NC Genghis Con XXVIII Feb 15-18 2008 Denver, CO StellarCon Mar 14-16 2008 High Point, NC

What's a "Rabbit Show"? A Rabbit Show is an event at which Looney Labs gaming will be hosted by one or more of the official Looney Labs volunteer helpers, known as Mad Lab Rabbits (possibly with the further assistance of representatives from the company not named Looney).