{"product_id":"a-sargasso-sea-of-space-a-party-card-game","title":"A Sargasso Sea of Space (a party card game)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Uh oh!\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWe are stranded in a messy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSARGASSO SEA OF SPACE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand our noble spaceship is all banged to heck.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike, broke forever.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKaput.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLet’s hurry and improvise some smaller and, we’re sure, perfectly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003espace-worthy lifeboats so we can blast out of here before the\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSARGASSO SEA OF SPACE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eclaims us forever!\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe’ll have to split up and explore, describing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewhat we\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efind over our SPACE RADIOS!\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e---\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e And that's what you do!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Sargasso Sea of Space\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis competitively-cooperative game of describing the indescribable and then staking your space-life on the hope that the description was good. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach player draws a handful of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT I NEED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecards which are blue prints for the items they need to build their escape ship. These cards are kept secret! Then, in turn, each player draws a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT I FOUND\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecard and describes it using just language–no gestures allowed! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd that, friends, is the delight challenge part of the game. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThrough the highly scientific application of semiotics we combined syntagmatic co-occurences with collocational pixel structures to draw a set of one-hundred different pieces of space junk that are, I am pleased to tell you, gosh-darned hard to verbally describe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNot only does the junk have that \"I have no clear word for it\" aura of nonsense, a lot of the junk also sounds the same when described by words! They are difficult to differentiate! What a good trick. Like, look at those top left cards in the above image or the bottom middle cards–if you were to use words to describe 'em you'd mix them up easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd that makes things fun. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter two players have enough matches to build their space ships the game shifts gears. Players decide which spaceship they trust the most and get inside. Cards are flipped during a dramatic countdown and, maybe, you escape\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE SARGASSO SEA OF SPACE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFAQs:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat am I actually getting?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou're getting one handsome box that contains two-hundred cards and an adorable little rule book. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho worked on this game?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy name is Tim Hutchings and I thunk up the game in... 2017? I paid\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iffondrels_library\/?hl=en\" aria-describedby=\"a11y-external-message\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iffondrels_library\/?hl=en\"\u003eKat Sutton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto make the cards and she did the best job ever. The game sat for years until I had\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hockerdesigns.myportfolio.com\/logos\" aria-describedby=\"a11y-external-message\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/hockerdesigns.myportfolio.com\/logos\"\u003eMadison Hocker\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edo a design pass on the rule book. I'd warned Madison that I wanted her to change things around just so I could get irrationally angry and, hopefully, break my layout funk. And it worked! Madison is so nice and a very good layout artist. Then Ezra Claverie and Liz Wolfson did the the editing\/proofreading. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow replayable is this game?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSurprisingly so! I made the game and I still find cards that I'd swear I'd never seen before. For casual play this game will hold up for a long while but it isn't a daily driver. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere are a LOT of cards. Is there a way to organize a simpler, faster session?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYeah! If you look at the cards there are astronaut mittens on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat I Found\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecards and little alien asterisks on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat I Need\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecards. You can break the decks up into smaller decks by just using, let's say, the 'left mitten and left asterisk' cards. Makes it faster and easier for kids and you can dramatically increase the number of matches you'll get.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can have a hundred pairs, or fifty pairs, or twenty-six pairs or twenty-four different pairs. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre there going to be expansions?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI really doubt it. There is a LOT of play in this game and you really don't want more cards. I swear it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf this game becomes super popular and you monsters start demanding more stuff then, sure, I'll probably succumb to greed and start making... I dunno. The \"Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter\" licensed gimmick deck or whatever. The Pillsbury Doughboy recipe deck. The exotic candy matching game. Fill a bathtub with dosh and I'll dance to get it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou're Tim Hutchings, right? You have a reputation for making games that are full of sad, or of tricks, or of sad tricks. Are there sad tricks? Are there metatextual meditations on self, death, and\/or eternity? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNone of this is in here, I swear! The closest the game gets to metatextuality is that little self-portrait of my head in a glass jar that you can see on the graphic at the top of this page. Honest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if we like the sad tricks? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWell don't buy this game. Go buy something else off this website and you'll have your woe-seeking sated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo be clear about this: Is it a happy game?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYes. It is not overwhelmingly joyful but it is a game that is playful and fun. Especially if you do funny voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy did it take so long to print the game?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI have a bad habit: I get something finished enough that I can play it with friends and then I never release it. Who'd care?, I'd ask. I am proud of the game, I bring it to cons, I show it off, but it is maybe like an art show or a live music event rather than a book release. You play this with me, now, and we share that experience. It's a little party I can share.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut it is a good game!,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI am told.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGive me a deck!\u003c\/em\u003e, people cry. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt also took a long time to release the game because I am lazy and there is something wrong with my brains (see my note involving Madison Hocker above).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's with the graphics in the rule book?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAh, you've seen the rule book. Half of it is garish, over-designed infographics that are technically true but impossible to follow. Don't worry, the rules are also there in plain text. I guess that was the closest I got to 'sad prank' in this game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOh hey, if you want to look at the rule book you can\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/jfc6iuf4g04bq2m3b19nb\/ASargassoSeaOfSpace_Rulebook.pdf?rlkey=7il241q83lk187crofugs3hsk\u0026amp;dl=0\" aria-describedby=\"a11y-external-message\"\u003edownload the PDF here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlso: I'm super happy with the cute little Mountain Dew can-like can things that are floating around space. Like, so so happy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAny, uh, errors of anything we should know about?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOmg yes. One. So far. How can a game this simple have mistakes? Don't answer that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1380\/9101\/files\/Errate_TwistedPipe_480x480_ac1e0739-7052-4d58-ae19-7dd0a3623c9f.webp?v=1717584419\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Petit Guignol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41866612015183,"sku":"SARG","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1380\/9101\/files\/BoxBottomForShop3_1024x1024_2x_045d9019-8bf6-45a0-a872-d02e5d43ab7a.webp?v=1717584308","url":"https:\/\/leisuregames.live\/products\/a-sargasso-sea-of-space-a-party-card-game","provider":"Leisure Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}