Drayer Ink

Conventions

  • Bubble Net – How to Play

    Bubble Net – How to Play

    Story In the wild, most humpback whales hunt by lunge fishing – they see a shoal of fish, and they lunge at them. It’s not very eff-FISH-cient! Some pods of whales have developed a better technique, called “bubble net feeding”, where one whale dives down below the fish, blowing a spiral of confusing bubbles that…

  • The Bubble Net Kickstarter is launching June 11th!

    The Bubble Net Kickstarter is launching June 11th!

    That’s Today! Well, it’s been a minute or two since we last sat down and typed up what’s been happening chez Drayer Ink, hasn’t it? If you follow our socials, you have probably seen at least some of our updates – lots of conventions, testing and developing our games, being on panels, and most relevant…

  • BUBBLE NET IS ALMOST HERE!

    BUBBLE NET IS ALMOST HERE!

  • GAMA Expo and Bubble Net

    GAMA Expo and Bubble Net

    2023 was a whirlwind of conventions, prototyping, and a whole lot of other things.I haven’t blogged for quite some time, and I apologise – it gets harder and harder to sit down and write about things when there are so many other things going on!So, I am giving myself a pass for now – and…

  • Tabletop Network/BGG.CON 2022 – 7

    Tabletop Network/BGG.CON 2022 – 7

    Finally, Saturday! Before the convention, I felt like this was going to be the biggest day – everything would be pretty tame as we ramped up to the busiest day of the week. In fact, by Saturday, it was starting to feel a lot more like the end of the whole event – many of…

  • Tabletop Network/BGG.CON 2022 – 5

    Tabletop Network/BGG.CON 2022 – 5

    Day 5 of our TTN/BGG adventure is day 2 of the actual BGG convention. I had my first 6-player test of this version of The Valley, so that was stressing me out – so glad I got it out of the way, though! And after that, I relaxed and started to really enjoy myself properly,…

  • Tabletop Network/BGG.CON 2022 – 4

    Tabletop Network/BGG.CON 2022 – 4

    Day 4 of our TTN/BGG adventure is day 1 of the actual BGG convention. I had no idea what to expect, so I was very glad to already have a posse of friends and connections from TTN to keep me from wandering the corridors, aimless and alone, haha.

  • Tabletop Network/BGG.CON 2022 – 0

    Tabletop Network/BGG.CON 2022 – 0

    Here’s a bit of an introduction to my blog series about TTN and BGG – I will be writing more posts over the next week or two.

  • Rose City Comic Con

    Rose City Comic Con

    Rose City Comic Con was one of the events that we attended during our 2018 Portland scouting trip, so it was important to return! Here’s our 2022 experience.

  • Wellycon 2020 – part 1

    Wellycon 2020 – part 1

    Wellycon 2020 was my first convention, both as a punter and as a designer. Here’s what we did on the first day!