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New Game Series – Art & System: Games for Expanded Play

Cmich Press announces the launch of a new series, Art and System: Games for Expanded Play, debuting on October 1st. Led by Tim Hutchings, this series aims to preserve impactful indie games and showcase innovative works. Featured titles…
New Game Series – Art & System: Games for Expanded Play
Cmich Press announces the launch of a new series, Art and System: Games for Expanded Play, debuting on October 1st. Led by Tim Hutchings, this series aims to preserve impactful indie games and showcase innovative works. Featured titles include Dog Eat Dog, Princess with a Cursed Sword, and The Mountain Witch.
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Check this out! If you like what you see here, visit https://bit.ly/3RNi2WN for our ongoing holiday sales and get Rising Waters and more for your holiday celebrations!

Video description: Background is Rising Waters board, which is made of river and land hexes. A hand shows components of the game.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The CLGS and CMich Press wouldn't be here without you. Thank you for all you do to support our work in the educational and tabletop gaming world.
Go to https://bit.ly/44fO5Fd and type "Center for Learning through Games and Simulations" in the search bar to donate today.
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Our mission is powered by donor generosity. Go to https://bit.ly/44fO5Fd and type "Center for Learning through Games and Simulations" in the search bar to donate.
Read more here in this fantastic article by the CMU College of Business Administration: https://bit.ly/4oteZk6
Support CMU’s Center for Learning Through Games and Simulations
Help power game-based learning at CMU’s Center for Learning Through Games and Simulations this Giving Tuesday, supporting hands-on creativity and student innovation.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy Cyber Monday! Our Gifts for Gothic Gatherings sale ENDS today: https://bit.ly/43lWh6t
Choose the Bloody Holiday bundle, with Five Hundred Year Old Vampire content, or bring the Gothic Gathering bundle into your favorite group of people and play Monumental Consequence, too!
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Happy Cyber Monday! Our Gifts for Gothic Gatherings sale ENDS today: https://bit.ly/43lWh6t
Choose the Bloody Holiday bundle, with Five Hundred Year Old Vampire content, or bring the Gothic Gathering bundle into your favorite group of people and play Monumental Consequence, too!
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Happy Cyber Monday! Our Gifts for Gothic Gatherings sale ENDS today: https://bit.ly/43lWh6t
Choose the Bloody Holiday bundle, with Five Hundred Year Old Vampire content, or bring the Gothic Gathering bundle into your favorite group of people and play Monumental Consequence, too!
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Check out this article by the CMU College of Business Administration on what to get the CMU Alumni in your life, or anyone interested in games, education...and so much more! https://bit.ly/4paiNYS

Until Tuesday, shop a 25% off sale of some of our most popular items at https://bit.ly/489wP77
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This Black Friday, game the system: stay at home in your coziest clothes and get a head start on your shopping online! Take 25% off physical and "print and play" versions of our ship-ready games and their associated curriculum guides at our webstore: https://bit.ly/485bATW
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We are thrilled to announce that tickets are on sale NOW for our upcoming event with Brengman Family Wines: a "Winter Wine & Games Night." Join us on January 31st for an evening of games, wines, and snacks at their beautiful Traverse City site! Purchase your tickets now: https://bit.ly/4ijuj1g
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Planning for Black Friday and Giving Tuesday? Keep the CLGS in mind!
We will be offering a limited-time sale on our website starting on Thanksgiving, and you can designate a donation to the CLGS by searching for us through CMU's giving page! Visit giving.apps.cmich.edu/donate to get started.
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hello, friends and vampires! Try this new link to our Discord server and join our Five Hundred Year Old Vampire fan channel: The Prime Convocation. Share your stories, art, and questions with others in the community and expand your cohort. https://bit.ly/4px0H33
Art: @goblinprincete.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This winter, join our Five Hundred Year Old Vampire Facebook Group (https://bit.ly/4a2irP8 ) and/or our Discord channel (https://bit.ly/4prW4r3) to share the stories/art you have created!

Pick up FYOV through Gifts for Gothic Gatherings: https://bit.ly/43lWh6t

Art: @goblinprincete.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Glide into the weekend on the wings of great news! The latest CMich Press newsletter is live now: https://bit.ly/4prRh93
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Did you know you can designate a donation to the CLGS this year for Giving Tuesday? To donate, go to https://bit.ly/44fO5Fd then search 'Center for Learning through Games and Simulations' in the 'Search for Funds' bar.
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Did you know you can designate a donation to the CLGS and Simulations this year for Giving Tuesday? To donate, go to https://bit.ly/44fO5Fd, then search 'Center for Learning through Games and Simulations' in the 'Search for Funds' bar.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Gifts for Gothic Gatherings is ALIVE! (Well...unless you count the vampires.) Grab your curated bundles of Five Hundred Year Old Vampire and Monumental Consequence content for a limited time (and at a discount)! Start your holiday shopping here: https://bit.ly/43lWh6t

Art:@warbeard.bsky.social!
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Many different creative disciplines, including sound, can come together to form a game. Check out this article on video game music featuring two faculty members from CMU's School of Music: https://bit.ly/3LHoHC5

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November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Break Our Games last Friday -- we had such an amazing turnout, we had to grab more games! Thanks also to Friendly Skeleton for sharing their wonderful creations with us!
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Games can take you anywhere! This week, our Coordinator of Outreach, Veronica Gregory, is attending the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) Expo to learn more about how games are emerging in this space and see what's new. We can't wait to hear all about it!
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Be one of the first to pledge to Gifts for Gothic Gatherings TODAY and get access to some of CMich Press's best-selling games packaged in a curated bundle -- at an enticing discount.
Get a head start on your holiday shopping here: https://bit.ly/43lWh6t
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
TOMORROW, Gifts for Gothic Gatherings drops on BackerKit. Explore two curated bundles featuring Monumental Consequence and Five Hundred Year Old Vampire at a special seasonal price -- follow the prelaunch page now: https://bit.ly/43lWh6t

Art: @warbeard.bsky.social and @allenpanakalart.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
During the nights of winter, when charades usually hold sway at holiday gatherings, mix it up. On Tuesday, order the Bloody Holiday bundle from our BackerKit Holiday Market, full of Five Hundred Year Old Vampire content. Follow the prelaunch page: https://bit.ly/43lWh6t

Art: @arayaart.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Checking out the Catastrophe Games booth at u-con and came across a couple games from @cmichpress.bsky.social!! You can spot 500 Year Old Vampire there towards the top mid-left!
November 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
What's in your future this winter? Pick up the Gothic Gathering bundle from CMich Press, which includes Monumental Consequence and Five Hundred Year Old Vampire, to play through adventures where you steer the course. Follow the prelaunch page here: https://bit.ly/43lWh6t

Art:@warbeard.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We are excited to announce that our Pages of the Press program is off to a wonderful start! We had the chance to speak with Jordan Fox from Epicenter Mt. Pleasant about the program and its background as part of the CLGS last week -- thanks for the great article! https://bit.ly/43Qq3Rd
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM