We’re delighted to welcome Lone Shark Games as a sponsor for Desert Bus for Hope 2018!

Lone Shark Games is a tabletop games and puzzle company founded by Mike Selinker and James Ernest. Based out of Seattle, the company is known for creating games such as Thornwatch and Apocrypha, puzzle-making guide Puzzlecraft, and the 2010 alternate reality Repo Man interactive puzzle, created in conjunction with Universal Pictures and Wired Magazine.

Thank you, Lone Shark Games, for all your contributions and support to Desert Bus for Hope 2020!

Own a unique piece of the game Thornwatch with this uncut card sheet! Autographed by game designers Mike Selinker and Chad Brown, this sheet features the Hero Decks for the Guard, the Greenheart, and the Blade.

You will also receive a copy of Thornwatch and The Dark of the Wood expansion, if you prefer your card sheets disassembled for ease of play. As if that wasn’t uuumami enough, you will also receive an art print of the Judge of Stars, autographed by the design team, and a Thornwatch Pinny Arcade Pin (not available anywhere else).

Donate $8.14, or multiples thereof ($16.28, $24.42, etc.) until 10:15PM PST to be in with a chance of winning!

The world hangs on the precipice of apocalypse, and only the saints can see the evil creatures lurking around every corner. Do you have what it takes to hold back the darkness and save the world from certain ruin?

This lot includes Apocrypha: The World base game and its two full expansions, The Flesh and The Devil, the mini expansion The Book of Hybrids, Promo cards, three Boxes of Hope, Three Boxes of Doom, a Soulbinder, and Revelation Dice. The game has been autographed by the design team.

Donate $6.66, or multiples thereof (13.32, $19.98 etc.) until 8:45PM PST to be in with a chance of winning!

It’s that time, time for a new Donation Drive! This time, it is for a prize pack for the game, The Ninth World!

Explore the world of Numenera in the skillbuilding card game The Ninth World from Lone Shark Games. Explore the ruins of the past as clever Jacks, brave Glaives, and powerful Nanos, facing strange beasts, dangerous landscapes, and the remnants of the many civilizations that have fallen before ours. You will also receive a pack of promo cards and a playmap of the Ninth World, autographed by the design team.

Thanks to our friends at Lone Shark Games for this excellent prize!

You can get a chance to win with donations of $9.09 (or multiples thereof). This drive will run until 2:45am PST.

The good people of Lone Shark Games are behind the goodies for our latest donation drive!

Not only is The Apocrypha Adventure Card Game available to win (signed by Mike Selinker!), but also included is Apocrypha Revelation Dice, Apocrypha Playmat Apocrypha Soulbinder, and card boxes!

Feeling devilishly interested in this bundle? Donate $6.66, or multiples thereof ($6.66, $13.32, etc.) until 3:15PM PST!

We have been joined in The Bus Place by Mike Selinker and Trevor Kidd of Lone Shark Games! (And have already traumatized them by taking them to the store)

In spite of that, they have still generously donated a prize for our newest donation drive!

The Ninth World: A Skillbuilding Game for Numenera, is a card game for 1-5 players who explore the Ninth World in search of strange creatures and cryptic artifacts. Signed by Mike Selinker, this copy includes a set of the cards, a Ninth World play mat, AND the Desert Bus Challenge Coin!

If you are interested in this glorious pile of loot, please donate $9.51, or multiples thereof ($9.51, $19.02, etc.) until 4PM PST!

Lone Shark Games is a games design studio full of exceptional people from the gaming and entertainment industries. As they state on their website:

“We exist to bring innovation and playtime to events and promotions, and to advance the science of stellar game and puzzle design. Whether it’s a brand new game, a bold advertising campaign, or a mind-blowing corporate event, our experience in maneuvering these oceans is vast. We’ve pooled our talents to deliver inspired, unique, and fun solutions to your needs.”

Do sharks swim in sand? Or are they riding the bus with us? Either way there’s a shark somewhere close by for they’ve given us a lovely hard cover version of ‘The Maze of Games‘ to giveaway sometime over the run.

Thank you for supporting us Lone Shark Games!