BookCon - New Date!

Kristin, Andy, and Laurie will have a booth where they will be demonstrating our games, signing autographs, and selling our full line of products to book lovers throughout the land. We'd love to teach you how to play Fairy Tale Fluxx or Nanofictionary. Or maybe you'd like a hilarious round of Mad Libs: The Game or Adult Mad Libs: The Game. And you never know... we might just have a new literature-related prototype or two that you can peek at!

BookCon is the event where storytelling and pop culture collide. Experience the origin of the story in all its forms by interacting with the authors, publishers, celebrities and creators of content that influence everything we read, hear, and see. BookCon is an immersive experience that features interactive, forward thinking content including Q&As with the hottest talent, autographing sessions, storytelling podcasts, special screenings, literary quiz shows and so much more. BookCon is the ultimate celebration of books, where your favorite stories come to life.

Within BookCon is Unbound, which is where Looney Labs will be! UnBound is where you can buy your favorite bookish goods from an amazing assortment of creative vendors. You’ll find a wide range of gifts and other sidelines. From subscription boxes, socks, journals and readers, to games, puzzles, greeting cards, jewelry, toys and so much more, UnBound is your one-stop-shop, so get ready for more fun at BookCon!

GenCon

Andy, Kristin, Alison, and Laurie will be in their tiny little booth having huge amounts of fun! Stop by to see our latest prototypes, demo or buy a game, get a hug or autograph, grab a promo card, or challenge Andy to a game of Homeworlds for the medal!

Gen Con is known as "the best four days in gaming," and with good reason! With over 500 exhibitors and 19,000 events, it's no wonder that over 60,000 people flock to this event to play and see their friends! There's nothing quite like it... one of those bucket list kind of events for gamers.

MidSouthCon - Rescheduled!

Though the 2020 MidSouthCon had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kristin and Andy are now scheduled as the the gaming guests of honor at MidSouthCon in 2021. The Looneys very much enjoyed their first time at MidSouthCon in 2012, and they plan to bring even more fun this time around! If you are planning to attend MidSouthCon, keep an eye on the schedule for planned events, panel discussions, and open gaming hours. The Looneys look forward to playing your favorite games with you, signing autographs, and showing off prototypes of upcoming games!

MidSouthCon is the longest-running annual fan-run multi-genre Science Fiction Convention in the Mid-South. It covers a diverse section of fannish culture that includes Science Fiction, Fantasy, Science, Comics, Horror, Education, Costuming, Anime, and Gaming. MidSouthCon has an average of 2200 attendees, including over 100 authors, editors, publishers, scientists, artists and other guests and panelists. It features more than 200 hours of programming, including panels, the annual Art and Charity Auctions, a Masquerade costume contest, and more. There are also hundreds of hours of gaming running non-stop throughout the weekend.

A:  We are all okay so far. Everyone has figured out how to work from home, and none of us are sick of anything except being quarantined. I myself still go to the office every day, but only because it’s so close to where we live and no one else is there. But all the game stores are closed and all the conventions and gaming events have been canceled, so we aren’t making any sales except online or from stores that offer delivery or curbside pickup. Those things will keep going until they run out of product, but since our distributors and warehouses are also closed, we can’t restock any of our vendors. So, things are bad, and the longer it goes on like this, the harder it will be.

On the other hand, we’re hearing a lot about how people who are cooped up together are turning to games like ours to pass the time, and hopefully that will lead to an increase in our sales later on, when things have returned to whatever the new normal ends up being. In the meantime, we are doing our best to keep everyone safe, and good luck to us all in these difficult times.

We usually feature our partner retail stores in this space, but nearly all of them are closed at this point due to the pandemic. If you have a Friendly Local Game Store near you that is still open for business, please help support them in these difficult times by purchasing locally. If not, our stock is dwindling, but our fulfillment center is still able to ship. Looney Labs games are perfect for periods of isolation. They're fast, fun, never the same game twice, appropriate for adults and children, and educational, too!

A few of our games can be played solo (Chrononauts, Early American Chrononauts, Mary Engelbreit Loonacy Solitaire, and Color Wheel and Verticality from Pyramid Arcade), and a few more can be fairly easily adapted for live video or even text play (Are You a Robot?, Are You the Traitor?, Choose One, Nanofictionary, Pink Hijinks, many of the games in Pyramid Arcade, and Zendo). We also have quite a few promo cards and other accessories that are not available in stores, so you may want to stock up on those while you're at it! Stay safe and have fun, everyone!