My aunt Sheila saw a review in the Deseret News where Orson Scott Card discussed my card game, "Blast from the Past". He said,
"...most Mormon games, if you remove the Mormon references, are not very fun. It's like most Mormons who set out to write a novel. "Mine will be good because it's clean," the writer thinks, or "Mine will be good because it's Mormon." They don't grasp that the story has to be fascinating or it doesn't matter how clean or how Mormon it is -- no one will want to read it. So you can imagine how happy I was to discover that there is now a Mormon trivia game that is actually fun to play. When I was picking up Seek, I noticed a game -- also published by Deseret Book -- called Blast From the Past, a game about LDS Church history."
I take that as such a high compliment!!! I mean wow, I wasn't even trying for that one. I just wanted to get a game out there and see how it would do. He also said,
"Blast From the Past is a Mormon game that can be played again and again. It's fun because of what you learn and how amusing some of the cards are, and also because any player might win,"
which I totally agree with. I've played the game dozens of times now, and I've only won twice!!! Aaaaaagh, I must be really bad at trivia if I can research it, write it, and then still get mixed up on dates.
Anyway, I'm working on a new game now, and I don't think it will get nearly as much praise, but hopefully I will learn more about publishing this time around.
Here's a link to the review, in case you're interested:
http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/orson_scott_card/?id=9917
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You made a game? I'm going to have to check it out now. Orson Scott Card is one of my most favorite authors. I have a goal to read all of his books. I have probably read most. That is very exciting. I'm guessing I can get it online. ooo, I'm excited.
I'm just seeing if this posts. I thought I posted a relevant comment on here a while back, but it isn't here.
Okay, it posted. I was at my sister's house for Christmas dinner and noticed she had your game. She said one of our other sisters gave it to her, so maybe three of us own your game now.
Are you ever on here?
I still tell people about your game and that they'll love it! I only played it with you when it first came out...I need to go get me one! It's officially on my to-do list for tomorrow =o)
OK, so I'm obviously not on here nearly enough. Sorry for taking years to respond!
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