Virgins & Vixens, our feminist roleplaying game where players rewrite the tropes of women in fairytales and folklore, has been published by El Refugio de Ryhope! We are thrilled to have them as our first publication partners and working with a company that shares our values has been a dream. El Refugio translated the...

Golden Lasso Games had a blast attending Big Bad Con this last weekend. It's a fantastic, intimate convention in Northern California, knowns as a hotbed of indie designers playtesting their up-and-coming games. We were excited to sponsor one of the game rooms too. We ran multiple sessions of Starscape for full tables and were blown...

We are thrilled to announce that Golden Lasso Games was chosen to participate in the GAMA Horizons Fellowship.  The GAMA Horizons Fellowship is a eight-month accelerator for prospective and newly established tabletop game publishers and retail store owners. It was created by GAMA’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee to help address the needs of communities...

We are thrilled to announce that our flagship game, Decuma: the R&D for your RPG has won a GOLD ENNIE! The ENNIE Awards (the “ENNIES”) are an annual fan-based celebration of excellence in tabletop roleplaying gaming. The ENNIES give game designers, writers and artists a chance for recognition by their peers. The official nominations are chosen...

Golden Lasso Games attended San Diego Comic Con for the first time! Kimi was invited to be on multiple panels related to game making and self publishing. It was wonderful to return to this fantastic convention in our home state. First was a panel on Thursday about crowdfunding and how to run a successful crowdfunding...

Golden Lasso Games had it's first booth at GamEx 2023! We formed a co-op with some other designers called "As Seen on Happy Jacks," a spoof on the "As Seen on TV" infomercial ads, so that we can share table costs and take turns running our games. It was a big success! Thank you...

Our tarot-inspired world building game, Decuma: the R&D for your RPG, has been a huge success. It was our first project and we expected that it would follow the trend of many indie games where most of the people who wanted it would back the kickstarter. We ordered about 500 extra copies with the...

Starscape was named in The Gauntlet Podcast's 2022 Favorite Game recap episode, even though it is still in beta!! "It's sort of based on these Trust mechanics, and when I say "trust mechanics," I mean the currency is trust... we ended up having so many good scenes in this game, that I'm going [to...

I am very excited to release v2.0 of Starscape PBTA. The game has been through rigorous play testing over the last year and I am proud if the improvements to the design. Please download the new versions that are labeled v2.0 to replace older versions of the game. Some of the updates include: New, clearer way...

We are very excited to finally release the first beta version of our sci-fi PBTA game, Starscape! Trust, like breathable air, is a precious and rare commodity in space. Starscape is a Powered by the Apocalypse game that focuses on the ebb and flow of trust and the dynamic relationships that form between a...