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Eight years ago I walked through the doors of a converted warehouse on the edge of Saint Paul and made my way through a back staircase to the still unfinished second floor. I wandered around a bit before I got to a set of doors with a single sheet of paper taped to the door with the words “Leder Games” printed on it. Inside the bare office, there were four desks facing each other. I hauled in my home computer and a few books and set up camp on Patrick’s right side. Though the office didn’t inspire much confidence, I couldn’t believe my luck. I had somehow found my way into a position at one of the most exciting studios in tabletop.

Take's designer, Ted, has decided to move on from the studio and onto his next grand adventure. He will be bringing Take with him. Due to this, we are canceling this crowdfunding campaign. We wish him the very best!

Like many of our peers, we produce the vast majority of our games and accessory products in China and then ship them throughout the world. For us, the United States represents well over half of all of our business. The current tariff levels, if they hold steady or increase, will represent a significant barrier to our ability to operate our business as we have done in the past, just as it will for everyone in any industry that engages in international manufacturing, shipping, and sales.

Yesterday, Leder Games withdrew from participation in Origins Online. We made this choice for two reasons. First, we wanted to make it clear that there was no room for silence on matters of inclusion and police brutality.

Hello friends! We are having a really great year. For the sake of tradition I should have written this in January, but we have just been plum busy since the start of the New Year. Thankfully, we were all able to take a few days off after the end of the Kickstarter,…