Bézier Games
Bezier Games, Inc. is a privately owned American tabletop game publisher, known by hobby gamers for Castles of Mad King Ludwig and Suburbia, and known to casual gamers for the One Night Ultimate Werewolf series, Werewords, the Silver series, and Ultimate Werewolf. It was founded in San Jose, California in 2006 by Ted Alspach upon publication of Start Player (also designed by Ted Alspach). In 2013, the company was renamed Bezier Games, Inc. when it incorporated. The company moved to Louisville, Tennessee in 2016. Ted Alspach remains CEO of the company, running it along with his wife and COO Antonia Alspach.
Type | Private |
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Industry | Game publisher |
Founded | 2006 |
Founder | Ted Alspach |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Ted Alspach |
Products | Werewords, Suburbia, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Ultimate Werewolf, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, Silver |
Owner | Ted Alspach |
Website |
Bezier Games produces a variety of board games and card games, specializing in medium weight strategy and social deduction party games. Several of their games have accompanying mobile applications that assist in gameplay, scorekeeping, or digital play. Their number one seller, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, is well known for this.
Bezier Games has received several awards for their games, including the Mensa Select award for Suburbia, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, and Favor of the Pharaoh. One Night Ultimate Werewolf was recommended by the Spiel des Jahres jury in 2015, and Werewords was a finalist for the Spiel des Jahres in 2019. Bezier Games’ products are distributed worldwide and licensed in over twelve different languages.
Bezier Games, Inc. productions
- Start Player: A Kinda Collectible Card Game (2006)[1][2] - Out of print, now published by Z-Man Games
- Ultimate Werewolf: Whitebox Edition (2007)
- Rapscallion (2008)[3][4]
- Smarty Party Gamer's Expansion (2008)
- Ubongo Extrem Craxy Expansion (2008)
- Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition (2008, 2010)
- Beer & Pretzels (2009)
- Ultimate Werewolf: Classic Movie Monsters (2010)
- Ultimate Werewolf: Compact Edition (2010)
- Perpetual-Motion Machine (2010)
- TieBreaker (2011)
- Ultimate Werewolf: Night Terrors (2011)
- Ultimate Werewolf Artifacts (2011)
- Mutant Meeples (2012)
- Enter The Passage (2012)
- Suburbia (2012)
- Ultimate Werewolf: Urban Legends (2013)
- You Suck (2013)
- Ultimate Werewolf: Inquisition (2013)
- Suburbia Inc (2013)
- One Night Ultimate Werewolf (2014)
- Ultimate Werewolf (2014)
- Ultimate Werewolf: Deluxe Edition (2014)
- Ultimate Werewolf: Wolfpack (2014)
- Ultimate Werewolf: Kickstarter Edition (2014)
- Subdivision (2014)
- Castles of Mad King Ludwig (2014)
- Start Player Express (2014)
- One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak (2015)
- One Night Ultimate Werewolf Bonus Pack (2015)
- Suburbia 5 Star (2015)
- Favor of the Pharaoh (2015)
- Castles of Mad King Ludwig Secrets (2015)
- Terra (2015)
- One Night Ultimate Vampire (2016)
- One Night Ultimate Bonus Pack 2 (2016)
- America (2016)
- Colony (2016)
- One Night Ultimate Alien (2017)
- One Night Ultimate Bonus Pack 3 (2017)
- Werewords (2017)
- Whistle Stop (2017)
- Ultimate Werewolf: Hunting Party (2017)
- The Palace of Mad King Ludwig (2017)
- Werebeasts (2018)
- Werebeasts Deluxe Edition (2018)
- Werewords Deluxe Edition (2018)
- Ultimate Werewolf Legacy (2018)
- Whistle Stop: Rocky Mountains Expansion (2018)
- One Week Ultimate Werewolf (2019)
- One Night Ultimate Super Villains (2019)
- CABO (2nd Edition) (2019)
- Silver (2019)
- Suburbia Collector's Edition (2019)
- Silver Bullet (2019)
- One Night Ultimate Super Heroes (2019)
- One Night Ultimate Bonus Roles (2019)
- CABO Deluxe Edition (2020)
- Silver Coin (2020)
- Whistle Mountain (2020)
- Silver Dagger (2020)
- Maglev Metro (2021)
- Ultimate Werewolf Extreme (2021)
- Castles of Mad King Ludwig Collector's Edition (2021)
- Age of Steam and Steam Expansions
- 1830s Pennsylvania & Northern California (2006)[5]
- Sun & London (2006)
- Disco Inferno & Soul Train (2006)
- Mississippi Steamboats & Golden Spike (2007)[6]
- America & Europe (2007)[7]
- Barbados & St. Lucia (2007)[8]
- Jamaica & Puerto Rico (2007)[9]
- Essen Spiel Limited Edition & Secret Blueprints of Steam #3 (2008)[10]
- Secret Blueprints of Steam 1 & 2 (2008)[11]
- Vermont, New Hampshire & Central New England (2008)[12]
- Alabama Railways, Antebellum Louisiana & Four Corners (2009)
- 1867 Georgia Reconstruction, South Carolina & Oklahoma Land Rush (2009)
- Beer & Pretzels: The Train Game Expansion (2009)
- California Gold Rush & Underground Railroad (2010)
- Amazon Rainforest & Sahara Desert (2010)
- Atlantis & Trisland (2010)
- Sharing & Really Friendly Sharing (2010)
- Australia & Tasmania (2011)
- Outer Space & Reversteam (2011)
- African Diamond Mines & Taiwan Cube Factories (2011)
- Orient Express & Disoriented Express (2011)
References
- Erik Arneson. "Top 10 Stocking Stuffers / Small Game Gifts of 2006". About.com. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- W. Eric Martin (2006-10-30). "Start Player". FunandBoardgames.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- Tom Vasel (2008-09-15). "Rapscallion Review". The Dice Tower. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- W. Eric Martin (2008-03-04). "Game Preview: Rapscallion". Boardgamenews.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- Tom Vasel (2007-04-18). "Review of Age of Steam: Expansion - 1830s Pennsylvania / Northern California". RPGnet. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- W. Eric Martin (2007-01-15). "Game Preview: Age of Steam: Mississippi Steamboats/Golden Spike". Boardgamenews.com. Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- W. Eric Martin (2007-07-23). "Game Preview: Age of Steam: America/Europe". Boardgamenews.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- W. Eric Martin (2007-07-25). "Game Preview: Age of Steam: Barbados/St. Lucia". Boardgamenews.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- W. Eric Martin (2007-07-27). "Game Preview: Age of Steam: Jamaica/Puerto Rico". Boardgamenews.com. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- W. Eric Martin (2008-09-03). "Game Preview: Age of Steam: Essen Spiel & Secret Blueprints of Steam Plan #3". Boardgamenews.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- W. Eric Martin (2008-08-18). "Game Preview: Age of Steam: Secret Blueprints of Steam, Plans #1 & 2". Boardgamenews.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- W. Eric Martin (2008-08-04). "Game Preview: Age of Steam: Vermont, New Hampshire & Central New England". Boardgamenews.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2008-10-11.