Surprising Snake Games

02/27/2026

A quick intro and gameplay overview of Finder's Forest

Join Jacob and Carolyn as they discuss the origin and backstory of creating Finder's Forest, then explain the game's mechanics and go through a round of play.

12/02/2025

Another art update! Everything is going extremely well. We could not be more pleased with the work of our great artist, Leonard Haas! Stay tuned for more art coming soon, including some new designs for the Event and Item cards!

08/31/2025

A big thanks to thanks to the Tulsa Board Game Community for letting us come to their weekly game night to do some blind playtesting!
Really enjoyed hanging out with our four participants and got some great compliments and some ideas for improvements. We saw a lot of great player interaction and engagement, which was awesome to see for a co-op game. Finder's Forest is really shaping up!
We'll be back for more playtesting with that group and others around town so keep an eye out for us (we'll make sure to post on here about it too!).

We also wanted to take this opportunity to announce that we will be at the Tulsa Gaming Con (https://www.facebook.com/share/1F4gYAEnYe/), organized by Tiamat's Dungeon, coming up at the beginning of next year. Surprising Snake Games will have a booth to answer all your questions and a table running Finder's Forest playtests all weekend! Make sure to stop by and say hello.

08/06/2025

Art update! Some amazing pieces from our artist Leonard Haas. We're are super excited for how things are shaping up!

Check out details and sign up to be notified about Finder's Forest here: https://surprisingsnakegames.com/pages/finders-forest

See more of Leonard's work here: https://www.artstation.com/leonardhaas

05/06/2025

Just posted the first devlog regarding the development of our 1v1 vs deckbuilding game, working title "Soul Duel"! You can check it out below:

A deckbuilding duel of predictive strategy. In this combat deck-building game you'll face an opponent in a best-of-7 duel by utilizing Thrust and Slice type attacks while defending against these attacks with either a Dodge or a Block. Build up your deck and equip weapons during a drafting period in....

04/14/2025

Hey there, game lovers! We're Surprising Snake Games, a couple who loves creating board games that are all about the fun, ambiance, and maybe a little silliness on occasion.

Join us as we share more about our board game-making journey!

04/04/2025

EXPECTATION: Making a board game with friends = non-stop fun and creative bliss ✨

REALITY: "No, THAT mechanic is broken!" "I don't want to do that. That's dumb!" "Why are we still arguing about card sizes?!"

Turns out creating board games involves just as much friendly debate as actually playing it.

Tag that one friend who'd either be the peacekeeper or the biggest troublemaker on your game design team! 👇

03/07/2025

Making progress! Our website is currently under construction! Should be live soon, and then we can get to talking about games!

02/12/2025

Welcome to Surprising Snake Games!
We're happy to announce that our first board game, Finder's Forest, is planned to launch on Kickstarter in the Fall of 2026! Make sure to follow us for information about the game and about the crowdfunding launch as it gets closer!

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