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Davis Friends Create Board Game

After years of dreaming and developing, six friends in Davis have created and launched their own multiplayer board game. 

Coffee Time is a unique introduction-to-strategy game designed for two-to six players. Creators say it’s less complicated than Monopoly, making it great for ages eight-and-older.

The game centers around King Tea, who has infiltrated the Realm of Time. He seeks to change all of the World Clocks to Tea Time, so it will be Tea Time forever. And he wants to vanquish coffee because he is jealous of how popular it has become. Players help Cup Joe and his Coffee Time friends stop King Tea.

Aaron Wedra, of Davis, came up with Coffee Time five years ago in a video-game design class at Sacramento City College. Over time, he enlisted friends to join.

“Basically, I love coffee and games and graphic design,” designer Aaron Wedra told The Dirt. “Brew these delightful passions together and you get the Coffee Time board game.”

Wedra designed most of the characters; his friend Landon Christensen designed King Tea. Steve Price helped develop game concepts. Sam Lundholm created the abstract textures found on the game box, cards and board. Matthew Wright developed original music for the game, and Milly Judd copy edited all text. Davis Cards & Games general manager Michael Schwarts lent his expertise, evaluating prototypes.

The highly caffeinated team effort is already percolating interest in Davis. The friends say they sold more than a hundred games in their first few weeks.

“Even if we can enter people’s lives for just 60-minutes and take their minds away from their chores, and their jobs and finances,” Wedra said, “we’re already realizing the highest success.”

Coffee Time can be purchased in brick-and-mortar stores like Davis Cards & Games and Avid & Co., or online at playcoffeetime.com. A portion of Coffee Time sales benefit Purple Tree Cafe in Davis, a non-profit that employs people with disabilities.

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