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Paul Stapleton

23 games 1 3D model Designed 22 games Art for 20 games

I've been a Brightonian, keen gamer and cartoonist since the mid 90's, and in 2012 I finally got to combine all three to make my first board game, BN1: A Board Game All About Brighton. It was a continuation of a comic strip I'd been drawing for a couple of years prior, and the first run sold out within 5 weeks. Since then a couple of new editions have followed, as well as a blood-soaked follow up in the shape of…

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ZomBN1: A Board Game All About Zombie Infested Brighton, and a couple of portable minigames. My new project, due for release sometime next year, sees Bedsit Games leaving Brighton for the first time in the magical exploration game Paupers' Ladder.

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Designed and illustrated 19 games

17 more without a cover yet
The Siege of Shaddis Horne 2026 0
Paupers' Medley 2026 0
The Tower of Elmarsh 2026 0
Aufbruch in Brighthelm: Spieleschmiede promo paupers Promo 2026 0
Paupers' Ladder: This Cobbled Isle 2023 0
Paupers' Ladder: The Gift Bearers 2023 0
Paupers' Ladder: The Moon Towers 2022 0
Paupers' Ladder: Bon-bons 2021 0
Paupers' Ladder: The Bodachs of Brighthelm 2020 0
Paupers' Ladder: The Moonlighters 2020 0
Paupers' Ladder: One Lonely Pauper 2020 0
Paupers' Ladder: Christmas in Brighthelm 2019 0
ZomBN1: Sewage Panic 2017 0
BN1: Escape From The Lanes 2016 0
ZomBN1: A Board Game all About Zombie Infested Brighton 2014 0
BN1: A Board Game All About Brighton 2012 0
The Curse of Saltash Mine 0

Designed 3 games

2 more without a cover yet
Paupers' Ladder: Promo Paupers Promo 2025 0
BN1: A Board Game All About Brighton (10th Anniversary Edition) 2022 0

Art for 1 game

Turnips & Turnstiles 2026 0

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