Red Genie Games

Red Genie Games was released on the world to bring you original, thematic games and other magical pieces of creative collaboration. Red Genie Games was formed in Melbourne in 2015 at a local board game design incubator. 

The Brigade was our first published game as Red Genie and it was during its development that we were blessed to make the acquaintance of Ivan Nevill. A longstanding active member of Australia's RPG community, Ivan can be found writing scenarios for RPGs, hosting trivia, demoing food-based wargames, and wherever games and puns can be combined for the betterment of humanity. He also was co-creator of another zine project, Stubby Buddy, which celebrated beer and friendship.

It was Ivan's wit and imagination that gave life to Tinderbox: the setting for The Brigade. His creativity has influenced all the locations, stories and characters in the game, which in turn has been recognised as a key strength of The Brigade in almost every review. 

Little did we know at the time we were creating Tinderbox, but there was a city of adventure that Ivan had been running campaigns in for many years before Red Genie Games even existed. When Ivan shared the original Fools Haven Zine and we realised what a big influence it had on the fantasy feel and humour of Tinderbox, we knew we had the foundations of a fantasy world on our hands. So the Vague World was born. 

When Kickstarter announced Zine Quest, we knew the stars had aligned and it was time to introduce Fools Haven to the world. 

All profits from this campaign go to Ivan for his tireless contributions to the success of The Brigade and the extensive writing he has contributed towards the 'Tinderbox Tales' series of games.