Devlog

• Read this great actual play!
  December 13, 2025 by Thursday Garreau

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  Howdy, HCs! Just briefly chiming in to share three great posts from Jack Shirai's blog where he really makes HARDCASE shine, playing for 3 entire in-game months as the same character. That's a hell of... Continue reading
• HARDCASE: TRUTHSEEKER is now available!
  July 29, 2025 by Thursday Garreau

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  The game's first official expansion, TRUTHSEEKER , has now released with a gorgeous PDF from the same layout artist who did HARDCASE's core rulebook. It adds an optional new subsystem for solving Myst... Continue reading
• Tons of new third-party expansions!
  June 10, 2025 by Thursday Garreau

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  Hello, HCs! I hope the Heliopause Near-Earth District has been treating you all well. TRUTHSEEKER 's received a rough layout pass and I've been looking over some lovely sketches Ida did (Huevomigos!!)... Continue reading
• Physical copies now available!
  May 23, 2025 by Thursday Garreau

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  My partners over at RV Games are now selling print editions of HARDCASE - go check it out!!... Continue reading
• HARDCASE Mini and #HCjam
  May 09, 2025 by Thursday Garreau

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  I sent an email to owners, but figure a devlog would be helpful as well: HARDCASE Mini , a guided demo version of the game with a new setting. Along with that, I've launched the #HCjam , a game jam th... Continue reading
• Official expansion: TRUTHSEEKER, fully funded and available now!
  April 05, 2025 by Thursday Garreau

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  One week ago, I launched the Itchfunding campaign for HARDCASE: TRUTHSEEKER , my first expansion to the game... and I'm pleased to say that we hit every single funding goal! I'm putting the finishing... Continue reading
• Page Makeover, Minor PDF Fixes
  January 06, 2025 by Thursday Garreau

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  Ida 's done a quick round of edits (just a few minor lingering layout bugs) and also beautified this page wonderfully. Redownload your PDFs if you'd like, and check out HARDPLACE for even more HARDCAS... Continue reading

  
• Third-Party Expansion: HARDPLACE
  December 22, 2024 by Thursday Garreau

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  It's a happy holiday here in my house today with a surprise gift from Binary Star Games: HARDPLACE , which expands out 4 ports of call from my humble half-page brief in HARDCASE into a whole load of m... Continue reading
• B&W/Print-Friendly version now available!
  November 26, 2024 by Thursday Garreau

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  Howdy, everyone! A few of you have asked for this, and my lovely layout artist was able to put it together: a version of HARDCASE you should be able to print at home! If anyone does make one of these... Continue reading
• Minor PDF Update
  July 02, 2024 by Thursday Garreau

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  Just pushed an updated PDF that fixed a duplicate table in the Salvage section and a font error in the footers <3... Continue reading
• HARDCASE 2.0 is complete!
  June 30, 2024 by Thursday Garreau

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  Hello, everyone, and welcome to a big day: the full, final release of HARDCASE! I wrote this game in March, and it was driven by the most appropriate motivations possible: that deeply 2024 combination... Continue reading

  
• HARDCASE 2.0 is coming...
  May 11, 2024 by Thursday Garreau

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  Two bits of great news today, HCs! 1: The full book (24 pages!) is written and off to Ida for layout, which means things are moving along quite well; no strict timeline yet, but it shouldn't be too lo... Continue reading
• Fully funded!
  March 15, 2024 by Thursday Garreau

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  It's been one week since HARDCASE launched... and it's just now hit the $600 Itchfunding goal! I truly expected that to take weeks, and I'm honored that so many of y'all have given it a look. Your ent... Continue reading
• THANK YOU for the incredible launch!
  March 10, 2024 by Thursday Garreau

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  Howdy, HCs! It's been a little over a day since HARDCASE launched, and I'm incredibly humbled by the reaction its gotten - we're nearly at halfway funded, just in the original weekend! I hope the game... Continue reading
• Itchfunding and release!
  March 08, 2024 by Thursday Garreau

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  Hello, HCs! It's my pleasure to welcome you all to Basement Station and your new daily grind. HARDCASE is a solo game about space poverty, meant to be played in small sessions full of novelty. I made... Continue reading