Who We Are
Gather 'round, fellow adventurers and game enthusiasts! We're thrilled to introduce you to a slice of our family history that's been brewing like a secret potion for ages.
Picture this: countless evenings of laughter, suspense, and good-natured rivalry spent huddled around a table, rolling dice and strategizing like there's no tomorrow. Yep, you guessed it right! The very dice game that has woven itself into the fabric of our family gatherings is now ready to take the world by storm. But wait, there's more! In true family fashion, we've sprinkled this classic game with a dash of whimsy and a whole lot of stinkin' fun – that's right, we've given it a skunk-tastic makeover!
So, brace yourselves for a blend of nostalgia, strategy, and skunky surprises as we proudly unveil our beloved dice game with a hilarious and mischievous skunk twist. Get ready to roll, giggle, and unleash your inner skunk aficionado with us!
HISTORY OF JOHNSON FAMILY DICE
KEN, ROBB, VICKI, WES, MANDY, SIMON, LIZ, MOOKIE, DUSTY
JOHNSON FAMILY DICE, as our beloved game has been known, was first played some 35 years ago, probably around the kitchen table of Ken’s parents, Warren and Evie Johnson, at their summer home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Ken’s dad passed away in 2007, but our family’s love for the game continued. Over the years, this Johnson family favorite has continued to morph and evolve around that kitchen table and in other family kitchens and living rooms. This game has been honed and fine-tuned as new rules – increasingly silly over time -- have been conjured up from the warped minds of gamers at these familial gatherings. After countless thousands of hours of painstaking research and development and millions of throws of the dice, we believe the only right thing to do is to share the fun with you! Hence, the creation of SKUNK’D!
SKUNK’D is a simple game using six dice. But there's a twist! For each game you play, YOU MAKE THE RULES! Dusty, Mandy, James, Vicki, Robb, Liz, Ken and our Pop-pop Warren have invented new rules over the years that you can now choose to use (or not use) each time you play SKUNK’D. In fact, rules may be suggested by any human on Earth -- or whichever planet humans may choose to inhabit in the future. We will review suggestions each year and rules we adopt will be added to the pot of rules (and I'm telling you these rules are silly!) from which you and your family and friends may choose!
Meet the Team
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Ken Johnson
CJO (Chief Johnson Officer)
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Liz Johnson
COB (Chairmain of the Bored)
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Dusty Johnson
Lead Creative Engineer
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Mookie Johnson
DOG (Director of Games)
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TBN (To Be Named) Send Us Ideas!
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In Memory of our original Johnson Family Dice Founders
Evie & Warren Johnson
What’s Next?
We completed a successful Kickstarter campaign in early 2024! Our backers got a first edition of the game along with other upgrades for helping us fund and "kickstart" our idea! We set a very high quality standard for SKUNK’D so we invested a significant amount of time in vetting and hiring only the best vendors to help us manufacture the game. We completed our first production run of 500 games in August 2024 and officially released SKUNK’D for retail sale!
We are rolling out online tools, including a place to report YOUR SKUNK’D scoring feats. We have an expansion pack for SKUNK’D in the queue with new chaotic rules — we are ready for you to submit YOUR ideas for new rules, too! We plan a SKUNK’D Jr for our youngest gamers, a “hot tub” version of SKUNK’D and, ultimately, we envision moving SKUNK’D to a digital platform. We will be reporting periodically on our progress as the stench pool grows more pungent!