GROWING UP WITH BEYONDER: Jacob McEntire Jacob McEntire grew up playing Beyonder. He was five years old when he made his first character, an intrepid thief named Bilbo. Bilbo excelled at sneaking about and gaining access to secret places, but he wasn’t always prudent – he loved a good fight with bad odds. Jacob and […]

CREATING A CHARACTER IN BEYONDER: Basic Character Types The first of an occasional series on character creation This post describes some of the basic character types you can choose in Beyonder. In future posts we’ll go deeper, describing ways to make more complex and nuanced characters. If you want a fast and easy way to […]

Our books will be ready a little later than we had hoped: early next year, not late this year.  We have chosen to go for greater printing quality, which will take a little longer but which we believe is worth the wait. We are hoping that the Beyonder: Science of the Six, and Imbelnhi’s Bestiary: […]

Nineteen years ago, Simon McEntire played Beyonder for the first time. He was in sixth grade, and his dad moderated. This weekend, Simon will be moderating a game of Beyonder for a group of sixth graders. He is now a partner in Flying NightBear Games (FNB Games), the company formed in 2008 to write and […]

Open to members of the AFS community only On Wednesday, November 26, Beyonder returns to its roots for Homecoming weekend! Flying Nightbear Games (AKA Simon, Jordan, Caleb, Jacob, and Robin) will be hosting a Beyonder game after Homecoming Meeting for Worship.  Whether you’re a player from back in the day, or a newbie who wants […]

Flying NightBear Games has been added to a vastly growing list of developers who are  choosing to take a critical stand against GamerGate.  Last week,  Flying NightBear Games board  members Robin McEntire, Caleb McEntire and Judy Schatz weighed in on this volatile subject.  Check out the entire list of game developers and see where everyone has chosen to stand […]