Paverson Games
About
Paverson Games, creator of Distilled and Luthier
Paverson Games is an indie board game publisher located in Wisconsin, focusing on rich, thematic, and aesthetic game experiences rooted in medium-weight mechanics and strategy. In addition to Distilled and Luthier, Paverson Games has also created numerous video games and interactive historical experiences, including the award-winning Tombeaux. Paverson Games is owned and operated by Dave Beck.
Games

Class of '89
Class of '89 will take you back to the days of big dreams, bigger hair, and the ultimate high school send-off, so break out the neon and dust off your mixtapes — it's time to create the most legendary yearbook spread ever!
It's your senior year in high school, and as President of the Yearbook Club, it's your responsibility to make sure every standout moment is captured. Compete to create the most kickin' yearbook by sending your uniquely skilled staff all over the school. Assemble a nerd herd full of brainiacs, a team full of musclehead jocks, or a clique of style mavens who always look funky fresh. From the drama on the football field to the most wack after-school clubs, every righteous memory must be immortalized!
Compete to design the gnarliest yearbook spread before the final bell rings. Points can be gained from clever tile placement, strategic set collection, and sweet proximity bonuses as each teacher's class is filled with matching students. Of course, trading signatures will earn much-needed street cred. Don't wig out as only the most awesomely organized yearbooks can win, and nothing is more bodacious than one that is alphabetized.
Say Cheese, Dude! – Use worker placement to snap the most cringy, classic, and totally radical senior year moments to make your yearbook the best in class.
Like, Totally Strategic! – Tile placement, set collection, and proximity bonuses will build a yearbook layout that's wicked awesome.
ABC or Bust! – Only the most tubular yearbooks follow that all-important A-to-Z order. Mess it up, and your choice creation might just be bogus.
Traverse the memories from an iconic era that brought us everything from The Breakfast Club to Saved by the Bell.

Distilled: Cocktails
It’s time to literally shake things up with Cocktails, a big-box spirited expansion for Distilled. Your distillery has now been established, and it’s time to bring your famous spirits to the world! Expand the production capacity of your distillery by adding a second washback, providing you with more acclaim and revenue for your brand. Craft unique cocktails for customers, requiring special mixers that are paired with the spirits from your distillery, spreading your international renown around the globe. Perhaps even consider seeking out an esteemed collector, attracting them with your most prestigious spirits to unlock new end game scoring opportunities.

Luthier
Luthier transports players to the height of classical music in Western Europe, when the art of the instrument was upheld equally by skilled craftspeople, noble patrons, virtuoso performers, and famous composers such as Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Using a new, unique combination of hidden bidding and worker placement, players manage resources to craft various musical instruments in their workshop, while also courting actual historic patrons through an ever-changing personal tableau of actions and bonuses. Each player chooses how to balance improving skills across multiple tracks, unlocking specialized worker abilities and other bonuses. The choice to concentrate on varying gameplay strategies and goals, such as musical performances, instrument building and repairs, apprentice training and workshop expansion, and overall reputation as an instrument maker, provide multiple paths to victory.
Luthier finds true harmony through an authentic and original marriage of theme and mechanisms, resulting in a rich gameplay experience that equally speaks to both the strategic gamer and the classical music lover.