About the Shivers

The Shivers is the first game created by Pop Fiction Games, a family-owned independent publisher. We believe that tabletop games can ignite a child-like spark of magic and mystery, as well as bring people of all ages together. But with the chaos of our modern lives, few have time to sit through endless pages of complex rules and gameplay that drags on without end. We want to help create the most magical one hour of your day.

That’s why our games are designed to be easily understood, set up quickly, and conjure a rich range of emotions. Our patented pop-up game environments command the attention of everyone at the table, and allow for completely new ways to interact with your adventure. Because we at Pop Fiction Games are storytellers at heart, artists by trade, and gamers since childhood.

We are also looking to the future, creating ways to expand the universe of The Shivers, as well as developing totally new pop-up adventures to ignite that spark of magic within your gaming group. Stay tuned for more!

How it all Started

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Being a designer, Andy is always coming up with creative new ideas. This time, he wanted a game experience that could infuse his young family with feelings of magic and mystery — a feeling he was trying to recreate from his early days watching friends play D&D. Not finding a game that fit their needs, he visited a local bookstore and was hit with a stroke of inspiration: a pop-up you can play!

Andy taught himself how to make crude pop-ups, created a full set of three-dimensional rooms in a haunted house, and set about writing a few stories for his kids to play. His family loved playing, their friends loved playing, their class loved playing, even serious gamers at a local game shop loved playing.

That’s when he knew he had to take the next steps: hiring professional illustrators, paper engineers, and writers — and using Kickstarter to fund it all! The rest is history, but the story is just beginning. Follow us @TheShiversGame to see how this ongoing adventure is unfolding!

Meet the Team

Andy Logan

Lead Designer

Andy is the creator of The Shivers game, and is managing the creative team to ensure that players will have as magical and mysterious an experience as possible. As a dad with three young daughters, he’s always looking for something to pull them away from their iPads, so he created a pop-up game!

By day, he’s an award-winning product designer, with a viewable portfolio at www.AWOLcompany.com.

Bill Tiller

Lead Illustrator

Bill is our incredible illustrator, bringing the world of The Shivers to life. California-based, his unique visual style defines The Shivers world as he illustrates each game room, character, and box artwork. We got to know him from his amazing work on LucasArts point-and-click games like The Curse of Monkey Island and The Dig, as well as Vampyre Story.

You can see more of his work at BillTillerArt.com.

Renee Jablow

Paper Engineer

Renee creates pop-up masterpieces for books, cards, advertising, packaging, and props! For The Shivers game, she’s engineering and prototyping our complex 3D rooms. Over a 20-year career she’s worked on over 60 published pop-up books for brands like Disney, Dreamworks, 20th Century Fox TV, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, and Up With Paper.

You can see more of Renee’s work at ReneeJablow.com.

Larry Ahern

Episode Writer

Larry Ahern is a former LucasArts adventure game designer, writer, and artist who is currently working in the California theme park industry. He’s part of the creative vision behind such beloved titles as Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, and The Curse of Monkey Island. For The Shivers, he is writing the B-series of episodes included with the Core game, bringing his unique blend of cleverness and humor to our pop-up adventure!

Darcy Coates

Episode Writer

Darcy is writing the episodes in Expansion #1 (aka Series C)! She’ll be ensuring our stories are full of frights and chills, clever puzzles, vexing clues, and most importantly: continuity! Based in Australia, Darcy is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 20 horror and gothic fiction books, and was a finalist in the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards.

You can see more of Darcy’s work at DarcyCoates.com.

Aris Garabedean

Graphic Designer

Aris is the highly-experienced graphic designer who is making all the storytelling information in The Shivers clear, concise, and consistent. From our logo artwork to our many Episode Guides and manuals, his keen eye for detail and visual layout is helping ensure our game is readable and intuitive, but also infused with spooky discoveries! Over his 20+ year career working with some of the world’s leading brands, Aris has earned top international awards and is also a foosball master.

Heather Logan

Community Outreach

Heather wears many hats for The Shivers team: running all social media, advertising, being Andy’s wife, promoting ads, company finances, scheduling playtests, tradeshows… she does it all! And when you chat with us on our social media channels, she’s probably the one responding. A mother of three beautiful girls with a background in child development and a California native, she has really enjoyed being immersed in the tabletop community.

Elements of The Shivers game are protected by United States Patent Office issued patent # 11,179,626, in addition to multiple patents-pending, international patents-pending, as well as trademarks and copyrights