About us

We are an independent publisher of card games based in the UK.

What’s New?

  • LIVESTREAM – Little Ghost
    Join us for our Friday livestream where Chris will be drawing and chatting to Viv about Little Ghost, betonmond’s spooky little bluffing game.
  • LIVESTREAM – Wizard Work!
    Chris Riddell is chatting live to Viv about “Wizard Work”, the stategic family game about magical job opportunities designed by Kevan Davis and illustrated by Chris. There will be live wizard drawing.
  • Prototyping Wizard Work
    Let me show you the prototypes for our first card game, Wizard Work. The finished deck is a beautiful thing, with intricate ink and watercolour illustrations by Chris Riddell. But, as is proper, it started out as a bunch of paper scraps and a spreadsheet.
  • Behind the Scenes at the Cloud Tower
    When Chris Riddell asked me if I thought that we could make a tarot deck with his illustrations, I said yes. A pocket-sized Chris simulator full of strange wisdom, or whatever else will come out. Let’s make it.
  • New Year, New Plans.
    Well, here we are. This is Viv, blogging, like in the olden days, and hoping that you’re mostly doing well. Betonmond has been doing all right! We just published a tarot deck – The Cloud Tower Tarot, illustrated by Chris Riddell – and the office copy is telling us that things are going all right.… Read more: New Year, New Plans.