We’re Hiring A Lead Developer

This position has been filled.

If you are a mobile and web application developer obsessed with clean, efficient code, following best practices (even when it’s annoying), and developing systems with minimalism in mind, consider applying below.

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The Position

We’re looking for a full-time Lead Developer to create and manage the development of our web and mobile applications. This position is primarily an individual contributor role, with the initial focus being on a few self-contained projects managed by our Marketing Director, Steven (he’s great).

If those projects go well, this position will evolve to focus on the constant honing and improvement of our technological systems and taking over management of any external devs needed to cover specific skillsets. While we will consider remote applicants, our preference will strongly lean towards someone more local.

We’re looking for someone who is prepared to build industry-changing technologies in our continual effort to perfect the tabletop gaming experience.

What We Value

Our employee values (see below) exist to guide employee action and provide a clear picture of our expectations, both for you and ourselves. Success at Covenant is embodying these values and demonstrating them when acting on behalf of the company, especially when direct instruction is unavailable. These values are:

Awareness
Excellence
Determination
Focus
Initiative
Innovation
Receptiveness

While no person can perfectly embody every one of these values in every moment, a Covenant employee is expected to have a natural inclination toward them and a desire to actively cultivate them in all aspects of their work.

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Qualifications & Experience

  • A desire to do good work for its own sake
  • Desire to constantly learn and perfect oneself (kaizen)
  • Familiarity and passion for tabletop games
  • Understanding and ability to use Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) – planning, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance
  • Experience working with an Agile project management system
  • 3+ years of experience in Web Application Development using a Javascript framework (ex. Angular or React)
  • 2+ years of experience leading and managing other developers
  • Proficiency working with REST/SOAP APIs both inside and outside of WordPress
  • Experience with the majority of items on this list:
    • WordPress/WooCommerce/WooCommerce Subscriptions knowledge
    • SSH, CLI, WP-CLI
    • Object-Oriented Programming
    • OAuth
    • HTML5, SCSS, GULP
    • PHP, MySQL
    • Javascript
    • Git
  • 21 years or older
  • Must be authorized to work in the US (no visa sponsorship will be provided)

Our Current Technologies

  • LEMP Stack (Site hosted on Pantheon.io)
  • WordPress Custom Theme and Plugins
  • eCommerce, payment processing via Stripe
  • Angular application that connects via REST API to our WordPress website

We’re Hiring an Operations Specialist

This position has been filled.

If you are diligent, meticulous, and self-motivated, with a desire to improve tabletop gaming, consider applying below.

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The Position

Our Operations team plays a vital role at Covenant, with responsibilities ranging from operating our local retail store to shipping orders all over the world. Your role as Operations Specialist will change based on evolving operational needs, and as such, a fierce commitment to doing good work at all times is more relevant than any immediately relevant technical expertise. 

While our retail store is temporarily closed due to COVID-19, you will spend most of your time packing orders, receiving inventory, assisting customers with curbside pickup, and handling day-to-day operational needs as they arise.

Once we are able to safely reopen our doors to the public, your focus will expand to the operation of our local store – managing events, executing retail transactions, connecting with customers, and ensuring a world-class experience from open to close.

Responsibilities

  • Operating our retail store and play space
  • Routine, thorough cleaning
  • Packing and shipping online orders
  • Receiving and stocking inventory
  • Executing various operational tasks as they arise (they always do!), at an unwaveringly high standard

What We Value

Our employee values (see below) exist to guide employee action and provide a clear picture of our expectations, both for you and ourselves. Success at Covenant is embodying these values and demonstrating them when acting on behalf of the company, especially when direct instruction is unavailable. These values are:

Awareness
Excellence
Determination
Focus
Initiative
Innovation
Receptiveness

While no person can perfectly embody every one of these values in every moment, a Covenant employee is expected to have a natural inclination toward them and a desire to actively cultivate them in all aspects of their work.

Players around a table at Covenant Tulsa with shades on

Qualifications

  • A desire to do good work for its own sake
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency with computers and technology
  • Ability to accurately compile and pack orders from an invoice
  • Ability to stand and perform physical tasks at a brisk pace for eight or more hours
  • Ability to maintain focus on a single task for multiple hours
  • Ability to routinely lift 50 pounds or more
  • Desire to constantly learn and improve

Experience

  • Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent
  • 21 years or older
  • Familiarity with tabletop games
  • Retail experience a plus
  • Customer service experience a plus
  • Mixology experience a plus
  • Coffee and espresso experience a plus

Star Wars CCG – Death Star & Trench Run Deck Lists

I started collecting the Star Wars CCG, a classic card game originally published in 1995, as production on the game was winding down. We had been referencing the game quite often on recent episodes of The Covenant Cast, so we decided to take a trip down memory lane on one of our recent, weekly streams (typically Mondays at 3pm CST on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch) by busting out a few of our old decks and playing a game live!

If you’ve ever been curious about how to play the Star Wars CCG, check out our gameplay stream below. For those curious, the decklists (with images) that we used in the stream are below the video.

The decks being featured on stream are thematically paired against each other and generally rely on the other deck to ‘play along’ for them to work. A great example of this is the Attack Run deck doesn’t include a copy of the Death Star, because it knows this Dark Side deck is going to start with it in play. The decks could be easily adjusted to work outside this specific pairing (by adding the Light Side version of the Death Star to the deck), but they go well together to recreate some of the best moments from the original trilogy.

Dark Side: Death Star Deck

This deck has all the classics, from Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine all the way to the Death Star and Executor. If you’re looking for a deck inspired by everything that first made you love the Empire, look no further!

This deck is super consistent, as it uses Imperial Arrest Order & Secret Plans to get docking bays. It then uses Mobilization Points to ensure you can generate a ton of Force early by controlling those docking bays and lets you grab the Executor if you don’t draw it in your opening hand. The final starting effect is Combat Responses, which ensures you can grab your TIE Pilots with their TIE Fighters. While the deck has the tools to Commence Primary Ignition with the Superlaser, blowing up Rebel bases isn’t a huge priority for the deck.

Ultimately, you want to get the Executor out quickly (usually you’ll grab it turn one with Mobilization Points) with a handful of Imperial Admirals on the table. Ideally, those include Admiral Ozzel and Admiral Piett, both of which reduce the cost of your other Star Destroyers. From there, you want to get as many Death Squadron Star Destroyers into play as you can. Then you should be able to control most systems (planets) and Force Drain the rebels into the ground.

Objective (1): Set Your Course for Alderaan / The Ultimate Power In The Universe

Starting Locations (Pulled with objective): 3
Death Star
Death Star: Docking Bay 327
Alderaan

Starting Interrupt (4): Prepared Defenses
Combat Responses
Imperial Arrest Order & Secret Plans
Mobilization Points

Characters: 16
3x Darth Vader With Lightsaber
2x Emperor Palpatine
1x Grand Moff Tarkin
1x Admiral Motti
1x Admiral Piett
1x Grand Admiral Thrawn
1x Admiral Chiraneau
1x Admiral Ozzel
1x Commander Merrejk
1x Captain Lennox
1x Baron Soontir Fel
1x DS-181-3
1x Janus Greejatus

Capital / Starfighter / Vehicle: 8
1x Executor
1x Blizzard 2
1x Chimaera
3x Death Squadron Star Destroyer
1x Saber 1
1x Saber 3

Systems / Locations / Sites: 9
1x Death Star: War Room
1x Death Star: Detention Block Corridor
1x Executor: Docking Bay
1x Executor: Holotheatre
1x Executor: Control Station
1x Executor: Meditation Chamber
1x Fondor
1x Endor
1x Endor: Landing Platform (Docking Bay)

Weapons: 1
1x Superlaser

Effects / Interrupts: 18
1x Apology Accepted
1x Force Lightning
2x Imperial Command
1x Fear Will Keep Them In Line
1x There Is No Try & Oppressive Enforcement
1x A Bright Center To The Universe
1x Something Special Planned For Them
1x There’ll Be Hell To Pay
1x Imperial Domination
1x Come With Me
1x Masterful Move & Endor Occupation
1x Battle Order & First Strike
1x Ghhhk
2x Twi’lek Advisor
1x Commence Primary Ignition

Admiral’s Orders: 1
1x We’re In Attack Position Now

Light Side: Red Squadron Trench Run Deck

If you’ve ever wanted to feel like a member of the Red Squadron taking on the Death Star at the end of A New Hope, well this is going to get you pretty close! The deck features the majority of the Red Squadron, along with an unsurprising set of allies in Han, Chewie, Lando, Leia, and the Millennium Falcon.

The deck uses Squadron Assignments to ensure you have the right pilots and the right ships at the same time. I technically built the deck we used on stream illegally by including S-Foils and Crash Site Memorial as ‘starting effects’, so I’ve since switched those out for Superficial Damage and Staging Areas. Superficial Damage allows you to sacrifice your weapons for 3 and puts those weapons in your Used Pile instead of your Lost Pile. Staging Areas lets you generate more Force when you control Docking Bays

Since the stream, I’ve added two copies of The Signal, to ensure I could get S-Foils on the table. Beyond that, I also added Reflection just in case a critical card gets ‘lost’ and to give me another powerful effect to grab with The Signal if I already have S-Foils in play.

The deck really just wants to get a fleet of X-Wings on the table and, if possible, start making attack runs on the Death Star.

Objective (1): Massassi Base Operations / One In A Million

Starting Locations (Pulled with objective): 2
Yavin 4
Yavin 4: Docking Bay

Starting Interrupt (4): Heading For The Medical Frigate
Squadron Assignments
Superficial Damage
Staging Areas

Characters: 13
1x Biggs Darklighter
1x Chewbacca Of Kashyyyk
1x Elyhek Rue
1x General Solo
1x Han With Heavy Blaster Pistol
1x Lando Calrissian
1x Leia, Rebel Princess
1x Jek Porkins
2x Luke With Lightsaber
1x Red Leader
1x Theron Nett
1x Wedge Antilles

Capital / Starfighter: 10
2x Millennium Falcon
1x Red 1
1x Red 2
1x Red 3
2x Artoo-Detoo In Red 5
1x Red 6
1x Red 7
1x Red 10

Weapons: 6
4x X-wing Laster Cannon
2x Proton Torpedoes

Effects / Interrupts: 13
1x A Few Maneuvers
3x Organized Attack
2x Out Of Nowhere
2x Rebel Barrier
1x Special Modifications
2x The Signal
1x S-Foils
1x Reflection

Systems / Locations / Sites: 9
1x Death Star: Trench
1x Tatooine
2x Tatooine: Docking Bay 94
1x Tatooine: Lars Moisture Farm
1x Tatooine: Tosche Station
1x Yavin 4: Massassi Ruins
1x Yavin 4: Massassi Headquarters
1x Yavin 4: Massassi War Room

Special: 1
1x Attack Run

Admiral’s Order: 1
1x I’ll Take The Leader

We Are Hiring An Operations Specialist

We are seeking an employee with strong communication skills to join our Operations team. We are in need of a diligent, meticulous, and focused individual who shares our passion for building the tabletop gaming community!

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The Position

Our Operations team plays a vital role at Covenant, with responsibilities ranging from operating our local retail store to shipping orders all over the world. The role of Operations Specialist will change based on evolving operational needs. On one day, you might manage an event, teach games, and connect community members. On another day, you might pack orders, receive inventory, and reply to customer service requests. This position is best suited for individuals that are adaptable and excited by new challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Operate our local retail store
  • Clean the store routinely
  • Ship, pack, and fulfill orders
  • Receive, unpack, and stock inventory
  • Adapt to general operational needs

What We Value

Our employee values (see below) exist to guide employee action and provide a clear picture of our expectations, both for you and ourselves. Success at Covenant is embodying these values and demonstrating them when acting on behalf of the company, especially when direct instruction is unavailable. These values are:

Awareness
Excellence
Determination
Focus
Initiative
Innovation
Receptiveness

While no person can perfectly embody every one of these values in every moment, a Covenant employee is expected to have a natural inclination toward them and a desire to actively cultivate them in all aspects of their work.

Players around a table at Covenant Tulsa with shades on

Qualifications

  • Strong attention to detail
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency with computers and technology
  • Ability to accurately assemble and package products to fulfill orders
  • Ability to stand and perform physical tasks at a brisk pace for eight or more hours
  • Ability to maintain focus on a single task for multiple hours
  • Ability to routinely lift 50 pounds or more
  • Desire to constantly learn and improve

Experience

  • Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent
  • 21 years or older
  • Familiarity with tabletop games
  • Retail experience a plus
  • Customer service experience a plus

Interested? Submit an application below!

Covenant Tulsa is Evolving

This week, we are launching a number of changes to our Covenant Tulsa retail environment – particularly Events and Memberships – and these changes represent a philosophical shift in our understanding of how best to generate deep connections and long-lasting friendships over tabletop games. This is by no means a declaration that “alas, we have solved the retail puzzle!” but instead one of many steps toward a better model that serves a greater proportion of the Tulsa community.

So, let’s take a look at what is changing and why.

Events

The dissonance lurking just under the surface of standard tabletop gaming events is something that has been bubbling up in recent years. Like many of you reading this, we mainly grew up in the “tournament” culture and never questioned its merits. We put together our best decks, sat at a table for 8-12 hours straight, and assumed that the pinnacle of gaming was the adrenaline rush of competing.

But in the past 7 years, this assumption about competitive play has been fully and uncompromisingly deconstructed. Competitive events play an important and valid role, but they are not the preferred style of event for most players (by a longshot) and they are among the least effective at growing and sustaining a player base. Data in this industry skews heavily toward those who are self-reporting in local store environments, but it does not (and perhaps cannot) account for those who choose not to play locally, or at all.

This is a problem, specifically because it leads to stores asking “how can I entice my established players to play in more tournaments and buy more products?” instead of “how can I reach new players and non-participating players and turn them into active community participants?”

These questions have dramatically different answers, and the changes to our events are an attempt to answer the latter and the former. It is crucial to solve for both.

The changes:

  • Standard weekly events no longer link prize distribution to performance, allow for deck/list switching between rounds, and rotate through a variety of formats – including official prize kit events, new player events, release events, limited events, and custom non-official formats.
  • Competitive events (Store Championships, Regionals, etc) remain a key component of the event calendar, and now serve as a more significant and unique opportunity for players to compete. These events will be run according to all official rules and requirements.
  • Social events are now a more common fixture of the schedule. These are events not tied to a specific game but instead aimed at more universal themes (paint day, chili cook-off, etc.)
  • Weekly game days have been adjusted to better promote community crossover and reduce conflicts. Of course, you can still come in anytime and play anything you want.
  • The quarterly, universal league is no longer active in favor of better per-event prizes. Current league points must be cashed in by May 12.

 

This shift better balances the incentives for store attendance by adding more events that every type of player can attend and enjoy. The majority of events allow for the exploration of new decks, lists, and themes without worrying that they might not be “the best”, while the more serious, competitive events still satisfy the need for players to test their mettle in a more high-stakes environment.

All of this stems from our belief that game nights should be a relief from the day-to-day stress of modern life, a time to connect with new and old friends and get lost in universes that we all love, together. Even so, this is undoubtedly only the beginning.

Membership

One consistent chorus that we’ve never deviated from when it comes to local retail is the hazard that shops face when their model relies almost exclusively on MSRP product sales, or product sales at all. In response, we’ve had some variation of a membership model from the beginning. The problem with memberships is finding the perfect balance between value gained for members, revenue gained for us, and the level of scale needed to actually create a sustainable store model.

At the same time, when you start restricting access to tables or games by making them members-only (or heaven forbid, start charging table fees), you risk alienating players new to your store or, more importantly, new to the hobby. We want more people to be involved in tabletop, and the reality is that you are going to lose a lot of would-be community members if you are expecting to make money on those early interactions.

These changes to membership incentivize new players getting involved in the community with free starters, discounted events, and referrals, while also giving member-exclusive benefits for investing in the space.

The changes:

  • A new member, at the time of sign up, receives one free Starter for the featured title of their choice (up to a $40 value).
  • $5 discount on every in-store event hosted by Covenant
  • $10 store credit for membership referrals
  • Exclusive seasonal token distributed at special monthly events
  • The return of member-exclusive events, ticketed and catered
  • Free in-store pre-orders and special orders for any tabletop game or accessory, regardless of if we normally stock it.

 

If you want to get a friend or co-worker involved in a game that you play, it is now easier than ever. For $15 upfront, they can start playing right away with their free starter set and jump into any weekly events for free the entire month – and you get $10 in store credit for getting them involved. These changes are all about making it easier to get more people involved in the games you play – which should be the critical value proposition of every local store.

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This new store environment is a response to the feedback we have actively gathered over the last year, both objective and subjective. We are determined to make Covenant the best place in the world to connect over tabletop games, and that includes bringing new people into the hobby.

As we continue to gain insight from our incredible locals, speak to those inside and outside the industry, and ask ourselves hard questions about what we are doing and why, Covenant Tulsa will keep evolving. Come in and experience this new approach for yourself, and let us know what you think!

User Blogs to be Retired

All of this has been such a wild ride, and it is about to take yet another turn!

At the beginning of TC, we started blogging about Monsterpocalypse and picked up an amazing group of commenters/friends who connected with us and each other. That led us to implement the ability for everyone with a TC account to write blogs and have them posted right on the front page of our site. The response was incredible.

So many phenomenal blogs were posted, from general strategy discussions, to list building, to following along with the Mastering Monsterpocalypse series. The community, centered entirely around Monpoc, was like nothing we had ever been a part of.

Then the game died, and almost immediately X-Wing took its place. Theorist started rolling out with his renowned X-Wing analyses and vassal tournaments and mu0n took over the vassal updates and posted them religiously, alongside Froggies, SableGryphon, and thousands of other X-Wing players (too many to mention!) who wrote and engaged along the way.

Then the podcasts showed up; from Scum and Villainy, to Breaking News, to Knights of Ren and many, many more. We listened to and shared in the mutual passion of those productions.

Unfortunately, the entire “user blog” infrastructure was built on a house of cards. We were inexperienced and strapped for resources when that functionality was implemented, and the complications of having such a complex codebase added to a relatively minimal blog were not understood at the time.

The complexity grew bigger and more tangled every day, with each new user creating rows upon rows of tables in our beyond-bloated database. When the problem finally started crashing the site (and our store with it), we reached out for a solution. We discovered that creating a simple backup of our database was not even possible without bankrupting ourselves, as its size was outside the bounds of traditional processes.

So we basically had to decide whether we should nuke all of the site’s content and start over, or try to salvage what we could and migrate it to a fresh database.

We chose the latter, and over the course of a year carefully worked with our newly-found development team behind the scenes, exporting and importing users, categories, posts, comments, messages, products, etc. to a clean build.

At the same time, spam became a tremendous problem. Because every new user could post blogs and compose private messages, a large number of our customers, many of which had no idea that user blogs even existed, started getting all sorts of ridiculous solicitations – with the Team Covenant header attached. We had no way to implement countermeasures without adding more code and potentially crushing the site, and we were getting blacklisted by email providers – so we turned off private message notifications entirely, and restricted new users from being able to post blogs.

In this same timeframe, tabletop gaming conversations started moving organically to other dedicated discussion platforms, like Facebook groups, Discord, Reddit, and Medium. With no new users being able to post blogs, no private message notifications, and a slow exodus to more dedicated platforms, activity on the site kept trending downward – and rightly so.

We finally got every blog, comment, user, message, etc moved over to the new database. Some comments were in the wrong order or assigned to the wrong blog, and many of the categories did not get properly assigned, but the content was saved and years of posting successfully backed up. Unfortunately, we had exhausted all of our resources to do so. This meant that we could not focus on user experience improvements, and instead had to settle for what we had pretty much out of the box.

We made small improvements where and when we could, but we ultimately knew that our users, like those on many other smaller discussion platforms, had largely moved on. Much of this was due to the restrictions that we had to make and our compromised user experience, and the rest was a natural, internet-wide migration to the bigger, dedicated discussion sites.

Given this reality, coupled with the fact that the user blogging functionality consumes over 40% of our server resources, we will be revoking the ability for users to post blogs and removing that framework entirely.

What happens to the current user blogs?

In late Q4, we are planning to move the archive of user blogs to https://communityarchive.teamcovenant.com. They will remain there for an undetermined period of time, and in all likelihood will eventually be deleted.

If you wish to keep your blogs, we encourage you to copy/paste your content to other platforms or your own personal hard drives. You can find the listing of all of your posts by going to the following url: https://teamcovenant.com/members/YOURUSERNAME/ and selecting “posts” from the dropdown.

We can also furnish a WordPress blog backup file to anyone who requests one. The resulting .xml file can be uploaded to any WordPress site to import all of your TC posts, or parsed for the blog text.

We cannot provide a copy of your comments and/or private messages, though the former do export with whichever blog they are attached to.

It is our hope that those of you who are still blogging here (Theorist, mu0n, Jason) will take your content and start your own personal blog on WordPress, Medium, or elsewhere. We will facilitate this as best we can.

We cannot adequately state how wonderful it has been to see these various communities develop over the years, and how thankful we are for everyone’s willingness to share their thoughts and to connect with each other through our cobbled-together platform. It was so formative for all of us at TC, and we wish that we did not have to make this decision.

Special thanks to Theorist, who was undoubtedly the most instrumental contributor to this community from the beginning; if not Monsterpocalypse and X-Wing more generally. You are an amazing writer and thinker, Jeff. We appreciate you.

For questions about how this impacts you and/or to request a WordPress backup file of your blogs, reach out to archive@teamcovenant.com with your username.

Introducing Covenant Play

In March 2012, after five years as an online-only retailer, we opened a little gaming space called Covenant Tulsa. It was our entry into an entirely new world of brick and mortar game stores.

Almost immediately, we started receiving a surprising number of calls. People wanted to know what we sold, what events were happening, and how we made money without selling Magic. You know, the usual.

But over time, the calls started shifting to questions about who was in the store and what they were playing.  “Anyone there for Game of Thrones?” and “You know if anyone is coming in tonight for X-Wing?” became the norm.

A group of people at Covenant Play ing tabletop games.

Given the minimal staff at the time and the close-to-overwhelming volume of calls, we recognized the need for tools that solved as many questions as possible before help was needed.

This led us to streamline our event calendar and league, simplifying both and making them universally accessible online. We also created the Covenant Tulsa Players Facebook group so local players could coordinate when and what they would be playing at the store.

While the Facebook group was (and still is) extremely useful, it was all too common that someone would show up, post to the group, and not find another person to play with. The number of replies to a “playing in the store tonight!” post that equated to “sorry I missed this – would have been there but saw this too late!” became a clear sign that Facebook was only a piece of the puzzle.

Local players needed an easier, faster way to connect, and it all revolved around access to some very basic information.

Before making a trip to the store, it would be extremely helpful to know:

  • Are there people playing right now?
  • What games are they playing?
  • How long will they be there?

While at the store, it would be extremely helpful to let others know:

  • I am here and looking to play the following games.
  • I am testing for an event, looking for casual games, building weird decks, etc.
  • I will be here until this time.

So we built a platform that seamlessly allows for this exchange of information to occur. Introducing the beta version of Covenant Play – now available to all local players!

Covenant Play tutorial

Covenant Play is a browser-based, mobile-optimized tool on our website that allows you to instantly communicate the most important details of your in-store gaming experience. Check out how easy it is to use!

First, when you arrive at the store, sign in to Covenant Play at playing.teamcovenant.com, accessible via “PLAY” in the header. This requires a free Covenant account and a one-time authorization for Covenant Play to access that account.

Once signed in, click Start Playing.

Covenant Play tutorial

This pops up a modal in which you enter all relevant information, starting with the games you want to play. You can choose from any of our supported games, as well as a fully-customizable Board Game and Other Game field.

Once you have chosen the games you would like to play, let others know that you will be Playing Until a certain time. You will automatically be signed out at that time.

Next, you have the option to provide a custom Message that gives context to the experience you are looking to have. Just want to play some fun decks? Needing to test a certain list heavily before a competitive event? Hoping for 2 more players to join your Dungeons & Dragons campaign? New to a game and needing a teacher? List it here.

Finally, you can choose to display the name associated with your Covenant account or simply be listed as Anonymous. Whether or not your visit is public information is completely up to you – and you can find players regardless!

Covenant Play tutorial

When you click Check In, your name is added to the list of players on the Playing Now page. Other players can now see the games you want to play and head down to the store to join!

Covenant Play tutorial

We are truly excited to get Covenant Play into your hands. As noted above, though, this is still very much a beta release in active development. Our product roadmap on this is extensive, and we have big plans for where it goes next.

Those choices will be influenced by how the Tulsa community uses it and whether or not it is effectively solving the problems listed above. There is only one way to know for sure, and that is to release it and observe.

So what are you waiting for? Start playing!

A group of friends at Covenant Play ing Star Wars: Destiny.

We Are Hiring A Content Manager

Note that we are not accepting applications for this position at this time.

From the beginning, we have prioritized content creation as an integral part of our contribution to tabletop gaming. Now, having expanded into multiple channels – YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and, of course, our website –  we need a passionate, eloquent, and hard-working team member to coordinate (and contribute to) these efforts.

The Position

Our Marketing team builds awareness of the Covenant brand and clearly communicates the value of our products and services. As Content Manager, you will be responsible for developing and executing content strategies (including PPC) that achieve these objectives. You will take lead on all written communication and so should be extremely comfortable writing blogs, product descriptions, press releases, emails, advertisements, and social media posts without any grammatical errors and in accordance with SEO best practices. You will directly manage all social media accounts.

During a product launch campaign, for example, you will determine what content needs to be created in order to effectively market the product in the deadline given. You will work with our Lead Designer and Video Producer to facilitate the creation of all desired non-written assets (promotional pictures, product videos, graphics, website images, etc) and then produce all necessary copy (announcement blog, product description, Facebook ad, email newsletter, social media announcements, etc). You will then launch the campaign, analyze the results, and adapt as needed.

We are pretty data-driven, so be ready for that.

Responsibilities

  • Write, edit, and update written content
  • Optimize content for SEO
  • Manage social media accounts
  • Manage online advertising campaigns

What We Value

Our values (see below) exist to guide employee action and provide a clear picture of our expectations, both for you and ourselves. Success at Covenant is embodying these values and demonstrating them when acting on behalf of the company, especially when direct instruction is unavailable. These values are:

Awareness
Excellence
Determination
Focus
Initiative
Innovation
Receptiveness

While no person can perfectly embody every one of these values in every moment, a Covenant employee is expected to have a natural inclination toward them and a desire to actively cultivate them in all aspects of their work.

Qualifications

  • Extremely strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency with computers and technology
  • Familiarity with SEO best practices
  • Familiarity with PPC advertising (Facebook, Adwords)
  • Familiarity with tabletop gaming
  • Desire to constantly learn and improve

Experience

  • Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent
  • 18 years or older

Interested? Submit an application below!

Note that we are not accepting applications for this position at this time.

New Tokens For The Holidays!

The Holiday Token tradition continues with fresh sets compatible with Star Wars: Destiny, Arkham Horror: The Card Game, Star Wars: X-Wing, Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn, and Android: Netrunner. The latter also gets an extra special surprise – the launch of revised Data Tokens!

Holiday Tokens 2017 - Full Frame

2017 Holiday Edition Token Sets

We just love white acrylic so much. That clean, high-contrast background makes every design come to life. Throw the festive colors into the mix and it is hard to resist bringing a little holiday cheer to the table this season!

This year we focused on holiday themes that could be bundled together into full sets. Saga Tokens and Arcane Tokens get the full treatment, Mythos Tokens get a cheery Investigator Set, Data Tokens sport a new white-out Credit Set with revised designs (see below), and Squad Tokens add the only holiday-themed Shield Token that we have not done – bright santa red!

These tokens will only be available during the holiday season!

You can find out more by visiting our store, or browse directly below.

Data Tokens, Revised

We could not be more excited to announce a comprehensive update to our Data Token line. Five years on the market, Data Tokens were our first real token offering, and one of our absolute favorites. With Netrunner getting a comprehensive update of its own, we went back into the lab and optimized every line, angle, font, pattern, and arrangement on those original designs, producing a set of tokens that demonstrates how much the little things truly do matter.

Data Tokens 2.0 - Android: Netrunner

Data Tokens still carry the iconic designs that have graced thousands of Netrunner tables over the years, but like the game itself, the fundamentals have been tightened up. Line thickness is now consistent and more crisp, the angles are standardized (note the Brain Damage, Tag, and Power Token triangles), the numbers and letters are uniform, and the patterning and spacing is aesthetically improved – and mathematically perfect.

The 2-Credit and 3-Credit have flipped colors, finally, so that Green Level Clearance nets a green token and Blue Level Clearance nets a blue token. Even though the latter has rotated, Green Level Clearance in the Revised Core makes it worth the change. Similarly notable, both the Bad Publicity and Tag tokens are smaller, crisper, and more intensely parallaxed.

While nothing compares to seeing the real thing, check out this bare bones comparison of the designs. Though subtle, the overall effect of these changes looks simply phenomenal on the table. A sleek new look for a newly revitalized game.

Data Token 2.0 Comparison Chart

You can check them out in further detail on our store, or buy them directly below.

We send each of you the warmest of holiday wishes this season, and hope that each day is filled with immense happiness and great games. Thank you for all of the incredible support over the past ten years!

We Are Hiring Seasonal Specialists

Exciting news! Due to the support and passion of our customers, we are adding additional seasonal staff. Our Operations team needs diligent, meticulous, and focused individuals who share our passion for unrivaled quality and service with an inclusive and positive attitude. We are seeking a handful of employees who are ready and excited to contribute to Covenant on a recurring basis!

The Position

The Operations team is responsible for the the tangible delivery of the Covenant brand, which is no small task. Our in-house directive is to leave nothing to chance, so only apply if you thrive in demanding environments.

As a Seasonal Specialist, you will be responsible for unpacking, unboxing, and organizing inventory during busy seasons of the year. This role may be expanded based on performance and may offer work throughout the year.

Responsibilities

  • Receiving, unpacking, and organizing inventory
  • Adapting to general operational needs

What We Value

Our values (see below) exist to guide employee action and provide a clear picture of our expectations, both for you and ourselves. Success at Covenant is embodying these values and demonstrating them when acting on behalf of the company, especially when direct instruction is unavailable. These values are:

Awareness
Excellence
Determination
Focus
Initiative
Innovation
Receptiveness

While no person can perfectly embody every one of these values in every moment, a Covenant employee is expected to have a natural inclination toward them and a desire to actively cultivate them in all aspects of their work.

Qualifications

  • Strong attention to detail
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency with computers and technology
  • Ability to accurately assemble and package products to fulfill orders
  • Ability to stand and perform physical tasks at a brisk pace for eight or more hours
  • Ability to maintain focus on a single task for multiple hours
  • Ability to routinely lift 50 pounds or more

Experience

  • Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent
  • 21 years or older
  • Familiarity with tabletop games

Interested? Submit an application below!

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