Beginning of an Empire

Villain Origin Story

On a fateful Christmas Eve, three 30-something year olds argued over a pirate card game they were rewriting the rules to. All gathered around a bed with the cards laid out haphazardly, they had no idea they were a few minutes away from the birth of an empire. This is where we could say it all started for us but we were playing and creating games long before this and will do so long after it. 

Although playing games on Christmas Eve has always been part of our sibling tradition, what wasn’t part of the tradition was the new idea forming during the course of this particular evening. Somewhere during the gameplay or after, we found ourselves discussing our hopes for the future. Turns out there’s a lot of overlap. From that overlap, we created the vision of this business.

Lucky Gnome Empire.

The name partially originated from a joking comment Mirna made earlier that evening about Melody’s ever-growing gnome collection. “How’s your gnome empire coming along?” 

So when we were brainstorming names during the discussion, ‘Gnome Empire’ resurfaced as a potential option. We felt it needed a little something more though. That’s when we added Lucky, named after MJ’s dog. What solidified that addition was discovering that gnomes are traditionally a symbol of good luck. Lucky for us!

Though we have plenty of room for our vision to change as we explore what we want to create together, here’s where we’re starting:

Lucky Gnome Empire is an online hub for fresh ideas, downloadables, and collectibles to give new life to games, gifts, and galore. With an initial focus on online content and tabletop games, our empire hopes to expand even beyond that to more realms. The development of the specific products and content is still in progress. But as we build this empire, we’re eager for people to come and download an adventure.