About

The Original Shed Game.

  We were back in dad’s shop one afternoon, siding a mini-barn. We must have been having a good time, because someone said, “Hey, we need to make a shed game!” It was one of those brainstorms that can blow up with imagination and then disappear with the next move. But this one didn’t go away. That evening on the living room floor armed with sharpies, a yardstick, some cardboard, and all kinds of ideas flying around, the Shed Builder game was born. We’ve all spent hundreds of hours out in the shop, on the road, and  anywhere else shed-guys find themselves. Now you can share the fun with everyone else right at home, on your own dining room table! You’re going to love this game.

-Wendell Schlabach

Credits

A special thanks to all those who helped play test the game:

my sons Marty and Jorden (Thanks boys, you both put in a bunch of fun energy into this game), my wife Miranda (no kidding, she loved it!),    my brothers Willis, Kenneth, Justin and Joshua, brother-in-law David Miller, friends Tim Yoder (he doesn’t usually play board games, but he had fun on this one), Eric Yoder, Eric McGrath, Andre Weaver, Jeremy Weaver, Samuel Weaver, Joe Yoder, Nathan Wagler.

Thanks to Marty Boltres for your encouragement, enthusiasm and great ideas with the game concept. Thanks to my brother Kevin for advice coming from a real-time shed-builder in Colorado

The Game Box, Game Board, Playing Cards, Game-Playing Guidelines,

all illustrations, all photos, all text, all graphic design,

the name: “Shed Builder BuyOut!”, the name “the Original Shed Game”

and the Shed Builder BuyOut! Logo are copyrighted.

©2026 Wendell Schlabach

All Rights Reserved.

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