The Best Games Are Yet To Be Made
The Best Games Are Yet To Be Made
Teale FristoeToday I continue looking at the basic elements that make up tabletop games with acquisition. In case you missed the previous articles, you can see them here: Goals, Scoring, Actions, Resources, Uncertainty, and Space and Time.…
Teale FristoeWhen I started this series on basic game elements, I hadn’t considered space or time. But a helpful suggestion from a reader reminded me of space, and time was a…
Teale FristoeToday I continue my examination of basic game elements with uncertainty. If you missed my previous articles, you can see them here: Game Elements: Goals, Game Elements: Scoring, Game Elements: Actions, and Game Elements: Resources…
Teale FristoeToday I continue my investigation of the core elements of games with resources. If you missed my previous articles, you can see them here: Game Elements: Goals, Game Elements: Scoring, and Game Elements:…
Teale FristoeALL GAMES NEED ACTIONS. OTHERWISE, DO YOU REALLY HAVE PLAYERS, OR JUST OBSERVERS? Today I continue my examination of the different core elements of games by looking at actions. If you’ve missed…
Teale FristoeToday I’d like to continue examining the basic elements of tabletop games by discussing scoring. In my last article, I discussed goals in games, and given that scoring is closely tied to the…
Teale FristoeIn my last article, I gave an overview of the various high level elements one should keep in mind when designing games. Today I’m going to start delving deeply into the…
Teale FristoeI’ve been designing games for many years now, and one trend I’ve noticed in my own design style is that I continuously approach games from a more and more abstract…
Teale FristoeThere are many stages to game creation. You begin with design, transition into development, and finally focus on promotion. The one constant through all of those steps is playing the…
Teale FristoeIt’s a fact: Kickstarter has become a huge factor in the tabletop game industry. In a lot of ways that’s good… it means many more games are being made by people…
