Teale Fristoe- BOARD GAMES
- GAME DESIGN
- September 27, 2016
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Teale FristoeSTEALTHY MATH
If you’re like me, you’re a total math nerd. Not all designers approach games from a mathy perspective, but many do. I love solving the math puzzles in games (I’m…
- Jasmine Davis
- September 19, 2016
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Jasmine DavisGETTIN’ FIGGY WITH IT: BOSTON FESTIVAL OF INDIE GAMES 2016
We can demo Rocket Cats in Space about eight times in one hour. Eight demos an hour, four people per demo, for eight hours. By the end of the day,…
- Jeff Cornelius
- ADVICE
- DESIGN
- September 12, 2016
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Jeff CorneliusHOW TO DESIGN TIE-BREAKERS
There are many ways to win a game. Some are a race ending when one player wins by achieving a desired condition first (Euphoria, Settlers of Catan). Some end with a…
- Eduardo Baraf
- CROWDFUNDING TIPS
- EDO
- September 9, 2016
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Eduardo BarafKICKSTARTER BASICS: 3 DAYS LEFT!
This is it for realz now! Your Kickstarter is ending in just 3 days. Are you ready? Have you mapped out the last 48hrs? This video is meant to provide…
- Teale Fristoe
- GAME DESIGN
- MECHANICS
- September 5, 2016
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GAME ELEMENTS: CONCLUSION
About a year ago, I wrote an article starting this series on Game Elements. Since then, I’ve written nine articles covering in detail some of the more abstract concepts game designers…
- Peter Vaughan
- BLOGGING
- BOARD GAMES
- September 1, 2016
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Peter VaughanTOO MANY GAMES, TOO LITTLE TIME
I can think of five moments in the last week I would like to blog about. Specifically things that would make fun topics here at the League of Gamemakers. A…
- Scott Caputo
- BAGH CHAL
- CAROLUS MAGNUS
- August 29, 2016
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Scott CaputoTHE GAME IN THE MUSEUM
Ok, I must confess I love to buy games. I especially enjoy buying the unexpected game in the unexpected place. Almost twenty years ago, I was perusing a global arts…
- Eduardo Baraf
- EDO
- LEAGUE VIDEOS
- August 26, 2016
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SO YOU WANT TO REVIEW GAMES…
So you want to review games. You want to be heard and bring your voice to the internets. Here is a basic overview of how you can take this on…
- Luke Laurie
- BOARDGAMES
- DESIGN
- August 24, 2016
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Luke LaurieHOW TO PLAYTEST – PART 3, BEING A GOOD PLAYTESTER
Given the upcoming Protospiel at Pacificon, it’s time to take another look at playtesting. The best games are yet to be made, and a key step in the creation of great…
- Peter Vaughan
- ACHIEVEMENT
- BOARD GAMES
- August 22, 2016
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WIN RATIOS IN FIRST TIME COOPERATIVE PLAY
As a follow up to JR Honeycutt’s article on Cooperative Games: Advice From the Experts, we asked some of the top board game designers of cooperative game experiences this question: WHAT…
