TRANSLATING MECHANICS FROM MOBILE TO TABLETOP
A look at GemPacked and Gempacked Cards by guest blogger, Eduardo Baraf. Eduardo is producing his sixth title for Pencil First Games. And he’s upping the ante for this one, developing it…
A look at GemPacked and Gempacked Cards by guest blogger, Eduardo Baraf. Eduardo is producing his sixth title for Pencil First Games. And he’s upping the ante for this one, developing it…
Semi-cooperative Games With the rise of cooperative games, where all the players work together to achieve a single goal, as in Shadows Over Camelot, it’s no surprise that the term semi-cooperative…
Happy Friday! Thanks for taking the time to read our blog. There’s 20 or so of us authors now, plus guest posters. We talk a lot about our games and…
“I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM IN AWE OF HOW WELL YOU’VE MANAGED TO BALANCE THIS GAME! YOU’VE DONE SOMETHING TREMENDOUS WITH THIS ONE. GREAT JOB!” This…
The League took a lot of photos at Gencon 2015. Let’s play a game! Rules: FIND AS MANY GAME DESIGNERS AND PUBLISHERS AS YOU CAN, AND POST THEIR NAMES IN…
Early on at the League, Brad and I had a few pics taken of game piles that all connected in some mysterious way. Pictures are thanks to our buddy John with an…
What do you do as a Kickstarter creator when the public (your potential backer population) is telling you they want one thing, and every other creator you talk to (who…
I’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…
New Year’s Eve 2007, Memphis TN – Visiting my big brother for the holiday, he dragged me to his friend’s New Year’s Eve party. I knew my brother, his friend,…
I was once offered the opportunity to write something up for Why I Design Games – Collected essays from established game designers on the theory, art, and compulsion of board game…