The Best Games Are Yet To Be Made
The Best Games Are Yet To Be Made
Peter VaughanIn this three part series, read about the League’s secret mission in coordination with Stonemaier Games to select the top 10 games every designer should play at least once! —…
Christian StrainRunning a Kickstarter campaign can be a constant battle against negativity. When Asking for Trobils finally reached funding, I was elated, but that feeling didn’t last very long. It wasn’t more than…
Michael DomenyDear Diary, Among nerds, there are the board gamers. Among the board gamer nerds, there are board game designers. And among those nerds, you have the few, the proud, who,…
Guest AuthorGuest Post by Frank Zazanis. Frank is a designer and publisher in Southern California. Check out his company website: General Nonsense Games and be sure to stop his booth at Strategicon or wherever else he might…
Christian StrainIf you’re lucky enough to have had Kickstarter projects that fund in the first day or two, then you’ve never had to contend with the following problem: How do we, as…
Guest AuthorThis is part 2 of Randy Hoyt’s piece from a publisher’s perspective, describing how he worked to re-theme Lanterns: The Harvest Festival from a game about flowers to become the beautiful game…
Norv BrooksFrom the initial game design inspiration through the many stages of development, flexibility is needed to end up with a successful, fun and well designed game. IF YOU THINK YOUR INITIAL GAME…
Christian StrainI’ve just completed a 35 day successful Kickstarter and my first pearl of wisdom to share; don’t run a 35 day Kickstarter. It’s a great deal more work than you would…
Guest AuthorGuest post by Randy Hoyt. In his day job, Randy works on the user experience design team for a Silicon Valley startup. But at night, he designs and publishes board games.…
Tom JollyGame theory is an interesting beast. Supposedly you can use it to solve any situation where intelligent people, given a number of strategies or decisions to make, can optimize their…
