Our agents are deep undercover (or under covers?) for the Winter season, but we couldn’t resist a bit of fun in December. As your ‘not-so-secret’ blog into the world of gamemaking, we thought it would be fun to expose a story, anecdote, or bit of trivia from various game makers out there. Enjoy the tales and we’ll see you in the New Year!

We’ve even located some top secrets from a few well known publishers, designers, reviewers, manufacturers and more. Join us!

DAY 1 – JAMES ERNEST AND A NEW GAME WORLD

DAY 2 – JAMEY STEGMAIER AND THE SECRET CABAL

DAY 3 – SLUGFEST GAMES AND RED DRAGON INN THEFT!

DAY 4 – BRUNO FAIDUTTI AND CURIOUS WAY TO MEET YOUR PUBLISHER

DAY 5 – THE BROKEN TOKEN AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM BOB

DAY 6 – MICHAEL MINDES ROLLS THE DICE

DAY 7 – TED ALSPACH AND TERRAFORMING TERRA

DAY 8 – SPIEL-A-THON TRIVIA!

DAY 8 TRIVIA ANSWERS

DAY 9 – LUKE CRANE AND THE BURNING WHEEL REVIEW

DAY 10 – SETH JAFFEE AND INSPIRATION STORIES

DAY 11 – MATT LEACOCK AND THEMING FORBIDDEN ISLAND

DAY 12 – JEFF SIADEK AND CROWDSOURCED DESIGN

DAY 13 – MORE SPIEL TRIVIA!

DAY 13 TRIVIA ANSWERS

DAY 14 – SEN-FOONG LIM AND THE POWER OF PERMISSION

DAY 15 – RANDY HOYT AND A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

DAY 16 – ANTOINE BAUZA AND COMPETITIVE GHOST STORIES

DAY 17- SHARI SPIRO AND CARDS POPSICLE HUMANITY

DAY 18 – AND STAR WAR SPOILERS (NOT)

DAY 19 – ISAAC VEGA AND THE RISE OF ASHES

DAY 20 – A CROSSWORD PUZZLE FROM KRAKEN GAMES

DAY 21 – KEITH MATEJKA AND THE SECRET DICE

DAY 22 – JEFF CORNELIUS AND WEIRD THEMES THAT MUST BE DESIGNED

DAY 23 – CHRIS HANDY AND DESIGNING GAMES IS A LONG SHOT!

DAY 24 – GIL HOVA AND SIZING UP PROTOTYPES

BONUS DAY 25 – TOM JOLLY AND OLD IDEAS NEW AGAIN

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This wraps up the Winter Secrets series, although if we hear any other fun stories, we’ll add them here. We want to extend a HUGE thank you to all the people and companies who took the time to share a story with us!

If YOU have a fun tale to share about the making of a game, or some gaming anecdote –
we want to hear it in the comments! Thanks for reading. Cheers to games!

— The League of Gamemakers!