After seeing a recent surge of interest in Epic Duels here and on the Wiki, I contacted Rob Daviau , the original creator of Star Wars Epic Duels, and requested an interview. He agreed, and we met in person at the NYC Toy Fair in February. This is the second part of our 10-minute conversation: Roman: I feel like that [Yoda] deck, …
Month: February 2018
Yoda was the prototype: Rob Daviau interview Part 1 of 5
After seeing a recent surge of interest in Epic Duels here and on the Wiki, I contacted Rob Daviau , the original creator of Star Wars Epic Duels, and requested an interview. He agreed, and we met in person at the NYC Toy Fair in February. This is the first part of our 10-minute conversation: …
Toy Fair 2018: The Games
I’ve dedicated this post to just the games I saw there, as they are worthy of their own post, and even this is just a sampling. This content had been previously combined with the prior post, but it is now separate and expanded. I did replicate my conversations with Stronghold Games in both posts. With …
To the market: Romanfgames at the 2018 Toy Fair
This will be a different sort of blog post than many of the others, very personal in nature, more the diary of a new game designer, intended for friends of the blog. The show Although I’ve posted about GenCon many times, this was my first trip to the Toy Fair. There is a big difference …
Teapots and prototypes: snippets from my Rob Daviau interview
I’m at the Toy Fair in NYC and I spent a few minutes chatting with Rob Daviau, creator of Star Wars Epic Duels and many other titles. I will have the complete interview posted later in the week but I wanted to post a few fun snippets: “I came up with the Yoda deck first. …
What Are the Best 2-Player Board Games?
While a lot of games can be played as 2-player games, there is a small group of games that does 2-player particularly well. There are a lot of great 2-player games that aren’t getting mentioned because these games are all games where 2-player is either the only option, or the best option. They’re listed in …