Was conversing with my buddy Jackson Pope on Twitter recently about what game design is all about. This topic is what I think about these days. When you make a game, it’s all about the fun heart of the game, about finding it and elevating it and building a game around it. Everything else is …
Pathfinder the Adventure Card Game is an old game (2013) at this point, but that’s how long it took this particular foursome to get together and play out the full Rise of the Runelords campaign. In the time it took us to complete everything, the game has released at least 2 more full adventures, and …
About a year ago, we cut the elements of Cage Match! in half, and the game became much better for it. Over the past couple of weeks, racing towards our deadline to print in time for the holidays, we reduced it even further, and what was a good game is really and truly a great …
“I think the tables are easy to read, for the most part,” states D in this review of Cage Match! by Board Crazy Games. “And, the results on these tables make a lot of sense to me as well,” adds Will. “Because of these charts,” he adds a bit later, “This game could have easily been, …
We’re getting great coverage and feedback on Cage Match!, check it all out! Read an interview with Zatu Games. Watch 2 complete play-throughs from Board Crazy Games. Or watch the quick play-through version. See the Review from Board Crazy Games. Visit the boardgamegeek page to rate, review or ask questions. Sign up to follow the …
There are blogs that tackle the Should You Take Your Game To Kickstarter? question really well already, based on actual experience launching games both with and without Kickstarter. Well this blog is our experience, and we have yet to publish our first game, but we are having to decide right now if we will go …
Thanks to the fine folks at Board Crazy Games, you can watch complete play-throughs of 2 matches. The fact that both play-throughs, along with a full explanation of the rules, can complete in 30 minutes tells you how fast this game plays. Plenty of twists and turns in both fights, check it out! They also …
I’ve noticed that there isn’t really a good place to post pictures of Epic Duels. Would people post to a Facebook or Instagram account? We can’t really post at the Wiki and the boardgamegeek photos section isn’t ideal, either. We could fire up the old Yahoo! group, lol. Join our newsletter! For now, we can …
Last night I assembled all of my materials for Cage Match! and put together 2 complete review copies, inserts and all. Today, I mailed them off. Nerve-wracking stuff, I tell you. I’m not even going to say the names of the reviewers in case they don’t like it. You never really know when you’re ready …
After announcing the end of organized Epic Duels tournaments, and many of the game’s most creative deck designers moving on, it might have appeared like interest in the game was coming to an end, but in fact it was just warming up for the second act. Sign up up to stay updated! Roll Call So by the …