For where we’re at as a publishing company, it’s important to break down the activity of making a game down to the small activities that build up to the total, and I’m going to share my thinking in this post. Being both the designer and publisher in my case, it can be hard to separate …
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Board Game Design Diary: The Fun Heart of the Game
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 …
Board Game Roundup: Best 3-player games
Sometimes, 3 can be a crowd. Others call it an odd number. But, it can be the perfect number to play a number of different board games: Glory to Rome (2005) If you haven’t played this classic, you are missing out on a game that works really well for 3, 4 or 5 players, and …