Sometimes, games emerge from a designer’s mind fully formed and wonderful. Maybe they have some tiny issues here or there, but small tweaks will fix…
When we playtest games, we tend to get a lot of suggestions from players. As designers, it’s our job to parse those comments and decide…
This post is dedicated to 21 special games that will begin BoardGameGeek.con as The Hot Games. BGG Knows Hotness Of course, BGG and its site…
Chris Strain wrote one of my favorite pieces on the League, called Teaching a Game. I’ve referred to it several times, because I believe it…
Seth Johnson is one fantastic designer who is particularly strong at understanding theme and the game journey of the player. Seth has been around the…
If you’re like me, you’re a total math nerd. Not all designers approach games from a mathy perspective, but many do. I love solving the…
Oooh, the possibilities in this snapshot of the prototype pieces at Print & Play Games! I can think of five moments in the last week…
As a follow up to JR Honeycutt’s article on Cooperative Games: Advice From the Experts, we asked some of the top board game designers of…
Wish it was Sunday… What tabletop games did you play over the weekend? Do you do as I do and think on what makes a…
And now for our annual Gen Con where is everyone post … This year’s Gen Con promises to be a lot of fun yet again….