The Best Games Are Yet To Be Made
The Best Games Are Yet To Be Made
adminHello ghouls and ghosts of the interwebs! The League of Gamemakers invites you to play a little game over the next couple days. In the spirit of Halloween, the tradition…
Teale FristoeToday I’d like to continue examining the basic elements of tabletop games by discussing scoring. In my last article, I discussed goals in games, and given that scoring is closely tied to the…
Michael DomenyTo check the strength of your heart, your doctor may attach wires to your chest, hook you up to all sorts of monitors, and sentence you to a vigorous run…
Teale FristoeIn my last article, I gave an overview of the various high level elements one should keep in mind when designing games. Today I’m going to start delving deeply into the…
Guest AuthorA look at GemPacked and Gempacked Cards by guest blogger, Eduardo Baraf. Eduardo is producing his sixth title for Pencil First Games. And he’s upping the ante for this one, developing it…
Teale FristoeI’ve been designing games for many years now, and one trend I’ve noticed in my own design style is that I continuously approach games from a more and more abstract…
Tom JollyMany of you know that my other big hobby interest is mechanical puzzles, usually wooden monstrosities that take hours to put together. I design most of these with the aid…
Tom JollyA lot of things can be done wrong while writing rules. Some of them can be pretty damaging to the way your game is received. While this small list of…
Peter VaughanWish it was Sunday… What tabletop games did you play over the weekend? Do you do as I do and think on what makes a board game tick? If you…
Guest AuthorWe’ve seen Eliot Hochberg around at various conventions and know that he’s serious about game making, both as a publisher (Modest Games) and as a designer, pitching Urosette (recently picked up as…
