The Best Games Are Yet To Be Made
The Best Games Are Yet To Be Made
Peter VaughanFor those of you who want to get more game design industry shop talk in, but can’t get away to panels here and there, this is your chance to attend…
Seth JaffeeWhen 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 which suggestions would lead to…
Luke Laurie1)KNOW YOUR STYLE I like to play all kinds of games: party games, strategy games, family games, card games, etc. But that doesn’t make me good at designing all different…
Teale FristoeWhile many tabletop games focus on particular strengths, there are certain things that basically all games need to be successful: a cohesive aesthetic, ways for players to interact, clear goals…
Norv BrooksBuilding prototypes is time consuming, tedious, and often expensive. So, you might be wondering: How good does your prototype have to be? How much money should you be spending? And…
Jasmine DavisGiven that the League is a pretty scattered bunch, geographically speaking, it’s highly likely that you’ll see us attending events from coast to coast in our slick yellow t-shirts. So,…
Jasmine DavisWhen I first started designing games, my husband Pete and I were very intentional about saying, “These are your games, these are my games, and these are the games we…
Christian StrainI’ve been a Graphic Designer for 14 years and a Boardgame Designer for almost 4 years. Most Boardgame Designers who are working towards a Kickstarter project have the attitude that…
Teale FristoeALL GAMES NEED ACTIONS. OTHERWISE, DO YOU REALLY HAVE PLAYERS, OR JUST OBSERVERS? Today I continue my examination of the different core elements of games by looking at actions. If you’ve missed…
Peter VaughanTabletopia is a slick looking, inside-your-browser, online experience where board games go digital. It’s being supported by some big names in the industry due to a win-win relationship for publishers and…
