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My GenCon Indy 2013 Schedule
13 Aug 2013

My GenCon Indy 2013 Schedule

by MattWorden | posted in: Conventions, Fellow Designers | 0

  It turns out that trying to keep my schedule open for as much gaming and schmoozing as possible has lead to pretty full-scheduled evenings at GenCon. I definitely want to find a way to meet as many folks as … Continued

FreeStarter Results
30 May 2013

FreeStarter Results

by MattWorden | posted in: Dicey Curves, Fellow Designers, FreeStarter, Jump Gate, Others' Works, Special Events | 0

Last week’s freestarter silliness on Twitter was a ton of fun for the four of us designers that put it on! With it came some great results.  We gave away 8 games (2 sets of 4 games), posted “get to know … Continued

FreeStarter Game Design Community Group Hug Giveway
20 May 2013

FreeStarter Game Design Community Group Hug Giveway

by MattWorden | posted in: Dicey Curves, Fellow Designers, FreeStarter, Jump Gate, Others' Works, Special Events | 3

I’ve been chatting over past couple weeks with a couple of game design friends — namely Grant Rodiek from Hyperbole Games, AJ Porfirio from Van Ryder Games and Chevee Dodd — about how we all met through the online game design community, and … Continued

Watch for “FreeStarter” this Coming Monday …
17 May 2013

Watch for “FreeStarter” this Coming Monday …

by MattWorden | posted in: Fellow Designers, FreeStarter, Matt Worden Games, Others' Works, Special Events | 0

Do you like to get free things? Do you like to participate (at least vicariously) in silliness on the way to the free things? Do you have a soft spot for folks who try really hard to be creative and … Continued

TGC’s Shrinkwrapping Crowd Funding Project
12 Mar 2013

TGC’s Shrinkwrapping Crowd Funding Project

by MattWorden | posted in: Fellow Designers, Special Events, TheGameCrafter.com | 0

TheGameCrafter.com, which is the site I use for publish-on-demand for most of my games, has their own crowd-funding project on IndieGoGo to help them add shrinkwrapping to their offerings. I was all set to write-up a pitch for you all … Continued

The Plates, They are a-Spinning: What I am Working on – Jan 2013
16 Jan 2013

The Plates, They are a-Spinning: What I am Working on – Jan 2013

by MattWorden | posted in: Castle Danger, Castle Danger PC Game, King of Danger, Magistrate, Matt Worden Games, SharkBait, Talking Shop | 0

When it comes to creative projects, I always seem to have a ton of plates spinning at the same time … and just when I have a good grove going on something, a new idea pops into my head. And … Continued

Some Things to Like: Castle Danger, Keeps & Moats (first in a series)
2 Dec 2012

Some Things to Like: Castle Danger, Keeps & Moats (first in a series)

by MattWorden | posted in: Castle Danger, Keeps & Moats, Keeps & Moats Chess, Some Things to Like | 0

As I mentioned in my previous post, Grant Rodiek is one of the designers whose blog I read on a regular basis.  He recently wrote an intriguing post on the idea of purposefully designing joy into games.  It got me … Continued

Designers Talking Shop: A Few I Read
15 Nov 2012

Designers Talking Shop: A Few I Read

by MattWorden | posted in: Board Games, Fellow Designers, Others' Works | 1

One part of game design (and design or engineering of any sort, really) that I really enjoy is the discussion of the process by those who are in the midst of it.  To listen to other designers “talking shop” and … Continued

So, hey … how ya been?
20 Jun 2012

So, hey … how ya been?

by MattWorden | posted in: Conventions, Dicey Curves, Fellow Designers, Free Computer Games, Subtilla, TheGameCrafter.com | 0

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here.  It’s summer time and everything seems to be going on at once. I’ve been coaching my daughter’s travelling softball team, and working the day job.  I’ve spent a little time working on … Continued

Warriors of Destiny, Father Geeks, Games and Games
19 Feb 2012

Warriors of Destiny, Father Geeks, Games and Games

by MattWorden | posted in: Conventions, Dicey Curves, Fellow Designers, Jump Gate, Jump Gate geocache, Subtilla, TheGameCrafter.com | 3

Saturday was a long (yet fast), fun day of meeting people, talking about games (and gamers) and playing games of Dicey Curves, Subtilla, and Space Mission. I need to give a big “thank you” to the booth babes of the … Continued

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