After the Michigan Protospiel this past July, I wrote about my planned changes to King of Danger. Well, you can pretty much ignore all of those things … because I tried them and didn’t like what it turned out to be. … Continued
So, it’s been a couple of months of downtime on the games front for me. Part of the time off had to do with the start of the school year and needing to focus on what my kids were up … Continued
Taking Abbottsville with me to Protospiel-Michigan was another example of why I really, really enjoy these sorts of designer get-togethers. You get a lot of smart people around a table to look at your game in a spirit of creative improvement … … Continued
The game of mine that got the most playtests while I was at Protospiel last weekend was King of Danger. While I was happy enough with it as it was — a super-tight little trick-taker about building and tearing down castles … Continued
Tomorrow, I leave for a pretty exciting game design related road trip. I’ll be picking up Jeff King (from All Us Geeks), Jason Glover (from Grey Gnome games), and David Sheppard (known to most as Sheppy) along the way. We’re headed … Continued
If you’re familiar with the classic Greek concept of the Muses, you’ll know what I mean when I refer to my muse giving me an idea for a game … or when I say that I’m waiting on my muse … Continued
When I first started Danger at the Walls this past January, I wanted a quick-playing, 2-player battle game that just used cards. Initially it was going to be 2 small decks — 1 for Red, 1 for Blue. Take your … Continued
As I look forward to the Protospiel event in Michigan at the end of July, it’s time to get a couple of my other games back on the table to make them ready. Namely: Magistrate and Thunder Run to Gratis-3. … Continued
I don’t recall how I first was introduced to Story Forge Cards, but I know that it didn’t take me very long until I ordered a set for myself. These cards are a deck of tarot-sized cards of different colors and … Continued
As I’ve mentioned earlier (here and here), I’ve been working on a new gamed called Abbottsville, with plans to submit it to the contest held at TheGameCrafter.com, to be judged by the folks at The Flux Capacity. They are using the … Continued