Hoping to send this off in a few hours for the HABA contest: “After You!” –a dice-drafting, animal racing game by Patrick Blindauer2-5 players, ages 6+, 15-25 min. Your animal friends are off to the races, but this is unlike any race you’ve ever seen! The winner is the one in LAST place when someone…
“Slow Race” has become a very polite sounding game called “After You!” It is now on a rectangular track on the back of half an -opoly board.The goal is now to be in last place when somebody else crosses the finish line.Every turn, you roll all the dice and decide who gets which die (each…
Got my HABA bits today and it was so exciting! They sent a wide variety of stuff, from a bag of tokens to a trio of dinosaurs, and everything in wood with delightful colors. I love their games and the idea of designing something for them makes me giddy. My first idea was a tug…
I’ve got 5 games started now, and I thought it would be a good idea for me to lay out each idea and its current state. It seems wise to pick one or two to focus on. Do any of these grab ya? 1) KNIGHT WRITER: A 2-Player Card Game of Swordplay and Wordplay …
Comic-Con San Diego hosted the d4 conference this weekend, and I had all sorts of webinars I was planning to watch. But after one chance to be a fly on the wall of a pitch meeting, I was hooked. Also, I found out the webinars would be available later, but I had a feeling the…
Started on my 2nd game’s prototype yesterday, an area control game inspired by one of this site’s monthly challenges (which are having some technical challenges of their own). “Area” made me think of Area 51, and my pawns can be aliens or UFOs. I made a circle-ish hex grid with 51 spaces, but I didn’t…
My first playtest of my first game was last week, and boy-howdy, did I blow it! I did exactly what they say not to do: I became very defensive and was compelled to rebut my tester’s critique with a rambling explanation of my own thought process. It didn’t last long, but the damage was done.…
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