At what point does an idea about a game become a game about an idea? Idea My game TOG (code name) was inspired by reading the original pitch document for the PC game Diablo: Excerpt from the description of the game play in Diablo Pitch document Diagram of the town and dungeon in Diablo Pitch…
Originally published on TenuredGames.com I went to go see a close friend of mine shortly after I started developing this blog and I was SO EXCITED to tell her all about all of my ideas. She’s one of the most supportive people in my community, but I do think I took her aback with this…
So I’ve been writing my devlog on BGG, but wanted to try out BGDL too. I’ve been working on this game since 2018, and it has evolved so much. From an amateurish clone of Megaman Battle Network to its own, to its own unique thing. It’s no secret that there are already a handful of…
Prototype digital sooner Before I started this current board game, I had created a card/dice game (uncompleted, hoping to revisit soon) with one version of a paper alpha, and thought I had a completed game, so I went straight to the Game Crafter to get a gloss-coated, full-boxed prototype printed. I now have several expensive…
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…
TOG (code name) is a design I have been working on since the start of 2021. If I had to classify TOG in the typical BGG framework I would go with: Category: Fantasy Type: Strategy, Thematic Mechanisms: Variable Player Powers, Action Drafting Family: Dungeon Crawler In a sentence: It’s a competitive dungeon crawler, without the…
“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…
Hi everyone. I’m a longtime game designer in a way but not how you might think. I remember designing my first game at the age of about 11 in school. It was like a Monopoly game on steroids. I called it Tycoon it used four different game boards-a main board, and various other “subquest’ type…
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 …
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