Physically Prototyping Diabolical Dave’s Rumble Throwdown
We’ve decided to work on making our own prototypes for physical play testing. Many of our cards currently have placeholder art that is not commercially-printable.…
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Our First Game
It’s been nearly 10 months (I think) since we started working on Diabolical Dave’s Rumble Throwdown. Right now, we’re doing internal play testing on Tabletop…
Update to Character Class Concepts
After reworking some class ideas for the TRPG/RPCG that I am developing, we decided on a few main classes for people to choose from. These…
Initial Set Up Thoughts
Got back from the convenience store printer to try setting up a rough look at the game I am working on. Any and all feedback…
Working on an RPCG: Role-playing Card Game
Hello BGDL community, My name is Grant Gorsegner and I am an amateur board game designer working on a Role-Playing Card Game called “Illevar.” I…
Don’t Let It Die has been picked up by Great Games publishing!
My first board game design, Don’t Let It Die has been picked up and had its art redone by the amazing Sam Milham. It’s getting…
Designer Diary 2
In my mind this is an obvious truth, although I could be wrong: New games, like new ideas, don’t really exist. Everything is a modification…
Designer Diary 1
So this game has been knocking around in my head for about 3 years now. I have finally had a couple of breakthroughs, I think,…
Balancing Game Elements: A Worked Example
[This is a re-post of an article I wrote in my game design blog in 2016] I’ve been working on Harvest lately, an upcoming TMG title…
Balancing Game Mechanisms
[This is a re-post of an article I wrote in my game design blog in 2014]Game balance is tough to achieve. It takes more than a…