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What I’ve Learned so far About Tabletop Design (Part I)
Full disclosure, I’ve been working on this game for a year and a half at this point and I’m still only about halfway finished. What I’m trying to say is that I’m not an experienced or veteran designer. I do not have the wise wealth of any published games under my belt. Now that that’s…
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Importance of a Graphic Designer’s Eye in Tabletop Design
I’m back! I’ve been hard at work these past few weeks: I wrote a short story and submitted it to Visions Magazine (wish me luck); I tweak mechanics and balanced my tabletop game a bit more; and I— Can you stop bragging and get to it already? I’ve started experimenting with different designs for the…
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The White Box Essays: A Recommended Buy
Jeremy Holcomb is a professor of game design any the DigiPen Institute of Technology. He has a wealth of experience with the full spectrum of idea-to-publish tabletop design. His insight is as paramount to the industry as the likes of the founders of “indie-giants” like Stonemaier and Leder Games. Enter The White Box Essays: a…
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Plan it! Keep Your Game Development on Track
A short one today, sorry! Don’t apologize, this is the best day of my life Now that I finally have a build of my tabletop game that can be played from start to finish, I’ve decided to double-down on an Agile-based development cycle. Here’s my development project plan, in a nutshell: Two weeks of play…
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Nurture Your Playtest Feedback, Ask Questions
During my latest playtest session, asking clarifying questions about how to potentially solve pain points in my game was just as valuable (if not more) than airing the issues.
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