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Meet Color Space, a two-player strategy game
Hello everyone! I’m nearing the final work on my designs for Color Space (formally titled “A Colorful Game”), a two-player tile-laying strategy game. In Color Space, players compete head-to-head to be the first to collect five of each of the three secondary colors (15 secondary colors total) represented as diamonds in the picture below. This…
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A Colorful Game: What’s Next?
More balance playtesting and other next steps for A Colorful Game.
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What I’ve Been Playing Lately
The my favorite thing about the holidays is that it brings people together…for board games. Here’s what I’ve been digging this holiday season. Mysterium Mysterium is a cooperative murder mystery party game. Psychics conduct a séance to divine how someone died in a mansion. One player plays a spirt that can only communicate to the…
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Dragon’s Milk & Call to Adventure: great beer with an unfortunate name and an unfortunate game with a great name
My title is too long, you say? I know, but I had to go for it. It communicates my feelings for this pairing well, this article is just to offer the details on how I came to this conclusion. I backed Call to Adventure on kickstarter. When my copy was delivered to me, complete…
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Root and Barleywine: Rich Gameplay With a Rich Beverage
Root and its expansion were an impulse buy. So far, it’s been the best tabletop game purchase that I’ve ever made. I’ve played it twice—once with two players and another time with five. Let me tell you: the rules of this game are fucking hard to understand. This isn’t just a difficult game to understand,…
