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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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Don’t Beat Yourself Up for Taking a Break
Two weeks ago, I just had my first round of playtests with other people. I got a lot of good feedback that I want to incorporate into the game before I pick up the pace on playtests. But I’ve barely touched my game in a week. Why? I’ve got a lot going on in my…
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Insights From My First Playtest With Other People
My game is finally at a place where I can put it under people’s noses and have them play. I still have a lot of work to do in terms of player experience, balance, and sharpening of the theme. The feedback that I’ve garnered from my first couple of playtests with people who aren’t me…
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