Game Design

Dice Pools

Recently on the YouTube channel that I operate myself and games designer Mike Hutchinson had a conversation about dice pools, which you...

Your idea is Worthless to me

That’s a pretty harsh way of putting it, but of all the questions that I see bought up again and again on forums, message boards,...

Turing Designer’s Diary Part 3 – Hiding and scoring

Turing is, mechanically speaking, a relatively simple game. That’s to say, it has only a few moving parts. This is a conscious design...

Psychology – Endowment

At the end of mid-level television game shows when a contestant has lost and is going home with nothing of any financial value there is a...

Turing Designer’s Diary Part 2 – Image and language

So, the central idea for Turing is that a series of abstract images will be presented to players. I’d been knocking the concept around...

Writing (for) Expansions

Expansions can be a great thing for a small designer and producer. They allow you to continue the tail for sales of your game and...

Turing - Designer’s Diary Part 1 – Concept and intro

So, it’s been a weird 12 months, to say the least. My intention 12 months ago was to be well on the way to launching a storytelling game...

Onwards sustainability

Creating products that are environmentally sound is not only good sense for the planet, its good business sense. For two reasons, one,...

Setting a Price Point for Kickstarter

There are few decisions that will more seriously affect the long-term prospects of your game’s success, and in turn the success of your...

A list of Artists and Graphic Designers working in the boardgame industry.

This blog, even more than most of what I write, owes its existence to Jamey Stegmaier’s blog on the subject. In fact, the main part of...