Doomed Update
You know why I’m such a big proponent of taking notes during board game playtests? The biggest reason is that there are always a few… Read More »Doomed Update
Darrell Hardy
1d6 Game Design Tips
I like to throw out bits of game design wisdom when I can. It’s usually stuff that I’ve picked up through study, painful experience, or… Read More »1d6 Game Design Tips
Conclave of Swashbucklers and Ghost-punchers
Spring strode into Colorado, got pelted with a few million snowballs, staggered back, then cautiously sneaked back into the state like a rabbit at a… Read More »Conclave of Swashbucklers and Ghost-punchers
Exotic Exhaustion
(Being the third entry in a series of posts about the exotic and the mundane in world-building.) The problem with an exotic setting is that… Read More »Exotic Exhaustion
Exotic Expectations
Speaking of exotic and mundane settings… When creating a fantastic new world (i.e., one not based on the ball of mud and angst outside my… Read More »Exotic Expectations
The Exotic and the Mundane
In last night’s Dungeons and Dragons game, I left my heart — and my seventh-level Fighter — in Xen’drik. Xen’drik, for the uninitiated, is a… Read More »The Exotic and the Mundane
Doomed Playtest
I did it! I ran an actual playtest of Doomed Colony with actual playtesters and it actually wasn’t terrible. Oh, it wasn’t great. It wasn’t… Read More »Doomed Playtest
Doomed Pre-testing
With sweaty palms and a lump in my throat, I’ve scheduled the first Doomed Colony playtest for this week. Will the game be a great… Read More »Doomed Pre-testing
Two-Fisted Mediums
The only thing that separates a ghost puncher from a loony who’s beating at the air shouting, “Take that, you ghost!” is the ability to… Read More »Two-Fisted Mediums
Counter Play
I was prepared for the worst. The colonist counters in Doomed Colony are the worst types of thing to prototype: they have game information on… Read More »Counter Play