Tips from the Design Files
For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on some new board game designs. It’s been a while since I’ve focused on tabletop games, but… Read More »Tips from the Design Files
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Relevant to my Pinterests
I didn’t get Pinterest. I mean, I got it. I understood what it is: a site for people to post (“pin”) images they find on… Read More »Relevant to my Pinterests
Straw Wars!
My younger daughter, Thing Two, and I spent some quality time together over the weekend watching cartoons, playing board games… and creating our own miniatures… Read More »Straw Wars!
Keeping it Clean
You’ve got stories. You’ve got games. And in that sweet spot where the two overlap is where you’ll find me playing with model spaceships and… Read More »Keeping it Clean
Through a Crystal Darkly
We hadn’t intended to watch The Dark Crystal. We’d been looking for The Neverending Story, or possibly something with monkeys, to watch for an impromptu… Read More »Through a Crystal Darkly
Spectacle of Myself
Aristotle once asked his game design student, Abraham Lincoln, “If game-play is king, what then is the role of spectacle in the creation and play… Read More »Spectacle of Myself
2d100 Words in Praise of Randomness
There’s a reason that, for ages, dice have been intrinsically associated with games. It probably has to do with weird fertility rites of ancient Celts,… Read More »2d100 Words in Praise of Randomness
Mystic Expansions
With SOPA-palooza going on around here the past couple weeks, I completely neglected my shameless self-promotion duties. Now Marketing Darrell is upset with Blogging Darrell,… Read More »Mystic Expansions
Save the Internet Part 2: Free Speech
Earlier this week I discussed how SOPA and PIPA, if passed, would censor the Internet by blocking access to websites that are accused of hosting… Read More »Save the Internet Part 2: Free Speech
Save the Internet
In case you haven’t heard, the Internet as we know it is under attack. If we don’t act quickly, it might be destroyed at the… Read More »Save the Internet