Posted by Andrew on Aug 15, 2011 in
Board Game,
Card Game,
Game Design
Number of Views :735This next stage (which can be executed at the same time as the Execution stage) can be pretty hard. But if you want your game to sell, you need to make sure you invest a lot of energy into Graphic Design. If you are a graphic designer yourself, you’ll be able to [...]
Posted by Andrew on Aug 8, 2011 in
Board Game,
Card Game,
Game Design
Number of Views :361So, you’ve written down your initial Design Document, and you’ve playtested your alpha prototype a couple of times. Now is the time to decide what kind of commitment you want to put into your new game. This stage: the Execution, and the following step, which we’ll talk about next week, can either [...]
Posted by Andrew on Aug 1, 2011 in
Board Game,
Card Game,
Game Design
Number of Views :394Game Design is a really fun process. It pushes your imagination and creativity, and it gives you a chance to make something that is for your own pleasure, and hopefully others. The first step is coming up with an idea. Most games don’t get past this point, because you can often tell [...]
Posted by Andrew on Jul 25, 2011 in
Board Game,
Card Game,
Game Design
Number of Views :598Hello all, this is Monday’s Hero, known to some as Andrew, known to others as Dice Monkey’s (Mark’s) brother. I spent as a year at Fantasy Flight Games as a Creative Content Developer, which pretty much means I did whatever people put in front of me, from writing fiction for the games, [...]
Posted by Mark on Sep 13, 2010 in
Card Game,
Magic: The Gathering
Number of Views :448So, after a bitter failure to gather a group of players for my group (only two of eight people showed up, neither of which could play), I’ve decided that perhaps I’ll try different methods, and should maybe get back into Magic: The Gathering to actually find a group to play with. There’s [...]
Posted by Mark on Jul 10, 2010 in
4e D&D,
Board Game,
Card Game,
Gaming Conventions,
GenCon,
Miniatures,
Mouse Guard,
News,
Podcast,
Warhammer Fantasy RP
Number of Views :549Yes, that’s right! We’re going to tell you exactly where we’ll be! (Note there are a lot of board games here. We actually play a lot of board games here at home, so we’re happy to get out there and play some we’ve never tried before.) Let’s start with Friday, our first [...]
Posted by Mark on Mar 3, 2010 in
4e D&D,
Card Game
Number of Views :1265For those who don’t know, Three-Dragon Ante is supposed to be a card game used in actual D&D worlds, including Eberron, Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance. I know that they’re coming out with an expansion to Three-Dragon Ante, Emperor’s Gambit, and there will probably be rules for playing the games in 4e, but [...]
Number of Views :593I was sent a copy of War for Edadh recently, a new game by WarriorElite. One morning, my wife sent me an email at work, informing me a box from England had arrived. Everyone’s good friend, Ed Healy, had set me up with WarriorElite to review this game, and I had completely [...]