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Maximum birds, minimum stones.

A game design blog by Seth Jaffee, Head of Development at TMG.

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

A note on "standard" player powers

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In a few recent TMG games I've worked on ( Harvest , Pioneer Days , and Old West Empresario ) I thought a lot about how to do player pow...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Origins 2019 -- playtests and interesting pitches

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Due to Corbin being born, I missed all of the conventions last year, so I was excited to get back to them this summer. Last week I flew to C...
Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Recent playtesting - Sails and Sorcery: some details

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The last few weeks, my Saturday playtest sessions have been spent playing Michael's game, Sails and Sorcery. It's kind of a mashup o...
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Tuesday, April 02, 2019

AZ Game Fair 2019

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Last weekend I attended AZ Game Fair 2019 in Mesa. It's just up the road from Tucson, and as a "special guest" I get a free ba...
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Sunday, March 24, 2019

Prototype feast or famine

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Ever since Corbin was born (last summer), I have felt like I've been in a relative famine with regards to playtesting (and gaming in gen...
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Monday, February 18, 2019

Recent gaming -- online

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In the past, I've spent a little time playing online versions of board games, from Puerto Rico on Brettspielwelt.de to Vinci on boiteaje...
Saturday, February 16, 2019

Eminent Domain Origins playtests - 2p and 4p

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Today I got a couple more "last minute" tests of Eminent Domain Origins in, one 4-player (using the 2-5p starting cards), and one ...
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Friday, February 15, 2019

Deities & Demigods face lift - need a new title!

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When getting serious about the production of Deities & Demigods, I had to face certain realities about the theme: Tropes vs Cliches ...
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Saturday, February 09, 2019

Eminent Domain Origins - starting resource testing

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I got another 2 playtest games in today... Game 1: simulated 5p game (Dave and I played 2 seats each) I wanted to test the 4-5p starting...
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Monday, February 04, 2019

Eminent Domain Origins - final playtest phase

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Starting Resources (and turn order advantage) It's been over a year since my last post about Eminent Domain Origins, and one of the las...
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Saturday, January 19, 2019

Thoughts on theme (Deities & Demigods) - and artist needed!

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If you've been following this blog, then you probably know that the theme of Deities & Demigods is Greek mythology. You play as a de...
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Monday, January 07, 2019

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: The Case For Aliens (repost)

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Yesterday I re-watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, because I hadn't seen it in a while, and it's just come t...
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Thursday, January 03, 2019

Board game inspired by Craps - revisited

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Some time ago (almost 9 years??!) I started thinking about a board game using the casino game Craps as a main mechanism . I have mentioned b...
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Deck Learning Rails - revisited

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About 3 years ago I started working on a game that used the deck learning ideas from Eminent Domain , but in a different game. I based that...
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