Cumbersome

In a few of my games I have started with a specific mechanism or idea that, over the course of the game, has had to drop out, or change sign...

Last month I reviewed  The List , but I think I have enough of an update that it's worth taking another look. I'm adding a new secti...

Back in late 2017 I started formally tracking my weekly playtest sessions in a google doc. One up-side of this is that I can go back now and...

Ever since I recruited my friend Rick to work on Apotheosis (FKA Worker Learning), that game has made a lot of progress where it would certa...

Some time ago -- almost 2 decades now -- I stumbled across a website called the Board Game Designers Forum . At the time I had recently grad...

It's now been about 17 years since David Brain first sent me a prototype copy of All For One, can you believe it? The last time I ha...

I originally tried to use a thematic prototype board for Riders of the Pony Express: (I had drawn routes on this image) ...

A few months ago , I dusted off my Riders of the Pony Express prototype. It went over really well with my current playtest group, which is ...

It's been a while since I've taken a look at  The List ... Time to once again take stock of my published games, as well as current a...

Alter Ego has been around forever, and it's about time I finished it up! In order to light a fire under myself to get it done, I actual...

Back in August I had found an  old strategy article  I'd been looking for, which  applied directly to one of my game designs , but I did...

The ball is back in Michael's proverbial court for the game I've been testing lately (Sails & Sorcery), so Saturday I brought t...