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Review: Health Nut

Health Nut is an educational game that comes from parents Zara & Leo the designers who saw that their children were looking the basics of...

Review: Point Salad

Salad... Not the most exciting thing. If we add points to it then all of a sudden it exciting and competitive. Watch out Top Chef there...

Review: Escape Deathrace 2182 "Micro"

Preview: Survive: Political and Environment Editions

Preview: Weavlings in the Wilds

Gen Con '22 Coverage

Rollacrit - Accessories (and Games) for the (Nerdy) People

Chances are you have heard of Rollacrit if you have been to Gen Con in the last 2 years. In 2021 Rollacrit became the official...

Preview: Fortify

The first water balloon flies past you and you realize that you need more cardboard boxes for your fort. As you build your fort bigger...

Preview: Fortify

Gen Con 22: Food Trucks

Gen Con 22: Drinks

Interviews

Designer Interview: Vincent Baker - Spellslingers and more

We are back with Vincent Baker today and we are talking all things Spellslingers and we get a peek into whats coming from Vindicated....

Designer Interview: Liam Burns

You are exploring the dungeons and killing monsters and well your friends too. Journey into the Beyond has a twist on the normal heavy...

Designer Interview: Jesper Bennhult

Artist Interview: Kelly Forrest

Designer Interview: Brad Hiscock

News and More

Rollacrit - Accessories (and Games) for the (Nerdy) People

Chances are you have heard of Rollacrit if you have been to Gen Con in the last 2 years. In 2021 Rollacrit became the official...

Holiday Shopping List for Your Nerdy Loved Ones

Halloween is over and now we quickly are moving into the holiday season. Put away the cider and get those egg nog cups out! Its time to...

Introducing: Alexi Shipon

So we started a new campaign awhile back. This time we are using GURPS using the traveler setting. The source books for this campaign has...

Bert's Game Design Journal

Ruck! 7s: Tracking Field Position

One of the key features of the game was tracking where on the field the ball is and who has possession. These are very common things to...

Ruck! 7s: Intro

I played rugby all through my 30s and really enjoy the sport. I learned so much about the sport through my local men's club The Chicago...

Untitled Space Race Game: Intro

Space... I have always loved space and space themed games. Recently I had a night where my brain was keeping me up at night. Basically...

The Game Mechanics

The Game Mechanics: Closed Drafting

Lets dive into the world of closed drafting. Closed drafting is defined by players selecting a game elements such as cards then passing...

The Game Mechanics: Asymmetric-Players

Today's post is about Asymmetric players.I know what your thinking and yes the players them selves are all asymmetric. But today we are...

The Game Mechanics: Weighted Drafting

On its surface it sounds like a fix for a broken game. I believe that this is a very intentional mechanic a designer can use to allow...

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