The Game Mechanics

This series is called The Game Mechanics. It will be a series of blog posts that will focus in on a specific game mechanic and use an example game to dive in a little deeper. This is a great series of you are getting into game design or are just interested in how games work. Also we are interviewing game designers to see what makes them tick.

The Newest Posts

Community Interview: Mike and Grace (Tabletop Inn)

I recently had a chance to catch up with Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall the proprietors of the Tabletop Inn in Marion, North Carolina. The Tabletop Inn is a board game themed bed and breakfast. Mike and Grace live and breath board games! Mike is the General Manager of Well Played Board Game Cafe in Asheville NC. Both Grace and Mike have designed the game Smug Owls (Origins' 2024 Party Game of the Year). Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall What is the concept of Tabletop Inn? We a

Holiday Board Game Gift Guide 2025

The Holidays are upon us and its time to start shopping for our loved ones. I have put together my annual Holiday list of things I think would be great gifts. There are going to be a lot of good deals for black Friday and cyber Monday but I think you should first look at your Friendly Local Game Store (FLGS) this year. Its been especially hard on the brick an mortar stores with all the uncertainty of tariffs. FLGSs are usually much more than a store they are a meeting place a