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Seedlings

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 14:24 — Squinshee

Time and time again, I tried to develop a card game with intense player combat. Each attempt failed. Combat is hard to craft. Seedlings is a huge departure from my previous designs and I couldn't be more pleased.

Seedlings is a 2 - 4 player game where you try to grow a flower on each of your garden's spaces in order to win.

Each player's garden consists of seven spaces. It's constructed with hexagons- one in the middle and six others surrounding it. The middle space space starts with a flower and you start the game with six seedlings.

Custodiet

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 07:06 — Curufea

Had an idea for a card/resource management game yesterday. Kind of Settlers meets Flux - it's important to track what other players are collecting resource-wise as you can then predict which cards they power, and some of the cards are quite game changing. There's three decks - common, uncommon and rare - and cards in one deck when fuelled help you get cards in a rarer deck. Anyhow work in progress here- http://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=games%3Acard%3Acustodiet

Deconstructing Theme to Determine Mechanics

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 00:00 — RentonB

One of the things I mentioned in my first post is that I had started to develop a board game called The Heist. As I was working on it I had decided to use a mechanic that I enjoy in other games such as Flashpoint: Fire Rescue, where you move around a location using AP and perform roles as stated on cards. The issue I found was that I had started with a mechanic and attempted to create a game around it, this resulted in having created a game more akin to 'The Robbery' rather than 'The Heist'. I scrapped the game and started anew, with a different focus.

To Be Emperor - card game (Missions 2)

Wed, 08/28/2013 - 14:21 — bukwus

My next play test session is coming up and I'm going to try something new with missions.

Dog and Puppy Miniatures Now Available at The Game Crafter

Wed, 08/28/2013 - 11:52 — The Game Crafter
Dog Puppies Game Pieces Miniatures Available at The Game Crafter

People love their puppies as much as they love their family (sometimes more), so The Game Crafter is pleased to add a selection of dog and puppy miniatures to our game parts shop! They cost 70 cents each, and would make a great addition to your next game.

To Be Emperor - card game (Missions)

Tue, 08/27/2013 - 13:47 — bukwus

The central means of action during a player's turn is the mission.

GenCon (and WBC) 2013

Tue, 08/27/2013 - 10:43 — lewpuls

If you've never been to GenCon you might not realize the scope of the convention. Last year there were more than 40,000 attendees and I suspect yet more this year. The convention is spread out over the Indiana Convention Center, which is very large - immensely larger than Origins' Columbus Convention Center - and *eight* large hotels. The convention is not just about tabletop games, but also has a little bit of video games and a lot of anime, film, cosplay, comics, fiction writing - that's a big segment - and other cultures related to the gaming culture.

Playtest update

Mon, 08/26/2013 - 15:51 — padragan
Player mat for fifth player, with sculpted black pawns.

So, I managed to do another playtest, this time with three players, which I hadn't tried before. We also implemented all the changes I suggested in my last post, and I'm quite pleased with that. I also included some new value cards that were worth next to nothing but instead acted as wild cards colorwise, meaning it would be much easier to score the end of game bonuses for complete color sets. They worked as intended, and I think they did not tip the balance in any way, though I need more test data to confirm that.

Back from FanExpo Canada 2013 - Aug.22 to 25

Mon, 08/26/2013 - 12:02 — ckleach

Holy crap, what a weekend. Last Thursday to Sunday have been the best 4 days of 2013 for me to date. I had decided to take 3 of my game prototypes to FanExpo this year. I shared half a table with another buddy of mine from my creative group TYL United. Preparation wise, I was not as ready as I thought I needed to be. Presentation wise, I had everything ready with regards to rules and prototypes for people to look at and play. Expectation wise, I had no bloody idea what to expect.

Expanding the range

Mon, 08/26/2013 - 01:03 — HPS74

So what happens after you make a game, go through the baptism of fire and eventually sell a few thousand copies?

Is expanding the product range the next evolutionary step?

Pocket Sports, as the name suggest, is calling for that very thing. For the first year and a bit, we sold Pocket Cricket. It did fairly well but like any sport, it's seasonal. Sales dry up for most of the year until it gets back into Cricket season and Christmas time.

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