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Trying to define “the board”

Thu, 01/24/2013 - 09:19 — lewpuls
Britannia board connectivity diagram

On LinkedIn someone asked if there were industry definitions and names for the various aspects of a game board. There aren’t any that I know of, but it’s worth trying to analyze what we actually have in a “game board”.

Sleepless Space

Wed, 01/23/2013 - 19:24 — Harryeye

Hello all!!!

New Space Ship Game Parts and Pieces Available at The Game Crafter!

Mon, 01/21/2013 - 14:27 — The Game Crafter
Space Ship Game Parts and Pieces - Available at The Game Crafter

At long last, we’re able to offer a selection of space ships from Buck Rogers: Battle for the 25th Century in our vintage game parts catalog. Enjoy!

Legendaria update

Tue, 01/15/2013 - 00:18 — mistre

Haven't posted in a while. Doesn't mean I haven't been working on it. I had a 3rd solo playtest a while back and since then have been working on the rules. Things appear to be coming along nicely and getting streamlined in the process.

Version 1.3 of rules are complete. I aim to get one more solo playtest before unleashing the rules and attempting to get my game group to play it. Have some work to do on updating the cards first.

For now - here is the back story that I wrote for the game:

Bunch of monkeys rules

Sat, 01/12/2013 - 11:47 — svenne
Rules during work

Well it feels like the monkeys is messing around with my rules right now.

When I was young, the rules of a board game was printed on the inside of the box cover. The font was sometimes so small that you needed a magnifying glass to read it. There was no pictures or in game examples, just a lot of rules.

Internet wasn't around, so if there was something impossible to understand, you made up your own rules. By the time those rules was as many as the original rules. Many of the original rules was replaced or totally altered.

Mineraft the board game

Thu, 01/10/2013 - 05:58 — svenne
Gold, board gaming materials and tools

Since I laid my hands on the Swedish game Drakborgen, or in english - DungeonQuest, I wanted to make my own board game. Through the years there has been a lot of distraction thou, like Amiga 500, 1200, ABC 80, Victor, CalCon, Settlers Of Catan, and so on. One day I suddenly had wife, four kids, house, dog and a Volvo, How in earth did they enter the Drakborgen?

One day my oldest daughter played Mincraft on the computer. I looked at it and said - Wow! It looks worse than Civ 1 on the Amiga and I gave Minecraft no more thoughts.

Madison Game Design Meetup

Mon, 01/07/2013 - 13:04 — The Game Crafter

If you’re interested in collaborating with others on designing a new game prototype, or if you want to get a game you already have designed tested with a bunch of seasoned play testers, then you should come to the Madison Game Design Meetup, which is being hosted at The Game Crafter’s facilities on Thursday, January 10 from 6pm to 10pm. Be sure to RSVP if you’re going to come, because space is limited.

While you’re there you can:

Triptych 1 (well, kinda): Familiarity, Killing Time, Fail Fast

Sun, 01/06/2013 - 20:23 — lewpuls

Here are three items that are fairly long, but not long enough for blog posts in themselves:

Familiarity

A Crafter's Retrospective - 2012 - Year in Review for The Game Crafter

Wed, 01/02/2013 - 16:48 — The Game Crafter
Founders of The Game Crafter with Cog the Robot

2012 has been The Game Crafter’s best year yet, but I will not miss it. Why? Because 2013 is going to be even more spectacular! But in order to put that into perspective, let’s take a look at everything that happened in 2012.

We moved to our new facility, upgraded our printer, and implemented even more robots, which all reduced drift, decreased production time, and increased overall quality. We even brought a robot to Gen Con.

The Moral Dilemma of Board Game Mechanics - Forbidden Island

Wed, 12/26/2012 - 22:15 — davidtrounce
Forbidden Island

I have been researching the morality of Board Games recently. I have only just begun the study but I am finding it to be very interesting. I started with the Game, Forbidden island, after William McCarrol of Nerd Bloggers made an insightful comment about the morality of pillaging an island of its historical artefacts.

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