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longtime gamer, new designer

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CEN7272
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I initially wrote an introduction of myself giving a history of my game playing and the new world I found outside of Monopoly and Risk... but I'm sure that in this community that's pretty standard stuff. So I'll jump past all that and right to the reason I'm here.

I've had game ideas floating around in my head for years. But it wasn't until I was introduced to Kickstarter about a year ago that my perspective changed a bit. I was inspired, probably by some of the members of the forum, to get my ideas out of my head and into a prototype.

Currently I'm play testing one game, 2 are in an early design phase and several more are just general concepts and mechanics. My initial goal is to create a game that my friends will choose to play on a game night. I would be lying if I said I wasn't interested in getting my games published some day, but the more I've researched, the more I've realized there is a lot to learn... so here I am :)

richdurham
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welcome

You've found a great place to start learning. The designers here span from as new as yourself through self-publishing, to being picked up by publishers on multiple titles.

I may say it a lot, but the monthly [Game Design Showdown](http://www.bgdf.com/forums/game-design/game-design-showdown) is a good place to cut your teeth on design, and see what others are doing with the same theme.

DifferentName
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For the lols

richdurham wrote:
I may say it a lot, but the monthly [Game Design Showdown](http://www.bgdf.com/forums/game-design/game-design-showdown) is a good place to cut your teeth on design, and see what others are doing with the same theme.

Quick! You've got 1 hour to design and write a game that contains only 7 cards! :p

nomad
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DifferentName wrote:Quick!

DifferentName wrote:
Quick! You've got 1 hour to design and write a game that contains only 7 cards! :p

Hilarious!!!

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"a history of my game playing and the new world I found outside of Monopoly and Risk..."

Whoaaa there, buddy... Risk could be the best, most simple board game ever created.

Joking aside, welcome.

CEN7272
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Quote:I may say it a lot, but

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I may say it a lot, but the monthly [Game Design Showdown](http://www.bgdf.com/forums/game-design/game-design-showdown) is a good place to cut your teeth on design, and see what others are doing with the same theme.

I submitted a game Monday night :) I just missed last month's contest so I was really excited to get involved this month.

The Professor
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Greetings!

CEN7272,

Welcome to BGDF! I'm new to the forum, and you're absolutely right, there's much to learn. I'm a Game Developer for Compass Games, but as a fledgling co-Designer of a game, there are many things to consider from mechanics to down-time, decision-points to random events. It's all here. Hope to see more of you and your ideas.

Cheers
Joe

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