Folks,
Byron Collins of FrontLineGeneral.com posted a most excellent article on the Geek about his experiences with game design and publication. I highly recommend you read it, it has a lot of useful information.

check it out here:

-Darke

Congratulations to Isamoor, whose entry "Lion Tamers" was voted as the best response to the June 2008 Challenge in the monthly GDS series. The Challenge, entitled "Send In The Clowns", was looking for custom card-driven games about things you might see at a circus.

Read "Lion Tamers" and the other 9 entries in the Challenge Thread.

Then, help out the entry authors by giving your critiques.

Congratulations to Freerby who submitted the winning entry, "Billy Sweetshoe & the Ranchsliders present ... Gig of the Century", in response to the May 2008 Game Design Showdown Challenge. This Challenge in the monthly series was entitled "Baby, I'm a Star!", and was looking for VP Collection games about entertainers.

Get the details about Billy Sweetshoe, and the other 4 entries that were submitted, in the Challenge Thread.

Interesting video by Matt Leacock, involving Pandemic, how is career influenced the design and "how cooperative games can point to new models for engagement in online systems".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdTVcFo2EQw

Enjoy!

Congratulations goes to RobertC, whose entry "Rush to the North Pole" was voted as the best entry in the April 2008 GDS Challenge. The title of the Challenge was "Going Solo: Man Versus Wild", and was looking for solo-play games about people struggling against nature.

Read "Rush to the North Pole", along with the other 9 entries, in the Challenge Thread.

Congratulations, once again to doho123, whose entry entitled "Captain Tempest and the Astro-Patrol: Final Episode" wins the March 2008 GDS Challenge. It had to fight its way through 18 other entries submitted for the "Travelin' Light #3: Space Edition" Challenge, which was looking for small-package games with an "outer space" theme.

Read through all 19 entries in the Challenge Thread in the forums.

Congratulations to seo and "No Ticket to Ride (Railroad Stowaway Romance)", which was voted best entry for the February 2008 GDS Challenge. This month's Challenge was entitled "Cupid Meets Murphy", and was looking for lighter weight travel/logistics games with a love/trouble theme.

To read through all 5 entries, click here for the Challenge Thread.

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Congratulations to SiddGames? and his entry entitled "Ten Days On Gehenna", which won the Jan GDS with 20 votes!

Take a look at Ten Days On Gehenna and other other entries for the Jan GDS in Challenge Thread

It was a great GDS with 7 entries and a lot of interesting ideas! Thanks to all!

LAST DAY TO VOTE!!

Seven entries have been posted for the January 2008 Challenge in the monthly GDS Series. This month's Challenge was entitled "Island Horror" and was looking for entries that had a horror theme and included some form of an area control/influence mechanic.

Check out the entries in the Challenge Thread, then send me your votes by January 22nd.

DONT FORGET TO VOTE!