Design Theory

Topic	Replies	Views	Created	Last reply
mechanic vs theme start point	13	2551	by krone9 11/13/2017 - 11:57	by ssm 12/07/2017 - 13:53
Can a company trademark/copyright a Mechanic?	13	3823	by Milostnik 07/26/2017 - 23:14	by lewpuls 08/03/2017 - 07:04
Monstrous Advice Needed	13	2376	by questccg 04/27/2016 - 23:20	by questccg 05/02/2016 - 23:18
Dungeon Crawlers - What you love and what you'd change!	13	3755	by Michael Melkonian 12/26/2015 - 14:39	by Lowenhigh 04/29/2018 - 11:48
List of your favourite numbers	13	2664	by X3M 12/15/2015 - 18:10	by Zag24 12/18/2015 - 16:49
Board game design: It's all about mechanics searching	13	3636	by larienna 10/08/2014 - 11:20	by Masacroso 10/12/2014 - 20:06
Multiple actions per turn vs one action per turn	13	4242	by jvallerand 02/20/2014 - 14:06	by jwarrend 05/06/2014 - 21:19
Sky Sailor (ideas/notes)	13	2256	by Tbone 01/01/2014 - 15:14	by Tbone 01/05/2014 - 13:48
When Do Good Ideas Become Bad Ideas?	13	2417	by acdcatino 05/21/2013 - 16:38	by lewpuls 06/01/2013 - 20:12
How to design a game	13	2174	by questccg 03/25/2013 - 19:35	by questccg 04/13/2013 - 18:40
Complexity through Simplicity	13	2084	by Three 11/24/2012 - 12:06	by Yort 12/17/2012 - 15:07
Dice mixed with cards	13	2196	by questccg 08/20/2011 - 01:05	by truekid games 10/03/2011 - 00:45
Rock-Paper-Scissor system	13	2733	by questccg 07/21/2011 - 18:51	by questccg 07/26/2011 - 15:11
When Designing a game, I speciflically Try to...	13	1900	by scottbalmes 02/01/2011 - 11:03	by Gilmok 02/08/2011 - 05:19
Components first? Theme second? Mechanics last?	13	2336	by Blake 01/21/2011 - 20:23	by albalustro 04/22/2011 - 10:39
Depth vs. Learnability	13	1931	by Desprez 06/16/2010 - 23:03	by TheStumps 07/20/2010 - 05:02
Having trouble scaling down board size	13	3164	by Deletable 08/14/2009 - 02:48	by gabrielcohn 02/02/2011 - 12:02
Designing a semi hard core strategy rpg sort of a board game... (a gamers game)	13	2919	by JumpingJupiter 08/26/2008 - 13:32	by jilocasin 11/07/2009 - 10:25
Kill your darlings	14	1846	by ceethreepio 01/13/2021 - 04:06	by questccg 01/14/2021 - 21:11
Modern Mindfullness vs Historical Baggage	14	2163	by Juzek 09/01/2020 - 15:03	by Juzek 09/03/2020 - 21:54
What sparks your creativity?	14	2085	by Juzek 06/27/2020 - 22:12	by Stormyknight1976 07/13/2020 - 15:04
Progressive learning while you play?	14	2151	by larienna 02/10/2020 - 22:47	by Tim Edwards 02/15/2020 - 05:37
Weight of choices, revised (personal calculations)	14	2254	by X3M 12/27/2019 - 10:36	by X3M 01/11/2020 - 06:31
Why are there deck restrictions?	14	1635	by Snorka’s Board Games 11/07/2019 - 15:53	by Snorka’s Board Games 11/11/2019 - 15:23
Medieval Weapons in warfare - how specific is too specific?	14	2037	by bottercot 10/29/2019 - 13:05	by Biggle Bear 11/07/2019 - 00:43