Designing a board game is a thrilling and creative endeavor, but it’s not without its challenges. As a game designer, I recently had the opportunity to work with Gameland Manufacturing to produce the first polished prototype of our eagerly anticipated board game, Gnomes & Wizards. While the overall production was Read more
I’m a perfectionist which is really hard when you are trying to make something as elaborate as a board game. I often get caught in the trap of feeling the need to make something look 99% complete before asking other’s opinions. What often happens when I do that is then Read more
“Stop making bloated games!” I wish someone told me this before I got too far into making my first serious game, Gnomes & Wizards. It took me awhile to figure it out but I realized that the more “specialty rules” and quirks there are in your game, the less your Read more
When in the gaming community, you often hear people describe the theme of a game by a setting or what kind of visual elements it entails. This could be a space theme, a traditional fantasy theme, viking theme, etc. But is that where the theme ends? Is that all that Read more