Trying to get a base set of encounter cards written for a narrative game I'm working on. 26 cards left to write out of 125. What a slog.

Best card so far:
Title - Your Mother
Choice 1 - Kill her. She's been dead for seven years.
Choice 2 - Embrace her. It's a miracle!
Choice 3 - Banish her.

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🎃 MÖRKTOBER prompts are coming
⚔️ Thinking about combat mechanisms
🥇 Board games and victory conditions
🎲 Recently played: Call to Adventure

Read it at Exeunt Omnes: https://omnes.exeunt.press/p/thinking-about-combat-mechanisms
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#ttrpg #rpg #rpgdesign #boardgame #boardgames #boardgamedesign #ttrpgdesign #gamemechanic #combat #roleplayinggame #MÖRKTOBER #morktober

It's Skeleton Code Machine day! This week we look at Line of Sight (LOS) and Umatched!

Read it: https://www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/line-of-sight
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Predicting 500 cards in this game, but I may be able to get all the rules on one side of a sheet of typing paper. Victory!

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Digging tunnels, avoiding guards, pushing your luck, and challenging others. We use Python to explore Dungeon Dice from 1977 today! Read it at Skeleton Code Machine: https://www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/dungeon-dice
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New Video:

Board Game Quality of Life Improvements That We Would Like To See More Of

Things publishers/designers can add to games that aren't needed to play but enhance the gameplay experience.

We also share our top six board game improvements.

https://youtu.be/A8gFNWiiXdE

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Have an exciting idea for a game, but it's going to require hundreds of cards and I am... tired.

A little at a time. A little at a time.
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WIP of my mint tin game "Tin Skirmish". Battle 2v2 heroes on a random battlefield. Turn based strategy combat #BoardGameDesign
Takes inspiration from Battletech and Warhammer mostly.

Hex map generator; download as SVG. Handy! #boardgamedesign

https://molotovcockatiel.com/hex-map-maker/

One of the ways I describe the #boardgame I've been working on without giving too much away is that it borrows conceptual elements from Chutes & Ladders, Monopoly and Twister.

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This is a valuable post by @gengelstein about picking values for your #boardgamedesign

https://open.substack.com/pub/gametek/p/telling-fibs

Zenobia Award has announced season 2!

"The Zenobia Award is both a competition and a mentoring program in which game designers from underrepresented groups develop and submit historical tabletop game prototypes. Throughout the design process, competitors will receive mentoring and feedback from industry leaders, to help them move towards successful game publication."

https://zenobiaaward.org

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Can a board game be too pretty?

That's the topic of this Ask The Bellhop segment.

We share our thoughts on board game graphic design gone too far and highlight some games that are a bit too much and some that nail it.

https://youtu.be/swFqTYO8ymo

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Here's a long and rambling blog post about a cooperative board game that I am working on, and some of the issues I am currently trying to deal with...
https://firsttakesomedice.blogspot.com/2023/08/how-much-wrath-is-too-much-wrath.html
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Désormais, pour les week-ends en famille j'amène mes prototypes en cours de test ! Heureusement pour eux, la ludothèque de mes parents contient tout ce qu'il faut comme jeux édités pour s'amuser ce même week-end 😅 #j2s #boardgamedesign

Good morning,

I'd like to connect with others in the #boardgamedesign and #boardgames community here.

I have questions about self-publishing versus licensing or selling the game rights to an established games publisher.

What successes, or challenges have you experienced in the two scenarios?

Thanks for your time. Stay playful! 🎲

Started organizing digital files to make a prototype for this… each card has two sides, each with four panels in different orientations and two different proportions.

Finally realized I should just sketch it out on cardstock. 🤦‍♂️ Keep it simple, folks!

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Can a board game be too pretty?

That's the topic of our last Ask The Bellhop segment which is now live on YouTube.

We share our thoughts on board game graphic design gone too far and highlight some games that are a bit too much and some that nail it.

https://youtu.be/swFqTYO8ymo

#BoardGameDesign #GraphicDesign #Boardgames

So I’ve almost convinced myself I can make a “card game escape room”… that fits on two cards. And doesn’t require a rulebook. 🤔

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This past weekend I had a playtest so good it freed me from the shackles of my original idea. #boardgamedesign #boardgames