The last several months have been a bit overwhelming. Madison wrapped up her freshman year at college, Kennedy graduated from high school, Scott’s next game is gearing up for release and I was elected to the board of directors for The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) which is the game industry’s trade organization. Several matters ...
Back in the late 90’s there was a game published called “Triazzle” which we run into a lot at thrift. I would best describe it as a tile-laying game with mechanics from Chinese Checkers. The object is to match triangular tiles across a triangular board, trying to be the first to get to your home base on the opposite side. Colors m ...
After I finished designing the game of Gekitai, I posted links to the Abstract Games forum on BGG. The reactions were incredibly positive, and many enjoyed how quick and simple the game is. I believe “elegant” was the term I heard most often. It’s not uncommon for gamers to compare one game to another if it reminds them of somethi ...
As this article goes live, I’m soaking up the excitement of gamer geeks, prototypes, game debuts, convention promotions and deals at Origins Game Fair. It’s bittersweet because this is one of the places we watched Madison and Kennedy show their intelligence, independence and charisma for the game industry. In addition to other game comp ...
Back in April, I shared an article about Pin Collecting and how it’s one of the things I missed about not having game conventions to attend. I show up at conventions with no more than a few pins or buttons then spend the event filling up my lanyard. People often ask me where to get each of them and I like to be able to point them to details l ...
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