The Rise of the Golden Age of Tabletop Games
Tabletop games have been around since nearly the dawn of civilization. For thousands of years, people all over the planet have gathered around a board and competed against eachother in games of luck...
View ArticleDigging Deep with Power Creep
This Time For Real! A few weeks back, I wrote a pair of articles where I gave my thoughts on the basic game design of Yu-Gi-Oh, which you can find here (part 1 and part 2). I originally wrote those...
View ArticleA Re-Source of Pride: Designing Resource Systems in Collectible Games
Last week I started a new series of articles diving deep into various topics dealing with game design. Today’s topic continues this series with a look at designing resource systems. This article will...
View ArticleDesigning The Ultimate Draft: Part 1
In today’s article, I am going to be examining card drafting, and how to design a set to draft well. Normally I try to make my articles applicable to as many different games as possible, but today I...
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