Five cool things about the design of Dragon Bridge
Today I wanted to talk a little bit about the game design of Dragon Bridge. Dragon Bridge is a two player competitive card game. I originally designed it very quickly—in a matter of a few hours—as part of the #18CardStrategyJam, and I had never had the experience before of making a game that kinda “worked” … Continue reading "Five cool things about the design of Dragon Bridge"
Read MoreThe Gem Wizards: Part 1 – A Universe!
My new game Dragon Bridge takes place in a universe called Gem Wizards. I was also working on two other, much bigger games (which I put a hold on to finish Dragon Bridge) in this universe: one of which is a 4X Strategy game (which I may now never finish after hearing Soren Johnson talk … Continue reading "The Gem Wizards: Part 1 – A Universe!"
Read MoreIntroducing Dragon Bridge!
Dragon Bridge is a fantastically magical bridge which joins two of the world’s most fantastically magical islands together. Once per year, it is possible to cross the bridge, summon a fantastically magical item, and escape. However, you must do this quickly, for a fantastically magical Dragon is circling the bridge, one who is known to … Continue reading "Introducing Dragon Bridge!"
Read MoreBinary Goals with Hopenager, and Kickstarting an 18 Card Game with Adam Wilk
This is one of our longer episodes, coming in at 1 hour 10 minutes, and it’s chock full of both theory and practice! For the theory bit, check out my conversation with Hopenager, a game developer and frequent chatter over at the kbgames discord, wherein we talk about binary goals versus score goals. Hopenager believes … Continue reading "Binary Goals with Hopenager, and Kickstarting an 18 Card Game with Adam Wilk"
Read MoreThe first KBGames Jam – #18CardStrategyJam
A few weeks ago we ran the first KBGames game-jam and it went SO WELL! All told, we got 14 submissions, and they’re all super awesome! A few of these are getting made into more serious productions, including my own Dragon Bridge which I’ll be writing about soon. But today I wanted to share with … Continue reading "The first KBGames Jam – #18CardStrategyJam"
Read MoreRob Daviau
Hello everyone! Today I come to you bringing yet another great board game designer: Rob Daviau, probably best known at this point for his Legacy series games, particularly Pandemic Legacy, which is indeed awesome, and which even inspired an article of mine. But he’s an extremely prolific designer overall who has dozens and dozens of … Continue reading "Rob Daviau"
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