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Category_Board Game Development

Evolution and rebirth

Nothing works the first time you try it. Even the best ideas require a lot of iterations before they turn into something remarkable. When people ask where the idea for Gloomhaven came from, I t...

Finding the right theme

As I stated in an earlier post, I recently started working on a new game idea that I am very excited about. It's a logistical game of producing resources and moving them around, upgrading them ...

2nd Annual Cephalofair Awards for Origins 2016

As always, I bring you my coverage of the Origins Game Fair, an intense gaming event that ran from Wednesday to Sunday last week. And, as always, my coverage will be largely superfluous ramblin...

That lightning bolt

Before yesterday, getting struck by that cliché creative lightning bolt had only happened to me once, when I suddenly had the idea for Forge War and started scribbling down rules in the middle ...

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Creation motivation

I'm going to start off by saying that I'm am going to try to not go too negative with this post, but it is late and I'm a little rusty, so I may not be able to fully control my stream of though...

1st Annual Cephalofair Awards for Geekway to the West 2016

Do you know that feeling you get when you are three hours into a five-hour drive back from Geekway to the West and you've just gulped down 32 oz of Mountain Dew to stay awake and you have this ...