In this week’s lesson, Dan takes a look at player counts. Using his three Kickstarted games, he explores what’s behind the numbers, how those numbers can affect play, and the importance of playtesting throughout the range.
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Dan Goes Inside the Stop The Germs! Campaign
Simple Design Publishing is currently running the Stop the Germs Kickstarter campaign. Dan asks the creator about the infectious little campaign, the transition from self-publishing to publishing another designer’s game, and the pill bottle box design.
Daryl Andrews on the Crafting of Sagrada
Interview with Canadian designer Daryl Andrews, on his co-designed game Sagrada. For 2-4 players, Sagrada is a dice drafting game, where players are building stained glass windows of the famous Sagrada Família church is Barcelona. Sagrada is on Kickstarter right now and is already funded.
Cake Duel: Video Review
In episode 36, we look at a super adorable game called Cake Duel, in which players are commanders of Sheepie battalions, attempting to bluff their way to taking all of their opponent’s cakes. The first player to three victory points is the winner of Cake Duel!
Windup Wars: Preview
What if Toy Story were real? (It’s not, right?) And the toy soldiers you had as a kid would enter mortal combat with your siblings’ toy soldiers? This sort of dystopian world is captured in Windup Wars and coming to Kickstarter soon. Fairway delves into this tiny world full of tiny combat.
Masters Gallery: Review Rewind
Fairway has a thing for art games. Today he picks up master game artist, Reiner Knizia’s, Masters Gallery and released by Eagle Gryphon Games. Find out if Fairway is as good a gallery manager as he is a paint-by-cube artist.
Lesson #7 – Child Safety Testing
This week, Dan takes us through his experience with child-safety testing of his game Dino Dude Ranch. For designers thinking about making games for children, this must-read post covers everything from who he used to test, to the costs of doing it, and whether he feels like it actually helped.
Verba: Review
Fairway took French in High School and College. Bonjour, mon petits choux! But this week, he tries to learn Spanish with language-learning game, Verba, from The Pericles Group. The Verba Spanish Core set was a Kickstarter delivery, but is now available from their website.
Tiny Epic Galaxies – Beyond the Black: Preview
In this very special preview, Fairway takes TIGR to another galaxy and as he explores the new expansion to Scott Almes’s Tiny Epic Galaxy, Beyond the Black. See if Fairway is able to hire a trustworthy pilot to return him safely while he boldly goes… exploring.