Forum: Game Design

I am creating a board game that combines the elements of grand strategy, diplomacy, research, leaders, and war economics. Any thoughts or...

I have decided to introduce this game design as I'm planning on releasing this game soon, and I want to gauge the interest in such a game design. My...

Hey Everybody! After some playtesting of my game, I've decided it's time to make a solid copy of the rules. What I am to achieve is a well written...

Playtest Day, Part 1 Last weekend I held a playtest day to prepare for the upcoming Metatopia convention. I always like to shore up my prototypes...

Heya all, thought I should post a copy of my development post and see what you guys think of the idea. -ain't she beautiful? What is this...

WOTC has dropped their pre-painted minis line. They would like you to buy minis in their board games. But they are still not printed. Minion Games...

Fast paced freestyle rap ccg. Target audience is kids into Hip-Hop who would never usually touch a board game. Hoping to find a few crossover fans of...

Here's DU-KO the innovated SUDOKU board game but it's funner and exciting. Submit $35 to our KickStarter project, and you'll receive a Du-ko game...

This is for a game about dolphins. There is a random element to the game, but it has a slightly abstract feel to it. (A): is Symmetric, with...

This is a game I've been developing over the past few months, it's gone through multiple playtests and seems to be approaching a stable point. I'd...

do you prefer games that are 2 to 4 players (so that you can play it with just one other person), or do you prefer games that handle an additional...

This is a viewpoint I've expressed before that got some people riled up, and I figured I'd see what people here thought. People like to classify...

New Year's Day I went to an big miniatures gaming event at a friends house and one of the guys was talking about his single blind events he runs at...

So "fiddly" is certainly an aspect of some games, and it's easy to say "i know it when i see it", but that's not particularly useful from a design...

Here is the explanation off our website: "Kamakura is a game of feudal Japanese warfare in which you attempt to defeat an opponent by taking their...

There's a new "Humble Indie Bundle" available today over at humblebundle.com, which is a set of "independent" company video games that you buy as a...

Game themes, and sometimes mechanics, seem to engender certain expectations from people... in "weight", length, options... sometimes even whether it...

While I'm generally cool with my lever cutter, has anyone ever used the "Kardkutter"? ...

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