What is it about board games that captivated me from such an early age? Pretty much everything about them. From lego to the action figures to toy cars, I always enjoyed the tactile sensation of manipulating small components...
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Putting My Neurons to Use – A three part story of board game design and sleepless nights. A board-gaming bio by Martin Daine — Part 3: Paper Boat Games My first meeting with Marcos went really well and I came away pumped. We had both made a list of things […]
Putting My Neurons to Use – A three part story of board game design and sleepless nights. A board-gaming bio by Martin Daine — Part 2: Lonely….I’m So Lonely I always worked long hours, not because I needed to but because I wanted to. I would be in the gym […]
Putting My Neurons to Use: A three part story of board game design, of sleepless nights and how Paper Boat Games came to be. A board-gaming bio by Martin Daine —- Part 1: Curing my Insomnia Like many in the board game community, I am a converted videogamer. A couple […]
The King is Dead is one of the most elegant games I’ve ever played – not in its looks (although it’s respectable on that front too) but in the gameplay design.
A game that’s been on my brain a lot this week is Tussie Mussie by Elizabeth Hargrave. I wasn’t sure what to expect given how tiny it is (18 cards!) and how simple the rules are, but it’s proven itself a very fun filler game in our household.