In 2017 the Game Developers Conference hosted a number of board game designers and publishers for the first time to talk about tabletop games. Across the board the talks were wonderful, and you can see my thoughts about them here. … Continued
Lisboa, Portuguese eurogame master Vital Lacerda’s newest design, is a visual and mechanical smorgasboard–a hodgepodge of player incentives, feedback loops, and iconography teetering on the brink of “too much!” Until, of course, you play through your first game. Then, thinking … Continued
Marc and Orion sit down to talk about all they played at the Granite Games Summit in Nashua, NH. It was a wonderful convention and we played some truly awesome games! Except one. Prepare for a good old-fashioned rant. Paramedics … Continued
I chat with Matt from Mountaintop Games about his first game design: The Primary, which is a light area control game based around the US primary election system. It launches on Kickstarter tomorrow, right here: https://goo.gl/hcSz79 Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction Like the … Continued
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Marc, Matt, Orion, and Ben join up to talk about two of their favorite real-time games: Space Alert and Captain Sonar. What makes them so captivating? How do their differences highlight their respective strengths and weaknesses? Will Marc ever be … Continued
There I was in my game room, at the table with three friends, furrowing my brow and trying to figure out how on earth we could pull this off. The invaders had thoroughly taken over the island. We had actually … Continued
Hello, everyone–exciting news. To commemorate the 1 year anniversary of The Thoughtful Gamer I’ll be doing an AMA (“ask me anything”) on r/boardgames on the 14th at 2:00pm EST to share my many wisdoms. Be sure to stop by, say … Continued
Greetings! I’m here with another quick update on what games I’ve been playing recently and what’s in store in the next couple of weeks. Get my first impressions on Terraforming Mars, The Gallerist, and the new Netrunner meta. Music: Sailing The … Continued
