Hey, I'm Chris Backe, and these are my games.

(Hint: it rhymes with hockey.)

Hey, I’m Chris. I make tabletop games and help others make games.

Entro Games makes games that are easy to learn, easy to play, and easy to teach, while offering lots of deep strategy and replayability. I’m on Mastodon!

Recent blog posts:

Review: The Fail Faster Game Design Program, by Jay Cormier

Nov 4, 2022

For beginners and people looking to get some help making their game the way they want, this structured course is what you're looking for. The course itself is run on Thinkific, a solid platform to creating video courses like this one. Once you're in, you'll see the...

Destination: Mojo Pitch and the Play Creators Conference 2022 (London, England)

Sep 13, 2022

If you're more into hobby classics like Carcassone, Ticket to Ride, and so on, you already know about a lot of the big conventions / shows to attend - Gen Con and Origins in the US, the UK Games Expo in England, Essen in Germany, Cannes in France... This is my world,...

The absolute beginners guide to Midjourney – a magical introduction to AI art

Aug 3, 2022

Midjourney is an amazing new tool for creating AI art with nothing more than a text prompt... and it's ready for you to use... but how? WARNING: this post was up to date as of publication (August 2022). This is a open beta version of a product I do not control, and it...

Game Design 101: Help, My Design is Too Complicated!

Jul 7, 2022

So you've been working on a game for awhile. It's changed themes, mechanics, and rules more times than you can count... OR... You're working on a game, and it's a 'kitchen sink' sort of game. You've thrown everything you can think of into the game... Either way, the...

July 2022 update: full steam ahead

Jul 4, 2022

Maybe one of these days I'll get better at making monthly updates... well, monthly. With that said, it's been a busy month since UKGE ended. June had a lot of behind-the-scenes editing work and some development work for clients, but was also a very productive month...