If you’ve ever thought about becoming a publisher, you’re about to learn Eric Hanuise, the man behind Flatlined Games, is here to walk you through his own lived experience to help you avoid any number of mistakes and pitfalls. If you’re a designer...
However long you’ve been a game designer, you’re probably aware there’s a lot of people that go into making a game. If you’ve researched how to run a Kickstarter campaign, you’re already aware of how many hats you have to wear. Those...
Nalin Chuapetcharasopon has made a name for herself for some of her posts in Facebook groups related to board game design. Per her website, “Ever since stumbling into crowdfunding in 2015, I’ve helped entrepreneurs raise over $13 million on...
A “meticulous book about the design of games”, this MIT-published textbook based on a college-level course makes the case that “games are valuable because are a fundamental form of human expression”. The focus here is on “looking...
I’ve been meaning to review more of the books I’ve been reading behind the scenes. Since Building Blocks first came out in June 2019, I was initially hesitant to buy this book, not because of the authors or the subject, but because of the price tag — about $50...
Part of good playtesting means taking notes, and for better or worse that means a paper notebook. (No way my laptop leaves my house unless it has to, and typing notes into a tablet or smartphone is too slow.) For most of the last two years, I’ve used small...