Tabletop game design observations, learned the hard way: 👉 Tabletop games are “gestalt” experiences. A gestalt is an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts. 👉 The quality of a game’s gestalt depends on hundreds of decisions. 👉 A single bad

The Tabletop Game Designers Association is live! Please check out our shiny new website to learn more, and see our broad range of resources! Thanks to everyone who helped us get to this point, particularly Elizabeth Hargrave and Sen-Foong Lim ttgda.org Tabletop Game Designers Association

Board games & climate change on NPR! I want in on that game with Emily Kwong & Nathan Rott 🤓 npr.org/2024/04/29/119…

Great food for thought by 🐰🔪 @[email protected] on Mastodon (it/its) about how we might make game with "win" conditions that don't perpetuate ideas of oppression and dominance. I'd love to explore these concepts more in my own designs. youtu.be/CTKf4cB9iy8?si…

I just backed House of Fado by Vital Lacerda & João Quintela Martins on Kickstarter ?ref=android_thanks_twitter_share

Working on a new game concept that involves famous musicians from the 20th century. If you could pick three traits that any musician from that time frame could be categorized with, what would they be? Consider that a musician can have multiple traits, but must have at least one.

Saw this ad on YouTube and got excited until I read the rest....#adtargetingfail

My newest game design is coming together. It's a lighter one and I hope to get it playable so I can playtest at Origins. Anyone want to help me figure out if it's fun this week on Screentop?

#origins Day 1 in the books. Had fun browsing the exhibit hall and playtesting my newest game!

Had quite a few very encouraging play tests of "Time Jam" at Origins. Players loved the theme and we fixed a few things so now the game plays pretty smoothly. Next thing to do is focus on creating more cards and balancing the judge scoring. Excited to keep working on this one!

Shout out to #unpub and the amazing organization and LOCATION of this year's playtesting space at Origins. Just a wonderful and professional execution. Great job to all involved in putting that together!

Origins Game Fair 2024 by the Numbers: 17,706 Attendees (+10% from 2023) $7,000+ Raised by Extra Life for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals 5,640 Games Checked Out of Game Library (+35%) 88 Pints of Blood Donated via The Red Cross Blood Drive Thank you everyone!

Stop thinking about game design while you're working, stop thinking about game design while you're working, stop thinking....oh man. This is why it would be great to just do this for a living!

Playing "River of Gold" on BGA has renewed my interest in my design for Djembe. They share similar DNA. Seeing similar mechanisms in RoG has helped me see ways around some roadblocks I've been facing. What's a recent example of a game you've played that has helped your designs?

Had a blast working on designing and implementing a new homepage for the PlayToZGames website. Check out their excellent line up of upcoming games, many available to demo at Gen Con! playtozgames.com

Birthday haul! Plus finally got to play Foundations of Rome.

Zev teased Twisted Trumpets at the end of his interview with Tabletop Express - Live Call-In Show bi-monthly! It was fun to see the hosts' faces light up when he described the game! Timestamped link: youtube.com/live/Y4ex1iAYZ… PlayToZGames