I am very happy with my idea for a game about rugby, I have been thinking about it and it feels like something that should be straightforward for me to work with as a first game. I’m thinking hard about how to balance simulation vs abstraction though, I want the... [Read More]

Boardgames are made of two main things, mechanics and theme. Theme is often what attracts people, mechanics often what keeps people. When thinking of ideas I find mechanics more interesting but theme feels more real. Rugby So let’s start with a theme this time and think what mechanics could... [Read More]

I’m very partial to wargames, I started my gaming career like many others with Warhammer. I have tired of the most popular wargames though because they all seem to require constant keeping up, with new rules and miniatures etc. I understand this is a commercial necessity and that some like... [Read More]

In the spirit of my previous post this is the first in what will be a series of posts about boardgames ideas that I have. Hopefully they will be useful to others and more hopefully I’ll use them to actually try and create one of the ideas! People Power... [Read More]

I started reading Jeff Atwoods blog Coding Horror when I was in college. It’s very good, I learnt a great deal from it. It is unfortunate that it is no longer regularly updated. One of his thoughts that really stuck with me is his view on ideas vs executions.... [Read More]