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]

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective (SHCD) Type: Co-op Players: 1 - 8 Time: 60 - 120 minutes Contents Some might not call SHCD a boardgame, the contents are a map of london, a directory of names, some daily newspapers and 10 scenario books (I hear there... [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]