I am thrilled again to announce that Scallywags has won another award! This time it is the Tillywig Best Family Fun award! Gamewright has really gone above and beyond for me and I simply can’t thank them enough!
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A Twitter friend, @HerrohGrant, has published a sort of “making of” story about Scallywags on his design blog, Hyperbole Games. The story starts at the very beginning of my design “career,” so beware, it is a bit lengthy! The Story of Scallywags | Hyperbole Games
The Story of Scallywags
I’m super excited that Scallywags has been chosen for a Parents’ Choice Recommended Award. Thank you Gamewright for taking a chance on me and polishing the game into something award winning!
Scallywags Wins a Parents’ Choice Award!
We got back to playtesting Dead End this week. While the game still isn't what I want it to be, the session was great. We had a new player and some great insight was had!
Project: Dead End part 8 – Why We Playtest
We got back to playtesting Dead End this week. While the game still isn't what I want it to be, the session was great. We had a new player and some great insight was had!
Project: Dead End part 7 – Graphic Design and Layout
I have received confirmation that I will have Scallywags in time to run the introduction tournament at Origins Game Fair! Check out the Scallywags page for more information and be sure to share this news with anyone who may be attending Origins.
Scallywags Will Be At Origins Game Fair!
It has been a while since I've talked about Princess Dice. I've tweeted a bit here and there, but I though it was time for a formal post with lots of pictures!
Princess Dice – Prototypes!
Project Dead End rolls along. The game has taken another great turn that has opened up game play significantly. My playtesters enjoyed the last session and I'm finally comfortable sharing the latest version!
Project: Dead End part 6 – Print and Play!
Princess Fairy Rainbow Unicorn Dice development is in full swing! I've had some great help from the community and in just a few short days we've developed a very playable little game. I'm sharing the rules in this weeks post, so check it out!
Princess Dice – Oh My
Yes, that's right, I designed a new game last night and it's about princesses, and unicorns, and fairies, and witches.... well, you should just check it out. I suppose this is another entry in my Open Game Design series, I'd be happy to have others give it a go!
Princess Dice – A Beginning
The project is salvaged! I took things in a bit of a new direction and it greatly improved game play. In this post I dive into detailed discussion about what changes I made and why.
Project: Dead End part 5 – The Design Evolves
I finally got around to writing about Dead End again. I was frustrated after the last test session because I broke the game. In this post I discuss what went wrong and hint about what I'm doing to fix it.