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Board Game Design Virtual Summit: Day 6

Board Game Design Virtual Summit: Day 6
Day 6 interviews is about Thinking Outside the Board Game Box. Today, the interviews are with Kathleen Mercury, a game designer and teacher who uses board games in her class, AJ Brandon, a game store owner who runs a podcast, and Sen-Foong Lim, a game designer who talks about contracts with publishers.

Board Game Design Virtual Summit: Day 5

Board Game Design Virtual Summit: Day 5
Day 5 interviews is about How to Find and Work With Others in the Industry.

Board Game Virtual Summit: Day 2

Board Game Virtual Summit: Day 2
Interviews about how to build a following with Gabe Barrett, Brandon Rollins, and Nalin Chuapetcharasopon.

GenCon Online this weekend

GenCon Online this weekend
Though it is sad the COVD-19 pandemic has turned the gaming conventions world upside down. Fortunately, I went to a game convention back in Febru...

Diversity in the Board Game industry

Diversity in the Board Game industry
The Board Game/Tabletop industry has a reputation of being mostly made up of white males. However, you would be surprised there is diversity in the board game industry and it is growing.

Kickstarter: Tiny Epic Pirates

Kickstarter: Tiny Epic Pirates
I just backed my first game on Kickstarter. This game is Tiny Epic Pirates by Gamelyn Games. I am a big fan of the Tiny Epic series having owned T...

Dreamation 2020 Convention

Dreamation 2020 Convention
This is my 2nd year at Dreamations hosted by Double Exposure. It's a four day weekend of board gaming, RPGs, war gaming, and LARPs. I couldn't do ...

The Dark War: Tiny Epic Defenders expansion

The Dark War: Tiny Epic Defenders expansion
The Dark War is a new expansion of Tiny Epic Defenders 2nd edition

Coming Soon: The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth, Nemesis and more

Coming Soon: The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth, Nemesis and more
There are some new games coming out soon. I have been some of following these games too. 

Announcement: Tiny Epic Tactics

Announcement: Tiny Epic Tactics
Gamelyn Games made a new announcement the other day. They have a new offering coming out this year called Tiny Epic Tactics. They have been hintin...

A great experience at Metatopia

A great experience at Metatopia
Metatopia was a great convention located at the Hyatt Regency in Morristown, NJ. This is a convention for game designers to playtest their games they are developing. I went there as a player and not as a designer. I wanted to learn how it is done. I took many different seminars, played many games that are still in development, and met many people who are up and coming designers and those involved with the industry.

Metatopia 2018

Metatopia 2018
There is a board game festival happening this week. It begins November 1 and ends November 4th. It is called Metatopia. I wanted to go last year, b...