Spider Plan
Weeks ago, I promised to work up what the Spider Siege board game looks like from the perspective of the spider player. It’s got to… Read More »Spider Plan
Spider Siege
Advanced Factions & Actions
Happy Independence Day to all my American readers! And happy “Putting Up With Americans Day” to everyone else! Before I dedicate myself to the over-eating… Read More »Advanced Factions & Actions
The Cost of Killing Spiders – Part 2
“So we’re spending these ‘points’ of resources on units,” says my hypothetical reader, picking up the conversation from where it dropped earlier this week. “What… Read More »The Cost of Killing Spiders – Part 2
The Cost of Killing Spiders
In today’s episode of “Turning Spider Siege into a Real Game,” we’ll be looking at the intersection of board resources, unit value, and econom —… Read More »The Cost of Killing Spiders
A Unit of Awesome
I’ve been spending some time this week pondering how to put the war into the Spider Siege war game. As I mentioned on Monday, it’s… Read More »A Unit of Awesome
Interwoven
After working up the game board for Spider Siege, I went back to the original design docs to see what I needed to do next.… Read More »Interwoven
Creeping Ever Closer
Despite taking a short break to publish a small Pathfinder RPG sourcebook, I’ve been slowly hacking away Spider Siege, the Venom & Silk board game.… Read More »Creeping Ever Closer
Spider Control
Yesterday I awoke without Internet. My devices were flashing and beeping, parched and panting for their data streams. Cycling the modem’s power did nothing. I… Read More »Spider Control
Under Siege
What can I say? I’m a sucker for alliteration. The concept of this Empire of Venom & Silk board game originally came to me as… Read More »Under Siege