In Defense of Default
I’m working on a new game. It’s called “Robot Drop” (for now) and, while you might think it sounds like a typical “dudes fighting on… Read More »In Defense of Default
Game Design
The Blank Page
Last week, while talking about one of my game design projects with a non-gamer friend, he asked, “How do you do it? How do you… Read More »The Blank Page
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
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
Grammar of Game Design
While noodling around on some more ideas for Spider Siege, I found myself pondering the game’s verbs and nouns. This let to further noodling, which… Read More »Grammar of Game Design
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
Behold the Board!
As I threatened earlier this week, I’ve actually put together a rough draft of the Spider Siege game board. And I do mean rough draft.… Read More »Behold the Board!