All kinds of cool things going on around here! First, I've got a little teaser for you about the next podcast to hit the TCPN: Click this link to hear the Growing Geeks teaser! Growing Geeks is a podcast where Tristan and I explore parenthood from a geeky perspective. We're both geeks, and we appear... Continue Reading →
Indie Talks Episode # 13 – Board Games! Fantastiqa, Upgrade Wars and games under $20
This episode I'm all by my lonesome as I talk board games. Over the weekend I had a chance to sink my teeth into Fantastiqa, the new game by Alf Seegert published by Gryphon Games. (here's the BGG link). Alf was a guest on this very show back in epiosde 5a. It's name not withstanding,... Continue Reading →
Upgrade Wars developer diary – new cards, new logo coming, NaGaDeMon
I'd love to say it's been a long haul to get here, but actually, Upgrade Wars has been trucking along quite quickly! I've gotten even more feedback on the rules, with clarifications both provided and asked for. And I got these: The card artwork is also coming along nicely, although finding some public domain or... Continue Reading →
Upgrade Wars design diary – entry #3 – rule changes, card changes and play tests galore!
Now that I'm recovering from my bout with stupid, inconvenient and utterly horrible pneumonia, I'm starting to get some work done on several of my projects again. One of these is Upgrade Wars! I've talked about designing this game here on TC before. Today we'll take a look at a bit of play testing and... Continue Reading →
Upgrade Wars deck building/tactical combat game beta goes open, available for free!
I'm trying something a little different here. In order to get more play testers involved, I'm giving away free copies of the beta game as a print and play product. It comes with a question form I'd love for you to fill out, but you're under absolutely no obligation to do so. Far in the... Continue Reading →
Building a table top game – phase two. Upgrade Wars gets the crap beat out of it
Most of you know me as an RPG guy (if you know me at all). With the one exception of Mi Gato se Incendia! (My Cat is on Fire!) I've pretty much stuck within the arena of the written word, inserted table and rolled die. I have always wanted to get into board game design,... Continue Reading →