A personal design blog by a board game and live-action roleplay designer, covering the design of individual games like Grandfather Paradox and rule systems such as weapon restrictions. It offers candid, reflective writing about design decisions and their reasoning, plus downloadable rules.
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Short, practical essays on game design theory, each building one principle around concrete examples from games like Slay the Spire, Slipways and Rift Wizard. Readers get design heuristics they can apply to upgrade systems, synergies and multiplayer structure.
A weekly newsletter covering board and card games through history pieces, new-release roundups and individual game reviews. Readers get personal, opinionated writing with design context and some original research, such as Usenet archive digging.
A narrative-driven newsletter that recounts play-through campaigns of conflict simulation board games, currently patrol-by-patrol accounts of a German U-boat commander in The Hunters. Readers get in-character storytelling alongside the decisions, dice outcomes and strategic trade-offs behind each engagement.
A personal board game newsletter where the author shares short, opinionated reviews of recent plays, such as Conspiracy, Vantage and Origin Story, alongside longer reflections on gaming with friends. It suits readers who want candid first-hand impressions of tabletop games rather than rulebook-style guides.
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