We love board games and have a pretty big collection of great games. After keeping them stacked in closets and hard-to-reach places, we finally scored a beautiful wood and metal set of shelves that someone was giving away. It’s an old grocery store shelf dating back to the 1950s. After refinishing it, and buffing out [...]

Testing a Board Game
It’s worth talking about who should test your game—since play testing is tied so closely to prototyping. In the very beginning, it should be you. Save others some grief and spend time thinking about interactions, how your game will work, and even walking through a mock game…by yourself. You can fix a [...]