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Earth from designer Maxime Tardif and published by Inside Up Games is a deeply strategic tableau builder for 1 to 5 players with simple rules. Games take between 45-90 minutes thanks to a robust action selection mechanic and simultaneous turns. Each games of Earth begins with unique common goals and […]

EARTH // REVIEW

 in Gaming / Video
Imperial Miners is an engine-building card game for 1-5 players from designer Tim Armstrong (Arcana Rising, Orbis) and published by Portal Games. Games take about 30 minutes, with any player count, thanks to simultaneous play. Use a mix of six factions from the Imperial Settlers universe to create synergistic combos […]

IMPERIAL MINERS // REVIEW

 in Gaming / Video
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I’ve been designing board games quite a bit lately and I’m having a blast. One of them is Narrow Gauge: Appalachia – a two player game about building railways in the Appalachian Mountains during the age of steam. This game was a blast to develop and test, and I’ve decided […]

I MADE A GAME AND YOU CAN PLAY IT RIGHT ...

 in Design / Gaming
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I got super excited for the release of Mario Golf Super Rush. I’ve always enjoyed golfing games. They are relaxing and challenging at the same time. A bunch of online friends hyped it up and we expected to play online games fairly regularly… then the early reviews came out and […]

MARIO GOLF SUPER RUSH – WORTH IT?

 in Gaming
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Whoa. Two new videos 5 days apart!? I finally got to play Irish Gauge. It’s been on my shelf of shame for a long while. Game night started back up recently, and this was the first thing I grabbed to take. I love train games. I love Capstone Games. I […]

IRISH GUAGE // FIRST LOOK REVIEW

 in Gaming / Video
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I’ve finally resurrected the gaming channel and for the first video back, I decided to do a sort of unboxing // review hybrid. I’ve been playing the game digitally for months, and am absolutely enamored with it. I loved the original, but couldn’t find people to play. This time, I […]

SUMMONER WARS SECOND EDTION MASTER SET

 in Gaming / Video
This simple custom, diy headboard was built with a few 1″x10″ pine boards, inexpensive LED lights, and an in-set power strip for extra functionality. You could build this in a weekend with limited tools. It’s a great beginner project that brings life to any bedroom and provides excellent lighting that’s […]

Simple DIY Lighted Headboard

 in Making / Video
I wanted to add some simple flower decor to my guest bathroom. Using a few $2 plants, some rustic pallet wood, and a coffee/sawdust mixture for the simulated dirt, I put together a few in an afternoon. They add great texture to an otherwise boring room! You can pick these […]

DIY FLOWER POT DECOR // EASY PALLET WOOD PROJECT

 in Making
Yep, I started over again. Almost one month ago, I wrote that I had re-built how everything worked because it was becoming very repetitive.  I deleted nearly 95% of the item generation code and replaced it. That re-write meant that I combined all of my item generators… at that time […]

re-Starting Over – Roguelike Design part 10

 in No Rogues Allowed  tagged bad code / formula / game / game design / math / normal distribution / php / prototype / rogue / rogue-lite / roguelike / rpg / statistics / web design
When I was a child, I started programming on an Atari 400. This was essentially an Atari 2600, but with a keyboard and some additional inputs for accessories. Mine had a tape drive which gave me working storage. It used standard cassette tapes which were abundant at the time. I […]

re-Learning Math – Roguelike Design part 9

 in No Rogues Allowed  tagged bad code / formula / game / game design / math / normal distribution / php / prototype / rogue / rogue-lite / roguelike / rpg / statistics / web design