Man OverBoard

My friends and I played Axis & Allies: 1914 recently, and while I had fun, I was disappointed and irked about a fundamental design fla...

Almost two years ago, I recounted an initial foray into a collaborative design with Keith Ferguson. We have come a long way in those two ...

In this second post in a series exploring games of strategy (begun last month ), designers Aaron Honsowetz, Austin Smokowicz, and I explore ...

Over three years ago, I wrote about my effort to approach a simple three-player race game using game theory.  Economist and game designer ...

The microgame format that Love Letter popularized poses a considerable design challenge.  Fewer cards mean players face statistically f...

Games in some ways, like people, have personalities.  Some, like Ticket to Ride , are friendly, fun, and easy to get to know.  Others, lik...

Every fall there's a little weekend convention in Rockville, Maryland that I've always enjoyed.  Hosted at the unassuming Rockville ...

Having always approached game design as a solitary creative activity, I've been curious about successful design teams like Inka and Ma...