It's been a year since I wrote here, so I owe you a good one! I just came back from Essen Spiel and I must say it was a very positive...

I always count the number of actions a player does in a game I play or design. The number is so varied that it seems to me like there's...

Who doesn't like receiving a large package? No-one, that's who. But what does that have to do with game design? It's good that you ask! I...

No two designers are the same. This is true for any discipline you wish. Some designers are similar, some are on the spectrum of...

Oh boy, the last few have been a ride! I got engaged and got tons of work on games and at my day job. I had time to design but not write...

Oh yeah, I love poker. My favorite is Hold'em, how unoriginal of me, but I will also play Omaha and more. So I wanted to make a game that...

You always need to learn from other designers' work. Every game has something great in it. I wanted to share with you some of the...

Theme first, mechanisms first or the new trend in town - experience first. Let me tell you something, non of this gives me any idea of...

Why should only designers and developers work? Let the players take some of the workload! We labor day in and night out to make games...

Everyone wants to be included, everyone wants to be a part, god forbid we are left out. Right? No. Not right. Don't get me wrong, in...

There's nothing I hate more than people shouting: "cult of the new!". Ok, there are many things I hate more, but this sentence made me...

Oh hell no. I didn't think I will ever write a post like this one when I started this blog, but the day has come. A graphic design so bad...

Muse is a valuable thing, when you get that muse going you need to squeeze it until the last drops are out there. I think that every time...

Forgive me readers, for I have sinned. it has been 3 weeks since my last blog post. Please forgive me for neglecting you because I had a...

Beware! This blog post is so asymmetrical it might fall on your foot and hurt you. Still here? Good. Being normal or like-everyone-else...

Define perfect, please do it in your own mind. Even dictionaries are divided on this word and are basically torn between two very similar...

If you think you can start designing games by making a game with cards, tokens, 3 boards, some wooden pieces and specialty dice, you are...

So my new coop game is taking shape! You can read about it in previous posts of Let's cooperate #1 and Let's cooperate #2, although I...

This blog post assumes you read its predecessor. All read up? I'll wait a few more minutes. Done? Good, here we go! I love circles,...

So many times I've heard that something doesn't have to be beautiful, but it doesn't hurt. Things have to be beautiful, period. That...