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Designer Diary: The Journey of The Great Harbor
by Milan Tasevski The Great Harbor has had quite an interesting journey since it first arrived on our table. The game originally came to us from designer Matteo de Nardis , under the working title Lubecca. At its core…
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Designers' Diary — The Making of Mythologies
by Charles Amir Perret Super Meeple is posting this diary on behalf of the designers of Mythologies , Maxime Babad and Mickaël "Froh" Garcin , and we invite you to read the illustrator's diary for the game HERE . Gene…
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by Charles Amir Perret Super Meeple is posting this diary on behalf of the illustrator of Mythologies Arthur Boccard. If you haven't read the Designers' Diary for the game, you'll find it HERE . From Concept Artist to…
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Designer Diary: Kano - AN AMAZING JOURNEY
by Pablo Jiménez Editor's note - an artist diary for Kano was published at the same time, which you can read HERE . Part 1: Early Concepts and Thematic Shift I remember the first time we met with Pablo Jiménez . He ha…
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by Matagot Contact Editor's note: a designer diary for Kano was published at the same time, which you can read HERE . Jun Sato first connected with Matagot via an Instagram DM. That short message revealed possibilitie…
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Designer Diary - Nature: Climate - Redesigning a Classic
by Dominic Crapuchettes The Nature system currently has a BoardGameGeek rating of 8.6 - well beyond my wildest expectations! This designer diary tells the story of its most recent module, Nature: Climate . The first f…
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Interview with Brian Asklev Co-Designer of Napoléon 1870: The Collapse of the Second French Empire from Shakos Currently on Kickstarter
I do love a good Napoleonics wargame and The Conquerors Series from Shakos is really very good as we have played a few games over the years. They have a new volume in that series on Kickstarter that is designed by a t…
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Designer’s Diary: BLACK FLAG!
by Emiliano Sciarra The BANG! System's Long Voyage to the Caribbean It may seem strange to say it now, with Black Flag! about to be published by DV Games nearly a quarter of a century after the release of the first ed…
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Designer Diary: Tanglung
by Mark William Howdy everyone. I am Mark William, former video editor, current data insights officer and the designer of Tanglung . This post is adapted from the blog series that I wrote on the game’s page. The Malay…
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Designer Diary: Dungeon Cube
by Nicolò Chioato Twenty Days, a Couch, and a Rubik's Cube It was the autumn of 2022, and I had just undergone surgery for two herniated discs in my back. My recovery came with some fairly strict instructions: I could…
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Designer diary: NASCARD
by Guillem Coll Nascard aims to capture the excitement and feel of big racing games, but condenses that experience into a deck of just 110 cards. The challenge, however, was precisely that: how could we represent a ra…
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Publisher Diary: Fadenfroh
by Julian Steindorfer Where and when does this story start? Let me try to untangle the thread and tell you how Fadenfroh * came to be. *(a German word creation merging the words “thread” (Faden) and “colorful” (farben…
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