Category Archives: Designer Diary

Heroscape: Designers Talking

Posted on March 13, 2026 by Mark Jackson

The last few RenegadeCon events have included a Heroscape Designers Roundtable… which isn’t actually round, since they are appearing on camera via Zoom or Teams or some such wizardry of our modern age. But there is a lot of talking … Continue reading →

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Liga: preview of Darkmoor RpG

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Andrea "Liga" Ligabue

In the recent years I started playing and mastering RPGs again. They were my main focus in my youth, before moving to boardgames. Beside the classic Dungeons & Dragons (I’m playing the 5th edition) and Pathfinder, I’m also moving to … Continue reading →

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Liga: Hexemonia preview with some designer’s notes

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Andrea "Liga" Ligabue

Designer: Fabio Attoli Publisher: Pendragon Games Studio Players: 2-4 Time: 45 minutes Ages: 13+ Rules will be soon available on Pendragon Game Studio web-site Once upon a time there was hexes: every game with the ambition to be something more … Continue reading →

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Professional-looking Prototype Creation

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Ted Alspach

By Ted Alspach Since I’ve been working on Suburbia for a few years, I’ve made several prototypes. In fact, even though I haven’t been keeping count, I believe I’ve made more than a dozen of them, from the original square … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Franklin: A Fistful of Penguins – The Waiting is the Hardest Part

Posted on February 1, 2012 by gamekahuna

[Editor’s Note – Jonathan also wrote a more traditional designer’s diary for his new game, A Fistful of Penguins, that was also published today on the News Feed at Boardgamegeek.com – DY] A Fistful of Penguins has started arriving in … Continue reading →

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The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design

Posted on September 7, 2011 by opgamers

I thought you guys might like to see my new book from Open Design, The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design. The essayists include our own Dale Yu, as well as James Ernest, Richard Garfield, Andy Looney, Steve Jackson, and … Continue reading →

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