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Monopoly: The Game That Board Gamers Love to Hate

Brand Game Development

Monopoly has been around since 1933 and it’s been grandfathered into every store and every closet. Most people I know have at least two copies of some kind of novelty Monopoly that they don’t remember receiving. When you tell someone that you’re into board games, they often ask, “oh, you mean like Monopoly ” before you instinctively cringe. Currently rocking a sold 4.4 on BoardGameGeek , Monopoly is the kind of game that board gamers love to hate.

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Godot's new renderer, progress report #3

Mircosoft Game Dev

Introduction. It's been a month since the second progress report , and progress continues towards the new Godot renderer. This milestone was (and will likely be) the most difficult, due to the techniques that had to be implemented. As a result, many of the goals for it were not met (will have to be moved to a new Milestone 4), but hopefully everything that remains is simpler.

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What Would Kickstarter do for the Board Game Industry in an Ideal World?

Brand Game Development

Within the board game community, there is no site that has shaken up the industry more than Kickstarter. While BoardGameGeek has been around for almost 17 years and remains the unquestioned mecca of the board game community, nothing has had more influence on board games recently than Kickstarter. Indeed, Kickstarter has radically changed my life as well.

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