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How to Design the Mechanics of Your Board Game

Brand Game Development

Brandon: Not only do you make games, but you’re also formally educated in them. ” What I learned from my education wasn’t just principles of great game design like “risk vs reward” and “narrative storytelling,” but that games are a business like any other.

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Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

I first prototyped it back in 2019, but I didn't really know how to finish it. Originally this was prototyped as "Saugzwang" and I made it for the 7 Day Broughlike Jam back in 2019. Ida Craddock (1857-1902) was one of the first feminist sex educators and sex magicians in America. Their victim's mood or consent is irrelevant.

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