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Board Game Review: Marrying Mr. Darcy

Brand Game Development

I wasn’t expecting to discover the impact those childhood games made on my preferences as an adult. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. It was supposed to mimic last week’s in that I was going to review my top 5 favorite games as an adult.

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How Many Blind Play-Tests Does Your Board Game *Really* Need?

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. I even blind play-tested it at a game design convention. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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4 Lessons from Sagrada for Aspiring Board Game Designers

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Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Your objective is to score the most victory points. This game came out in 2017 and the creators knew that in order to succeed on social media, it had to make people stop and click. And boy did it!

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7 Subtle Player Behaviors You Should Notice When Play-Testing

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Your Board Game Kickstarter: Why & How to Spread the Word Early

Brand Game Development

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. 2 Reasons to Promote Your Board Game Kickstarter Early. You need to know if people want your game. Anything that might make a difference in your game’s marketability, you can share.

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Buildbox Tutorial: The Basics For Absolute Beginners (With Video)

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So what we’re going to do in order to make our lives a bit easier, is we’re going to use the wizard to set up our game. Once our game is set up we’ll be brought to our mind map page. This page is designed to allow you to control your top level game mechanics and game flow. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

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5 Lessons I Learned at a Play-Testing Convention (Protospiel Atlanta)

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. Last Saturday and Sunday, I attended my first board gaming convention – Protospiel in Atlanta. Prototype of a beach volleyball game by Julio Nazario.