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7 Subtle Player Behaviors You Should Notice When Play-Testing

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Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. By using color/contrast zones, stripping all text from the board, and generally making the game look pretty, I was finally able to coordinate play-tests through Tabletop Simulator. Tabletop Simulator Demo of Highways & Byways (Version Highway 4).

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Alaskan Road Truckers Won’t Launch: How to Fix It Quick

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Interesting fact about the Alaskan Road Truckers not launching : Did you know that many simulation games, like Alaskan Road Truckers, often face launch issues right after major updates? Click on the Display Adapters and look for the driver named after your GPU. Right-click on Alaskan Road Truckers. Navigate to your Game Library.

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How to Play a Lot of Board Games with Little Time and Little Money

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Click here. Playing games exposes you to mechanics and design trends. In fact, I think the point of diminishing return is somewhere in the dozens before your own personal experimentation and experience teaches you more than broad exposure to games will. I’m experimenting with new components on Tabletop Simulator.

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

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Click here. Of course, the flip side of this is that having your game examined by serial play-testers, game designers, and the occasional publisher makes for a far better test than 10 or 15 with your family, online through Tabletop Simulator, or even at your local game store. They look for mechanics and general play-ability.

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The evolution of special effects in cinema

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Be one of the first to test the new functionality - click here for more detailed information. The detail and mechanics of "King Kong" impressed Steven Spielberg so much that he invited Carlo Rambaldi to do a similar thing in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". Art by @nadi_bulochka Let's define SFX, shall we? the Extra-Terrestrial".

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Essential editing transitions - explained

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Be one of the first to test the new functionality - click here for more detailed information. Art by @nadi_bulochka Editing transitions Cinematography is a great mechanism to deceive the viewer. There are many things that make this mechanism work: a good script, cinematography, and, of course, editing.

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The Final 100 Play-Tests: How to Put Final Touches on a Board Game

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Click here. To quote my good friend, Wikipedia: “ [i]n statistics, an outlier is an observation point that is distant from other observations. It’s too much of a pain in the butt to try to do this on Tabletop Simulator and you need data based on the real physical experience. Highways & Byways is no different.