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The Game Mechanics

This series is called The Game Mechanics. It will be a series of blog posts that will focus in on a specific game mechanic and use an example game to dive in a little deeper. This is a great series of you are getting into game design or are just interested in how games work. Also we are interviewing game designers to see what makes them tick.

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Moonrollers: A Press Your Luck Dice Game

Moonrollers: A Press Your Luck Dice Game

Moonrakers, a break out deck building game published in 2020 by IV Studios created a world where pilots recruit crews and complete...

B&N Makes Designers Names Searchable

B&N Makes Designers Names Searchable

Barnes and Noble have been selling board games for a long time. It took them until October 4th to put the game designers names in the...

What is a "Rouge-Like" Board Game?

Sep 42 min read

What is a "Rouge-Like" Board Game?

The year was 1980 and the video game Rouge was published. This is the the Rouge in "Rouge-Like". Recently I have been hearing the term...

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Strategic Allocation: Unpacking Action Points in Board Games

Jun 102 min read

Strategic Allocation: Unpacking Action Points in Board Games

Welcome back to another dive into The Game Mechanics. Today we are looking at action points and what they are and how they are used....

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Artificial Intelligence in Board Games, the Good the Bad and the Ugly

May 205 min read

Artificial Intelligence in Board Games, the Good the Bad and the Ugly

Artificial Intellegence has taken the world by storm. It has started to affect the daily lives of people. People are interested in it and...

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Pick-up and Delivery in Board Games: Strategy and Mechanics Explained

Jan 152 min read

Pick-up and Delivery in Board Games: Strategy and Mechanics Explained

The phrase pick-up and deliver brings to mind something in the realm of UPS or FedEx. This thought is pretty accurate when we dive into...

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