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What matters more in a game: Mechanics or Theme? Game designers generally fall into one of two camps: some start with mechanics and build a theme around them, while others start with a theme and develop mechanics that bring that theme to li...
Amabel Holland — Games as Political Art, Print-on-Demand Freedoms, and the Architecture of Systems (#113)
About Amabel Holland
Amabel Holland is a prolific board game designer, developer, and publisher who, as co-founder of Hollandspiele, has been responsible for over a hundred board games and expansions. Much of her deeply experimental wor...
4 Keys to Becoming a Game Designer
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People often ask me what it takes to become a game designer and I’ve found that people tend to believe that to be a game designer they need to understand probability, be able to disect the mechanics of any and every game, lea...
Elizabeth Hargrave — Distilling Wingspan Pocket, AI Ethics in Tabletop, and Building Equity for Designers (#112)
About Elizabeth Hargrave
Elizabeth Hargrave is an award-winning board game designer best known for her runaway smash hit Wingspan, which won the Kennerspiel des Jahres in 2019 and has sold over two million copies worldwide. Her diverse...
How to Stay Human in the Age of AI
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In August, I participated in a panel at Gen Con about the future of AI in gaming. The energy was tense and emotions ran high. One panelist even cried as he lamented the end of his career and the industry as he knew it. There...
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I'm Justin Gary, CEO of Stone Blade Entertainment and creator of Ascension. Once the youngest Magic: The Gathering US Champion, I've designed for Marvel and Gundam. Now, I'm a digital nomad, making games and teaching creativity worldwide.
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