Talk about surprises, when I checked my mail today I saw something that I was not expecting, a royalty check! You might be wondering why I received a royalty check in the mail today and I’m going to take a few moments to tell you why. It all started a few years ago when I…
Tag: Card Games
Game Review: HeroCard: Galaxy
The first four games from TableStar are unique in the fact that they all have the same basic “HeroCard” engine – a card dueling game that becomes the backbone for four very different board games. This is an intriguing idea, and I was very pleased to see the good quality of components from this new…
Game Review: HeroCard: Champion of New Olympia
The first four games from TableStar are unique in the fact that they all have the same basic “HeroCard” engine – a card dueling game that becomes the backbone for four very different board games. This is an intriguing idea, and I was very pleased to see the good quality of components from this new…
Game Review: Herocard: Rise of the Shogun
The first four games from TableStar are unique in the fact that they all have the same basic “HeroCard” engine – a card dueling game that becomes the backbone for four very different board games. This is an intriguing idea, and I was very pleased to see the good quality of components from this new…
Game Review: Kung-Fu Fighting!
Sometimes you don’t feel like sitting down with a heavy game but you don’t want something too lite either. At times like these, I pull out Slugfest Game’s Kung-Fu Fighting game! This game came out in 2004 and has been going strong ever since. Slugfest Games describes the action thusly: In this fast paced, exciting…
Game Design: What comes first, theme or mechanics? Part 2
In my previous article I talked about designing a game around a theme, this time I will talk about the designing a game around mechanics. Quadrovex is a game I designed based on mechanics. I have always enjoyed abstract games that focus on skill and strategic thinking. Games such as Go, Othello and Dominoes fall…
Game Design: What comes first, theme or mechanics? Part 1
I’ve been designing games for a long time, I don’t have many published but I have designed a lot. One question I often get is, “what do you do first, pick a theme or design a mechanic?” I hope to use this article to answer that question. Theme vs. mechanics is one of those “chicken…