Here at MakeBoardGame.com we want to highlight the people who are in the process of making games. All of us can learn about the game making process by hearing from others who are on this journey. If you’re making a game, we’d love to talk with you and highlight your game. Email us at makeboardgame(at)gmail.com! Today we’re with the game designers of…
Guest Post by Trevor Johnson Playing a board game is a compromise between competition and collaboration, even when the game is explicitly a non-cooperative game. It is a party as much as a sport. You invite your friends to a room with the goal not simply of dominating them but of having an enjoyable experience together, and unless you are…
I love to read, and when I got into game design I started to search for books that would teach and inspire. I found a fair amount of books that relate to game design, and have started to read through them. Here are three books that I recently read, and would recommend. The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design by…
We know what it’s like to love board games. If it includes friends, dice, cards, and cardboard we’re all over it. We can’t get enough.
If you’re like us, you started playing tabletop games and it wasn’t too long before you started wondering how hard it can be to create your own.
The brains behind MakeBoardGame are right where you’re at. We have dreamed up board games, and we’re now starting from scratch. We want to help you in your journey of making a board game by being transparent about ours. We’ll show you step-by-step what it takes to make a board game. Everything from brainstorming, designing, playtesting and publishing.
We know people are going to love our game, and we know that the gaming world wants to play yours too!
So stick around, join our community, and start building that game you were meant to create.
