game thought

a record of thoughts on games and game design

Browsing the 2009 January archive

I believe that a lot can be learned from analyzing the design of existing games. Therefore, I am going to start posting a series of design “deconstructions” where I rip the game apart to inspect the individual pieces of the game.

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This is a bit off-topic, but I wanted to record my thoughts on how to make overtime in the NFL better.

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I’ve been thinking of this as a mechanic of the game of football, and am curious how such a mechanic could be implemented with a board game.

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I am starting this blog to record my never-ending, incoherent, and marginally useful thoughts on games and game design.

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