2014 Year in Review: Part 1

Grant Rodiek | December 04, 2014
Post by: The Design and Publishing Community! I asked the community to tell me about how their year went. What did they learn? Where did they succeed? Where did they fail? Hopefully their stories below are interesting, insightful, and fun.
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Me and BGG 2014

Grant Rodiek | December 01, 2014
About two weeks ago now I attended BGG Con 2014. I was there from Wednesday afternoon until about Sunday at noon. This was my first time attending the convention and I enjoyed it greatly. I thought BGG Con was basically the director's cut of Gen Con.
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I'm Original, No I'm Not

Grant Rodiek | November 26, 2014
Friend and fellow designer Kyle Van Winkle asked me if I'd ever written about a moment where I thought I had a killer idea or mechanic, only to find someone else has already done it. The answer, is that I've been in that situation, but I hadn't written about it.
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CCG Diagnosis

Grant Rodiek | November 25, 2014
Daniel Solis has been Tweeting about researching and designing a CCG lately. CCG stands for Collectible Card Game, which is similar to Trading Card Game, and somewhat similar to Living Card Game. No game better embodies this moniker than Magic: The Gathering, the gorilla of the table top industry.
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Version 5 and the Brink

Grant Rodiek | November 18, 2014
Post by: Joshua Buergel and Grant Rodiek Grant: When you reach a design iteration you dub “5.0” it may be time for what my mom refers to as the “come to Jesus meeting.” We've been scrambling for months to find a new framework for Hocus Poker.
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BGG Prep

Grant Rodiek | November 17, 2014
Board Game Geek Con is this week and I'm rounding up any loose ends to be prepared for it. Cons are a really big part of our niche hobby for many, but for me they've always been a mixed bag. I tend to have a good time, but, what can I say, I'm weird.
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Entries Wanted: 2014 in Review

Grant Rodiek | November 10, 2014
We're in the final months of 2014, which means it's a good time for reflection. In the past I've hosted community articles about the upcoming year, as well as ones about the recently completed year. This post is seeking submissions for the latter.
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Design for FOMO

Grant Rodiek | November 03, 2014
I've been listening to Alex Blumberg's StartUp podcast lately. It's really outstanding. He was one of the main guys behind This American Life and Planet Money. Really, he's a masterful audio storyteller.
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The Like/Don't Like List

Grant Rodiek | October 29, 2014
Post by: Joshua Buergel and Grant Rodiek Grant: Josh and I have been collaboratively designing Hocus Poker since February 2014 and our process has evolved constantly throughout. Josh: It’s been the fastest evolving game I've ever been involved with.
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Self Doubt is my first Tester

Grant Rodiek | October 28, 2014
I have several games in the works right now, which on one hand diffuses my focus and may not be entirely healthy. But, on the other, all of them are in weird places: long term development, early testing, late testing, rules tweaking, pitching, and so forth.
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