The 1st Leshy Sketch Tiffany Turrill is the illustrator for Hocus. We've only worked with her for a few months, but she is so essential to the quality of the game, the experience, and our happiness that we wanted to sit down to talk to her about her process, her work, and Texan fast food chains.

Balancing a game is arguably the most difficult and time consuming phase of design. When refining the mechanisms and trying to reach an Alpha and Beta state, you can grab new testers, test once, and gather the data you need to progress.

I have some thoughts on branding, naming, and pitching your game to others that have been culminating for some time. Though this is a specific case study, I think what I've learned here will apply to your project as well, so give this a read and tell me what you think.

This post sponsored by the Hocus Poker PNP! Download it from BGG (and give us a thumb!) or read the rules. Design should become easier the more you do it. No, conceiving a unique mechanism is never easy.