Board Games - Creation And Play

For a long time the rules of my games live in the Apple Notes app. I can read them whenever I want. Tweak them easily. Edit them easily. Che...

It’s going to be a very busy month.  I’ve got to do the graphic design for the Xeno Flicks rules and dashboards.  I've made a start! Wor...

I’ve almost finished the graphic design for the Away Team Bingo player sheets. The four low ink ones are done.  Two out of four high ink one...

I'm done. Away Team Bingo is finished. My third roll and write game. You are sending teams of crew to explore a planet three times. To f...

I've just published my seventh game. The Planets My Destination . It's another print at home roll & write game, like Rocky '...

I’m now in fulfilment mode.  First up is the print and play rewards due at the end of this month.  They require the finished rulebook and da...

When you’re designing a game you want it to be functional. And quick to iterate as you make changes. And pretty to engage the testers. But t...

Xeno Wars is a strange game design process. We’re essentially designing new ships for an existing game, not starting from scratch. Like the ...

We’re a company of two. We wear a lot of hats. Paul is manufacturing and fulfilment. And stock management. I’m sales and marketing. Graphic ...

This week has been one of emotional highs and lows. I’m in the middle of almost three weeks between day jobs so I’ve had lots of ‘free’ time...

I've mentioned before that my graphic design skills are weak. They are. Our first Kickstarter looked terrible. The second looked bad....

I'm a tolerable graphic designer. Or passable maybe. Adequate. I really enjoy doing it, but I don't have a flair for it. Until now, ...

With the Kickstarter all wrapped up we now enter the period when I’m very busy (Paul’s very busy period is pending the acrylic for the add-o...

With the pledge manager live , and generating a very surprising (to me and Paul at least!) number of upgrades/add-ons, I’ve been able to foc...

But in a good way! This morning I'm in a hotel in Manchester, waiting for my colleagues to wake up so we can go for breakfast. Seeing as...

As I mentioned last week , things have been picking up pace over the last couple of weeks, the combination of a bit more focus and having Ad...

I've actually made some decent progress across the board this week for a change. Monday to Wednesday The Wife was away for work, which...

Regular readers will know I've been prevaricating for the last two or three months about whether or not to go through with my plan to d...

I've been working on a couple of things this week, making good progress on one, and working out in my head what to do with the other. ...

Not much progress again this week :-( I was babysitting for a friend on Tuesday and used the evening to finish the graphic design (and add s...