How to Host a Game Night
In February 2016 I started a weekly game night. I decided to start a weekly game→
Tagged: rules
Dized / Race to the North Pole – Gen Con 2016
What is it? An app designed as a hub for interactive tutorials so you can jump→
#TruthBomb: It’s Not the Rulebook. It’s You.
I read a lot of rulebooks. A lot, a lot, a lot of rulebooks. I read→
Under the Table Episode 8: Dramatic Rulebook Reading
We take rulebook reading to the next level in this final season 1 episode of→
Under the Table: Episode 7
How can you go beyond games without rules, or games with blank components? SIMPLE. Make→
Laying Down the Law (a guide to rulebook writing)
As a board game reviewer, a frequent board game teacher, and a thrifty board game buyer,→
9 Undeniable Reasons Board Games Are Awful
Today is valentines day, but there’s enough out there about all the gross lovey-dovey stuff.→
To Teach, Perchance to Learn: Part II (A Guide to Teaching Games)
So you’ve gotten through the initial rules explanation and you are ready to start the→
To Teach, Perchance to Learn: Part I(A Guide on Teaching Games)
One of the biggest barriers of getting into a new game is learning how to→
Guide to Gaming: Learning a New Game
One of the biggest hurdles of getting into board games–besides figuring out which games to→
Who Teaches the Teacher?
There’s a scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where Indiana Jones is brought→
Shut Up and Play!
Have you ever been to a concert where the band onstage, instead of doing what→
Consistency, consistency, consistency!
One of many things I’ve learned about grammar and editing is that there aren’t as→
Patience: A Teaching Virtue
I’m typically the rules explainer in my group. I think part of this reflects my→
My Rules for Games
As my first post for I Slay the Dragon, I thought it might be a→
Run for your Life, Candyman
As you may or may not have garnered from a recent post, I am working→
"We publish family games… but good luck with your game!"
Years ago, when I was in high school, I came up with my own board→