Hey, gang! This week I took a small break from working on Osprey Adrift to tinker around with another game (I do sometimes manage to find fifteen minutes here or there). Without giving too much away, I've been playing with the idea of using tokens in bags as the core random chance mechanic, as opposed to … Continue reading The Designer Diaries: Schrödinger’s Token
The Robot Plays: Tokaido
Hey, gang! In this week's issue of The Robot Plays, I want to share a game that's been on my shelf for a little while, unopened. Well... I opened it up and played with a small group last weekend, and it was so charming that I had to share my thoughts on it! Tokaido by … Continue reading The Robot Plays: Tokaido
The Crow’s Nest: The Brawlers
Hey, gang! I hope you liked last week's sneak peek of Maximilian Black, Iron-Eye Cordelia, Padre Alonso de Oro, and Silverbeard. This week, I'll be sharing four more of the Roles from Osprey Adrift! These four can best be described as the brawlers of the ship - the ones who shoot first and ask questions later. … Continue reading The Crow’s Nest: The Brawlers
The Designer Diaries: Art & Design Dependencies
Hey, gang! After the Kickstarter campaign for Osprey Adrift has wrapped, I intend on publishing a list of all the lessons learned from the project - not only for my own posterity and benefit, but for your benefit as well, should you be undertaking a crowdfunded game project of your own. That's really the intent … Continue reading The Designer Diaries: Art & Design Dependencies
The Robot Plays: Sheriff of Nottingham
Hey, gang! I'm usually skeptical of the games you buy from the "board game" section at the supermarket. Generally speaking, I'm not going to want to play any of the ten different Monopoly skins sitting next to the dog food. Last weekend, however, I spotted Sheriff of Nottingham by Arcane Wonders on the shelf at … Continue reading The Robot Plays: Sheriff of Nottingham
The Crow’s Nest: The Captain’s Advisors
Hey, gang! The visuals for Osprey Adrift are shaping up nicely! Fiona's been hard at work, creating beautiful character portraits for the Role cards, and sketching out the artwork for all the other cards for the Scavenge deck. I also met with Von Serrot (Née Kaela Torres) last night to discuss the design themes for … Continue reading The Crow’s Nest: The Captain’s Advisors
The Designer Diaries: Write It Down
Hey, gang! Something struck me as I sat down at my computer today, in between checking out the latest fabulous artwork from Fiona and running the new numbers for a minimum funding goal for this summer's Kickstarter: I have a lot of stuff taped up to the wall in my office. Now, this is nothing … Continue reading The Designer Diaries: Write It Down
The Robot Plays: Clank!
Hey, gang! In this week's issue of The Robot Plays, I'm sharing a very, very cool new-ish game: Clank! by Renegade Game Studios. Judging by the tagline alone, you might be skeptical of Clank! because a "deck building adventure" doesn't seem like the most intuitive of mash-ups. But this is where Clank! truly shines. It … Continue reading The Robot Plays: Clank!
The Crow’s Nest: Loot & Booty
Hey, gang! This week I want to talk about one of the defining features of Osprey Adrift -- and one that differentiates it from other elimination-based social deduction games: There can be only one winner. See, pirates don't like to play nice. Sure, they have a loose 'pirates' code' but that code is meant to … Continue reading The Crow’s Nest: Loot & Booty
The Designer Diaries: Product Size
Hey, gang! After numerous interations of the components and packaging, Osprey Adrift is finally down to a manageable box size: 6" x 4" x 1.5" This may not seem like a big deal. But, to anyone who's ever shipped products before, you'll be able to appreciate that the game is now small enough to fit into … Continue reading The Designer Diaries: Product Size