I recently wanted to get a higher quality prototype made of a few of the components for Swords for Hire. I will be taking the game to Proto ATL next weekend and will be doing a lot of playtesting. One of the complaints I have gotten in my current in person playtesting is that the […]
Board Game Maker: Simple and Easy to Use Read More »
My original vision for the game was to keep it as simple as possible. I view Swords for Hire as a gateway game. Something that anyone can pick up and learn fairly quickly even if they aren’t familiar with board games. For the first year of playtesting there were no character abilities. All the characters
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Every game designer I have talked with, all the articles online, and every book I have read on the subject say not to invest in art for a prototype game. “Publishers will strip the art anyway, it is a waste of money”. So why did I pay someone to do my character art? Even from
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