Robotech & Diplomacy's Influence on Designing - Robotech: Reconstruction

In a conversation with Board Again Games, I talk about how Robotech, Diplomacy, and my game design philosophy of players playing players impacted the design of my board game Robotech: Reconstruction coming from Strange Machine Games.

Podcast Version: Board Again Gaming: Dr. Wictz - Robotech: Reconstruction

You Fool Legacy - Joining the Circus

 To make your holiday merrier, I have posted to BoardGameGeek a Print And Play expansion to my game You Fool.  

Here is a link to the Print And Play for the expansion.

If you are looking for a copy of the original You Fool, you can order the Print and Play from PNP Arcade.

You Fool Legacy - Joining the Circus Rule Explanation

Original You Fool Rule Explanation

Thoughts on Winning - Retrospective

Thoughts on Winning explores what about the game playing experience keeps players wanting to come back to play more games.  To be fair, most players are going to lose over 50% of the time , so what keeps bringing players back to play. 

Articles:

Losing

Most of the time players lose a game, so one cannot talk about the experience of winning a game without talking about the experience of losing a game.

The Psychology of Winning

Game structure and the environment in which we play board games mitigates the negative effects from losing. 

Goals Besides Winning

Players keep playing a game because they have goals beyond just winning the game.

Economic Principles in Games

Dr. Wictz talks about Economic Principles in Board Games with Dustin on the Board Gaming with Education Podcast.  We talk about how and why to utilize Economic Principles in game design and how to use games with Economic Principles as a teaching tool.

Game Design in Education: Board Game Design Workshop

Dustin Dowdle and Chris Anderson talk to Dr. Wictz about using Game Design as a teaching tool for education.

Board Game Design Workshop: Episode 76

Hosting Board Game Design Events: Interview on Board Game Workshop

Dustin Dowdle, Chris Anderson and Dr. Wictz discus the logistics of setting up and recruiting playtesters to a board game playtesting event.

Episode 75 of the Board Game Design Workshop.

Interview with The Board Game Workshop

I was a guest on The Board Game Workshop where I join Bez and Andrew Miller to talk about Simultaneous Action Selection Game Mechanics.

The Board Game Workshop: Episode 36