I had picked up a hand-made hit box a while ago to add to my small collection of arcade sticks. The hitbox was fairly cheap which was an important factor as I still wasn’t entirely sure I’d like the control method. My particular one was sold by a fellow on Etsy (I can no longer…
It has taken some time to get to this happy day, but the game I’ve been studiously (lol) working on for nearly a year is now finally available to the masses… Well, 5 physical copies are until I get more components. There is also the option of grabbing the game as a digital download for…
After too long testing by myself I finally got to see the game played with real players (the promise of pizza seems to help gather willing participants). This friendly test didn’t go to completion – unfortunately only about 4 hours of slow play – but it did go a long way to helping me understand…
One of my more recent passions in the area of board gaming has been the 18xx series of games. The first game, 1829 by Francis Treasham, was released in 1974 and now probably number in the hundreds of different adaptations, sometimes bringing their own flair – or “mcguffin”, other times marrying several together from different…
Making maps for RPGs is actually pretty good fun. Especially since Blender has been updated into a (at least for me) more user friendly experience. Gone are many of the frustrations I faced when I used the program a few years ago to make models for my games. In its place is a much easier…
