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Category: Game Design

2011 Origins Award nominees announced

April 14, 2011 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Industry, Miniatures Games, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

It’s that time again: this year’s Origins Award nominees have been announced. The shortlists in categories that range from Best RPG and Best Board Game to Best Miniatures Rules are posted, and feature many of the past year’s most popular

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Paizo’s Jason Bulmahn offers bribe to Facebook fans

August 7, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Contests, Game Design, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

After sweeping the ENnies, you’d think Paizo’s Jason Bulmahn would be ready to relax and celebrate. Not entirely: he’s currently running a contest challenging Pathfinder fans to push his Facebook page up to having 1,000 people “like” it before the

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This just in from This Just In From Gen Con, Sat 5 PM

August 7, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Conventions, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

As Day 3 of the “Best Four Days in Gaming” winds down, we’ve got your show notes for the Saturday 5 pm TJI show. Guests Adam Jury and E Foley (aka @geeksdreamgirl) join hosts Ryan and Kevin for the Saturday

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This just in from This Just In From Gen Con, Friday 5 PM 2010

August 6, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Conventions, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Catching up after the one-two punch of delayed-then-released shows – here’s show notes for the Friday 5 pm show. Guests Steve Kenson and Ken Hite sit in on the Friday evening show. Dresden Files is on demand, but the show

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This just in from This Just In From Gen Con, Friday 11 AM 2010

August 6, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Contests, Conventions, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

It seems the technical difficulties have been resolved, and shows are flowing again, so now we have show notes for the Friday 11 am show. Guests Darren Watts and Jennifer Brozek lend a hand for the Friday morning show. Ryan

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2010 Diana Jones Award shortlist announced

July 21, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Conventions, Game Design, Industry, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

It’s that time of year again: Gen Con draws ever closer, heralding the announcement of the Diana Jones Award and its shortlist for 2010. Each year, this independent award is bestowed on prime examples of “excellence in gaming” by the

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Betrayal at House on the Hill 2e coming October 5th

July 15, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Game Design Leave a comment

Mike tweeted about this earlier, but it deserves a main page mention: Betrayal at House on the Hill: Second Edition is on final approach for release October 5th. Co-designer Bruce Glassco announced the new edition back in November 2009, and

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OgreCave GNU: Matt Leacock (Forbidden Island)

June 14, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Conventions, Game Design, Industry, Interviews 2 comments

We’ve all marveled at the elegant way certain games work, and the cooperative masterpiece Pandemic has impressed more than its fair share of gamers. In our latest Gaming News Update interview, I caught up with Matt Leacock, the man behind

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Origins Awards 2010 nominees announced

March 27, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Industry, Miniatures Games, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

As per the usual pattern, as the GAMA Trade Show ends, this year’s contenders for Origins Awards get sorted out and announced. As per the selections made by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design, the nominees for 2010

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Windhammer Gamebook Competition Entering Third Year

March 5, 2010 Demian Katz Contests, Game Design, Gamebooks Leave a comment

In case you missed out on the first two years, the third annual Windhammer Prize is posting its rules and schedule early to allow plenty of time for writing and judging original gamebooks. While this hasn’t quite reached the scale

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This Just In from Sunday morning at Gen Con 2009!

August 16, 2009 Allan Sugarbaker Conventions, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

It’s Sunday, and Gen Con 2009 is in its final stretch. This Just In… From GenCon! has posted its Sunday 11am show, with co-host Derek Rex from Pulp Gamer, and guests John Wick and Robin Laws. Until host Ryan Macklin

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2009 Origins Award winners

June 28, 2009 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Miniatures Games, Roleplaying Games 4 comments

We’ve known the nominees for a while now, and resisted judging too harshly for having a t-shirt in the “Game Accessory” category. This year’s winners were awarded in a ceremony overseen by James Ernest last night at Origins. A notable

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The story of raising Hellas

June 22, 2009 Allan Sugarbaker Game Design, Industry, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Avid roleplaying gamers, prospective game publishers, and anyone even mildly interested in how the wacky tabletop game industry functions should take note of a new column launching today over at RPGnet. Michael Fiegel, creator of the Ninja Burger phenomenon and

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James Wallis getting ARGy with Perplex City creator

October 5, 2007 Mike Sugarbaker Computer and Console Games, Contests, Game Design, Industry, Roleplaying Games, Uncategorized One comment

Now and again, and it seems like lately it’s a little more often, I stumble across some neat little bit of info, and it may have been known to others already or by some much more obvious means, but it

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I’m in ur Magic, walkin ur planez: crazy new upcoming card type merits a look

September 13, 2007 Mike Sugarbaker Card Games, Game Design One comment

If you’re like me and have a spot of Magic: the Gathering in your past, but have more or less lost interest in all the little furniture-rearrangements and wacky new kitchen appliances they’ve added to that house over the years…

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