There’s a useful term in project management called the Critical Path, which is defined as the least amount of time needed to complete some multi-step operation. A project manager tries to figure out how to sequence tasks in a way that is most efficient and wastes the least amount of time. Eurogames offer a similar »more
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Playful Thoughts: Meaningful Decisions
In brainstorming ideas for the Design Patterns series, I sometimes come up with topics that don’t really fit there. This new series, Playful Thoughts will be the home for design topics that aren’t examples of a pattern in game design, but also for posts about the tabletop industry as a business, and for thoughts about »more
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Prototyping Windy Cities
it’s coming
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A no-shuffle Deckbuilder?
Wow – the title of this alone has brought in comments. Here’s my thinking: Shuffling is the worst part of deckbuilders. It’s annoying, it takes time, it can damage your cards, and worst of all, it gets people into interminable sleeve vs no-sleeve debates. Nevertheless, randomizing purchased cards is at the heart of the deckbuilding »more
