by Jeff Tidball | Feb 1, 2008 | Musing
We’ve been at this for two months or so now, Will and I. It’s time to ask: What do you think? How are we doing? What now? We’d be grateful if you’d click ahead, read some of the questions we’ve got on our minds, and leave a comment that...
by Jeff Tidball | Jan 25, 2008 | Business
Just after the holiday shopping season, a good friend asked why all the games she had seen in Borders while she was gift-shopping seemed so underwhelming. Can you diagnose the difference between game-store games and big-box-bookstore games? I don’t think it was...
by Jeff Tidball | Jan 21, 2008 | Musing, Story
This post about third acts continues a discussion of dramatic structure in games. The introductory post in this series is called I, II, III, the post about first acts is First Act, Ask Questions Later, and the post about second acts is Too. There’s a thing...
by Jeff Tidball | Jan 16, 2008 | Conventions
Back in one of Gameplaywright’s inagural posts, Allow You to Demonstrate, Nicole and Will were kind enough to comment that they had enjoyed my demonstrations of Pieces of Eight at the GenCon when it was released. This is a piece I wrote around that time on how...
by Jeff Tidball | Jan 14, 2008 | Board Games, card games, Musing, Story
This post about second acts continues a discussion of dramatic structure in games. The introductory post in this series is called I, II, III, and the post about first acts is First Act, Ask Questions Later. What do we know about second acts? They’re the meat of...
