Building your own board games

Building your own board games

By Kyle Bender

November 20, 2020

Summary

If you're daring enough to attempt making your own board or card games, let this article be your creative ibuprofen.

President of Stonemaier Games and designer of popular board games like "Scythe.," thinks otherwise.

If you have thoughts for a card or board game, start working and designing.

Your initial idea will naturally flesh itself out as you continue to build your own mechanics for the game.

Keep in mind that the feeling of your game is just as important as game mechanics.

Your game's tone, overall feel, and inspiration shouldn't be thrown to the wayside when you start building its skeleton.

"Cthulhu's Vault.," a collaborative storytelling game based on the eldritch horror genre, published by Jolly Roger Games.

The point of the game isn't to win, but to resolve a story that the players create as the game continues.

I wish you all good luck in your board game ventures.

Make sure you torture your friends by making them playtest your games.

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