Author Archives: Boardcrafting

After buying Gloomhaven and getting it out of and back into its box, I decided it needed to have some player caddies.  There’s a marker for health and experience points, and a little slot for “lost” cards to be put … Continue reading →

I finally chose a title. A Thousand Faces of Adventure It was a hard slog and there were a lot of darlings I had to throw out, but I’m really excited about this name. For one, it’s a play on … Continue reading →

More exercise! I’ve been drawing up some flowcharts for the “core resolution mechanism” of a few different RPGs. Here’s the flowchart for Genesys.   And here’s the source svg.

As an exercise, I’ve been drawing up some flowcharts for the “core resolution mechanism” of a few different RPGs. Here’s the flowchart for FATE Accelerated.Here’s the source SVG file: https://github.com/sjbrown/misc_work/blob/master/deckahedron/inspiration/flowchart_fate_accelerated.svg

Boardcrafting was in the New York Times (sort of)! I was doing some vanity googling tonight, as one does – sometimes it’s fun to see where images of the Boardcrafting Catan boards pop up, and I saw a still image … Continue reading →

Last night I completed my first playtest campaign of Deckahedron World! It. was. epic. Brian, Garrett, Greg, Jared, and I (and guest-star Joe as the Party Goblin) wove a tale of purple potatoes, murder, plagues, escapes, drug manufacturing, faction upheaval, … Continue reading →