Author Archives: Boardcrafting

Sleeping Gods is marketed as a “board game”, don’t get me wrong. But it’s a hit, it has a story whose outcome is determined by player choices, players direct the actions of characters, who have health, attributes and statuses. The … Continue reading →

I have enlisted some help to make my cards look nice and solve some of the remaining graphic design problems.  What do you think? A little better, eh?

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