Zen and the Art of Board Game Design
Changing Perspectives The title of this post is a bit tongue-in-cheek because of the appropriation fad of making everything Zen or Tao. That being said I actually want to talk about the present moment. I've had the great privilege of being in the presence of a man...
The Student Has Become The Master
Balancing Act I wanted to give players the opportunity to explore being a master and a student at the same time. Whenever I talk about Kung Fu or Tai Chi with friends, they tend to ask me if I am teaching. Sometimes I am teaching class but most of the time I see...
Organic, Thematic, and Never Static…Game Mechanics
Great Things Come From Failure I have made virtually every mistake you can think of when it comes to creating game mechanics for Wu Wei. I make it a personal challenge to take every rule or concept out to the extreme limit. Bear with me for a moment while I recount an...
Journey of the Changing Board Game Prototype
The evolution of a crazy notion... I have never worked on a project the way I have worked on this board game. It's hard to explain why it takes so long to get something like this done. I have no doubt that there are more efficient ways of doing it but every journey is...
The Importance of Being Earnest… Whilst Blogging
Board Game Blog I've been wrestling with the idea of a board game design blog for quite some time. It's been a lot easier to hide in the technical crevices of game design. It's easier to lose myself in the avenues of choice and chance. Sometimes I think that board...
Getting Close!
Howdy folks! Happy New Year! I have been working hard on prepping Wu Wei: Journey of the Changing Path (formerly Lineage) for Kickstarter but it looks like I'm going to need a little more time so I'm pushing back the campaign until March in order to finish up the...
New campaign set to launch in January 2016
Howdy Backers! Thank you so much for backing Lineage. The name of the game has changed to Wu Wei: Journey of the Changing Path and the next campaign is set for January 2016. Please take a look at https://graywolfgames.com/wuwei to see all the new art and updated...
LINEAGE hits the Play Test Hall!
We came, we saw, we played LINEAGE! Indy GEN CON 2013 was amazing. Not only did we get a chance to geek out over the latest and greatest games, we were able to hit the First Exposure Play Test Hall and to play LINEAGE for almost four hours every night! We had seven…
We are headed to GEN CON!
Next week (August 15-18, 2013), Rick and I are headed to Indianapolis, Indiana for an enormous board game convention called GEN CON! We will be showing off LINEAGE in the "First Exposure Play Test Hall" on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 6PM...
Zen and the Art of Board Game Design
Changing Perspectives The title of this post is a bit tongue-in-cheek because of the appropriation fad of making everything Zen or Tao. That being said I actually want to talk about the present moment. I've had the great privilege of being in the presence of a man...
The Student Has Become The Master
Balancing Act I wanted to give players the opportunity to explore being a master and a student at the same time. Whenever I talk about Kung Fu or Tai Chi with friends, they tend to ask me if I am teaching. Sometimes I am teaching class but most of the time I see...
Organic, Thematic, and Never Static…Game Mechanics
Great Things Come From Failure I have made virtually every mistake you can think of when it comes to creating game mechanics for Wu Wei. I make it a personal challenge to take every rule or concept out to the extreme limit. Bear with me for a moment while I recount an...
Journey of the Changing Board Game Prototype
The evolution of a crazy notion... I have never worked on a project the way I have worked on this board game. It's hard to explain why it takes so long to get something like this done. I have no doubt that there are more efficient ways of doing it but every journey is...
The Importance of Being Earnest… Whilst Blogging
Board Game Blog I've been wrestling with the idea of a board game design blog for quite some time. It's been a lot easier to hide in the technical crevices of game design. It's easier to lose myself in the avenues of choice and chance. Sometimes I think that board...
Getting Close!
Howdy folks! Happy New Year! I have been working hard on prepping Wu Wei: Journey of the Changing Path (formerly Lineage) for Kickstarter but it looks like I'm going to need a little more time so I'm pushing back the campaign until March in order to finish up the...
New campaign set to launch in January 2016
Howdy Backers! Thank you so much for backing Lineage. The name of the game has changed to Wu Wei: Journey of the Changing Path and the next campaign is set for January 2016. Please take a look at https://graywolfgames.com/wuwei to see all the new art and updated...
LINEAGE hits the Play Test Hall!
We came, we saw, we played LINEAGE! Indy GEN CON 2013 was amazing. Not only did we get a chance to geek out over the latest and greatest games, we were able to hit the First Exposure Play Test Hall and to play LINEAGE for almost four hours every night! We had seven…
We are headed to GEN CON!
Next week (August 15-18, 2013), Rick and I are headed to Indianapolis, Indiana for an enormous board game convention called GEN CON! We will be showing off LINEAGE in the "First Exposure Play Test Hall" on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 6PM...