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In this week's workshop, we were challenged to design a puzzle game using low-fidelity materials (paper, pens, tokens). While the prompt suggested puzzles like Soko-ban or Escape Rooms, my partner and I decided to explore Competitive Logic Puzzles. W...
Today’s workshop focused on a fundamental problem in RPG design: Pacing. Long dungeon crawls can be exhausting, and players often lose sight of the narrative amidst endless combat encounters. To solve this, we explored Johnn Four’s "5 Room Dungeon" f...
I have always wanted to try a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG). While I’ve experienced the D&D rule set through digital adaptations like Baldur's Gate 3, I’ve never had the chance to sit down at a table, roll physical dice, and engage with the syst...
Today’s workshop focused on the deliberate, grinding attrition of hex-and-counter wargames. We dove into Battle for Moscow, a classic introductory wargame that simulates the desperate German offensive of late 1941. Gameplay Overview: The Mechanics of...
There is a hypnotic rhythm to the classic "fixed shooter." The concept is purely visceral: you are a lone ship at the bottom of the screen, facing an overwhelming swarm descending from above. It is a genre defined by reflexes and pattern recognition,...
The Pattern of Territorial Acquisition Before designing our own game, it's crucial to understand the foundational pattern of the Territorial Acquisition genre, exemplified by games like Risk! and advanced wargames like Battle for Moscow. Core Princip...
