October 31, 2019 / by Marvin / Article, Game Design, Nerdlab Card Award / 0 comments
Today I present to you the newest series of the Nerdlab. The Nerdlab Card Award. An award to express my admiration for extraordinarily well-developed gaming cards. Award Criteria For a card to be considered for the world-renowned Nerdlab Card Award, it must meet some of the following criteria. Originality: The idea for the card is […]
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Nerdlab Card Award #1
October 31, 2019 / by Marvin / Article, Game Design, Nerdlab Card Award / 0 comments
Today I present to you the newest series of the Nerdlab. The Nerdlab Card Award. An award to express my admiration for extraordinarily well-developed gaming cards. Award Criteria For a card to be considered for the world-renowned Nerdlab Card Award, it must meet some of the following criteria. Originality: The idea for the card is […]
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033 – Spirit Island and Asymmetric Game Design with R. Eric Reuss
October 22, 2019 / by Marvin / Game Design, Interview, Podcast / 0 comments
In Episode 33 of the Nerdlab podcast, I had a great discussion with R. Eric Reuss about the design process of Spirit Island and asymmetric games in general. In our discussion, we focussed on the following questions: How was the design process of Spirit Island? What is asymmetry in board games? What are the best […]
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032 – Success Factors in the modern Board Games Industry
October 16, 2019 / by Marvin / Game Design, Podcast / 0 comments
Last week I saw the documentary movie “The Game Designers” by Eric Rayl which was successfully funded through Kickstarter and indigogo. First of all, I can recommend watching the movie. It covers a lot of great game designers. Some of them have already been guests on the Nerdlab Podcast as well. The documentation is about […]
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031 – Theme vs. Setting in Boardgames with Paul Grogan
October 7, 2019 / by Marvin / Interview, Podcast / 0 comments
In Episode 31 of the Nerdlab podcast, I have the honor to talk to Paul Grogan of the Gaming Rules! Youtube Channel. Paul is creating a huge amount of content in the board game industry. He is famous for his instructional youtube videos. He explains rules, does a lot of reviews and playthroughs but he […]
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030 – Card Drafting Mechanic – Part 3
October 2, 2019 / by Marvin / Game Design, Podcast / 0 comments
In Episode 30 of the Nerdlab podcast, I continue talking about card drafting. This week the goal is to finish the 3 part podcast series. I am super excited about today’s episode. The topic of card drafting as a method of simultaneous action selection is so huge that I could probably spend even 2 or […]
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