I just wanted to give a quick signal boost for a blog by a guy who I came across on BoardGameGeek: Billy Board Game. The blog has only been running for a few weeks, but already it is revealing a fascinating story and a huge amount of experience being shared.
"Billy" (he's actually called Gary) is in a slightly similar boat to me, having only relatively recently started seriously working on board game design and slowly but surely learning the art and craft. The difference is that while I tinker around trying lots of different things and learning that way, Gary throws himself hard at fewer games, occasionally making big mistakes, but as a result getting a vast amount of experience, and gaining some wonderful insights along the way. His blog is so far a candid catalogue of his attempts to produce a publishable game and all the mistakes he has made and lessons learnt.
I've found it a great read so far and am really looking forward to seeing how things develop. Particularly as it looks like he finally has a game that is shaping up well.
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