It’s the meaning of life! Also the craziest trick-taking game you ever saw. If you like Pitch, Euchre, Bridge or stuff like that, you should definitely try this out. What You Need: One 52 card deck, no jokers. You’ll probably also want a piece of paper to keep track of the score. Number of Players: …
Hey there, pardner. Think yer a tough guy, huh? Well how about you an’ me face off in a rough and tumble gamblin’ game using every dice we can lay hands on? Let’s face off in a tense game of brinkmanship and see who blinks first. I’m bettin’ it’ll be you. Number of Players: 2+ …
Why do tabletop sports games so often fail? That’s the question we asked ourselves when we began designing Playing Card Basketball (PC B-Ball from here on out). We think it’s because designers so often lose sight of what makes a game fun. The Challenge: A Game About a Game It seems almost ridiculous to make …
We love this game so much. And it seems as though not a lot of other people do. The design story of Yukatan Jack is pretty simple. It sprung from a desire to do a top-down design based on Indiana Jones. Of course, we couldn’t call it Indiana Jones, but at the time Kevin was …
Yukatan Jack, famed archeologist, is exploring the fabled Crypt of Ra with only his trusty whip and even-trustier wit to protect him. Avoid traps and pitfalls, seek out safe zones, and uncover valuable diamonds to win the game. # of players: 2 What You Need: A deck of cards, Yukatan Jack Game Piece (this …
The design goals of Money Shot were very simple. Sam wanted to design a gambling game that functioned with a 12-sided die. The execution of this came about in a slightly more circuitous fashion. First — why gambling? Stakes Gambling is fun — additively so. We know first hand the thrill of staring down a …
Around and around and around she goes, if she lands on a twelve, time to rake in the dough! Money Shot is a simple gambling game that’s high in excitement and low in fat. Players take turns rolling a twelve-sider, raising the target number higher and higher until somebody makes the money shot. Note: We …
Okay, I admit it: I love Transformers. Always have, probably always will. So naturally, as a game designer, I’ve always wanted to see a really good Transformers game. Transformers is owned by Hasbro, which also owns Wizards of the Coast, so you would think at some point they would release a game worthy of the …
From the planet Botatron they came, a race of giant sentient robots that turned into stuff at will. And who had a penchant for defending cities and blowing each other up. What You Need: A 52 card deck, some poker chips, some method of keeping track of the four zones of play. Number of Players: …
If there’s one thing life has taught me it’s this: Spies get all the ladies. If there’s two things life has taught me, the second one is that I’m not cut out to be a spy. Can’t keep a secret, can’t leap out of a helicopter armed only with a parachute disguised as a steering …