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Oct 7, 20214 min read
What Are We Playing? [Sept-Oct 2021]
This month's roundup of narrative and puzzle games to check out.

Sep 1, 20213 min read
Puzzlecrafting - A Mini Wedding Hunt
Want to make your own puzzle hunt for an event? Maybe this documentation of a mini wedding puzzle hunt will give you some ideas!

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Aug 13, 20214 min read
What Are We Playing? [July-Aug 2021]
Every month or so on this blog we highlight a handful of tabletop and digital games to spread the word about interesting experiences and...

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Jun 26, 20213 min read
What Are We Playing? [June 2021]
Each month on this blog we highlight a handful of tabletop and digital games to spread the word about interesting experiences and support ot

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May 26, 20214 min read
What Are We Playing? [May 2021]
Each month on this blog we highlight a handful of tabletop and digital games to spread the word about interesting experiences and support...

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Apr 26, 20215 min read
What Are We Playing? [April 2021]
Each month on this blog we highlight a handful of tabletop and digital games to spread the word about interesting experiences and support...

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Mar 23, 20215 min read
What Are We Playing? [March 2021]
Each month on this blog we highlight a handful of tabletop and digital games to spread the word about interesting experiences and support...

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Jan 25, 20214 min read
What are we playing? [Jan 2021]
Each month on this blog we highlight a handful of tabletop and digital games to spread the word about interesting experiences and support...

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Dec 19, 20204 min read
What's on the Table (+Screen)? [Nov-Dec 2020]
Every month I write some impressions of the games I've been playing. This is the latest roundup and includes both digital and tabletop...

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Nov 18, 20204 min read
What's on the Table (+Screen)? [Oct-Nov 2020]
Every month I write some impressions of the games I've been playing. Here's the latest roundup. Sins of the Father by Puzzling Package...

Oct 30, 20204 min read
Puzzlecrafting - Symbol Combination Cipher
“How do you make a puzzle?” is a refrain I hear often but is a difficult question to answer, partially because it’s hard to verbalize the...

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Oct 16, 20203 min read
What's on the Table (+Screen)? [Sept-Oct 2020]
Some impressions of tabletop and online games we've been playing recently.

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Sep 25, 20203 min read
What’s on the Table? [Aug-Sept 2020]
I love spreading the word about interesting games, especially as more and more people are looking for at-home activities.


Sep 21, 20209 min read
Kickstarter Lessons from The Emerald Flame Pt. 2
More lessons from The Emerald Flame Kickstarter, including setting up the project page and running the campaign.


Aug 26, 20206 min read
Puzzle Testing Process
How do I playtest puzzles? Here's a detailed walk through the process.


Aug 19, 20207 min read
Kickstarter Lessons from The Emerald Flame Pt. 1: Before Launch
Takeaways from The Emerald Flame and best practices for Kickstarter before launch.


Jul 28, 20206 min read
6 Unique Tabletop Puzzle Games
An overview of 6 unique narrative puzzle tabletop gaming experiences.

Jun 8, 20203 min read
Designer Diary 8 - Puzzle Inspirations
The 8th in a series of designer diaries about The Emerald Flame, focusing on puzzle inspiration.


May 8, 20205 min read
Designer Diary 7 - Interaction
A designer diary about making puzzles and improving user interaction in The Emerald Flame.


Apr 23, 20204 min read
Designer Diary 6 - Prototyping
Sharing some of my prototyping process for The Emerald Flame, and an intro to some basic prototyping tools.
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