Holiday Puzzles and Stocking Stuffers (2021)
Two years ago I posted a seasonal gift guide that featured some family-friendly non-puzzle games for the holidays. This year’s list is...
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Oct 25, 20219 min read
Puzzlecrafting - An Approachable Outdoor Puzzle Hunt
How do you create an outdoor puzzle hunt for a broader audience? Here are some tips.
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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 19, 20217 min read
Design Diary 4 [Tarot Series] - On Collaboration
Discussing when and why to collaborate with others and how a collaboration in puzzle games might work.
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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 30, 20213 min read
Design Diary 3 [Tarot Series] - Inspiration & Design Process
This is the third post in a series of design diaries about PostCurious' next game, The Light in the Mist, a tarot-card-based narrative...
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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...
![Design Diary 2 [Tarot Series] - Game Mechanic](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d9bb7d_b8d4b1e897b1472fbfd278d54d2e69e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_458,h_343,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_90,enc_auto/d9bb7d_b8d4b1e897b1472fbfd278d54d2e69e0~mv2.jpg)
Apr 7, 20214 min read
Design Diary 2 [Tarot Series] - Game Mechanic
Design diary about the game mechanics of a narrative puzzle adventure in the form of a tarot deck.
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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...
![Design Diary 1 [Tarot Series] - An Introduction](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d9bb7d_570f4f0bf2ef4015becc588dd3a70bed~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1168,h_876,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d9bb7d_570f4f0bf2ef4015becc588dd3a70bed~mv2.jpeg)
Mar 11, 20214 min read
Design Diary 1 [Tarot Series] - An Introduction
The first in a series of design diaries about a still-untitled narrative puzzle game in the form of a tarot deck.
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Feb 23, 20213 min read
What Are We Playing? [Feb 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...
![What's on the Table (+Screen)? [Nov-Dec 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d9bb7d_d1ed91599a62425ab97eac3953cf4365~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1168,h_876,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d9bb7d_d1ed91599a62425ab97eac3953cf4365~mv2.jpg)
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.
![What’s on the Table? [Aug-Sept 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d9bb7d_3ba226497e1f491589f17506cd5788ef~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1168,h_876,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d9bb7d_3ba226497e1f491589f17506cd5788ef~mv2.jpg)
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.
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