As a former games reviewer, I know how tricky designing and developing a game can be. Hoo Boy! I have never envied the game designer, but I sure as hell respect the good ones. So many things can go wrong: are dice too unpredictable/predictable? Are the powers aligned evenly enough? Are the cards too complicated? Even the smallest issue can doom a game to the bottom of the reviewer's closet --- and the simplest games can end up being the most successful. Who doesn't grin when they see Connect4 sitting on a shelf? Imagine if the designer had added an 8th column, or even just laid it flat on a board instead of the cool "make it rain" emptying effect?


Congrats on your success Dirk!!! I know how hard you worked for it!

Mike
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"Sit Long, Talk Much, Laugh Often" -- anon
"Shared Pain is lessened, Shared Joy is increased" --- Spider Robinson





On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Jeff Hall <hall.jeff(at)gmail.com> wrote:

I'm so jealous of people that design games for a living... I KNOW (on an intellectual level) that it's not as "fun" as it sounds... but c'mon!! I look at spreadsheets all day... the closest I've come to fun is building tetris in excel while I was bored for 6 hours in an airport (for the record, anyone who complains about "poor collision detection" in video games hasn't tried to cobble together collision detection from excel borders


I say good on you Dirk!


On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Jason K <githraine(at)yahoo.com> wrote:

Hey all, one of our fellow Dip Masters is living the dream.


Dirk Knemeyer has a small board game design company, and his second game is the Highlighted project on Kickstarter.
He reached and surpassed his funding level today.  Check it out!


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1893407396/the-new-science?ref=home_spotlight

and the rest of his games (published and in work):http://conquistador-games.myshopify.com

Ok, spam over.


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Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 1:39 AM
Subject: Re: Spring 11 Final!!! (And Draw Proposals)


24-hour warning!!!!
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"Sit Long, Talk Much, Laugh Often" -- anon
"Shared Pain is lessened, Shared Joy is increased" --- Spider Robinson




On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Mike Hoffman <mrh(at)panix.com> wrote:


Hi All,Retreats have been processed, and the map and move results from Spring corrected to accomodate Spi S Drag.  Maps for Spring are included, as are maps for Final. 
Several Draw proposals this turn.  


Proposal 1:  Ogre Solo
Proposal 2: Ogre, Undead, Dwarf Draw
Proposal 3: Ogre, Dwarf, Knight Draw
If you voted publicly already, THOSE VOTES DO NOT COUNT.  All votes MUST be sent to me privately. 

Send in votes with Fall moves.  If I receive 100% YES votes for a proposal, I will end the game without processing.
Fall Deadline is Wednesday 9/19 (I'd do Thursday, but that's my anniversary and the wife has priority over Dip )


Retreats for Spring 11=====================Faeries: F Grimheim - RanaarF Kingdom of Hearts - Strawberry Fields
Gnomes: A Troldhaugen - Cave of Ordeals


Leprechauns: F THE MAW - Ansalon
Ogres: A Lubrick - MerrowA Cyriss - Moominvalley
Pirates: disband F Sorrows End

disband F WAY THE HECK
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