What I Learned Making a Treasure Hunt Roll & Write Game — Chapter #3 — Everybody in the game industry knows that you must playtest a game during its development to improve it. There isn’t a single chance to make a functional & polished experience without putting it in players’ hands first. It shouldn’t be too hard to grab friends to play with you; they…

What I Learned Making a Treasure Hunt Roll & Write Game — Chapter #2 — What’s the difference between Monopoly and the new game I’m making? Monopoly isn’t much fun, but at least it’s simple. As explained in chapter 1, I built a cool riddle generator with Unreal Engine, a good first step for a pirate-themed treasure hunt. Throwing a bunch of mechanics together was…

What I Learned Making a Treasure Hunt Roll & Write Game — Chapter #1 — I’m obsessed with Roll & Writes. If you follow me, you already know that I wrote about this new genre here and listed my favourites here. …

Opinions on each Roll & Write in my collection, from worst to best — Roll & Write is one of my favourite board games genres, and I keep accumulating them. Since finding out about this peculiar way to play, I’ve been hunting for this keyword when browsing new releases & considering my future purchases. Lucky me, Roll & Write had a surge in popularity…

Here are three reasons they surged in popularity. — When I was ten, I badly wanted this game called King Arthur because 1) there were ads every time on the TV and 2) it had an electronic board that recognised where players’ pawns were and could recount events through a robotic voice. It felt like the pinnacle of innovation…