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Notation for Stones and Rivers

September 19, 2024 Trevor Harron

We have a new notation system for Stones and Rivers ready!

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3 Reasons You Should Make a Print and Play!

April 2, 2023 Trevor Harron

I took the time to make a print and play version of my game and you should too!

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In morning-table-top-2 Tags print and play, Process, Game Dev
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Knowing the 3 Kinds of Playtesting

July 21, 2022 Trevor Harron

Trying to get more out of your testing? Knowing about the 3 phases of testing will help you be able to more effectively test your game

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In morning-table-top-2 Tags Playtesting, Process, Game Dev
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Discipline and Game Development

March 7, 2021 Trevor Harron

What is discipline and how do we apply that to game development?

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Humor Piece: Magic the Gathering and Beyblade are the Same

February 20, 2021 Trevor Harron

Beyblade and Magic the Gathering are the same

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In morning-table-top-2 Tags Humor, Comparison

Who Wears the Crown? Dev Journal 5

January 24, 2021 Trevor Harron

The journey of Who Wears the Crown continues!

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In Who Wears the Crown Tags Designer Journal
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Making Better Rules

December 9, 2020 Trevor Harron

How do you make good rules? Trevor Talks about what makes rules good and what to do!

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Who Wears the Crown Dev Design Journal 4

November 15, 2020 Trevor Harron

Journal 4 of Who Wears the Crown

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Tips for Motivation

September 13, 2020 Trevor Harron

Today Trevor writes about his tips for finding motivation during these uncertain times.

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August Update and Events!

August 19, 2018 Trevor Harron

August Update! News on Upcoming events and projects!

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Cards: The Basic Mechanics

August 8, 2018 Trevor Harron

Trevor Talks about the basic properties of cards and their basic mechanics!

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In morning-table-top-2 Tags Card Games, Mechanics
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April, May, & June Newsletter

July 3, 2018 Trevor Harron

Three months of news and future plans! We have some exciting announcements about up coming events, game development news, and more!

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Game Mechanics: Dice Rolling

June 3, 2018 Trevor Harron

Today, after a small hiatus, Trevor is back to start talking about different mechanics, starting with the oldest: rolling dice.

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In morning-table-top-2 Tags dice, rng

Board Game Literacy

April 8, 2018 Trevor Harron

Though it took 3 weeks to write, Trevor discusses the question of board game literacy: what is it, how do you improve it, and why does it matter?

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In morning-table-top-2 Tags Boardgames, Learning, light discussion

Design Memory Lane: Affectionate Cats and Cuddles

March 18, 2018 Trevor Harron

Today Trevor takes a brief trip down memory lane in looking at the design history of Affectionate: Cats and Cuddles.

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In morning-table-top-2 Tags Retrospective

March Newsletter 2018

March 11, 2018 Trevor Harron

Trevor talks about the goings on for Blue Heron Entertainment in February and the start of March: Emerald City Comic Con and news for our games.

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Who Wears the Crown: Design Journal 3

February 18, 2018 Trevor Harron

Design Journal 3 for our kingmaking game: Who Wears the Crown?

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Paper Prototyping Toolkit

February 4, 2018 Trevor Harron

Paper prototyping is an essential part of game design. This week Trevor talks about what should be in the paper prototyping toolkit and why.

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In morning-table-top-2 Tags Process, Game Dev, Protoype

Checkers History and Variations

January 21, 2018 Trevor Harron

A discussion on checkers, the simple strategy game with a surprising number of variants!

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In morning-table-top-2 Tags variants, History, Checkers

5 Things I Learned Playtesting

January 7, 2018 Trevor Harron

Today Trevor talks about 5 things he has learned through playtesting his games.

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In morning-table-top-2 Tags Playtesting, Process, Game Dev
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