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Design diaries from the workshop, every other Friday: prototypes, rules and playtests.
Nov 5, 2026 · 12 min
Cutting a first prototype from kraft board
Paper cutter, pencil and twenty-four blank cards, ready for an evening of testing.
Nov 4, 2026 · 9 min
Painting wooden pieces that survive a hundred games
Three coats, one varnish and the colours I mix for a forest game.
Nov 3, 2026 · 21 min
Four strangers and one rough game
A whole playtest, filmed from above, with what I wrote down afterwards.
Nov 2, 2026 · 14 min
Writing a rulebook on one page
Why one page is enough, and the order I put the rules in.
Nov 1, 2026 · 10 min
Why I draw the creatures before the rules
Sketches of a fox, a hedgehog and a heron, and how they became a game.
Oct 24, 2026 · 8 min
What my shelf of unfinished games taught me
A walk along the shelf of kraft boxes and why most of them stayed shut.
Oct 17, 2026 · 15 min
Watching playtesters without helping
Hands behind my back for forty minutes, and everything I learned from it.
Oct 10, 2026 · 6 min
A winter walk when a game is stuck
A snowy road, a cardboard tube and the idea that arrived at the second bridge.
Oct 3, 2026 · 11 min
Printing and cutting a print and play sheet
Paper weight, scissors, and how to get sharp corners without a machine.
Sep 26, 2026 · 13 min
How many cards is too many
Forty cards, then thirty, then twenty-four, and what I stopped missing.
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Loose Cards
A short letter every other Tuesday from the workshop: one prototype, one rule I changed and one thing to try.
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