The Chronicle

Category_Board Game Publishing

Some haphazard advice for fledgling game designers

I received an email the other day from someone asking for some advice on what all is involved in turning a board game idea into a real and actual thing that people will play and enjoy. It's not th...

Thoughts on the old year

Around this time last year, I looked forward to 2015 and sort of set out some goals for myself and made predictions about what the year would bring. I kinda wanted to take a moment to look back...

Best everything of the year

Towards the end of the year, I typically dedicate a couple posts to talk about my favorite board games and video games of the year, but this time we're going to do it all in one go, mainly beca...

My 2016 Christmas wish list

The Christmas season is upon us once again and so I find myself with the annual conundrum of what to request as a gift. I have talked before about my reticence to acquire new games, but, what t...

Subscribe to the Chronicle

Receive emails direct to your inbox when a new post is added.

1st Annual Cephalofair Awards for BGG Con

A funny thing happened at Gen Con a year and a half ago. I was at the Secret Cabal meetup and gave away a Kickstarter copy of Forge War for their raffle. It went to this guy Brendon Hall, who I...

The rise of the decoder ring

I'm not a fan of Kickstarter exclusives. As a consumer, my attitude ranges from not caring about it at all (if the exclusive is cosmetic) to being completely confounded (if the exclusive alters ho...