Blog posts in category “Tabletop”
I love board and card games and these blog posts tell those stories.
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Jul 6th, 2024First impressions on Seasons
I played Seasons for the first time and had a good time.
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Jun 12th, 2024Crafting tabletop games
This month’s IndieWeb Carnival topic is DIY and I decided to take this opportunity to once again talk about my hobby of designing and creating tabletop game projects.
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Aug 14th, 2023Pokemon tools updated for Obisidian Flames
With the newest Pokemon TCG set Obsidian Flames being released last Friday, I’ve updated my tools to support the new set
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Aug 10th, 2023Projects I'm proud of: Potluck
This week in Blaugust is themed 'Introduce yourself' and each day, I'll share a project story that I'm particularly proud of. One of those is Potluck, my latest tabletop design project.
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May 17th, 2023I got my hands on the finished product (Potluck)
My Potluck deck finally arrived from print and it's gorgious. Jump right in to see some pictures and first impressions!
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Apr 5th, 2023Potluck #3: My workflow
A behind the scenes look at Potluck, a semi-universal card deck. Final part of the series looks at the workflow and tooling that I used when designing and building the project.
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Mar 15th, 2023A bunch of small game reviews: Village Rails, Skulls of Sedlec, Barotrauma
Three games, three small reviews! I've recently been enjoying Village Rails, Skulls of Sedlec and Barotrauma so I decided to tell you about them.
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Mar 1st, 2023Potluck #2: The Deck
A behind the scenes look at Potluck, a semi-universal card deck. This second part of this three part series looks at the features and functions of the deck.
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Feb 1st, 2023Potluck #1: Research and Design
A behind the scenes look at Potluck, a semi-universal card deck. First part of this three part series looks at the research and design of the project.
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Jun 1st, 2022GLC Decklist Validator updated with Astral Radiance
Last week I updated my GLC Decklist Validator with the newest Pokemon TCG set Astral Radiance and wrote a short introduction to the app and how its built.
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Jan 5th, 2022My least favorite board game genre: co-op games
In general I really like working together as a team but when it comes to board games, pretty much every co-op game has problems that makes me choose a different genre of game altogether.
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Dec 1st, 2021Minimal Travel Table Top Game Collection 3: Project 108
My third table top collection design is a semi-universal deck that is designed to play 9 different board games + anything that can be played with standard playing cards.
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Sep 15th, 2021Roll and Write board games are awesome
or how I learned to love the genre I didn't find enjoyable in the past. Roll and Write board games have found their way into my favorite tabletop genres and in this blog post, I explore some of my favorites.
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Mar 31st, 2021My pockets are full of games
I love board games and especially making them so small they fit my pockets. But now I've made so many of them, my pockets are full. Let's take a look at my collection.
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Jan 20th, 2021Project: card-print-css
The smallest CSS library I've ever written: card-print-css resizes images for printing, cutting and sleeving so you can play test and prototype faster.
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Aug 19th, 2020Arts, crafts and software: enhancing Flamme Rouge
Flamme Rouge is a great board game but it has lots of components and solo play is bit cumbersome. I did some arts, crafts and software development to make life better.
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Jun 17th, 2020Hidden Identity in Table Top Games
One of my favorite table top gaming genres is hidden identity games. This is mainly because I like the idea of co-op games (where all players are on the same side) but hate the actual way those end up being played.
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Jun 10th, 2020I built a digital version of Black Hole game
I practice my programming skills by implementing physical table top games into digital format. This time, I built Black Hole - a two player fun challenge game.
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May 25th, 2020Minimal Travel Table Top Game Collection 2: Social Distancing Edition
When life gives you social distancing, play solo table top games! I created Minimal Travel Table Top Game Collection: Social Distancing edition for that.
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Feb 3rd, 2020Minimal Travel Table Top Game Collection
I love board games but also I travel a lot and want to fit my games into a backpack when I'm on the road. So I built a collection of 6 great games that fits into a deck box.