One middle-aged man’s nascent and naive journey through board games and analog game design

What the world needs now is another blog.

Okay, but why?

A while ago, I decided that I wanted to design a board game. As I set myself to the task, as time went on, as I learned and realized new things about the craft, I found myself with the urge to document my progress, my process, my wins and my losses. And… here we are.

A Man Possessed is a repository for my ideas, a timeline of my progress, a catalog of resources, and a place for me to record my thoughts and musings about board game design and my place in it. I hope I can provide some sort of intellectual or emotional nourishment for others interested in board game design, new hand or old.

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Resources

Books

• You Said This Would Be Fun by Jeff Warrender
• The Game Inventor’s Guidebook by Brian Tinsman
• The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell
• Kobold Guide to Board Game Design by Mike Selinker

Websites

• Cardboard Edison
• Board Game Design Lab

Digital Prototyping

• Tabletopia
• Screentop
• Tabletop Playground

Physical Prototyping

• The Game Crafter
• Board Games Maker
• Print & Play

Playtesting

• Break My Game