The Wasted Wizard
Ye olde blog, proclamations and tales from the tavern
What are the best gifts for boys and girls this Christmas? Is board gaming still a contender for the screen generation?
No screen required! Do you have a monosyllabic teenager staring into your fridge? Do you find it hard to get the kids to join in for some family time? Are the new generation of family board games a good bridge back to the kitchen table? As you all know Santa is...
Looking for a family alternative to Dungeons and Dragons-style board games? Bag of Dungeon might just get you rolling…
"Your torch casts its oily yellow light on the dank walls of the tunnel. Ahead in the darkness, distant heavy footsteps sound like they're heading your way. A door stands ajar on your left, and a vile odour emanates from inside. What would you like to do? When the...
Our games are tested on children
Designing a card game can be in-tents! Gunpowder Studios began on a summer camping holiday, with a standard deck of playing cards, a load of kids (ours and others from nearby tents) and an idea for a quick and boisterous castle siege game. The object of the exercise...
A beginners guide to fantasy board gaming – some FAQs
Ever feel you need more than this? What if there was a world where things worked differently? Where the old ways were still alive and people used their intense imagination and even inventiveness to have fun? A world of hand-drawn, homemade battle maps, new rulebook...
Bag of Dungeon – it can really kill a party!
We had a lot of choices to make while we were designing Bag of Dungeon While a lot of the early development and playtesting was about simply making it work mechanically, much of the later development focused on game balance, specifically how challenging the game...