As you might know or not know, after almost 20 years I’ve decided to hang up my barney shirt judge polo zebra black shirt with the DCI Magic Judges logo. Running this blog has been really fun. I’m really proud of some of the designs. But what really warms my heart was all the positive feedback […]
Author: Ceti
The Truth
A while back I received this message from Federico Donner: In the last two weekends I tried this game with my team on GP Charlotte and GP Minneapolis. They really enjoyed it, I thought I could share it with you in case you wanted to post it. It’s a variation of the token game combining […]
Time is a line…
Maybe the title is not as deep as something Rustin Cohle might say, but I hope that season 2 of my blog isn’t like True Detective. Nevermind. I’ve already written about Timeline in my filler entry. But to be honest, it was one of the first games I was thinking of re-skinning for the purposes of […]
Tools of the Trade
I am often never asked about what tools I use to create the prototypes for my games. I decided to write a short blog post on the topic. For some common tools (e.g. word processors) I’ll mention the one I use, but obviously you can use a equivalent. MS Word For someone working with word […]
Old McDonald had a game….
… and B-I-N-G-O was it’s name-o…. Today’s game comes complimentary of Federico Donner with a short explanation as the game is pretty self-explanatory: A couple of years back I was trying to come up with a game for judges to play during a WMCQ and I came up with a judge bingo that was really well […]
Token Hunting
Today I present a guest article by Emmanuel Leal. If you have a game you’d like featured, feel free to contact me. “Token Hunting”, is Judge game created by Martin Chaves Murillo (L2 Costa Rica), and revised by Emmanuel Leal, aimed to improve team relationship, and educate judges. Ground Rules The game can be played by […]
Wits & Wagers
Trivia games are always a challenge for two reasons. First, someone with the right knowledge base will probably dominate, while someone without the right knowledge will just sit there feeling useless. Also, the limited mechanic of asking a question and replying with an answer can get stale fast. Various game authors have addressed this in […]
What the Spam
I received a new comment last night – which started out like a valid, if not completely grammatical, comment. Soon I realized it was actually spam. And it goes on and on and on. I found it so fascinating that I’m reposting it here after scrubbing through a plaintext editor.
The Slips Game
Result Slips. Who doesn’t love them? The anticipation as they come out of the printer. The rush of the ozone entering your lungs and hitting your brain. The swish of the cutting machine. The joy of selecting the perfect size of the pile to be cut. The judges fanning out from the paper station onto […]
My Favorite Game of Charades
A long time ago we were hanging out at a convention and watching a group play movie charades. So we created a new variant – “Easy Movie Charades”. The goal was to choose a movie title that’s should be as easy to guess as possible (and obviously show it). I think the winner was “Seven” […]