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Developing a Community: Game Designers

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Hey Gamers,      Gavin again, and I wanted to bring an epiphany that came to me today after a well rested week of vacation.      To get more critical feedback, I am in search of a devoted group of people that are following my next game idea. That being said, I need to utilize varying social media platforms to develop a community. It has been rather hard to get legitimate feedback from friends and family that I have shared this blog with considering that they are not in the realm of board game design. WHICH IS FINE. But I have received some good remarks from actual game designers (so far 2) and both mentioned very similar things.      A part that has brought up this epiphany is a podcast I have been listening to called Board Game Design Lab , which if you haven't gotten the opportunity to have a listen, I would highly recommend you doing so. The topics that Gabe covers with the varying members in this wonderful community provide so much resour...

Board Game Blog pt 2: Deception of the First Playtest

Hey Again Gamers, First, a personal announcement about blogging this journey:      So, there has been some time since I have shared any real updates with this board game idea. And to be completely honest, this game did fall back a little in priority with other events in life, hobbies and interests popping up.       Please note:  These updates take a lot of effort on my part and I am really putting myself out there for you to perhaps follow along this creative journey.      That being said, keeping the motivation to continue providing updates can be challenging at times. This is a passion project, and I have been doing a lot of thinking towards this everyday, and I want to hold true to this motivational motto for summoning the courage to continue to make these posts. "Strive to gain 1% each day".       So these updates will come unscheduled currently and are mainly to allow you to see what is going on at this curr...