Creating a Game Playtest Journal

Chris RowlandsGame Design Comments

A while back I posted a video on YouTube which mentioned that Scout Books notebooks were one of my favorite game design tools! The folks at Scout Books took note (no pun intended) and reached out to us about doing a custom book designed specifically for game design. How could we say no?! I am really impressed with the way … Read More

Using Trello For Game Design

Chris RowlandsGame Design Comments

I recently made a YouTube video where I revealed my Top 3 Game Design tools. When I did, a bunch of folks reached out to me to ask how I set up my Trello page. So here we are! One of the biggest hurdles I encountered when I was beginning to design games was that I had too many ideas! … Read More

Board Game Design Tools – Laminator

Chris RowlandsGame Design Comments

I’m always on the lookout for gadgets that help me streamline the prototyping process and I have a good one for you this week! I was at playtest a few weeks back and my friends Daniel and Beth had laminated the cards for their game and when I inquired I was shocked to find out how cheap these bad boys … Read More