Posted in Let's Build Something, Terence Jason Dorman on May 15th, 2013 No Comments »
by Terence Jason Dorman Although I know everyone is eagerly awaiting the release of Shade of the Devoured Emperor, my fill-in Blarg for Ken this month is full of exciting internet news!
Posted in Ken Pilcher, Let's Build Something on Apr 13th, 2013 No Comments »
by Ken Pilcher, Lead R&D Designer Due to being super busy putting final touches on Shade, as well as managing the design of Holy Heist and planning for Gen-Con, I’ve decided to keep this week’s Blarg relatively simple. Instead of telling you all about how we are building the game this month, I am going [...]
Posted in Let's Build Something, Terence Jason Dorman on Mar 12th, 2013 No Comments »
by Terence Jason Dorman, the guy who isn’t as busy as Ken I’m filling in for Ken again this month as March officially kick-starts the “busy season” for guys like Ken. Between designing/playtesting sets, managing artists/artwork, and planning/preparing/running conventions, March through August is probably the busiest time for anyone involved in producing a card game. [...]
Posted in Let's Build Something, Terence Jason Dorman on Feb 13th, 2013 No Comments »
by Terence Jason Dorman, fill-in extraordinaire With Shade of the Devoured Emperor as close to “around the corner” as it can be (test prints, w00t!), all the players I know are excited by the 130 new cards and the many ways those cards will shake up the tournament scene. While adding 130 new cards is [...]
Posted in Ken Pilcher, Let's Build Something on Jan 10th, 2013 No Comments »
by Ken Pilcher, Lead R&D Designer Community Card Game. This is a name and direction we have chosen to take The Spoils. There are a few things associated with this concept and we are one of the few, possibly the only game to ever use it in the way we are. One of the biggest [...]
Posted in Ken Pilcher, Let's Build Something on Dec 11th, 2012 Comments Off
by Ken Pilcher, Lead R&D Designer Shade of the Devoured Emperor! Yes, it’s coming. There have been some minor setbacks and we know that everyone is curious and excited about this new set. Recently on the forums, a member asked why the set wasn’t released this year. I responded with the following: “We love your [...]
Posted in Let's Build Something, Terence Jason Dorman on Nov 14th, 2012 Comments Off
by Terence Jason Dorman In the most recent edition of The Fifth Tuesday I told the story of my quest to attain a Cheats McGuillicuty playmat. In that very same Blarg I mentioned, rather briefly, that Cheats McGuillicuty is an awful card. Spoils forum member Bizze appropriately pointed out that Cheats certainly has a place [...]
Posted in Let's Build Something, Terence Jason Dorman on Oct 9th, 2012 Comments Off
by fill-in extraordinaire, Terence Jason Dorman Like all of you, I want more Spoils cards. I want to tinker with new Constructed ideas and draft cards I have never seen before. I want to revel in the gorgeous new artwork and laugh at all the new flavor text. I want the Spoils “new set” experience [...]
Posted in Ken Pilcher, Let's Build Something on Sep 11th, 2012 Comments Off
by Ken Pilcher, R&D Lead Designer The past month or two have been absolutely crazy. Both Gen Con and Dragon Con were great successes. Day One of Gen Con resulted in me losing most of my voice. A few weeks later, the same happened at Dragon Con. It was exciting to meet and demo to [...]
Posted in Let's Build Something, Terence Jason Dorman on Aug 14th, 2012 Comments Off
by special guest Terence Jason Dorman, Awesome Manager of Inspired Writings Since Ken is extremely busy packing and getting his crew ready to go to Gen Con in a few days, he kindly asked me to fill in for him. As such, I’m going to share my thoughts on a few of the topics that [...]