We held our first One Letter Better Tournament at the Strategicon Orccon Game Conference over President’s Day Weekend. The turnout was excellent and the competition was really good. we’re already making plans for our next tournament at Genex over Memorial Day weekend.
If you have a school or other group that would like to host a tournament as a fundraiser, please let us know. We’ll bring all the supplies, you bring the players.
So I am most certainly not what you would call a “gamer“. I played DND in high school which was more than four decades ago, quite possibly first edition. My immediate family and I have a tradition of playing Monopoly on New Year’s Eve because it’s the only time we all stay up late at the same…
If you are new to the world of escape rooms, either as a player and/or a designer, you’ve probably come across a maglock or two. As a player, you might not have even been aware of the device, only the result it produced. Doors, hidden or otherwise, that open as a result of players performing…
Play testing, it’s what most Game Designers live for and die trying to accomplish. My business partner, Cesar, and I started playing One Letter Better at work on our lunch break. He’s almost 20 years younger than I am but we’re pretty equally matched. He took the game home and played with his girlfriend who…
So This post ran on pretty long so I split it into two posts. Tune in next week for part 2. At the time of this writing, I am one day past my 32nd wedding anniversary. Definitely a mile stone in the age of throwaway relationships. I will, however, have to give the bulk of…
The world of special needs is near and dear to my heart. My son, who is almost 29, has been in a wheelchair his whole life due to congenital cerebral palsy. I’ve made a number of modifications to our home to make it easier for him to get around. He has a wheelchair van but…
This week is another post on some basic skills that you may find helpful when designing escape rooms or escape puzzle boxes. Let’s talk about electricity. fortunately, you don’t have to understand physics to understand how electricity works and how to use it in your projects. There are some basic rules and laws that govern…
