by Ellie Dix | Jan 25, 2020 | Board Game Design, News
Good Housekeeping Magazine Back in November, I was interviewed for an article in the January/February edition of the US version of Good Housekeeping Magazine. The magazine came out this week and while I’m waiting for a copy to reach me, I have managed to get a...
by Ellie Dix | Jan 11, 2020 | Board Game Design, News
Blind cake stacking Top Cake was blind playtested this week. In a blind test, the players teach themselves the rules from the rule book, while the designer watches and takes notes. In Top Cake, players compete to win layers of cake in a partially hidden auction....
by Ellie Dix | Jan 4, 2020 | Board Game Design, News
Blind Testing Doughnuts Doughnut Dash was blind playtested this week. In a blind playtest, the players teach themselves the game from the rule book while the designer just watches and takes notes. It is really difficult not to dive in and start explaining things that...
by Ellie Dix | Dec 28, 2019 | Board Game Design, News
Cracker Games I’ve been using the holiday week to do some more testing of cracker games on the family. These are a series of games that will go inside Christmas crackers and will be available in 2020. Finally, some Christmas crackers which will last more than 2...
by Ellie Dix | Dec 21, 2019 | Board Game Design, News
Book Signing The Little Bookshop in Cookham hosted a book signing last weekend. It was lovely to see copies of The Board Game Family in the window and in their own display inside. The bookshop is everything you’d like a bookshop to be. Welcoming, cosy and...
by Ellie Dix | Dec 14, 2019 | Board Game Design, News
A board game on a placemat A new roll and write game designed to be played while you eat, has had three full days of iterations and playtesting this week. This stranded-on-a-desert-island themed board game on a placemat needs only two dice, but the choices are...
