
Tom
@TexasHoldzGames
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Rookie Board Game Designer, looking to share ideas, gather feedback, learn and help in the board game community. It's all work-in-progress! 🎲 He/Him
Warwick, England
Joined April 2020
Wow, I just realized I'm two short of 2500 Followers! Time for a giveaway! Steam Kitty Gift Packs -- Stickers, Buttons, magnets, games, and more! Comment to win... 5 winners will be drawn on Wednesday, 21 October
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I received the 'The Magnificent' from my girlfriend for our anniversary yesterday - looks really cool, anyone played before? Thoughts?
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So re-themed my social deduction game and thinks it works better but gave me scope to expand the game further which has seriously slowed down the process 🤕 Anyone else feel like they'll never get to the end of designing a game?!
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Let's go Cascadia 🎉
ANNNND WE ARE FUNDED! IN 14 MINUTES! YOU ALL ARE THE BEST! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Cascadia is going to be a thing, and we are SO EXCITED! https://t.co/4ePQuDkdQG
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Just had the most eye-opening user test of my social deduction game....a signficant problem unearthed (got solutions dw) and an unbelievably close finale showing the balance between different play styles - much to do! 🥵 #boardgamedesign
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13 - 7 up against the girlfriend tonight at Splendor and obviously lost...why do I enjoy board games so much but lose so frequently
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Evening. I just backed 🐨 Lost In Straya -@Kickstarter
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💀 A survival card game set in the Australian Outback! Craft. Explore. Survive. Get rescued!
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Day-off today so started by working on some ideas to improve accessibility for social deduction and bluffing game, 'Exclusive!' - here's one exclusive where I've tried to make the colours much easier to see and remember! #boardgames #boardgamedesign #accessibility
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Finally found a little bit of time to do some more testing of 'Exclusive!' - today looking at 3-player mode, the effect of weighted tokens and how strategies weigh up against one another 😁
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New game idea yesterday revolving around defence vs. attack dice game which I've worked up into something good to start on! Need to stop coming up with new ideas and progressing the games I already have 😬 Early testing goes great then I seem to lose motivation...
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Awesome session with @SteamKittyGames yesterday, talking through 'Exclusive!' - about a single player mode, accessibility, weighted betting and rule writing. Getting a lot of value from the @TabletopMentor programme... #boardgamedesign
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So much testing to do with 2 player, 3 player, and 5 player games for 'Exclusive!' - 4 player seems balanced and good fun though so far, feel as though the 'hidden agenda' cards can really kick it up a notch once I find what style of power-up leads to the best experience...
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First playtest with family at the weekend went really well, lots of tension and laughs - more than expected which is nice! Good comments to improve on accessibility too 👊
Cutting, sticking and shuffling done and the first test prototype of 'Exclusive!' is ready to go! Accidentally got the sizing wrong though so is more like a garden game 🤔 Let's see how bad this is on a scale of 1-10...
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Prototyping a new card game and looking positive so far...mechanic first, theme second this time thanks to the idea that came out of my @10minutedesign - let's see where we get to! #boardgamedesign
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Looks great Tom! Thanks for taking part 😀🌵
I just did the @10minutedesign challenge in my lunch break. A Cacti trick-taking game where hands are affected by a D10 weather roll. 10 variety of Cacti succeed in certain conditions, but players may also change the conditions and burn cacti too! https://t.co/TeESbkYdNS
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...the aim being to win a trick by having the healthiest Cacti in play. There are five cards / hands a round. Each Cacti suits two weather conditions too! Didn't think I'd come up with anything so quietly surprised!
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I just did the @10minutedesign challenge in my lunch break. A Cacti trick-taking game where hands are affected by a D10 weather roll. 10 variety of Cacti succeed in certain conditions, but players may also change the conditions and burn cacti too! https://t.co/TeESbkYdNS
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