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Getting my brain to work
Feb. 26th, 2013 01:42 pmIt's 1:30 in the afternoon and even though I've been UP since 6:30 this morning, I'm still not *awake*. So let's wake my brain with a simple list:
THREE THINGS THAT MAKE A GAME IN TO THE *PERFECT* GAME
1) Full game can be played in under an hour.
2) Instructions legibly fit on less than 3 folded 8x11 pieces of paper.
3) Minimal reading skills required to play.
When I look at all my favorite games right now (Cattan, Dixit, Apples To Apples, Forbidden Island, T'schak!, Aquarius), they all fit these rules. These are also the rules I try to follow whenever I'm making up a new game. And the games that break *one* rule out of the three? They're good games... solid games... but if you break 2 of those rules? Forget it.
THREE THINGS THAT MAKE A GAME IN TO THE *PERFECT* GAME
1) Full game can be played in under an hour.
2) Instructions legibly fit on less than 3 folded 8x11 pieces of paper.
3) Minimal reading skills required to play.
When I look at all my favorite games right now (Cattan, Dixit, Apples To Apples, Forbidden Island, T'schak!, Aquarius), they all fit these rules. These are also the rules I try to follow whenever I'm making up a new game. And the games that break *one* rule out of the three? They're good games... solid games... but if you break 2 of those rules? Forget it.
