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Computer Generated Artwork Showing Dueling Gears in Heavy Gear Assault with Cheering Fans

Interview with Mike Prinke on Heavy Gear Assault

May 23, 2013July 5, 2019 Brant Polkowski 3168 Views 0 Comments dp9, dream pod 9, game design, heavy gear, heavy gear arena, heavy gear blitz, john nguyen, kickstarter, mech, shadowrun

On May 13 I spoke with Technical Designer Mike Prinke for quite a while about the Heavy Gear Assault video

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Book cover with medieval illumination for TIme Traveller's Guide to Medieval England

Books Media Reviews

The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer

February 28, 2013July 6, 2019 Brant Polkowski 1669 Views 0 Comments board games, books about gaming, game design, LARPing, re-enactors, role-playing games, SCA

I’d like to think that I’ve gotten a lot out of my world travels, but in my visit to Japan,

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Clad in a Slayer shirt, game designer Todd Breitenstein holds up The Current Number of the Beast at Comic-Con booth

Todd Breitenstein on Zombies!!! and The Current Number of the Beast

August 2, 2012July 5, 2019 Brant Polkowski 1652 Views 0 Comments comic con, game design, sdcc 2012, todd breitenstein, twilight creations, zombies!!!

Todd A. Breitenstein is the designer of Zombies!!! and one half of Twilight Creations. He and his wife Kerry were

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GM Jerry Grayson with 3D Hirst Arts plaster science fiction corridors at Vegas Game Day for a game of Colonial Marines

Jerry Grayson on Hellas, Godsend Agenda, and Atlantis

May 10, 2012July 5, 2019 Brant Polkowski 1738 Views 1 Comment atlantis, game design, godsend agenda, hellas, jerry grayson

I interviewed Jerry Grayson on May 2 at his home in Las Vegas. He is the designer of Hellas and

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Overhead image of Yards game board, wooden pieces, and game cards

Arel and Ro-El Cordero Talk Yards: The Game of Inches at the GAMA Trade Show

April 7, 2012July 6, 2019 Brant Polkowski 1460 Views 0 Comments board games, GAMA, gama trade show, game design, gts 2012, manufacturing advice, yards the game of inches

I am not a football fan by any stretch of the imagination. I enjoyed going to Cal games when I

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Box art for Eclipse made by Asmodee Games

News and Articles

GAMA Trade Show Manufacturing Seminars

April 3, 2012June 22, 2023 Brant Polkowski 1351 Views 2 Comments aeg, GAMA, gama trade show, game design, gts 2012, manufacturing advice, panda game manufacturing

Larry Roznai of Mayfair Games: Domestic Manufacturing 101 I only caught the tail end of Larry Roznai providing advice to

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