Designer Diary – Fox Tale Games

Runika: Part 1 – Rules Overview

Runika Jones is a four-foot-five professional thief, mischief-maker and amateur runecaster. But one thing she isn’t, is stupid. So when

In six weeks, Runika and the Six-sided Spellbooks launches on Kickstarter. This project has been in the works since before

Another year gone by, another incoming, and another time for reflection on the past and looking forward at what is

We’ve all seen amazing Kickstarter pages for board games that include incredible GIFs showing you exactly how to play the

Luck vs skill is at the core of every board game. Purely skill-based games are often described as abstracts. You

As designers, we can look beyond analogue board game design for lessons and inspiration. One of the nice side-effects of video

Yesterday, we received our first look at the custom dice that we are having made for Lucidity later this year. We

In Lucidity, players draw dice each turn from a bag, put two back, then roll and apply the rest. Bad things

We go through a lot of game ideas here, which means we do a lot of prototyping. One of the

Happy New Years, and thank you once again for everything last year! I hope that 2016 brought you fewer struggles