How many different faces are there, really? You get men or women, young or old, blond or brunette, dark-skinned or light, wearing a hat or not – if you want to get really exotic you might consider cat faces, wolf faces, green faces, blue faces. So let’s say there are like, thirty different faces in the world. That seems a lot already. And then let’s say there are that many again, because there are two sets of Similo cards: History and Fables.
How are you supposed to find one specific face out of all of those, when the one person who knows who you’re looking for can only give cryptic clues? Why, by deduction, of course!
Tag: Hjalmar Hach
The King’s Dilemma
How far can you get with only yes/no decisions? Pretty damn far, if you ask anyone working with computers. But how about in terms of game design? How far does a game of yes/no decisions get you? That’s a question to ask Hjalmar Hach and Lorenzo Silva, the designers of The King’s Dilemma. While there is a bit more around it, the core of the game is a series of yes/no decisions.
Read moreKennerspiel des Jahres 2020
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Read moreRailroad Ink Blazing Red & Deep Blue
Year2018PublisherHorrible GamesAuthorHjalmar Hach, Lorenzo SilvaPlayers2 – 6 (12)Age8 – 199Time20-30StrategyLuckInteractionComponents & DesignComplexityScoreIt’s hard to miss, the roll-and-write renaissance is in full swing.[…]
Read moreDragon Castle
Dragon Castle is a game based on Mahjong Solitaire. It takes the basics of the classic game and builds around it until we get a modern, Euro-style game that can have up to four players.
Read moreMeople News: The Unicorns’ Nemesis
Awaken Realms / Rebel You wake up from hyper sleep. Your head is spinning. Your stomach is revolting. The body[…]
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