Qarl de Visser

The board game Space Empires 4x and its three expansions in a stack.

Completed my Space Empires set, the full game with all rules seems pretty nuts, but when I have played with Expansion 1, I have been pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to play even while tracking teach per fleet and crew experience. Not sure how I feel about adding logistics to tht however.

Triarchy on Steam Sail your ship, explore islands, fight monsters, choose your abilities, and craft legendary gear to hunt for deadly bosses. Play Triarchy your way! Activate Boss Challenge Modes or enable Assists to s...

What I have been working on the last little while at Digital Confectioners (pls wishlist):
store.steampowered.com/app/2708040/...

Ludology: Ludology 347 Sail Away Erica and Sen welcome designers of the award-winning Endeavor: Deep Sea, Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray, along with their publishers, Helaina and Josh Cappel (Burnt Island) and Marc Specter (Grand Ga...

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@ericabouyouris.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social welcome @qarl.bsky.social, Jarratt Gray, @burntislandgames.bsky.social and @grandgamersguild.bsky.social to discuss the past, present, and future of SdJ Winner, Endeavor: Deep Sea.

ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-347...

I am genuinely surprised Hudson Hawk has not become a sleeper cult film of interest. When I was in university, a group of friends and I watched it multiple times in the theatre. I need to rewatch it, and work if I was just had terrible taste when young.

After a great NZGDC, I get to spend the day visiting award winning game designer Jarratt Gray.

Gosh, you really should play that one!

edited panel from the Watchmen comic. On a pink, barren mars, a blue cow stands behind a small rock formation with a table on it. The table contains 4 crudely made tools: a lump, a lump with a handle, a stick with two hooked prongs at the end, and a hand saw with irregular teeth. On the cows forehead is a symbol resembling the lump-with-handle, with a dot in the middle. A blue text box reads, "I'm tired of this pasture. These farmers. I'm tired of being caught in the sophistication of their tools."

always appreciated Dr. Moonhattan's arc

Packmates on Steam Gear up your animal hero in this 1–3 player co-op survivor roguelite forged on tactical inventory mastery. Arrange loot for devastating combos, obliterate enemies, and battle to dominate the darkness ...

New game coming from Digital Confectioners (where I work). The designer is Bryce Haywood, which is totally a name you will see again over the next few decades. It is a great co-op back pack survivors game I have enjoyed playing the hell out of.

store.steampowered.com/app/3171540/...

Back from Berlin, with this! The Kennerspiel des Jahres:

Thank you!

Das Kennerspiel des Jahres ist: "Endeavor: Die Tiefsee" von Carl de Visser und Jarratt Gray erschienen bei @frostedgames.bsky.social und @boardgamecircus.bsky.social

Atmosphärisches Unterwasserabenteuer mit viel Varianz und Tiefe

Herzlichen Glückwunsch🎊🥳

#KeSdJ25 # SdJ25 #Brettspiel

Prototype components for Endeavor Deep Sea, Uncharted Waters. Some tiles have blank ink markings on them.

In Berlin for the Spiel de Jahres, but also a rare moment where the Endeavor: Deep Sea team is mostly in the same place. So obviously testing time.

Forever at war with the Ampersandborn.

You know a game is coming together nicely when the internal tests end up with people making up shit-post memes about it.

Ahh, that reminds me, I need to book a 31 hour flight.

This morning we received a 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗹 nomination for 𝙀𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧: 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙎𝙚𝙖, so it feels like the perfect time to announce the next chapter! The 𝙀𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧: 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙎𝙚𝙖 - 𝙐𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 expansion will push your adventures to the next level. Sign up to follow the campaign here: tinyurl.com/29suu9r9

Nominiert zum Kennerspiel des Jahres:

„Endeavor: Die Tiefsee“ von Carl de Vissser und Jarrat Gray (Frosted Games / Board Game Circus)

„Faraway“ von Johannes Goupy und Corentin Lebrat (Kosmos)

„Neuland“ von Charles Chevalier und Laurent Escoffier
(Game Factory)

If anyone ever breaks down the ways that high-ranking positions get filled, they'd better call it a meritoxicology report.

This review is the one that most makes me want to try it.

At the end of May I'll no longer work for Underdog Games.

The owner is shrinking the company to almost nothing to give it the best chance of keeping the lights on during the tariff tsunami.

It won't need new games (I manage our design studio, and design myself), so I'm done.

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This result changes my opinion on AI driven search:
"If you're looking to dance for alien gods, you could consider exploring the musical piece "Scythian Suite Op. 20: ii. Evil God and the Pagan Monsters Dance (Alien God)", which features a dance inspired by the Scythians' sacrifice to Ala."

YouTube video by Mary & Amabel Holland Mechanisms as Metaphors: How Board Games Create Meaning

It’s finally here! Mechanisms as Metaphors: How Board Games Create Meaning takes a look at how board games make persuasive arguments, how they might move us emotionally, and how the ways we talk about the form might hinder its development.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG4z...

New D&D Mr Potato Head Beholder Minis Sprout Up A new Dungeons & Dragons Mr Potato Head Beholder miniature has just sprouted up from WizKids. We dig up all the dirt on these sinister spuds.

Truly the best mashup of Hasbro properties: dungeonsanddragonsfan.com/dnd-mr-potat...

In another timeline Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man are skins in Fortnite.

It is with deep sadness that we confirm the passing of wargaming legend and CSRA Chairman Rodger B. MacGowan, mere weeks after he and his family lost everything in the Palisades fires.

Our most profound condolences go out to Steven and Mae. Rodger was, as Steven has said, a river to his people.

Counterfeiters Ride Surge in Tabletop Games’ Popularity, Challenging IP Owners to Keep Up Wonderbow, the independent German company behind the board game Kelp, learned the hard way that counterfeiters were tough competitors when it came to stealing IP and marketing fake products on e-commerce sites.

Great article on counterfeits in the tabletop game industry.

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Chess set.

"The suspect is believed to have played a violent simulation of warfare, involving deliberate targeting of horses and reigious figures, with the ultimate goal of regicide."

I am really loving Zephon, and the writing and naming of things is really selling the theme for me.

The board game Red Dust Rebellion set up and ready to play.

Ready to solo Red Dust Rebellion as the Mars Government. I am using the Skycrane app to help run the Curiosity solo system.