Dustin Vance

Played Bomb Busters for the first time today. Wow, that’s a great one

Thanks! Mostly they liked the chocolate box building portion of it but not the idea of running the online chocolate company. The publishers i pitched to thought it was too heavy of a game. I’m hopeful for the direction I’m going now

First prototype of a new game using Modern Chocolate’s hidden filling mechanism. I’ve been starting to think of others ways to use the chocolate mechanism after it seems that publishers weren’t into the modern chocolate theme.

I’d love to see a new CCG the size of Dice Masters. One of the things I like most about dice masters is that is was a CCG that felt manageable. Sets were small, teams I created were small, and singles were reasonably priced. And it’s a great game.

GenCon has always been a good reminder of the privileges in being able to regularly attend such conventions. But it's doubly so now when so many aren't safe traveling to the US. I'd love to see more publishers and communities finding ways to extend opportunities for networking and accessing info.

Accomplishment of the week: I can now solve a Rubik’s cube mini.

The main character needs to get the crystal back in the tower in a limited number of moves. Players assign different action to each die face and tilt the die through the map. The face up side changes as the die moves and players will need to puzzle out a path and a face assignment combination

Latest map for my solo game Paiku’s Titles Tale.

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I keep forgetting to take pictures to share but I continue to work on art for my solo print and play (working title: Paiku’s Tilted Tale).

I’ve also had some publisher feedback on Modern Chocolate and am thinking of some different directions to take the chocolate/hidden die mechanism.

I forgot to add that the mechanism that only increases stats when a check os dialed works great for the younger target age group!

Packing up Kyoto No Neko. Game has awesome presentation and is a good family weight game. A few of the rules are a bit clunky and sometimes the amount of stuff to remember clashes with the light weight mechanisms. Still fun with a couple house rules.

This. Seems like many of the big titles are absent this year. I’m the center of the hall they have a table and QR code to vote for the best game of the show but half the games on that table aren’t here. Silver lining is that I’m not as focused on what’s hot as on discovering new, which is awesome.

Not enough games at origins this year (for completely understandable reasons im sure)

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I’ve been independently designing games for 12 years and have been fortunate enough to have signed some of my designs (although none were printed).

Right now seems harder than ever even to get games in front of publishers, let alone have them sign it. It’s rough out there, crowded for sure.

I’m hoping to play some Ephemeral Path at Origins this week. It’s been a while since I made a team and I forgot how much strategy there is in it. This is a design I’m really proud of.

Www.ephmeralpath.com

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If you’re at Origins Game Fair next week, check out the Recycled Realms booth 2032. Awesome hand made war gaming and RPG terrain made from recycled materials. I’ll be working the booth a lot of the week.

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That’s so awesome. Congrats.

They seem to be on a buying spree lately. They also purchased the rights for Canvas from R2i games.

Really well. I think the puzzles are engaging and, so far, seem to take play testers about the right amount of time. I’m hoping to finish 3 levels and then get a wider play test group going.

Here is a map from a solo print and play I’m working on. Working title is Paiku’s Tilted Tale. #boardgames #gamedesign #tabletopgames

Another level of my solo print and play WIP

I’ve been trying to get some pitch meetings setup for Origins Game Fair next month but have received fewer responses than normal (which is saying something because my normal meeting request response is pretty low). I’m hoping this is more of a reflection of US tariff crisis than interest in the game

Thanks for asking about Modern Chocolate! Unfortunately no news. I had a publisher interested but in the end they decided it was a bit to heavy for what they were looking for after a few in person. play throughs. 🧵

This week I’ve been working on some rules document and story writing for my print and play.

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In just one night I’ve seen a Legend of Dragoon post and a Legend of Legia post. Two of my top PS1 games. Dragoon is still one of my all time favs.

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My web traffic has been down lately so here is some self promotion!

Ephemeral Path is an awesome miniatures skirmish game I designed a couple years back

Mini agnostic ✅
Quick/30min ✅
print n play components ✅
Free✅
PACKED with strategy✅

www.ephemeralpath.com

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