GLA #5: Game designers' GeekLists
BoardGameGeek is a large community. Their membership also includes numerous game designers. Several have actively contributed to the Geek. Either with comments on their own games or with interesting comments on the industry as a whole. I think this is reason enough to look at their own GeekLists in more detail and maybe even encourage more designers to provide us with similar insights. What do you think?
GeekList Aggregator #5 focussing on GeekLists by game designers...
GeekList #11076: My Four Years at Avalon Hill by Alan R. Moon
Alan R. Moon, designer of Elfenland (Spiel des Jahres 1998) and Zug um Zug (Spiel des Jahres 2004) has published this GeekList about his time at game publisher Avalon Hill. This list includes 15 games which Alan has worked on. He provides numerous interesting details on his experiences with games such as Gunslinger, Civilization, Acquire and Risk. This one definitely is a must read.
GeekList #888: The origins of my games by Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle might have been one of the first game designers to publish a GeekList dealing with their own games. He started posting Elements on May 31st 2003, followed by Verräter in December the same year. Since then, his list has grown and currently contains 10 games. The latest addition, Fiese Freunde Fette Feten, was submitted on June, 16th 2005. Marcel-Andre provides a small anecdote for most of the games. It's really fun to read this!
GeekList #2063: The origins of my games by Andrea Angiolino
Italian game designer Andrea Angiolino shares details about what it means to be a game designer in Italy. As he points out, most of his games are not generally known to the average gamer. Maybe you are familiar with Wings of War? I am afraid this is part of what it means to be a game designer in a smaller game country such as Italy. Nonetheless, this list shares very interesting insights on the industry.
Should you be aware of any other GeekLists published by game designers, I would really love to find about them. Please drop me a GeekMail or simply leave a comment. I'd love to extend this GeekListAggregator a bit.
GeekList #728: Desginers' Own Favorites by Rick Heli
This list has actually not been published by a game designer but many game designers have put forward their favorite games. Most notable posts done by Bruno Faidutti and Peter Donnelly themselves. But also some rumored or historic favorites of Reiner Knizia, Steve Jackson, Wolfgang Kramer, Richard Garfield, Alan R. Moon, Friedemann Friese, Michael Schacht and Stefan Dorra.
Comments
I think Bruno Faidutti has done a couple of good geeklists.
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November 5, 2005 9:41 PM