Arjan van Houwelingen
@arjanvanh.bsky.social
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Tabletop game designer, psychologist, lecturer and more at Hanze Applied University. Founder of the Dutch Game Design Guild (Spellenmaakgilde.nl). Publisher of GRUNN and soon other historic themed games. arjanvanhouwelingen.com
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Onderzoekers en studenten van de Hanze doen mee, evenals een aantal externe partijen. En jij? Dankzij sponsoring van de Hanze CMGT is deelname gratis en opengesteld voor iedereen die interesse heeft!

And to note, we will mix Dutch and English part of the session.
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It was hard to accept that some projects will take more time. And even with full control -self-publish- the work is impactful but also waaaay more. And even harder: turn down assignments/opportunties...
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For me not being dependant on game design for my income prevents rolling for a sanity check every [day?]. Yet what you stated that the work then comes on top of other responsibilities is indeed another challenge.
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New episode of BTC! I talk to @stuffbybez.bsky.social about the importance of building & embracing your brand as a game designer. We discuss tailoring games to resonate with an audience, defining a clear creative purpose, and leaning into that vision to strengthen your work.

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Another great playtest evening in Groningen
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FRYSK. Ook op bestelling, doen we graag. Deze gaan naar een fan van het eerste uur ❤️
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Either way congrats! Enjoy it where you can.

As a publisher the feeling was doubled last week for me 🫠🥶
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Is het wat?! Spel FRYSK onder de loep genomen!
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Please please please everyone (pls reskeet) who is involved with a uni/college academic program (broadly speaking) conected to games Could you write a quick comment + links if any apply to what you and your institution are doing in that sphere? I need to show what's out there. 1/
#AncientBluesky 🗃️
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Tomorrow FRYSK is released. For sale at 42 museums and heritage partners. They EACH have a -free- collectible expansion card that changes the game. And each game is sold with one already. Quite a design challenge, but we uh got it sorted out 😆
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The newer edition kuhhandel festival is even better imo (designed by a fellow designer and playtested the game )
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I loved Bastion, bounced off myself off Transistor. Curious if you like one more than the other...

Hades, played some of it, respected the narrative progression, but never came far in it.