David
@ddavidd.bsky.social
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I mostly post about board game design and parenting my 2 awesome kids. Co-founder of Grumpy Spider Games. www.grumpyspider.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grumpy-spider-games/pencil-book-quest Romans 5:7-8
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This is starting to look like Flick Fleet: 1800s
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Yeah, much more nuanced strategy, and probably a lot more helpful in late stages. I like it!
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I’ve done something similar before, where each player does some very algorithmic min/max type of strategy, just to see how they fair against a real player.

Can confirm it’s really helpful!
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Of course our cereal is nutritious—we spray vitamins on it!
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👀

I love that I have no idea what the rules are, but I can /tell/ it’s a puzzle.
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A two-person horse costume, but it’s an AT-AT Walker

#Halloween #StarWars
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Hey, I know that game! It’s live on Kickstarter now!

#boardgames
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If you’re into solo board gaming, you gotta check out Pencil Book Quest by @grumpyspidergames.bsky.social

I was lucky enough to get an early copy and it’s a wonderful adventure in bite-sized chunks! ⚔️
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Warehouse -> wear house -> closet
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Various schemes coming to fruition.
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“Several schemes coming to fruition” is such a great phrase. I may just steal it.
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Oh good, I'm glad you enjoyed it! And yeah, the 1's on the edges do help out a bit. :)
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Not surprisingly, it's not the same answer I had, but it works! I do think with enough development, I could have plenty of puzzles with unique solutions too.

Hopefully I can get it worked out enough to put into a game I'm developing!
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I like this one because, unlike others I've tried my hand at, this one can be more logically worked out as opposed to trial & error.

I'm kind of envisioning a circuit board that you're trying to repair, where electricity flows from one end to the other or something along those lines. Still vague.
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Came up with another kinda interesting #puzzle!

GOAL
Connect all boxes into a single group by drawing lines between them.

RULES
1. The number on each box shows how many lines connect to it.
2. Lines cannot go diagonal.
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My TOP 26 letters of the alphabet

(You won't believe #3! 😮)

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Perhaps....
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Hello! I am pleased to announce the fourth product in the catalog of The Seahorse & The Hummingbird, Enemy Lines by @palanion.bsky.social!

I'm booked up to capacity now, so expect to see a version of enemy lines somewhere around Q4 '26 or Q1 '27.
#boardgames #gamepublishing
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A screenshot of the Screentop prototype of the board game Enemy Lines.
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I try to make mine fit on a single card as well.
Hand holding up a comically large ace of diamonds
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I hate to say it because I hate writing rules down 🫠
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I hate to say it, but writing your game’s rules out early (nothing pretty, just getting them down) really helps to show just how complicated the design is.

#boardgamedesign
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Right?! That’s got to be why the new edition just shortened it to ‘Quacks’.