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Making Mods Matter
There’s a distinct group of people, often found playtesting in board game cafes on a Sunday behind closed doors who don’t just play games. They tinker, tailor and say lore. Modders no longer represent slicksters on mopeds, but rather those that make meaningful modifications to …
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The House Always Wins!
Anyone who has rolled dice on a board has said at least once; “We don’t play it that way.” House rules are often dismissed as casual tweaks. Shortcuts for impatient players or patches for perceived flaws. Sometimes though, house rules do something much more interesting.
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Conquering the Constrains of Chess
It was in 2012 that the obsession began. Starting out as a nagging question that has been repeatedly asked both before and since. If chess was designed today, how would the game differ? Would we continue riding horses into battle and do royalty still fight their wars on a square grid with two biomes?
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Making a Masterpiece by Modification
From Abraham Lincoln to Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein to Stephen Hawking, John Lennon to Ray Charles, William Shakespeare to Oscar Wilde – chess has permeated the very fabric of culture, politics, science and art. It has inspired poems, revolutions and even a few bar fights.
