Design Tip: Make Turns Different

Try to avoid situations in your games where players might end up making the same choices.

Design Discussion: The Provost

A deep dive into a really cool mechanic from the game Caylus: the provost.

I go through some forms of push-your-luck mechanics and what makes them tick.

It can be a real pain when players have to make meaningful decisions based on another player’s meaningless decision.

I look at three mechanics that can define a large number of games and other mechanics.

Every decision in a hidden role game has to follow a lot of guidelines to really work.

Some players dislike and avoid take that mechanics. What are some different ways you can get players to use take that mechanics?

You should give your players more perfect information than you think you should.

I talk about roll and move and discuss some of the hate it gets, and why it may be deserved or overblown.