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SCAer, lifelong gamer.

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Mar 24	comment	How do game designers come up with suggested (or minimum) age requirements for games? @joe being an educator working in elementary ed, player of many boardgames, and an amateur game designer. (My released boardgame designs are a campaign supplement to Slag!, and a Hanafuda retheme.)
Mar 10	comment	Why isn't the minimum bid for a property its mortgage value? @user1873 The players can start at any bid; setting the minimum above 1 creates a very real possibility of no one being able to bid at all. Even at 1, it's very possible for one player or another to be unable to bid without mortgaging, but it's far rarer. There is no requirement for sequential bids, so your claim of a $1 min lengthening things is bogus - players raising sequentially are being slow. Nothing in the rules prevents you from making your opening bid the mortgage value. Or even the cash value.
Mar 9	comment	Why isn't the minimum bid for a property its mortgage value? No, you've missed the point: setting a minimum bit higher than 1 dollar lengthens the game.
Feb 25	comment	What's the highest score that can be achieved by pegging? The question could also be interpreted to be the highest possible score in a game, rather than a hand, which is 173 (peg to 120, St:5x H:Jx555=29, C:4466=24), or the highest one can get without counting one's hand (135... at 120, and score a double pair royal 15 on last card, for 12+2+1=15...)
Feb 25	comment	Who gets the points when calling Muggins in a three-player Cribbage game? Player order is how I've always resolved that, but noting that the partner is ineligible to actually score the muggins, but it prevents losing the points.
Feb 14	comment	What are the order of actions in Monopoly? It doesn't specify. So I'd presume anyone. But that pretty much means only empty properties.
Feb 14	comment	What impact will Kickstarter have on how Designer Board Games are released? @Jefromi Yup. That's precisely what I was implying.
Feb 12	comment	How are jokers colored in decks with more than two jokers? @GGG since I've never seen a set of rules for ranking jokers in any game, I really think you don't need to worry about it.
Feb 12	comment	How are jokers colored in decks with more than two jokers? @GGG What game are you needing joker ordering for? The trick taking games I've encountered with wilds, 1st one played takes it. And many normal decks have two identical jokers; red/black is common, but not entirely standard. Everything else I've encountered simply requires the joker substitute for a valid card
Feb 12	comment	How are jokers colored in decks with more than two jokers? @user1873 4-joker single-decks are so bloody rare as to be next-to-impossible to buy. Special order kind of rare.
Feb 12	comment	What is the best way to print cards for my game? The pack I have to hand is 10 sheets of 10 cards each - Avery #28371, purchased at wal*mart.
Feb 11	comment	How are jokers colored in decks with more than two jokers? Jokers aren't normally differentiated by rank in the games I've seen where jokers are used.
Feb 11	comment	How are jokers colored in decks with more than two jokers? One of the two blacks was the trademark. The reds were identical.
Feb 10	comment	How do I find players willing to participate in test-playing my games? you can never "assure that they're playing correctly" in a blind test... but that's the point. What you can do in blind alpha is put a prototype in their hands with written rules, then revise those rules based upon what's going on in your own process. Alpha is usually about development; beta should be about clarity... but late alpha and early beta are practically indistinguishable... aside from the potential for major "WFT???" moments.
Feb 10	comment	How do I find players willing to participate in test-playing my games? No, it really isn't essential to be there even for alpha test. (I've done some alpha testing. You'll get to a suitable beta faster with blind alpha.)
Feb 6	comment	Do physical implementations of single player board games have any advantages over their electronic counterparts? I didn't bother reading yours. For something so simple, the wall of text is a turn off.
Feb 4	comment	Information gain from discarded tiles in Mahjong Every mah jongg book I've read, and every game I've seen played, has separate player discard lines.
Feb 4	comment	How does the cost of designer board games compare to other forms of entertainment? I don't rent movies, and I don't often buy music other than for work.
Feb 3	comment	Is “meaningful decisions per hour” a good measure for how fun a game might be? @ErikP. Making the same decisions every time is not interesting, so yes, variability is somewhat subsumed.
Feb 2	comment	Is “meaningful decisions per hour” a good measure for how fun a game might be? It's an excellent question, even if the answer is "Usually Not" because of the subjectivity involved.