playtesters

Just produce something that works enough that your band of intrepid and generous playtesters can poke at it at the table and see where the system skips.

Design til it hurts. « Palimpsest Games – Joe Murphy 2010

Dang Walt, I started playing Ironclads when I was 10, and it was my first convention game in Dallas, which got me invited to the factory by the designer (I have an autographed copy of the rules) which led me to playing miniature games with the playtesters, which got me playing all the other games.

Ironclad Action: Get the Lousiana! at Cold Wars 2010 « Third Point of Singularity 2010

For example, Zak McKracken took 9 months from concept to completion, with 2 full-time SCUMM scriptors Matthew Kane and myself, part time support from Ron Gilbert on the SCUMM engine, two artists, plus a team of playtesters.

An Interview with 80s gaming icon David Fox 2010

From their behavior toward their playtesters to their jerking around the entire D&D publisher community with their delays and equivocation regarding licensing.

D&D 4e’s Out… And It’s Awful. Here’s Why « Geek Related 2008

Perhaps you would like to be one of the playtesters after we try out some of the concepts.

Koningen Dragoon (DR5) of 1806 Der Alte Fritz 2009

Stories told from E3 playtesters include spawning a time machine which transported the player back to the time of the dinosaurs, then spawning a meteor which caused all the dinosaurs to go extinct.

Archive 2009-06-01 Steve gaynor 2009

Stories told from E3 playtesters include spawning a time machine which transported the player back to the time of the dinosaurs, then spawning a meteor which caused all the dinosaurs to go extinct.

games I'm looking forward to Steve gaynor 2009

Thanks to everyone who bought a copy, to the playtesters, and to Jack of Border Reivers for printing the game.

It's Alive! Is Now Officially Sold Out 2008

Thanks to everyone who bought a copy, to the playtesters, and to Jack of Border Reivers for printing the game.

Archive 2008-05-01 2008

Put the playtesters suggestions into an expansion, plus some ideas of my own..

August 6th, 2007 curufea 2007