The Art of Design #6 – Reiner Knizia

Today I’m going to interview Reiner Knizia, probably one of the most prolific game designers and one of the icons of “german style” design. Reiner, like Martin Wallace interviewed recently (insert the link to the interview) made of his art of design his full-time job. Now (actually from 4th of April), you can also follow [...]

The Art of Design #5 – Michael Schacht

Today I have had the opportunity to interview Michael Schacht, one of the big names in the games world with more than 100 games designed. Michael, like Knizia and Colovini, is part of the “german style” school and the mechanics, more than the theme, are his principal focus: “short rules but maximum of gameplay” is [...]

The Art of Design #4 – Martin Wallace

Here I am again with “The Art of Design”. Today, I’m managed to catch Martin Wallace, one of the most prolific game designers in the last years with a truly excellent portfolio – including award winners like Age of Industry and Age of Steam. Martin’s games are well known not only for good mechanics but [...]

The Art of Design #3 – Angelo Porazzi

[editor's note - as will the previous interviews in this series, I have tried to clean up the translation to make the interview read better - Dale] Here I am with the 3rd interview in my series “The Art of Design”. After Colovini (German Style) and Angiolino (Italian Style), today I am here with Angelo [...]

The Art of Design: Interview to game designers #2 – Andrea Angiolino

[Editor's Note - as with previous entries in this series, I have made small edits to Liga's original writing in order to help it read better.   Dale] Here is another interview about The Art of Design. Today I’m going to interview Andrea Angiolino, another of Italy’s big names. Looking on BGG, he has more than [...]

The Art of Design: Interviews to game designers #1 – Leo Colovini

Hi gamers! Here I am again with a new series of interviews. Since I really think designing a game is an art (if you could understand Italian I would recommend you to read “L’arte del gioco” from Emilano Sciarra, the designer of Bang! – published by Mursia), I will try to discover the style, the [...]

Parliamo di Opinionated Gamers su Gioconomicon.net

Massimiliano di Gioconomicon.net mi ha fatto qualche domanda sul nuovo sito, Opinionated Gamers. Potete leggere l’articolo qua.

Opiononated Gamers online

Sono lieto di annunciare la nascita di Opionanated Gamers, il nuovo sito di opinione ludica nato dalle ceneri di Boardgamenews e coordinato da Dale Yu. Ovviamente Il Ludologo non poteva non gettarsi a capofitto in questo progetto e fare parte dello staff redazionale! I’m happy to announce Opiononated Gamers web site. Please read Dale Yu [...]