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The Prototyping Begins! // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 12

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Check out my bits! - An unboxing // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 11

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We've got a winning design!! // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 10

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Christian McKay Heidicker: Author of the Weirdwood novels //Weirdwood: The Board Game Interview 2

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What's the Story? Digging into game narrative // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 9

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Weirdwood Manor Kickstarter Preview

Here is our preview video for our upcoming Kickstarter campaign, launching April 18.
Get notified at our prelaunch page:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/greyridgegames/weirdwood-manor
And learn more about the game from our Linktree:
linktr.ee/greyridgegames

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Weirdwood Manor Board Game Play-thru

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Join the designer of Weirdwood Manor, Mike Cassie, and two of our play-testers as we battle against the Chaos Ogre, one of three monsters you can play against in the game. Mike explains many of the mechanics in the game so you can learn what its like to play Weirdwood Manor!

The Prototyping Begins! // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 12

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The Prototyping Begins! // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 12

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Now that we’ve got a design concept, it’s time for me to start making parts of our board game in order to start working out the details of our design and to test how well - or how bad - those ideas and details translate into actual gameplay. I’m starting with our main game board; a circular design with rotating rings that might be pretty tough to build… will it even work?! Let’s find out!

Check out my bits! - An unboxing // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 11

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Check out my bits! - An unboxing // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 11

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What would any web series be without an unboxing video?! In this episode, I unbox a bunch of cool board game bits and supplies I'm going to use as part of my prototyping work and I discuss the 'How's' and 'Why's' of using them. And if you’re looking for similar materials, my personal recommendation is to check out the Game Crafter: www.thegamecrafter.com/

We've got a winning design!! // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 10

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We've got a winning design!! // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 10

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After months of hard work, lots of ideas and discussions and after one final pitch meeting to the team at Wasabi, we have finally decided on a design for our new Weirdwood Manor board game! So follow along in this episode as Mike reviews the final contenders and reveals our winning design and shares why it rose to the top over our other designs. Our Final Contender Rules PDFs Lords of Weirdwood...

Christian McKay Heidicker: Author of the Weirdwood novels //Weirdwood: The Board Game Interview 2

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Christian McKay Heidicker: Author of the Weirdwood novels //Weirdwood: The Board Game Interview 2

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Join Mike as he sits down to talk to Christian McKay Heidicker, a Newbery award-winning author who has been writing a series of books based in the Weirdwood Manor universe. Just as we’re so thrilled to be able to expand and build upon the Weirdwood universe in board game form, Christian has had the opportunity to do just that in book form; bringing to life amazing new characters and adventures,...

What's the Story? Digging into game narrative // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 9

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What's the Story? Digging into game narrative // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 9

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In this episode I investigate how we could introduce some lighter narrative gameplay to one of my designs as I continue to work through more game mechanics, fleshing out my original design ideas into working game designs. Follow along and share your thoughts about my ideas. Do you like what I’m proposing? Does it remind you of any other games? Share your thoughts and help guide my vision for th...

Diving deeper into game mechanics // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 8

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Diving deeper into game mechanics // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 8

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Having pitched some game design ideas to Paul and the Wasabi team, I now have to flesh out the details of some of those ideas and figure out the mechanics of each so the team can make a final choice on one of our preferred ideas. So join me in this episode and follow along as I start to work through how one of these ideas is going to work; exploring the main game board and player goals and acti...

Luke Minaker: Co-creator of Weirdwood Manor // Weirdwood: The Board Game Interview 1

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Luke Minaker: Co-creator of Weirdwood Manor // Weirdwood: The Board Game Interview 1

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So I’m making a board game based on Weirdwood Manor and I keep talking about Weirdwood Manor… but where did it come from?! In this episode, I get to talk to Luke Minaker, one of the creators of Weirdwood Manor and we learn a bit more about the origins of the world and how we hope Weirdwood Manor will make for a great board game! Learn more about the Weirdwood universe at weirdwood.com/

Time to pitch in person! // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 7

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Time to pitch in person! // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 7

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In this episode, I meet up with Paul and the Wasabi team and present my 6 different design directions for our Weirdwood board game and they get the chance to ask questions and share their thoughts. Will they like them?! Which ideas will win out? Watch this episode to find out!

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Weirdwood Manor Vol 2 Teaser

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Weirdwood Manor Vol 2 has been in production for a while now. An official launch date will be announced soon. In the meantime, here's a sneak peek...

The designs I'm pitching! // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 6

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The designs I'm pitching! // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 6

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I’ve spent time coming up with 6 unique game design ideas to pitch to Paul and the Wasabi team. Are they cool?! Terrible?! Which is the best?! Well, before Paul and his team get to see them, you can be the judge first and let me know what you think! Get the PDF of ideas here: www.dropbox.com/s/atkt5r25iyc3y6t/wwb-game-idea-pitches.pdf 00:00 The designs I'm pitching! 04:35 #1 - The shifting Book...

Yay! Our first design idea // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 5

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Yay! Our first design idea // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 5

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In this episode, I walk through exploring an initial design for our Weirdwood board game in real-time, sketching out what the players might do in our game and how these pillars of game design - theme, mechanics, and player experience - can come together to create some cool design directions!

What's my design process? // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 4

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What's my design process? // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 4

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Now that the team has identified some themes and (a lot!) of ideas that resonate with us, it is time to translate those into some actual game design concepts. But wait, how do we actually do that?! Well, in this episode I’ll walk you through the methodologies I employ in my design process when trying to create initial game designs from a bunch of thoughts, ideas, notes, and whatever else is at ...

Let the ideation begin // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 3

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Let the ideation begin // Weirdwood: The Board Game Episode 3

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It's time to start coming up with ideas for the game! In this episode we kick off the project by taking a couple days to explore what mechanics our board game will include and how it might play. Follow along and hopefully some of these exercises will spark ideas for you about how to generate ideas with people around you!