Essays

Caught in the Tide of History

Caught in the Tide of History

In the fifth An Infamous Traffic design diary, Cole discusses balancing player agency with historical accountability.

Player Difference

Player Difference

In the fourth An Infamous Traffic design diary, Cole recalls failed auction ideas and the breakthrough of location decks that finally gave players meaningful asymmetry.

Diagnostic Difficulties

Diagnostic Difficulties

In the third An Infamous Traffic design diary, Cole explains how dissatisfaction and years of failed experiments led to a full rebuild.

An Infamous Production

An Infamous Production

In the second An Infamous Traffic design diary, Cole explains why Traffic’s subject matter made manufacturing the new edition a years-long puzzle.

Announcing An Infamous Traffic

Announcing An Infamous Traffic

This October we’ll be launching our crowdfunding campaign for a new edition of An Infamous Traffic.

The Business of Buried Giant

The Business of Buried Giant

It’s been a little over two months since we launched Buried Giant. These have been among the most productive months of my professional life.

New Printing John Company & Molly House

New Printing John Company & Molly House

The award-winning designer behind Root and Pax Pamir returns to Kickstarter for a reprint of John Company and Molly House!

Molly House Now Out!

Molly House Now Out!

Project Update detailing Molly House's launch, the print and play, and a new Molly House Good Time Society video.

First Review, Shipping News, and Videos!

First Review, Shipping News, and Videos!

Project Update detailing Molly House at Pax Unplugged and the year ahead.

Putting It All Together

Putting It All Together

The fifth Designer Diary on the making of Molly House.

Love’s Labour's Lost

Love’s Labour's Lost

The fourth Designer Diary on the making of Molly House.

The Trouble of Running a Party

The Trouble of Running a Party

The third Designer Diary on the making of Molly House.

The Zenobia Award

The Zenobia Award

The second Designer Diary on the making of Molly House.

What's all this, then?

What's all this, then?

The first Designer Diary on the making of Molly House.

Quid for your Quo

Quid for your Quo

The fourth Designer Diary on the making of John Company: Second Edition

The Event System

The Event System

The third Designer Diary on the making of John Company: Second Edition.

The Board

The Board

The second Designer Diary on the making of John Company: Second Edition.

Going into Empire

Going into Empire

The first Designer Diary on the making of John Company: Second Edition.

What's all this, then?

What's all this, then?

Formal announcement and justification for John Company: Second Edition

Politics and Perspective in the Artwork of Pax Pamir

Politics and Perspective in the Artwork of Pax Pamir

On the art direction for the second edition of Pax Pamir.

Building the Box

Building the Box

The fifth Designer Diary on the making of Pax Pamir: Second Edition.

Long Ago and Far Away

Long Ago and Far Away

The fourth Designer Diary on the making of Pax Pamir: Second Edition.

Our Man in Kabul

Our Man in Kabul

The third Designer Diary on the making of Pax Pamir: Second Edition

No Such Thing as a Free Action

No Such Thing as a Free Action

The second Designer Diary on the making of Pax Pamir: Second Edition.

Why make a Second Edition?

Why make a Second Edition?

The first Designer Diary on the making of Pax Pamir: Second Edition.