My Thunder Road / JUNK'D homage game sat on the back burner for a long time until my kids got interested in Fast & Furious: Spy Racers on Netflix. I decided to bring out the XPS foam road segments and make a fun racing game that was less Mad Max and more kid-friendly. I'm still … Continue reading Fast & Fury Road: Spy Racers
Category: Crafting
Shipping Containers the Hard Way
I'm building some ISO/conex/shipping containers for 28mm gaming stuff, and instead of following the several fine tutorials for scratchbuilding your own or using readily available 3d models or just buying one, I'm making these myself.
Giving Me Life
Here's some stuff what's been making life in the plague regime bearable. Some of it's old, some of it's new.
The Final Countdown
Insomniacs has been part of my game design thoughts since May 2017. It's come a long way and I've struggled with a lot of existential crises about what this roleplaying game should actually be. It's laid out and I'm in the final art push.
Green Screens are Cosplay for Online Gaming
How to green screen for gaming, and why you should, even if you already use Zoom
Can’t Sleep. Space’ll Eat Me.
I've made tremendous progress on Insomniacs' interior in the past few weeks but I also redid the cover. Inspired by Ian Hubert's Blender videos, I tried my hand at making an entire stasis pod with an unwilling occupant. It's not that different from my original cover idea, and the first one has a nice negative … Continue reading Can’t Sleep. Space’ll Eat Me.
Untitled Animal Heist Game
Tonight's dice club with the kids was the first time in a long while I felt energized afterward. I think we found "our game" - inspired by Untitled Goose Game, completely normal animals come together for relatively nonthreatening heists.
Making the Furious Road
Here's how I made a two-piece desert highway for a post-apocalyptic car chase game inspired by Thunder Road and JUNK'D.
Thunder Junk’d, Part II
I'm working on a car chase/combat board game descended from the old Thunder Road game and inspired by JUNK'D. This is where it stands after one actual playtest with coworkers and a lot of solo runs.
Thunder Junk’d, Part I
I'm going back to Thunder Road's roots and hacking Runehammer Games' JUNK'D. This is HACK'D.
