University event on game based
learning: was nice to be a panel talk member and showcase our games GRUNN and FRYSK.
Posts by Arjan van Houwelingen
With the Dutch Game Design Guild we lauded the designer @bartgamedesign.bsky.social recently as the Game Designer of the year (biannual actually). *cheers*
In case you missed it, deze video-uitleg van FRYSK maakt het spel super laagdrempelig om het te leren spelen!
#musea #spel #gamification #seriousgame
www.nox-spellenzolder.nl/video/frysk/
Maandag 11 mei is weer het volgende noordelijke SAGANET evenement: we zijn bij de NHL Stenden te gast voor key notes, speltesten en netwerken. Kom langs, speel mee en level up je spelproject en jezelf!
www.saganet.nl/events/semin...
Bende op de Boerderij weer op voorraad bij MNKY Entertainment! - Wees er als de kippen bij!
De SAGANET Rookie Award 2026 seminar was weer tof. Vol interessante spellen die impact maken, en uiteraard met 2 winnaars:
www.saganet.nl/saganet-rook...
Yeah, the 4keys of fun relate to that as hard fun.
Achievement unlocked!
(Do not have that one yet myself. Though ‘GRUNN and FRYSK are like Catan?’, that is the one I did get a bunch of times)
Bolwerken als werkwoord is ook mooie woordspeling (NLs in ieder geval): iets bolwerken, = tot stand brengen
Would that be worse than ask em ‘is this like risk?’
De SAGANET Rookie Award finalisten en runner ups zijn bekend en vrijdag 10 april zijn ze te ervaren. Kom langs om te spelen en te netwerken! Het evenement is open ook voor niet-SAGANET leden en gratis.
www.saganet.nl/events/sagan...
Timer after first player made their move. Or playful: once made their action a player may make the noises. 🐤
It changes all the friggin time! Sometimes 1 often 5+.
I actually like a few if they are in different stages of development
Building: pay now, construction finishes 1x6 turns later. Roll again if any card you draw has the trait archeology find, bureaucracy or supply shortage
Free parking has become a nature reserve. You chill out and gain a mental health point.
Train stations are replaced by airports. When landing on them you can depart to land to another one instead.
On top of the open cupboard (eh IKEA roomdivider). Including localisations. And a demo/play copy in it with the rest of the games
Game designers at the game store meetup in Assen. Ended up chatting and demoing 😊
It was a meltdown…? 🥁
The next Ravensburger Game Inventor Days pitching event on April 23-24 will focus on children’s games www.ravensburger.de/de-CH/entdec...
Ducosim convention, demoing games, meeting designers (and helping new ones). It was a good day
Yeah! With both games i made some bigger changes/ pivots, seems that is good 🙌
Playtesting event of our design guild with students 😊 Great evening and got nice actionable feedback. And multiple questions when the games are for sale, whoa 🥳
Q for boardgame publishing folks: What's your estimate of volume and/or % for each of these in your company, per year?
A. How many pitch requests get to pitch?
B. How many pitches result in you taking a prototype for review?
C. How many prototypes under review get a contract?
🎲✂️
A while back, I posted about my move to the Netherlands later this year. As part of that move, my family is also venturing into the world of tabletop game publishing through Hawk and Dove. I'd be honored if you would check us out and follow along on our journey!
March tabletop testing night 🙌 We had 40 participants, 10 of them designers, full house 😊