War Chest Nobility Design Diary

We have been incredibly happy with War Chest’s reception over the last year. Following the reviews, the comments, and the discussions has been a real treat. One thing that came up again and again was how expandable people thought the game was. Of course we agreed—we had lots of differentRead More →

Be Prepared to Dig Two Graves: HISTORY OF AEG #9

L5R Story, Game of Thrones, and Dragonlance story spoilers in this post. Running a storyline CCG the way AEG did it is not an easy task.  As I had mentioned earlier we looked at our storyline games as a hybrid card game/rpg.  We created factions for players to identify with,Read More →

ECOS: First Continent

Anyone close to me knows how excited I am for this release.  Ecos is a John D Clair design that brings together a unique combination of mechanics so that up to 6 players can play simultaneous turns building the world and populating it with mountains, forests, and animals.   I firstRead More →

WE ARE GOING TO RUN YOUR MONEY TOWARDS A CLIFF . . .: HISTORY OF AEG #8

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PUBLISH FEWER GAMES- AUTOPSY #1 DO YOU BELIEVE IN THIS THING?

Yes, I do wake up every day with doubts about our plan to do fewer games.  It has been over a year since we started down this path and it has been exactly as hard as we expected, but it has also been very rewarding.  It is time for usRead More →

Five Rings Publishing Group: History of AEG #7

For nine months we scraped, demoed, and clawed to keep the L5R CCG alive.   Making the L5R CCG profitable was Mount Everest, we were on the hardest part of the ascent, and we were looking for an Angel Investor to help us reach the summit (and not die trying).  Read More →

RIP RICK LOOMIS

I just heard today about the passing of my friend, Rick Loomis.  His battle with cancer has ended and another hero has been taken from us by that boss monster we have yet figured out a way to slay on a regular basis.   F$%& Cancer I did not spend aRead More →

The lost art of swagging and bartering

My career, before starting with AEG as a partner, was advertising sales in the golf industry. It was great; I would travel from city to city with my partner Eric Tivoli selling ads, golfing, and looking for fun. Selling advertising to golf courses and golf shops was interesting. A lotRead More →

The Edge of Darkness Journey

The Journey from There to the Edge of Darkness I don’t know if we have ever had a development and production challenge quite like the one we conquered with Edge of Darkness.  Maybe the first time we published Legend of the Five Rings with all the sheets and packaging, butRead More →

Gen Con: The Most Important 4 Days in Gaming

I did just say that we were ready for Gen Con right?  We are, but the chaos that comes the week before the show is here nonetheless. Gen Con and maybe Essen are shows that I think everyone should give publishers a pass on.  There are just certain things thatRead More →