For the past few weeks I’ve been adventuring in the Black Forest, searching for “King Oakenheart” so I can rip some valuable heartwood from his trunk. Like all good loggers, I’ve brought some specialised tools with me, capable of ripping through the many armor cards that trees tend to have in their decks. That strategy […]

After the rather easy battle of last time, you might be thinking that the Black Forest ain’t such a bad place for a stroll. Chopping saplings and gathering their loot doesn’t seem to be that hard. Think again.

OK, having built my party, as described in the last diary, I set off on my adventure. The Black Forest is a miles-wide expanse of tall deciduous trees, and man-made paths are few and far between.  You enter the woods on its western edge, hoping to strike an old loggers’ track long since abandoned.   But […]

Hi all! We’re wrapping up the Adventure milestone, with a complete adventuring system and five test adventures. I’m playing through them now, and thought I’d narrate the process to give you a taste.

Hello, and welcome to this week’s design diary. This one is a bit more about our process of building the game than describing the game itself. In particular, I’m going to talk about what we’re doing at the moment on the design team, which is figuring out how to build the game’s campaign.