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The Sheep Farmer Who Wrote Switzerland’s Neutrality
Charles Pictet de Rochemont, 10,000 merino sheep, and the sentence Switzerland still argues about two hundred years later. This one came from the die. Faces of Vienna works simply: people suggest European countries, a die chooses one, and I go looking for a real person tied to that country and the Congress of Vienna. This…
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Of Whatever Nation You May Be
Tudor Vladimirescu, a garden pavilion at dawn, and the corner of Europe the Congress of Vienna never counted. This one came from the die. Faces of Vienna works simply: people suggest European countries, a die chooses one, and I go looking for a real person tied to that country and the Congress of Vienna. The…
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Red flags in board game design
Some time ago, while wrapping up the manual for the 3rd iteration of “Vienna 1814: The Waltz of Nations”, an unexpected thought appeared — what if my game is too complex? Maybe it was the fact that the manual had grown to almost 30 pages. Or that I had just spent two hours self-testing it.…
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How I discovered the Art of Board Game Design
In my youth, boardgames weren’t just entertainment – they were a doorway to imagination. Years later I rediscovered that same spark in the modern boardgame renaissance. This is the story of how it all began – and how it lead me to the Congress of Vienna.
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About summer book and ghosts of the past…
So this is my first entry. I think that it is a great opportunity, or maybe even a requirement to introduce myself a bit, and tell you about what actually I am trying to achieve here.