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15 Jan, 21 tweets, 5 min read
1/21 The way to learn game design is to play lots of games critically.

Because videogames overload their mechanisms with story, art, music, etc, boardgames present a simpler and clearer path. Best part: you need to download the rules into your brain to play. Here are 20:
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2/ Saboteur: Hidden identity and deduction.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9220…
3/ 13 Days - The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962: Counter Insurgence (CoIn) genre.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1775…
4/ Ingenious: Novel scoring mechanisms.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9674…
5/ San Juan: Global action selection (similar to Puerto Rico or Race for the Galaxy).

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8217…
6/ Agricola - All Creatures Big and Small: Worker placement. (This 2 player variant is much faster and gets all the best parts included)

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1198…
7/ Dominion: In-game deck building.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2094…
8/ Pandemic: Cooperative puzzle solving.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3054…
9/ Santorini: Variable player powers.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1946…
10/ Galaxy Trucker: Time pressured optimization problem solving.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3148…
11/ Battle Line: Provable Inference and deduction.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/760/…
12/ Arboretum: Hate-drafting.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1409…
13/ Dixit: Sweet-spot clueing.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3985…
14/ For Sale: Auctions.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172/…
15/ Coloretto: Set collection.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5782…
16/ Torres: Build or score.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/88/t…
17/ Eight-minute Empire: territory control.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1313…
18/ Santiago: coopetition. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8125…
19/ Lord of the Rings: Asymmetrical battle, hidden pieces.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/823/…
20/ Catacombs: Unexpected use of dexterity.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5739…
21/ Chicago Express: 18xx genre (but ultra light by comparison).
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3173…

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15 Dec 21
1/ The value proposition of web3 games is entirely different and totally unintuitive when compared to web2.

If you want build in this space, you obviously need a good game in the short term, but extend your vision for the long term. Here are some sample ancillary value-adds:
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13 Dec 21
1/12 One of the most common questions I get is: what protocol should I build on?

Well one of my tasks at @defialliance has been to partner with L1s and L2s that we felt had the right mix of signal and offering for founders building on them.

Here is the list and my take on them:
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For those who missed @defialliance demo day, ngmi.

jk, wagmi, here is my take on all the teams who presented and the clip of their presentation. 🧵

Also, join us for our long-form tear down tomorrow:
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1/13 On Fridays, @QwQiao and I would meet the 12 GameFi games we were accelerating to unblock and offer advice. These were great chats because the learning was almost always mutual, as we are blessed enough to have stellar teams. Here are the best nuggets of wisdom discussed.
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