Design Diary
Summary: Board game designer / publisher Jason Tagmire looks at a new featured word each day from a design perspective. Sometimes it'll be mechanics, sometimes theme or tone, and sometimes the inspiration for a full game.
Podcasts:
Today we look at board game design based on the word "tincture". Definition: 1 : a solution of a medicinal substance in an alcoholic solvent 2 a : a characteristic quality : cast b : a slight admixture : trace 3 : color, tint 4 : a heraldic metal, color, or fur http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD023-Tincture.mp3
Today's word is "anthropomorphic". Definition 1 : described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes 2 : ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman things http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD022-Anthropomorphic.mp3
Today's word is "popinjay". Definition : a strutting supercilious person http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD021-Popinjay.mp3
Today's word is "nebulous". Definition 1 : of, relating to, or resembling a nebula 2 : indistinct, vague http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD020-Nebulous.mp3
Today's word is "retrodict". Definition : to utilize present information or ideas to infer or explain (a past event or state of affairs) http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD019-Retrodict.mp3
Today's word is "mansuetude". Definition : the quality or state of being gentle : meekness, tameness http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD018-Mansuetude.mp3
Today's word is "contrite". Definition : feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD017-Contrite.mp3
Today's word is "synchronicity". Definition 1 : the quality or fact of being synchronous 2 : the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality — used especially in the psychology of C. G. Jung http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD016-Synchronicity.mp3
Today's word is "leonine". Definition : of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD015-Leonine.mp3
We're back with special guest Daniel Newman, designer of Ahead In The Clouds and Feat On The Ground, discussing the word of the day... Extenuate 1 : to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial excuses :mitigate 2 : to lessen the strength or effect of http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD014-Extenuate.mp3
We have special guest Daniel Newman, designer of Ahead In The Clouds and Feat On The Ground on today's episode, discussing the word of the day... Bespoke 1 : custom-made 2 : dealing in or producing custom-made articles http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD013-Bespoke.mp3
Today we look at board game design based on the word "trammel". Definition: 1 : something impeding activity, progress, or freedom : restraint — usually used in plural 2 : a net for catching birds or fish; especially : trammel net 3 : an adjustable pothook for a fireplace crane 4 : a shackle used for making a horse amble 5 a : ellipsograph b : beam compass http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD011-Trammel.mp3
Today we look at board game design based on the word "homiletic". Definition: 1 : of, relating to, or resembling a homily 2 : of or relating to the art of preaching; also : preachy http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD011-Homiletic.mp3
Today we look at board game design based on the word "famish". Definition: 1 : to cause to suffer severely from hunger http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD010-Famish.mp3
Adapt: to make or become fit (as for a new use) often by modification http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD009-Adapt.mp3
