Re: The new "piecepack Workshop" starting thread

["Matt Worden" <Brykovian@...>]

So far, only Tim and Clark have given me generic "I'd like to 
participate" message (although no specific games ready for 
testing) ... So, I think that perhaps this concept isn't quite ready 
to hit the road yet.

I won't push the issue ... just thought it might be useful.

Cheers,
-Bryk

--- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Worden" <Brykovian@h...> 
wrote:
> (as you may have already seen discussed on this very Yahoo 
group ...)
> 
> {and, obviously, the group moderators can feel free to remove this 
> topic and give me a cease & desist if they don't feel it's in line 
> with what this group should be about ...}
> 
> Based upon a successful game design workshop system that I've seen 
in 
> operation at the Board Game Designer's Forum (www.bgdf.com) 
website, 
> I am volunteering to organize/administer a similar thing here just 
> for piecepack designers.
> 
> I envision it working like this:  Each week a single in-process 
> piecepack game design is submitted by a member of the group for 
read-
> through, playtest and critique by all other members of the group.  
> Members will make *constructive* comments in the thread in order to 
> help the designer fix any problems, enhance the game, and move it 
> toward completion.
> 
> As the workshop admin (and I want to stress that I'm only an 
> organizer -- or facilitator, if you'd like -- to keep this bus on 
the 
> road ... but it's "our" bus, not "my" bus ;-D) I would do the 
> following:  (1) Organize the week-by-week schedule, and (2) Start 
the 
> thread for each week's game.
> 
> People interested in submitting a design for the workshop (and I 
know 
> there are a number of them in the files section) should e-mail me 
> directly, and offline, here: brykovian@h... ... I will 
> maintain a "Workshop Schedule" file in the Files section.
> 
> Designs should be "mostly done", but not quite ready for official 
> release.  They should at least be at the point that group members 
can 
> walk-through and/or test-play.  Designers should remain open-minded 
> and willing to hear the critiques given by the group with the 
> intention to improve and complete the game.
> 
> Okay ... with that, I'll start taking e-mails, and look to have the 
> first game up for discussion on Monday, 19-January-2004.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Matt Worden (aka "Brykovian")