Calico JesseJan 13

Interesting news.

Cole Wehrle is splitting his off from Leder Games to form a new company, taking Oath and Arcs with him. Root stays with Leder.

https://ledergames.com/blogs/news/a-letter-from-cole-wehrle

#BoardGames #LederGames #ColeWehrle #Arcs #Oath #Root

A Letter from Cole Wehrle

Eight years ago I walked through the doors of a converted warehouse on the edge of Saint Paul and made my way through a back staircase to the still unfinished second floor. I wandered around a bit before I got to a set of doors with a single sheet of paper taped to the door with the words “Leder Games” printed on it.

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KetakaterDec 29

Today I'm going to teach(!) and play #MollyHouse

The game is set in the queer community of London in the 1730s.

It's a strange animal, but it's so good at capturing the vibe of an hedonistic community under life threatening pressure.

The rules aren't overly complicated, but the devil is in the detail, as they say. And I'm the only player who had played it before. So I'm on my own 🥵 wish me luck. My husband is in and he thinks I'm a horrible game explainer. I'm stressed out already 😂

I'm looking to get at a point where I don't spend 80% of my cognitive resources on understanding and observing the rules and get to the strategic part.

#boardgames #ColeWehrle @brettspiele

KetakaterDec 13

Mein erste vollständig gespielte Partie #MollyHouse

In diesem Spiel verkörpern wir queere Menschen im London des 18. Jahrhunderts (Mollies). Wir versuchen maximalen Spaß zu haben und in sogenannten Molly Houses ausschweifende Parties zu feiern, ohne die "Society for the Reformation of Manners" auf den Platz zu rufen.

Den Kern des Spiels kann man mechanisch wohl am besten als eine Art semikooperatives Poker beschreiben. In maximal 5 Wochen müssen wir dafür sorgen, dass die Community überlebt, denn nur so kann der/die Spielende mit dem meisten persönlichen Joy einen Sieg einfahren - ansonsten verlieren wir alle.

Ich hab in Woche vier die letzte Festivität mit einer Flasche Gin in einen Surprise Ball eskaliert. War lustig, hat das Spielende durch ausreichend Community Joy getriggert nur leider mir persönlich nicht viel gebracht.

Ein Major Indictment hat mich dann auch noch vom ersten auf den dritten Platz geschleudert.

War trotzdem ein sehr schöner Nachmittag! Klasse Spiel. Sehr speziell und etwas sperrig, aber sehr einzigartig
❤️

#JoKelly #ColeWehrle #boardgames #Brettspiele @brettspiele #Queer #Historic #London

KommadiebNov 30

#ColeWehrle on motivation to create:

»I try to find urgency in every game I work on. [It's my central] design practice. I don’t design games because I think it’s fun or interesting (though it often is). Ultimately, I work on games that feel urgent. I want a project to feel like it needs to exist and that we are the only team that is able to make it. If a game doesn’t feel urgent, or […] I’m not the right person to work on game, then I will almost certainly abandon it.«

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2867873/designer-diary-7-the-product-split

Designer Diary 7 – The Product Split | Arcs

Next week, we’ll be launching the Kickstarter for Arcs. I’ve got a few more designer diaries I’d like to write, but I probably won’t be publishing them before or during the Kickstarter. There are only so many hours in the day! But, before the launch, I

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KommadiebNov 30

#ColeWehrle is talking about game design, but I feel this applies to other artistic endeavors as well:

»If you’re a designer […], know that often it’s best to shoot very high and then start fresh than to preemptively clip your wings for fear of a development liability. Never get too precious with one articulation of your ideas. The core promise and ambition of a game is always more valuable than whatever you happen to have on your table. Never be afraid to start over.«

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3487134/developer-diary-3-reaping-what-you-sow

Developer Diary 3 - Reaping what You Sow | Oath: New Foundations

Here is the first part of two-part development diary that is long overdue. Be warned, I’m going to really get into the weeds of New Foundation’s development and try to describe what we’ve been tangling with. This post is going to get pretty detailed and most

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SteveJan 26, 2025
Arcs Blight Reach, solo 3 handed

So anyone who followed me elsewhere knows that I have some big problems with Arcs as a game, but there's still something that is really interesting buried at the core of it that I can't get over. This is like x5 true of the campaign game, which does this intriguing endogenous table versioning via its different fates, varied starting points from last game, and dynamics between them. It's quite an interesting design space and it makes Arcs the "can't quit you" game that I keep poking at despite being repulsed by a lot of other elements about the game that don't fit with my gaming sensibilities or that I genuinely think are bad design and development aspects. I ran a solo 3 hander because I enjoy playing with the texture of the different developing different board situations. While Arcs isn't like great this way, weirdly it doesn't play that badly since the game is so insanely chaotic and tactical that you can't really make long term planning decisions very well even if you knew the other player's cards.

In this game, Partisan, Caretaker, and Founder created a tableau that was quite different than other campaign games I've either played in earnest or soloed---there was no incumbent empire fate that was looking to supercharge the empire, so while the partisan took a little of that role, it led to a board state with few incentives to keep the empire besides some convenience... and Founder immediately wants to bail and gut the empire as best as they can. The game definitely exposed the part of the fates system that a friend has detailed several times; a lot of the tenor, though not the specifics, of the game is set before and between games by the fate choice. This sets it in complete contrast with Wehrle's other design, Oath, which I consider a true masterpiece in this space that does a lot of what this game is doing but a lot better.

#arcsboardgame #arcs #ledergames #colewehrle #boardgames #tabletopgames #boardgamegeek #bgg #tabletop
musashi178Jul 28, 2024
Und zum Abschluss dann noch #ARCS von #ColeWehrle, erschienen bei #LederGames. Und nachdem mich die erste Partie am Tisch vor zwei Wochen zu viert noch etwas skeptisch zurück ließ, hat diese jetzt vollkommen überzeugt. Jetzt bin ich auch völlig gehyped und freue mich auf die Kampagne 🥳
Nur das mit dem Würfeln muss ich noch üben
#brettspiele #boardgames
Romir Play HouseDec 20, 2023

Hoje vamos aprender a trabalhar com os GUARDIÕES DE FERRO, para ROOT, jogo assimétrico de #ColeWehrle publicado pela #LederGames e #meeplebr

https://youtu.be/fsae3xgoIz4

Root - Guardiões de Ferro - Como Jogar

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Romir Play HouseJul 19, 2023

Hoje tem mais um unboxing, dessa vez de um jogo grande! Descubra o que tem na caixa de OATH, um jogo de #ColeWehrle publicado pela @LederGames e #meeplebr

https://youtu.be/78GOLXAKEvA

Oath: Crônicas de Império e Exílio - Unboxing

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musashi178Dec 2, 2022

Wir haben es gestern endlich geschafft, #oath von #colewehrle auf den Tisch zu bringen. Und was soll ich sagen: es ging erst etwas zäh los, mit vielen Regelfragen und -klärungen u.a. per #bgg. Aber dann nahm es Fahrt auf und wurde immer spannender und hat uns am Ende eine wirklich schöne, emergente Geschichte beschert. Wir freuen uns schon sehr auf die nächste Partie! Danke #spielworxx für die Lokalisierung.

#brettspiele #boardgames