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Jon Simantov Jan 31, 2024

Since getting into trick-taking games and other card games, I've found it annoying to keep score on paper or in my phone, so I made a set of Universal Score Tokens to use in different games. I've put them up on The Game Crafter in case anyone else has a need for such things. https://bit.ly/js_tokens

Jon Simantov Dec 29, 2023

bignose Dec 26, 2023

Earlier this month, the Space-Cast had guest #BloodOnTheClocktower designer Steven Medway.

Host Space-Biff (Daniel Thurot) speaks with Steven about improper use of timekeeping apparatuses, unreliable identities, player elimination, and how chaos fosters memorable stories.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/265407/14143114-space-cast-33-gab-on-the-clocktower

Space-Cast! #33. Gab on the Clocktower - Space-Biff! Space-Cast!

How much work goes into a successful social deduction game? If Blood on the Clocktower is anything to go by, a whole lot. Today we're joined by Steven Medway, designer of this long-awaited game about the improper use of timekeeping apparatuses, to...

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Jon Simantov Aug 11, 2023

Board gaming friends: What are some of your weirdest, wackiest, most interesting trick-taking games?

Especially looking for ones that use trick taking as a smaller part of a larger game.

Jon Simantov Aug 3, 2023

I've been sorting through my board games in advance of an office move, and I have come to realize that I own more than 30 trick-taking games. Now I want to host a game day where we just play as many trick-taking games as we can.

Jon Simantov Jul 29, 2023

Board game crafting attempt number 2: it's still not 100% perfect, but these custom #BloodOnTheClocktower tokens I made for Steward, High Priestess, and Harpy are now much closer in color to the originals than my first attempt. And they still feel the same in the bag. I'm calling it a win!

https://clocktower.social/@JonSimantov/110767090250354348

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Attached: 1 image Did some crafting today: I made tokens for the 3 newest experimental characters released since we got our Clocktower Con tokens. I found sticker paper at Michaels that feels really close to the smooth matte finish of the official tokens, printed on a color laser, and stuck them on spare unused tokens. I'm thrilled with how they came out. Even though the color is off, they FEEL 95% correct, good enough for drawing from the bag. I'm psyched this worked, so I can keep up with more new characters.

Clocktower Social

Jon Simantov Jul 26, 2023

bignose Jul 26, 2023

The question of "why felt?" in the #BloodOnTheClocktower components, gets discussed a lot by people when they begin investigating a #DIY set.

The design of the game, using felt-backed tokens in a felt-lined Grimoire box, is another significant reason why I (and the game designers) assert this cannot feasibly be a Print-and-Play game. Not even with lots of printable documents like at https://diy.bloodontheclocktower.rocks/

So, why is felt so important? And what felt should we use when making our own?

Unofficial DIY Resources for Blood on the Clocktower

Jon Simantov Jul 25, 2023

Did some #BloodOnTheClocktower custom token crafting over on my clocktower.social account! https://clocktower.social/@JonSimantov/110767090250354348

Jon Simantov (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Did some crafting today: I made tokens for the 3 newest experimental characters released since we got our Clocktower Con tokens. I found sticker paper at Michaels that feels really close to the smooth matte finish of the official tokens, printed on a color laser, and stuck them on spare unused tokens. I'm thrilled with how they came out. Even though the color is off, they FEEL 95% correct, good enough for drawing from the bag. I'm psyched this worked, so I can keep up with more new characters.

Clocktower Social

Jon Simantov Apr 13, 2023

I'm really liking the new Star Wars Deckbuilding Game.

Jon Simantov Mar 28, 2023

Ted Mar 28, 2023

As of April 15th, only paid accounts will be surfaced in Twitter's "For You" tab, only paid accounts will be able to run and participate in polls.

The enshitification continues. Get your friends established on other platforms.

Also a reminder to PeopleMaking.Games folks - you can invite your friends!

Jon Simantov Mar 21, 2023

Any of my friends at #GDC this week interested in playing (or learning) #BloodOnTheClocktower, let me know, I'm working on getting a game together. 😈

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