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Continue ReadingThis blog now uses the https protocol. You should see your browser’s security padlock when accessing this blog. This is just one step in making all of brickmillgames.com sites secure using the HTTPS protocol and valid certificates. Other brickmillgames.com sites to follow…
Continue ReadingThe Nor’easter XXII con is over and I’m just now coming down from the high that was a very successful playtest of the TOCS game system. It didn’t start that way, though. Paul’s aged laptop refused to boot when I arrived on Thursday morning. After numerous failed attempts to diagnose the issue, we wound up…
Continue ReadingPaul and I are attending the Nor’easter XXII Convention in Boxborough this weekend and playtesting the latest rules and tools for the TOCS system. In spite of some initial technical difficulties, we are both having quite a bit of fun with the game and ironing out quite a few rules. I’ll post some pictures after the con….
Continue ReadingThe latest playtest of Steel & Steam was, in my opinion, the most successful yet. As to why… Pace We actually finished a game within 4½ hours. The faster trains solved the pacing problem w/o adversely affecting game play. My primary concern with making the trains faster was that it would reduce game tension among…
Continue ReadingAfter quite a few weeks of getting Canvas up to snuff, as well as a few other code modules updated, the counters for the existing TOCS modules are back to the condition they were at before the big reset. There’s more tweaking to be done, and my Canvas code modules are only 63% documented, but…
Continue Reading“When we last left our intrepid hero, he was elbow deep in PC innards and busily updating his Canvas tools…” Not long after I wrote my last blog post, Virus 4 hit me with a vigor only seen in criminal assault cases. While I was in Seattle at Game ON!, Claire had warned me that…
Continue ReadingAs is my MO, I tend to post things in bursts. The reasons behind this initial blast of radio silence were myriad: Game ON!, a new Mac and other assorted minutiae. For four glorious days, I attended the Game ON! convention in Issaquah, WA. This small convention held outside of Seattle is a comfortable and…
Continue ReadingFor the most part, the storefront site at brickmillgames.com is up and running. There is a lot more to be done, but the meat of our product plans and roadmap is there to behold. In addition to game information, pricing (when we actually ship stuff), photos, blurbs, etc., each game in the catalog will have…
Continue ReadingSome algorithms are more difficult than others. The brute force (obvious) method might work, but it also might take more time than you’re willing to spend, both in development and in the actual running of it. I finally figured out the fast method and the data was indeed well worth the effort. As an alternate…
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