TwistedSpoon Studio

     Welcome to TwistedSpoon Studios! My name is notKingCole, and I'll be talking about game design projects that I'm currently working on, plan to work on soon, or have worked on. To kick things off, this week I'll be introducing my first custom Magic: the Gathering set, FUR .       If you're not familiar with Magic, what are you doing with your life Magic: the Gathering is the world's premier trading card game. Created by Richard Garfield and first published in 1993, Magic has defined the genre of card games for over 20 years. And Mark Rosewater, the lead designer of MtG, is a truly generous soul when it comes to sharing the design process. (Seriously, the man is so passionate about what he does that he makes a podcast about it on his drive to work. It's called Mark Rosewater's Drive to Work.) He also writes articles for the Magic website, including an annual series on the nitty-gritty of design called Nuts & Bolts. Back in 2012, Nuts & Bolt...

     Hello, and welcome! I am notKingCole.      I'm a casual game designer who has been making games of all varieties since I was a kid-- card games, board games, a tabletop RPG, to digital games, to more card games, I've done it all. Well, not literally all, but a lot.      I make games because I find them fascinating. The way that designers like Mark Rosewater, Avery Alder, Matt Leacock, and Toby Fox can evoke powerful emotional responses and immersive flow inspires me to delve deeper into the art we all love so much.      Outside of games, I'm also, in no particular order, an artist, a father, and a juggler. Go figure.      This blog is a place where I will muse out loud about games that I'm designing, or ramble about old or unfinished projects, sprinkled with opinions about game design as an art and games as a medium. If other designers can find something of use here, so much the better! Reddit: r/notKingCole...