For convenience as of this month, I am giving up thoughtfulgames.com. Instead, find my games together with my other online content here on thoughtfuldane.com. I founded Thoughtful Games back in 2009 to market and sell Montsegur 1244. In 2019 I began blogging and bought the domain thoughtfuldane.com. This has since then become the home of … Continue reading Thoughtful Games is now Thoughtful Dane
This is part three of my posts about LinCon 2026, a gaming convention in Linköping that I attended with my kids. In this post I deep dive into running Death of Rapacus, Mars to Stay and Zhenya’s Wonder Tales. The two first are story games that I have designed and published while the third is … Continue reading LinCon 2026: Part Three
This is part two of my posts about LinCon 2026, a gaming convention in Linköping that I attended with my kids. In this post I deep dive into running Draw Stranger, Petroglyph, and Gotlandia at LinCon. Draw Stranger Draw Stranger is a two player card game that simulates a gunfighter duel in the Old West. … Continue reading LinCon 2026: Part Two
Thank you for a fantastic LinCon 2026! LinCon is a yearly gaming convention in Linköping in Sweden taking place each year during the Ascension Weekend. For four days the University of Linköping is transformed into a gaming paradise where gamers from near and far come to hang out and play games with new and old … Continue reading LinCon 2026: Part One
LinCon is right around the corner. I will be there and I will bring games and kids. LinCon is a Swedish game convention in Linköping and has become my new recurring gaming event of the year. Located at the University of Linköping a convenient three hour drive from us and run by a friendly volunteer organisation, … Continue reading See you at LinCon
One theme I posted about when I visited Singapore two years ago was Trees of Singapore. In just a few days I had taken lots of pictures of trees that I found interesting. Trees come in many different sizes and shapes and when you travel to a new climate you notice that trees are not … Continue reading Trees of Botkyrka
I'm going over the rules for Draw, Stranger!Draw Stranger is my 17-card micro game about duelling gunslingers in the Old West. Who shoots first? Who hits? Who brought a knife to gunfight? I’ve taught the game many times since its inception last summer, but teaching through a rule booklet instead of teaching the game face … Continue reading Teaching how to play Draw Stranger
The father of a close childhood friend died yesterday. Stroke, 80+, it happened fast. My friend is affected and I try to support him as good as I can — we live far from each other these days but chat together online almost daily. I lost a parent a long time ago, this is the … Continue reading Thank you
I invited the family for an early morning hike to listen to birds and to take in spring. I picked a trail near Bornsjön close to where we live. I wanted to get there early to have the hours of first light. My dad used to take me on bird watching trips when I was … Continue reading Bornsjön in May
Happy to announce the release of Petroglyph: Memory with a twist. Petroglyph is a novel take on a game we have all played as kids. From a tableau of 16 cards players take turn finding sets of matching petroglyphs. If you fail to find a set, you may shuffle a row or column. This makes … Continue reading Petroglyph: Now available
