Folk Lab Hallunda is a creator space where everyone can come in from the street and create things with 3d printers and laser cutters. I joined the team in February and the first season is now coming to an end. We will do a summer break and come back end of August. Here is a … Continue reading End of season
Category: Games
To play and design analog games.
Draw Stranger now available for sale
Who shoots first? Who hits? Who brought a knife to a gunfight? Play Draw Stranger to find out. Two gunslingers duel it out in the Old West in this 17 card micro game. A game plays in 5 minutes but you will want to play again and again. Draw Stranger is now available from Thoughtful … Continue reading Draw Stranger now available for sale
The programme for Medeltidsveckan 2026 is up
Medeltidsveckan is a yearly festival in Visby on Gotland that celebrates all things medieval. For one week, scenic Visby transforms into an open air theatre with concerts, markets, lectures, street food stalls, acrobats, jesters, and people dressed out in anything remotely Medieval. From vikings to pirates -- you will find them there. There is also … Continue reading The programme for Medeltidsveckan 2026 is up
Thoughtful Games is now Thoughtful Dane
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
LinCon 2026: Part Three
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
LinCon 2026: Part Two
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
LinCon 2026: Part One
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
See you at LinCon
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
Teaching how to play Draw Stranger
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
Petroglyph: Now available
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