Folk Lab is a place where everyone can come and learn to use technology to create things. We have 3d printers and laser cutters and tools and materials to create stickers, key hangers, fridge magnets — and games. One day per week I run a game design workshop where we design and construct games. Afternoons … Continue reading Folk Lab and a game about language
Halloween is coming and this town is not big enough for all its scary monsters! Scare away the competition and take over all the best places to spook when the little kids come out for trick-and-treat. Spooky Town is a fun card game for 2-5 players that plays in 20-30 minutes. Help us create the … Continue reading Spooky Town
We are starting up again with boardgame nights at Folk Lab Hallunda. Every Friday from 16-20 we play and create boardgames. Find us at 16 outside the library where you can learn new games and hang out with friends. At 18 we move to Folk Lab where we create games using 3d printers and laser … Continue reading Play and create boardgames in Folk Lab Hallunda
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
I’m running Mars to Stay at LinCon in four weeks. Mars to Stay is a story game about building humanity’s first colony on Mars. The 2023 edition plays without a game master so my job is to hand the players the material needed and divide them into groups of 4-6 players. As I started to … Continue reading Build a colony on Mars — in plywood
I had a great time yesterday at our SAGA boardgame design competition in Hallunda Folkets Hus. Sunrise over Lake Getaren. Easter 2026. A total of 20 games participated, among these Gotlandia and Draw stranger, my entries for SAGA 2026. Having my games played by happy and devoted gamers and getting their feedback face-to-face was great, … Continue reading An inspiring day in Hallunda
This week I participated in an amazing team building event. My colleagues and I were tasked with leading Sweden through uncertain times. With accelerating climate change and war at our doorstep, we faced hard choices. Our guide led us through six rooms. Each presented a political choice to be made. Live actors staged a brief … Continue reading Hard choices and consequences
I started a new job yesterday: I will help run a boardgame workshop for local young people ages 13-24 as part of Folk Lab in Hallunda. It’s play, it’s design, it’s construction. I will be working with Mats and Olle: They have run after school activities for the last couple of years for younger age … Continue reading The world’s coolest job
Gotlandia is my boardgame under development about sheep, pirates, and overly embellished churches. Players trade resources for silver in Visby, so the game needs a decent amount of tokens to represent silver coins. So far I have made do with coins printed and glued on cardboard then cut with scissors. Cutting circles in heavy cardboard … Continue reading Gotlandia: How to make money II
