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How to play Gotlandia

Let's talk about how to play Gotlandia. Gotlandia is a boardgame about sheep, pirates, and overly embellished churches. I designed the game together with my son and we are currently playtesting at conventions around Sweden and Denmark. If you think I should show up at your event over the autumn/winter/spring, get in touch. A race … Continue reading How to play Gotlandia →

Frederik Jensen Games, Sweden August 22, 2024August 20, 2024 2 Minutes

Gotlandia update

So I’ve played Gotlandia on Gotland! I visited Medeltidsveckan with my son and a friend just for fun and to learn what kind of event it is. We sat down at a table in Almedalen for a couple of hours and playtested Gotlandia, showing it to random passers by. This time my son and co-designer … Continue reading Gotlandia update →

Frederik Jensen Games August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 3 Minutes

Gotlandia: Testing, testing, testing

The last few weeks I have been busy playtesting variations of Gotlandia. I’m happy to now have reached a stage where I have a consistent set of changes. Gotlandia is ready for external playtest once again. In this post I give an overview of the changes and explain why the game is even better now.

Frederik Jensen Games May 27, 2024May 27, 2024 10 Minutes

Oceania 2084

The game Oceania 2084 is inspired by George Orwell's book 1984. I'm curious about the game and asked designer Johan Eriksson to help me understand how it works, what it does, and why he created it.

Frederik Jensen Games April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 8 Minutes

Gotlandia: Cards

Custom printed cards for Gotlandia arrived today!

Frederik Jensen Games April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 2 Minutes

Gotlandia: How to make money

Today I'm creating money tokens for my upcoming boardgame Gotlandia. In this post I share tips and tricks for rapid game development.

Frederik Jensen Games April 10, 2024April 10, 2024 3 Minutes

Gotlandia at LinCon

I’m happy to announce Gotlandia is on the official program for LinCon. After a very successful external playtest over Easter I decided to continue developing the game and to sign it up for LinCon 2024.

Frederik Jensen Games, Sweden April 7, 2024March 4, 2026 1 Minute

Gotlandia: A game about Gotland

Inspired by a picture in a book, I created a boardgame about Medieval Gotland together with my son. It is available for print-and-play.

Frederik Jensen Games, Sweden March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 2 Minutes

The definitive Ars Magica experience

Atlas Games publisher of Ars Magica has announced that a definitive edition will crowdfund in 2024. In this blog post I reflect what this means and what the definitive Ars Magica experience could be.

Frederik Jensen Games 2 Comments January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 4 Minutes

Viking Con 42 with kids

Last weekend I attended Viking Con in Copenhagen. Last time I visited was 2016 where I ran Death of Rapacus, a game of wizards duelling out personal issues. This time I brought my family and I presented a new game, Gaming weekend in Tranås, Sweden.

Frederik Jensen Games October 21, 2023January 30, 2024 5 Minutes

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