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
December was dark and grey; with January came snow. Great time of year for playing and creating boardgames! Not only do I have the luxury of not stressing about a day job, but I also have kids that are now old enough to play the kind of games I enjoy. So I’ve had lots of … Continue reading Game design update
2025 has been a great year for playing and creating games. Games in this context are boardgames and roleplaying games, played face-to-face with real people around a table. In this post I look back at my gaming activities in 2025 and how this leads into 2026. SPIEL in Essen was a smorgasbord of fun for … Continue reading 2025 in Games
Dreamhack is a gaming festival with esport tournaments, cosplay, and everything related to computer games. Held in cities across the world, the Stockholm edition took place this weekend. Targeting 60 000 visitors over three days (and two nights for those who come to play all night), the event is huge and with an international audience. … Continue reading Dreamhack Stockholm 2025
Cards for Holmgang and Draw, stranger! arrived from China. Boxes and stands from Germany. So now I have six copies of both games and have started playtesting. I ran the first playtests with my kids and their friends. Playing draw stranger with full colour plastic cards is super nice. Putting the Holmgang components in a … Continue reading Playtesting Holmgang and Draw, stranger!
I am working on a new card design for my boardgame Gotlandia, a game about the Golden Age of Gotland 1100-1400. I have play tested extensively with the current set of cards and I am happy with how the game plays now and want to introduce it to more players. As many cards are now … Continue reading New card design for Gotlandia
Dogs in the Vineyard is a tabletop roleplaying game published in 2004 by Vincent Baker. Now best known for Apocalypse World who influenced a ton of other games with its concept of ‘moves’ and ‘playbooks’. Dogs in the Vineyard was a smash hit of its own in the early wave of American Indie Games. This … Continue reading Willards Fork: Revisiting Dogs
It’s been a while since I blogged about game design. That’s not because I haven’t been doing any game design. On the contrary. In fact, I have three games I am actively designing at the moment. It’s more that all three are steadily moving along showing good progress. So today I catch up and summarise … Continue reading Game design update (Gotlandia, Holmgang, Draw stranger)
"Will we continue the game now?" my oldest asked, putting down the VR headset that he also got for his birthday. I gifted him the Dragonbane Starter Set for his 13 year birthday last week. My plan was for him to play it with his friends, but when he asked, I of course volunteered to … Continue reading Into the Misty Vale
LinCon is a game convention in Linköping, Sweden. After a pleasant visit last year, I returned this year for more. A two hour drive from Stockholm and spanning the four days of the Ascension school holiday, LinCon is a good destination for a family holiday. Linköping itself offers many sights and Sweden is at its … Continue reading LinCon 2025
