Thanks for letting me be a member of the community.
I've played board and card games most of my life. I also played more than my fair share of AD&D through high school. My favorites are word anagram games such as Quiddler and bidding games such as Xactica or Five Crowns.
I've become interested in designing games because it uses a lot of the same skills I use in my "regular job" as a software solution architect and user experience professional. The prototyping is very similar. Play testing is a lot like usability testing and so forth. I like being able to use the same set of skills for different purposes.
I'm working on several concepts that I hope to share soon. I'm looking forward to your feedback. It can only help improve the ideas.
thanks,
-z
