Hello fellow players !
If I may present myself in a few words : I'm 24. I'm French (you may have to forgive a few spelling mistakes or strange sentences. Never hesitate to call me out on those.) I have a degree in computer science, and I work in this field.
As far as boardgame designing goes, I have never even reached the playtesting stage. I work on a few projects of mine, based on what I believe are nice ideas, but still needing a lot of refinement. I'm hoping that getting in contact with other indie designers on this forum will help me focus a bit more on my hobby, and hopefully I'll eventually have something playable.
To give you an idea of my tastes in games (and, incidentally, my tastes in design), here are a few games I own and like a lot, in no particular order : Starcraft, Genoa, Chinatown, Galaxy trucker, Twilight Imperium, Android netrunner, Container, Civilization (FFG 2011-2012), ...
You should see a trend of complex games, never short, and almost always with high players interactions. My designs are like that too, of course, which may explain the difficulty I have to actually finish them.
I'll finish this short presentation with a few words about my projects.
I have a 4X civilization game in space, in which I try to enhance the empire building aspect (I borrow some ideas from Chvatil's Through the ages, with cards and no map), and the diplomacy aspect, without rewarding direct aggression too much. There are independant elements of the game that play against the players and force them to coopoerate at least a little. This project is my biggest, probably more than i can chew, but I'm having a lot of fun thinking about it :)
I also have some ideas for a game heavily inspired by the Game of throne universe (I only saw the TV series). 5 Families would try to complete secrete agendas in a medieval setting. They cannot really do anything alone, but should still expect betrayal from the other families. So, lots of alliances, cooperation and eventual backstabbing.
My last serious project is a fighting card game like there already exist a lot. Each deck of cards represents a fighting style. The game borrows from the fighting video games, with notions of grapple, combo, counter and cancels...
And I guess I can stop there for this presentation. I should have a lot of other oportunities to give more details about my games and ideas. I look forward to participate in your discussions !
