A Blog Packed with Adventure
Ah! The adventure that is the Race to Adventure! blog has finally begun. We have a ton of great stories planned, including designer diaries from the game’s creators, profiles of the game’s characters,...
View ArticleCenturion of the Week: Sally Slick, Spirit of Ingenuity
Check back every Thursday for the Featured Centurion of the Week. All the Centurions spotlighted are characters in the Race to Adventure! board game. Sally Slick, Spirit of Ingenuity Got a gadget you...
View ArticleDesigner Diary 1: The Origins of ‘Race to Adventure!’
Race to Adventure! began as a dare. Every Wednesday, my regular co-designer and I meet at local game store EndGame right after work. E.K. and I spend the time before the weekly Board Game Night...
View ArticleDesigner Diary 2: ‘Wallet: The Game’
If you missed Part 1: The Origins of Race to Adventure!, it’ll help to read that first. ‘Wallet: The Game’ components: gym membership card, ATM card, credit card, money clip, cash, driver’s license,...
View ArticleCenturion of the Week: Mack Silver, Spirit of Freedom
Check back every Thursday for the Featured Centurion of the Week. All the Centurions spotlighted are characters in the Race to Adventure! board game. Mack Silver, Spirit of Freedom The roar of the...
View ArticleDesigner Diary 3: A Special Video Introduction to the Game
One of the chief goals of Race to Adventure! was to create a game that younger and casual gamers could quickly pick up and enjoy … but also a game that could scale up in difficulty sufficiently to keep...
View ArticleCenturion of the Week: Benjamin Hu, Spirit of Mystery
Check back every Thursday for the Featured Centurion of the Week. All the Centurions spotlighted are characters in the Race to Adventure! board game. If you were to use one word to describe Benjamin...
View ArticleDesigner Diary 4: What’s in a Name?
The naming of games in development has always come rather easily. A strong theme is extremely important to me and my co-designers. And when you have a core mechanic and rich theme, often a...
View ArticleCenturion of the Week: Professor Khan, Spirit of Knowledge
Here, then, is the “thinking man’s ape”—Professor Khan, a massive silverback gorilla stuffed into a houndstooth jacket (replete with elbow patches) and a tartan kilt (after all, you try to cram an ape...
View ArticleRace to Adventure! at Big Bad Con: Now-Sunday
Race to Adventure! will be at Big Bad Con Oct. 7-9 Today-Sunday is Big Bad Con at the Hilton Oakland Airport, and Race to Adventure! will be there with awesome Spirit of the Century prizes. Today, you...
View ArticleDesigner Diary 5: Why Publish?
My name is Chris Ruggiero, one of the co-designers of Race to Adventure! and co-owner of EndGame in Oakland, Calif. Evan has been doing a bang-up job on these designer diaries, and I’m taking a turn...
View ArticleDesigner Diary 6: Q&A with Evil Hat’s Fred Hicks (Part I)
Fred Hicks is co-president of Evil Hat Productions, the publisher of Race to Adventure! He’s also a really thoughtful and knowledgeable guy who shares his views on the gaming industry in his blog,...
View ArticleDesigner Diary 7: Q&A with Evil Hat’s Fred Hicks (Part II)
This is Part II of the Q&A with Evil Hat co-president Fred Hicks. If you missed Part I, start here! Q: How does the playtesting process differ from RPGs to board/card games? What has the RtA...
View ArticleTake a Sneak Peek at Race to Adventure’s cards
Designer Dan Solis provides a first glimpse of the RtA card layouts. When I heard that Evil Hat had brought in prolific game designer and art director Daniel Solis to create the look and feel of Race...
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