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September 24, 2007: General Tso On Game Design

"Emperor Wu wished to publish a game. He consulted his advisors, asking them, How can I best accomplish this?"

These ten maxims on game design, published in the online magazine Chimera, were mentioned on an industry mailing list. I read, was delighted, and read again. Not only are the Ten Points presented with both wit and brevity . . . they genuinely constitute more good advice on game design than I've seen in some entire books. Without further ado: General Tso: The Ten Points, with the Commentaries.
-- Steve Jackson

Warehouse 23 News: How Now, Foul Cow?

We enjoy milking the Munchkin franchise for all it's worth, so it probably won't come as an udder surprise that we released another expansion. Munchkin Cthulhu 2 - Call of Cowthulhu will beef up your Munchkin Cthulhu decks, so hoof it to our order page, lest you be forced to cow before the haynous barnyard demons of Arkham!

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