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Marry Up: an 18-card game for 3 players

Button Shy Games hosts monthly challenges to design 18-card games. This month's challenge was to use 18 cards from a standard playing deck.

Playing cards don't offer much of a story to base a game on, but I latched on to the idea of the face card royalty. My game is Marry Up, a quick drafting game for 3 players where you're a matchmaker trying to form marriages and marry off your aces to the royal family.

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Charlie’s Top 10 Card and Board Games

I've been nerding out lately by trying to design a board game (which I'll eventually reveal on this blog). As with all my hobbies, I turn to podcasts for inspiration, and I've really been enjoying the Game Design Round Table. They got me thinking about what makes a good board game, so I thought I'd turn a critical eye to my ten current favorites.

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