Troy Univ Game Design and Development

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/05/887283058/a-look-into-the-wild-economy-of-tabletop-board-game-funding

A Look Into The Wild Economy Of Tabletop Board Game Funding The tabletop gaming community has quietly been shifting toward a new type of funding model where fans have increasing say over which games make it to their living rooms.

For those of you looking to expand your game collection and do something good this week - here's a link to itch.io's Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. Just $5 gets you 743 games!

https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality

Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality by itch.io and 564 others Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality: 742 items for $5.00

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/best-board-games-ancient-world-180974094/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

The Best Board Games of the Ancient World Thousands of years before Monopoly, people were playing games like Senet, Patolli and Chaturanga

Another contest!

2019 Single Page Solo Contest | BoardGameGeek

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/10/769052767/the-key-to-raising-brilliant-kids-play-a-game?utm_source=pocket-newtab

The Key To Raising Brilliant Kids? Play A Game We all want our kids to succeed, but that doesn't mean running math drills. Author Kathy Hirsh-Pasek explains the "six C's" that kids need to thrive and why raising brilliant kids starts with redefining brilliant.

Making games more accessible!

Mattel Launches UNO Braille • The Toy Book The new game will make gameplay widely accessible for the more than 7 million blind and low-vision Americans in the U.S.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/kids-are-not-hurt-by-screen-time/?fbclid=IwAR0LZuvOJHshZpI04GhWYYYmNz54GnuSVrU3D9qFZ1i6v8CXBxH-cMYQ9vQ

Kids Are Not Hurt by Screen Time A study finds no deleterious effects on mental health when kids spend their leisure time texting and engaging in other online activities.

A very interesting new contest if anyone's interested...
https://buttonshygames.com/blogs/news-1/september-design-challenge-create-an-18-card-game-where-every-card-is-identical

September Design Challenge: Create an 18 card game where every card is identical.