My decades-old abstract strategy board game YIORA has just been updated over at TheGameCrafter.com! This new edition includes repositionable Throne chits (an upgrade from the static thrones of earlier editions), custom-designed chits to denote a Promoted piece, a full-color 8-page […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m happy to introduce the latest in the Yiora Print & Play family, the Yiora Mini edition! This tiny 1MB pdf is only two pages long, and includes a complete set of the latest Yiora rules (v0.3), as well as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not a huge bit of news today, but after my post about the quality of a bunch of Print & Play games I’ve been seeing lately, I decided to take some time and re-evaluate what I was doing in that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s been many long years in the making, but the P&P edition of Yiora is finally here! This free download includes cut-and-assemble board and pieces, and a sheet of rules for basic Yiora. While you’re over there downloading your free […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Made some minor updates to the Yiora rules last week, such as changing the names of Pawns to Soldiers, clarifying a couple points about the order of play, and limiting the number of Promoted pieces to two per player. I’ve […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A few quick notes from this week’s playtest session: Played through one game, two new players. Matthew had studied the rules online, but Nick had not seen the game before. The game lasted quite a bit longer than I was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had a really good playtesting session with my friend Jenn, who’d never played any of my games before. First we did a quick session of Yiora, so I could try out a few changes to the rules I’ve been contemplating, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve received a nice bit of feedback this week regarding Yiora, and it has me thinking about a topic I hadn’t previously considered for the game, specifically the idea of Pawn Promotion. Here’s the comment I received: I have not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Did a lot of thinking today about the cost of publishing this game through GameCrafter. As much as I’d love to include the nice sculpted pieces in the basic set, they do add a bit of cost to the entire […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For a limited time, I’m posting a prototype copy of the Print & Play edition of Yiora, to encourage people to playtest it and look for any flaws in the initial package. What I’m looking for is feedback on things […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
