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Making the Game: Geek Designers Discuss Their Own Games, A Meta-List.
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I've made a geeklist recently giving a behind the scenes look at making my own games, and since I've posted that I've seen a few others. I'm sure there must be more that I haven't seen, so please add on if you know of any others.
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1. Puerto Rico [Average Rating:8.40 Overall Rank:1]
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Andreas Seyfarth discusses Puerto Rico's ancestral games.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist.php3?action=view&listi...
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2. Funny Friends [Average Rating:6.70 Overall Rank:482]
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Marcel-André Casasola Merkle discusses the origins of his games.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist.php3?action=view&listi...
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3. Fortress Europa [Average Rating:6.56 Overall Rank:1205]
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Alan Moon discusses his days at Avalon Hill.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist.php3?action=view&listi...
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4. Marvin Marvel’s Marvelous Marble Machine [Average Rating:6.59 Overall Rank:2239]
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My list discusses life as an independent self-publisher.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist.php3?action=view&listi...
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5. Nin-Gonost [Average Rating:6.27 Unranked]
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Paul DeStefano´s :

TRUE story of life of a game company, BGG and me
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/13921

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Posted On: 2006-10-25 12:55:20
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6. Axis & Allies [Average Rating:7.13 Overall Rank:224]
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Mike Selinker's 15-part discussion of his work on the 2004 revised version of Axis & Allies is superb:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/article/ah20031205a
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Yeah, this is a very cool series of articles.
7. Wiz-War [Average Rating:7.04 Overall Rank:330]
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Tom Jolly offers advice to aspiring game designers
http://www.silcom.com/~tomjolly/design.htm
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Posted On: 2006-10-26 11:04:46
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8. 6 Billion [Average Rating:5.28 Overall Rank:3925]
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David Coutts discusses the making of 6 Billion
http://www.discovergames.com/gamedesign.html
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9. Wings of War - The Dawn of World War II [Average Rating:7.29 Overall Rank:371]
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Let's not forget Andrea Angiolino's list...
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/2063
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Posted On: 2006-10-26 11:16:51
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10. Power Grid [Average Rating:8.24 Overall Rank:2]
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New Addition:

The origins of my games (Friedemann Friese)
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/19015
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Posted On: 2007-01-17 13:58:47
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11. ad acta [Average Rating:6.19 Overall Rank:1791]
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New addition:

The origins of my games (Andrea Meyer)
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/19681
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Posted On: 2007-02-15 18:38:11
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Jackson Pope discusses the self-publishing of his game, Border Reivers, and others.