Links: Rob Daviau on Legacy Games & The Cones of Dunshire

The idea was that this would be a kitchen-sink-type thing; it would have elements of Dungeons and Dragons where there were dice, and Catan elements where there would be actual hexes and resources. We all talked about our favorite games, like Dominion and Ticket to Ride, and what elements we could borrow from those. We just wanted to paint the picture that [this character] had spent a week in a rabbit hole of gaming and come out the other end with no clear game — just like a hundred game pieces that vaguely fit together. I think cones came up instantly, like, "Oh, there should be three-dimensional cones." Someone said, "You should roll the dice to see how many dice you roll." Everyone was pitching out ideas. It was the fun of adding details on top of details on top of nonsense.