Design Diary

Today we look at board game design based on the word "tchotchke".

: knickknack, trinket

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD177-Tchotchke.mp3

Today we look at board game design based on the word "perennial".

1 : present at all seasons of the year

2 : persisting for several years usually with new herbaceous growth from a perennating part

3 a : persistent, enduring

b : continuing without interruption : constant, perpetual

c : regularly repeated or renewed : recurrent

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD176-Perennial.mp3

Today we look at board game design based on the word "dossier".

: a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD175-Dossier.mp3

Today we look at board game design based on the word "noisome".

1 : noxious, harmful

2 a : offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell

b : highly obnoxious or objectionable

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD173-Noisome.mp3

Today we look at board game design based on the word "malinger".

: to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD172-Malinger.mp3

Today we look at board game design based on the word "tomfoolery".

: playful or foolish behavior

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD171-Tomfoolery.mp3

Today we look at board game design based on the word "derring do".

: daring action : daring

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD170-DerringDo.mp3

Today we look at board game design based on the word "lycanthropy"

1 : a delusion that one has become a wolf

2 : the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft or magic

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD169-Lycanthropy.mp3

Today we look at board game design based on the word "indoctrinate".

1 : to instruct especially in fundamentals or rudiments : teach

2 : to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD168-Indoctrinate.mp3

Today we look at board game design based on the word "acceptation".

1 : acceptance; especially : favorable reception or approval

2 : a generally accepted meaning of a word or understanding of a concept

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD167-Acceptation.mp3