Design Diary

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

1 : a case containing an explosive to break down a door or gate or breach a wall

2 : a firework that explodes with a loud report

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD132-Petard.mp3

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

1 a : to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax
b : to obtain from someone by gentle persuasion
2 : to deceive with soothing words or false promises

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD131-Cajole.mp3

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

: to make an attack : to act aggressively

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD130-Aggress.mp3

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

1 : given to joking : merry
2 : characterized by joking : humorous

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD128-Jocose.mp3

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

1 : to take place : go on, occur

2 a : to become known or apparent : develop

b : to be revealed : come to light

3 : to give off vaporous material; specifically : to give off or exude watery vapor especially from the surfaces of leaves

4 : to pass in the form of a vapor from a living body

5 : to pass off or give passage to (a fluid) through pores or interstices

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD127-Transpire.mp3

Today Sarah and Will Reed (Project Dreamscape, Oaxaca: Crafts of a Culture) look at board game design based on the word "nativity".

1 : the process or circumstances of being born; especially, capitalized : the birth of Jesus

2 : a horoscope at or of the time of one's birth

3 : the place of origin

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD126-Nativity.mp3

Today Sarah and Will Reed (Project Dreamscape, Oaxaca: Crafts of a Culture) look at board game design based on the word "conciliate".

1 : appease
2 : to gain (as goodwill) by pleasing acts
3 : to make compatible : reconcile
4 : to become friendly or agreeable

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD125-Conciliate.mp3

 

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

1 : producing no useful result : futile

2 : being at leisure : idle

3 : lacking use or effect : functionless

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD124-Otiose.mp3

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

: a meat stew

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD123-Slumgullion.mp3

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

 : a word, verse, or sentence (such as "Able was I ere I

saw Elba") or a number (such as 1881) that reads the same backward or

forward

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD122-Palindrome.mp3