Design Diary

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

1 a : a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
b : a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition
2 : a varied mixture

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD121-Menagerie.mp3

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

1 : to select by lot and kill every tenth man of

2 : to exact a tax of 10 percent from

3 a : to reduce drastically especially in number

b : to cause great destruction or harm to

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD120-Decimate.mp3

Today Christopher Chung (Lanterns: The Harvest Festival) looks at board game design based on the word "thimblerig".

1 : to cheat by trickery

2 : to swindle

by a trick in which a small ball or pea is quickly shifted from under

one to another of three small cups to fool the spectator guessing its

location

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD119-Thimblerig.mp3

Today Christopher Chung (Lanterns: The Harvest Festival) looks at board game design based on the word "vanward".

: located in the vanguard : advanced

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD118-Vanward.mp3

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

: to aggregate or coalesce into small lumps or loose clusters

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD117-Flocculate.mp3

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

slang : great in quantity or amount : many, much

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD116-Beaucoup.mp3 

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

: a large number

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD115-Slew.mp3

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

: to come out finally : result, come about

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD114-Eventuate.mp3

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

1 : mounted men-at-arms
2 : gallant or distinguished gentlemen
3 : the system, spirit, or customs of medieval knighthood
4 : the qualities of the ideal knight : chivalrous conduct

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD113-Chivalry.mp3

Today James O'Connor (Jeweler's Row, Welcome to Dino World) looks at board game design based on the word "bastion".

1 : a projecting part of a fortification
2 : a fortified area or position
3 a : a place of security or survival
b : a place dominated by a particular group or marked by a particular characteristic

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD112-Bastion.mp3