Design Diary

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

: to consider or represent (something abstract) as a material or concrete thing : to give definite content and form to (a concept or idea)

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD111-Reify.mp3

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

1 : habitually complaining
2 : fretful, whining

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD110-Querulous.mp3

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

: to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence or attention

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD109-Mollycoddle.mp3

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

1 a : to cause to experience a state of self-conscious distress

b : to place in doubt, perplexity, or difficulties

c : to involve in financial difficulties

2 a : to hamper the movement of

b : hinder, impede

3 : to make intricate : complicate

4 : to impair the activity of (a bodily function) or the function of (a bodily part)

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD108-Embarass.mp3 

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

: unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD107-Loath.mp3

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

: investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD106-Cathexis.mp3

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

1 : of, relating to, or occurring in the evening
2 : active, flowering, or flourishing in the evening : crepuscular

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD105-Vespertine.mp3

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

: marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD104-Flamboyant.mp3

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

: to speak or write verbosely and windily

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD103-Bloviate.mp3

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

1 : with the head foremost
2 : without deliberation : recklessly
3 : without pause or delay

http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD102-Headlong.mp3