Articles

This portion of the site is dedicated to my writing about games and game design. Everything I write is grounded in a wide variety of experiences I’ve had in the games industry, but I also recognize that my viewpoint can hardly be universal. Games are more art than science, after all, and art is open to everyone’s own interpretation. Still, I’ve picked up a few things over the years, and I’m excited to share them with anyone who is interested!

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Into the Cockpit: Precipice’s Lessons from X-Wing and MechWarrior 3

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Breaking Points: Precipice’s Lessons from the Past (Dark Heresy Design)

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The Jagged Present: Precipice’s Lessons from the Past (The Warhammer Fangame Days)

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Etchings of the Eons with Andrea Koroveshi

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Firelight Musings with Brendan McCaskell

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In Defense of Doing Things Badly

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2025 in Game Design

Let’s talk about what I got up to while I was neglecting my design blog in 2025. Once again, I’ll boil each one set of musings to a question that I want to ask myself as I carry out future projects.

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2024 in Game Design

2024 was a busy year, and here are some of the major project milestones!

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Three Personal Lessons from X-Wing

Three things I learned about life from my first go-round making rules for plastic spaceships for work.

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A Farewell to S-Foils

In light of the news of the conclusion of the current era of X-Wing, I wanted to reflect back on this game and its impact. Not on miniatures games, but on me.