The Botched Playtest (and Why That’s OK)
Following feedback from the playtests at UKGE I quickly took A Taste for the King to a Break My Game session with some major changes. One person had suggested a potential solution to add...
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Considering Out of Turn Actions (And Other Updates)
One suggestion given at UKGE for A Taste for the King was to give players a list of actions they can do out of their turn, limited perhaps to once per game. I have...
First Time at UKGE
This weekend I attended UKGE (2022) for the first time, I’ve wanted to go for a long time but it never seemed to work out. It was an interesting experience. I spoke to a...
The Short Multiple Lives of Negative Action Cards
Negative or shared action cards are a concept I tried a couple of times with A Taste for the King. The idea was that rather than helping the current player survive, the cards would...
The Future of Secret Message
Secret Message is an action card in A Taste for the King. You may remember the previous post covering changes to Secret Message. Secret Message allows a player to ignore the effect of a...
Discussing the Interaction Between Amanita and Belladonna
A Taste for the King is as much a game about poisons as it is about delicious Medieval food! From its inception one of the core three poisons has been Belladonna (originally called Nightshade...
Current State of A Taste for the King May 2022 Edition
A Taste for the King has been in development for just over a year now. It has gone through several revisions but has largely managed to keep its core gameplay loop and theme. The...
Updates After Protospiel Online (April 2022 Edition)
This weekend I attended Protospiel Online for the second time. Once again I brought my game A Taste for the King but unlike last time, this version was under-tested. The new version included the...
Thoughts on Scoring with Symbols
Since I started working A Taste for the King, one of the things I’ve been concerned about is that people who have trouble with symbols would struggle with the game. The way the game...
The Duplicity of Hippocras
I thought I would quickly cover the reasons for why there have been two Hippocras cards in A Taste for the King for a large part of its development. At first glance this may...