Hi I'm 15 my worst gameplay experience was I love board games but my friends usually never have time for them so whenever we're playing it gets cut short by someone leaving is there a fun board game that only takes a few minutes to play or any board games that you don't need 2 people to play (i know these things are big parts of board games but I miss being able to play them and not getting rushed)

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I'm 13, if video games count ,trying to p rank p-2 Brutal in ultrakill and getting to the last room and dieing. If not monopoly for the sole reason of being monopoly

Hi I'm 12 I lost go fish and it's my favorite game that I play all the time and maybe if I didn't play it so much?

Hey Elan, just letting you know your Chicken Butt game had our 4-year-old loving it. (I know your 4-year-old helped you developed it, great story)

I Hayley you😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

I’m 15, my worst game experience would be a game where you can get stuck and have no chance of winning because of one move I think it could be better if there were more ways to win or possible actions to do in the game

Hi, I'm 30, my worst experience is one that has has reoccured and slightly put even me off the experience as a whole... People getting bored and quitting early whether it's from losing or game length. What would fix it... Maybe shorter games? Something that is a bit less predictable and more exciting?

13: my worst gaming experience was playing a strategy game and there were a bunch of little mini games(most of which were luck based) and it really took me out of the main strategy, I think if you changed them more to go along with the main gameplay of the game it would go better

Worst gaming experience is playing those straightforward mobile games but it's soo chokeful of ads that you can't make any true progress I would eant one of those guys to play without having to shutdown my Internet connection

Came back to search for your channel, thanks for the recommendations!

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. I am in the process of creating my own board game. Having the literal creator of my game inspiration give a masterclass on KZbin is incredible. Thank you again ☺️. So excited to learn more!

Thanks elan! Can't wait to get those games!

Hi Elan! I'm 34. Worst game experience: my parents from Italy meeting my then boyfriend's parents from New Zealand for the first time (I lived in New Zealand and my parents came to visit). My parents are loud and aggressive hyper-competitive Italians, my ex's parents were incredibly kind and peaceful, 2 awkward hours of Monopoly later we all hated each other. What would have made it better: a game that made us all feel clever (codenames style) but also helped us cooperate. Possibly even limiting the language barrier!

Heya! I'm Tom 1. Age: 20 2. Worst game experience: sitting through 1.5 hours of monopoly with people who don't want to play anymore. 3. Finding a fun and easy game for a skill levels. I'm a hardcore strategy player, my friends? Not so much. We play poker often now, got any tips for games?

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Honestly fluxx is one of my favorite games of all time. Whenever i think or see this game i remember when i used to play it with my father for, honestly, unhealthy amounts of time but its one of the memories that shaped my childhood.

15, sorry because the rules weren’t clear, and it would have made it better if the cards weren’t confusing and if it was a bit funny

I love Exploding Kittens so much, but my family doesn't like to play, so I never play it.

Hey Elan, I'm 29, I find most board games are lackluster with only 2 people. I'm looking for a suggestion for a unique 2 player board game that is more engaging. Thank you for your time.

I love this game so much. I remember being at a convention when it first came out and it sold out immediately.

Takeaway: creative people need to take more showers!

I recently started using a thermal label printer and sticker labels and it has been a game changer. You are limited to black and white, but you can always color after if you need it or use colored labels. You can type directly the text on the printer app so you don't even have to pull out your computer to make a quick design.

It’s so cool to have someone talk about this aspect of the games. You always get reviews and what not but breaking down the design theory is much less common. Please keep up to the great work!

The EXCITEMENT!! I think that is what is getting me the most in this video😄 You are truly a joyful instructor and mentor. Thank you for sharing the tips, the advice, AND THE EXCITEMENT!!

Underrated great video

Monopoly

Exploding Kittens is perhaps the worst thing to happen to board games and an insult to game design. They are novelties that should not be treated with respect and are cranked out of the company for a cheap buck..

I am so glad I found this short ty for posting :)

I love new board game design content, there's not nearly enough content on KZbin

This was great! Love to see where the prototyping for Catchables made it to, though I do still miss the mutilated avocados from its infancy. Excited to see what other videos you post in the future!

Just one more go then.... :)

I've been looking for something like this for a long time! Breaking down to Game loop, Complications and Surprises was very eye opening. Dominion is one of my favorite games and it is now so clear how it checks all of these steps. Looking forward to your other videos. I'm a big fan of Exploding Kittens and as an advertiser I also admire all the marketing genius behind it! Thank you for starting this channel, really appreciate all the insights you are sharing.

This is great! When we created Death Charades we tried to adhere to similar principles, and it turns out that most people ignore our "gameplay" cards and treat the game just like regular old charades. However....... kids (under 16ish) who play the game play it over and over again to try to master their pantomimes, which has been fun to watch and learn from. Thanks for the great video!

Happy to be your 74th sub. I look forward to your future content. My 6 year old pumps out games consistently. He has a few pretty decent ones, and I think the algorithm picked up on me trying to move a couple to the next stage where they arent just marker and paper glued to cardboard. In other news the classic youtube signoff is something akin to "like and subscribe, and leave a comment to please the algorithm". Or something like that. A lot of creators feel it's cringy, but it's almost obligatory, so you really can't go wrong with your own spin on that, or literally just that. I've seen it gentle as "please consider subscribing" typed at the end of a video in all lowercase and even going too far with the"if you feel I've earned it your subscription would mean the world to me" type stuff. Alturnatively you can just end with a "signing off" a "till next time" or a "hope this helped". Then there's catchphrases and slogans, exit animations, outro reels the whole 9. Ultimately, my only qualification to advise you on anything is I watch waaay too much KZbin. Hope you have a good one man.

Awesome story!!

Great video! Thanks for sharing such great info based on your experience. I tried to make a Storm Area 51 card game and used the same blank cards for Kyles and Karens and you had to rescue/bust out the aliens. I gave up and ended up just hiring a ghost writer to write Area 51 cheek-clappin' erotica and published it on Amazon hoping it would go viral. It did not.

Loved the video Elan! As for a game you have to try to make with these three items, I would like to challenge you to make hide-and-seek using cards! Can't wait for the next video! :)

Sticker paper!! genius thanks Elan btw you remind me of James Halliday in Ready Player One are there secret easter eggs in Exploding Kittens??????

Some great practical advice here! I'm building a prototype for a card game right now, and will take your advice about using sticker paper and blank cards. I also agree that using card sleeves doesn't work well, because even the matte ones are so slippery that they make shuffling awkward. Your solution looks much better. Please keep the videos coming!

This video came at the right time! I’m in the process of creating a board game, and right now I'm in the testing phase with friends and family, analyzing how much they enjoy the game. Thank you so much for alll this information, it has helped me a lot(;

Apparently watched this 14 years ago, still here o/

Thanks for the solid advice and for inspiring my own game design ambitions! Regarding the importance of Players vs Players, what do you think of collaborative games, where the players work together to win? In essence, they are Players vs Game, but are there ways to make them just as enticing for players to play them again?

I loved your other recent video. It was so informative and made game creation seem really accessible. Honestly feel very inspired to create a game. I saw that you have create a twitch account. What kind of content/format are considering for twitch?

This is a genuine masterclass from a total game head!!! So much awesome info here thank you Elan, super inspiring. Nice edit too. Easy to watch all the way though and watch again while taking notes. I gave up on my game dreams far too easily. I will continue for 2025 and ensure endless testing and tweaking. I think MORE videos like this, podcasts and speaking events. Love that PASSION!!!

I just left a comment on your other video, to me finding an entertaining gameplay loop is the biggest pitfall. How do you move forward when you know what you're doing is good but the repetitiveness feels bland? For instance, say that your players are attempting to create the highest tetramino stack and they continue to be the sigularity with a lucky base of cards

I was watching this video and got to the end, then I was absolutely shocked to find the lack of recognition. This is genuine advice through a genuine professional. You are looking to create a better board gaming experience for everyone, there is no level of appreciation that can be relayed through text. This is a free masterclass, thank you!

There are solo boardgames! Some that are meant to be played together OR alone under the same rules (Thunderstone) some where solo games have slightly different rules (Sagrada) and even ones only meant to be solo (Final Girl, which admittedly I can't comment on much since I JUST got it for chistmas, but it's popular enough to have an expansion at least!) My hunch is that one, solo tends to be a little less robust than group games in the dual-use ones, and two, they're similar to video games but they're using the objects (usually decks of cards or dice) to act as basically physical programming. While it's definitely the minority of games and not what you'd do if you want to make a hit game, I just thought it was a small blind-spot in your definition haha.

I heard you cant copyright board game mechanics. Is this a big challenge for game makers? I wouldnt be surprise if their were constant imitations of every game but it doesnt seem like a big problem.

This was a really cool and informative video! It's very interesting to see how a game has to work in a 'good' loop where you can improve as opposed to a loop based completely on literally rolling the dice. I'm also very excited for any future announcements of the exploding kittens board game!