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Great games that play at a fast pace. Jacksmack Games was started by me, Dave Fulton, to bring you fun games that have unique and fun mechanics.

Ocoee, FL
Joined October 2013
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I might just be a cranky person, but as a game designer I find I come up with my best ideas when I think about game mechanics that I don't like. It makes me think about how I wish they made me feel, and how I can rework them. Where do you get your best ideas?
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My favorite game is Ascending Empires. It's a 4X Dexterity game, and while it isn't perfect it is really good. It's my favorite because it gets hate from both sides. 4X gamers usually hate Dexterity games, and Dexterity gamers usually hate 4X games. I love how odd it is.
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What painful or embarrassing lessons did you learn when creating and refining your first board game prototype?
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One of my first prototypes had a TON of procedural steps. It was a fun system that gave interesting choices, but the game was only 10% choice and 90% processing the outcome. Better to do that kinda thing in a digital game.
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What is the most valuable advice you have gotten since getting into board game design?
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If there is an element of your game that has ALWAYS been in the game that you have never thought about removing it, you should explore ways to remove it. It might be what is holding back your design.
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Replying to @maddow
@maddow I'm a moderate liberal, and I see a lot of toxicity from the left to match the toxicity that Trump brought to our zeitgeist. I watched a clip of your show, about Oklahoma wanting an audit to give people faith in their elections, and you seem to think that is stupid...
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@maddow Your toxic behavior on your show is at best not helping by normalizing the act of assuming our tribe is smarter, and at worst actively damaging our country by gleefully insulting people. I can see you are having a lot of fun sticking it to the other team every night...
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@maddow And yes it does feel great to defend our position. But you act like there is no reasonable explanation other than they are evil and want to stick it to the libs. An objective journalist who loved this country more than whipping up her viewers would not behave like this.
Sorry @johnkrasinski my wife and I had to walk out of A Quiet Place Part II. We live near Orlando and the theater's AC was out, still we gave it a shot. We were dripping sweat, trying to have a good time, but then a cockroach crawled up my leg... We will watch it at home later.
My @Facebook account was hacked and I was locked out of contacting support in any way for 3 months waiting for my ID to be reviewed. I contacted @OculusSupport cause they are owned by Facebook because I wanted to purchase a headset, they got my account back in less than 15 hours.
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I got a Titan XL. First chair that I've ever had where I can lean my head back on it. #Secretlab
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I'm trying out a new system that helps me announce when I'm live streaming. Today I will be working on some more pixel art mockups.
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I'm trying out a new system that helps me announce when I'm live streaming. Today I will be working on some more pixel art mockups.
Working on a mockup for primary tonight. Trying to hone my pixel art style a bit to make it maintainable.
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I'm trying out a new system that helps me announce when I'm live streaming. Today I will be working on some more pixel art mockups.