{"id":24091,"date":"2026-01-24T15:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastaval.dk\/board-game-designer-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T20:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:24:53","slug":"board-game-designer-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastaval.dk\/en\/board-game-designer-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Board Game Designer Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poor accessibility isn&#8217;t just when the text is in a green, curly font on a red background. It&#8217;s also when cards have to be turned the right way up to read their values. Or when the text is really small and has to be readable from a distance. When the icons look alike or don&#8217;t make sense. When your attention is naturally drawn to the wrong places. Or when it takes 30 minutes to sort the game components and the game itself is over in 5 minutes.     <\/p>\n<p>What makes a board game easy to learn, easy to play, and difficult to misunderstand?<br \/>And when do graphics, icons, and layout actually hinder the gaming experience? <\/p>\n<p>This debate is important for those of you who design games for Fastaval, pitch to publishers, self-publish board games, or are just really passionate about other people making more of an effort.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not going to discuss whether something is beautiful or ugly, but rather objective choices that determine whether a board game is easier or more difficult to play. We will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of language-neutral components, which are often used in the Nordic countries. <\/p>\n<p>You are probably already thinking of some glaring examples from real life, and that&#8217;s great. If you send them to jeppe@norsker.com, they will be incorporated into the debate material so we can discuss them together. Nothing is sacred.  <\/p>\n<p>The examples will be reviewed during the presentation and used as a basis for joint analysis and discussion. Together, we will identify patterns and derive general principles that can be used directly in your own design. It will probably be a nice mix of Danish and English, but you will be able to grasp the main points regardless of your language skills.  <\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>Time: <\/strong>Saturday 12:00-14:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Otto&#8217;s stue<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number of participants:<\/strong> Unlimited<\/p>\n<p><strong>Language: <\/strong>Danish\/English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Price:<\/strong> Free of charge<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements for participation:<\/strong> All welcome<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poor accessibility isn&#8217;t just when the text is in a green, curly font on a red background. It&#8217;s also when cards have to be turned the right way up to read their values. Or when the text is really small and has to be readable from a distance. When the icons look alike or don&#8217;t make sense. When your attention is naturally drawn to the wrong places. Or when it takes 30 minutes to sort the game components and the game itself is over in 5 minutes.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[115],"class_list":["post-24091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aktivitet","tag-aktiviteter26"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastaval.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastaval.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastaval.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastaval.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastaval.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24091"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastaval.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24672,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastaval.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24091\/revisions\/24672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastaval.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastaval.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastaval.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}