Hollandazed: Thoughts, Ideas, and Miscellany — Guest Post

It's unusual to ask the graphic designer to write about their graphic work. (We can write as a rule, although I’m not sure it’s personally my forte). Mary and Tom's request for me to say a bit about my board for their upcoming game The Vote: Suffrage and Suppression in America was unexpected, but I’m going to see if I can say something useful and maybe even coherent with an outside chance of being informative. In designing a board, the first thing to do is gather the specs, the art direction, and the rules/playtesting components. You’d be surprised how often...