Isaac Asimov Asks, “How Do People Get New Ideas?” (1959)

Re:Isaac Asimov Asks, “How Do People Get New Ideas?” (1959) by cableshaft on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @02:26PM (#13321254)

So I write humorous stories and design games in my spare time. While writing one story a couple of months ago I tried coming up with the most boring ideas for games I could think of to add to the story, because at that point having a few dumb games in the scene would be funny.

One of the three "bad ideas" I came up with was basically just putting numbered cards in order. But apparently my brain isn't content to just leave it at that, and it started whirring, and thought of a bidding system to add to it...and now it actually sounds interesting and I made some cards and some chips and I'm planning to playtest it with a couple of friends tonight.

Oops. It was supposed to be a terrible game, but it might actually turn out to be fun.

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Re:Isaac Asimov Asks, “How Do People Get New Ideas?” (1959) by nappy on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @04:41PM (#13322313)

Sounds fun, would love to give it a try.

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Re:Isaac Asimov Asks, “How Do People Get New Ideas?” (1959) by cableshaft on Thursday January 05, 2017 @09:52AM (#13327491)

Playtest went extremely well. My friend is going to playtest one of his designs with a well-known designer in a few weeks and suggested I tag along. If he likes it, it might get published pretty quick. If not, I've got a meeting with a publisher in a few months, and I'll show it to them then.

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