Project: Whose Turn Is It?

"There's no way to know the rules or the goals, yet there are seven billion players making whatever moves they want. If you lose too much or win too much, there are penalties. You can't pass your turn, and if you talk too much, you will be ostracized. There are no parameters and no way to even know the genre. This world is just.. a crappy game." - Sora, No Game No Life

Despite the negativity and personal bias reflected in the quote, I can extract one point that can at least be related to more people: that we have been, to a varying extent, longing for order - for a clear path, to a fixed and sensibly advantageous goal. It is the reason many of us are seeking direction in life, some going for the majority's choice, some powering through less traveled paths (note that less traveled does not include paths that are yet to be traveled). Have we perhaps too much freedom than we ourselves naturally desire?

It may be one of the reasons that we are playing 'simple' games: card games, board games. One may argue that chess is far from simple, and that Settlers of Catan is quite a distance apart from what you call a walk in the park; some games require deep thinking that not all may afford. Yet however complicated a game may be, aren't there still limits that we adhere upon? How is it that during a period of time, a lifeless board with no free will bind us to its limits? Yes, it is us with free will who finally surrender some of our freedom in exchange of entertainment. Is it not a proof that we long for rules, parameters, boundaries?

That was why people come up with rules. That's why I am trying to do the same. If there's any game that I thought about, if possible I would post it here. These veins has always directed me to creating games rather than playing them. It might be a card game when you can use poker cards, or it might be board games (which have more preparation etc). I might also write about the development of some simple computer games I'm working on, or some games that I have been working on for years. In any case, Whose Turn Is It? is a platform for me to post anything game-related.

Have as much fun as I do making games!

"The game, Mrs Hudson, is on!" - SH, Sherlock BBC