Jorge Zhang

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• So, you want to launch a board game on Kickstarter? Read this first. (2019) 7.4k views
• Earn $100/month with Capterra. Can someone explain this to me? 1.5k views
• How to Emulate Persona 3 onto your Android Phone 1.4k views
• Hearthstone May 2020 Complete Beginner’s Guide to Getting Legend 1k views
• The Fantasy Trip Legacy Edition Rulebook Reviews 747 views

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• MailChimp Trick for Higher Open Rate: Day First, Event Last
• How to Always Win Rock Paper Scissors (100th Blog Post!)
• I can finally update my LinkedIn profile
• Childhood Suspicion Confirmed
• Universities Must Adopt Permanent and Universal A’s
• Narrative Evaluation to Replace Letter Grades
• Materials for Designing Games

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2018

• May
  • Hello World
  • How much luck is good?
  • Newly Drafted Events
• June
  • Origins of Dagers High
• July
  • Adjusting Cards Part One
  • Adjusting Cards Part Two
  • Adjusting Cards Part Three
  • Adjusting Cards Part Four
  • Adjusting Cards Part Five
  • Advantages of Board Games over Video Games
  • Changes to Essays
  • Cheating in Games
  • Creating Cards
  • Event Cards Next Steps
  • Glorious Ascendency Full Game
  • More Playtests
  • My Favorite Board Game
  • New Essay Mechanic
  • New Teacher Board
  • Player Boards
  • Playtest Photo
  • Rulebook
• August
  • 3D Printed Heads
  • Achievement Rework
  • Adjusting Cards Part Six
  • Another Playtest Photo
  • Blogging So Far
  • Box Art Possibilities
  • Diplomacy and King Making
  • High School Themed Puzzles
  • Influence Card Back
  • Influence Cards Part One
  • Influence Cards Part Two
  • Influence Cards Part Three
  • Material for Designing Games
  • More Rule Testing
  • Negative Value Clubs
  • New Achievement Cards
  • New Club Design
  • Playtest Essays too Powerful
  • Promotional Flyer
  • Rule changes
  • Should I play my own game?
  • Sophomore Deck Changes
  • Sports
  • Straight A Bonuses
  • Trip to the Indiana Dunes
  • Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition
  • Twilight Struggle Review
  • Two Player Playtest
  • Westmont Public Library Play Test Photo
  • Zen Themed Clubs
  • Zero Value Chill Clubs
• September
  • 54th Post
  • Minor Essay Changes
  • Miscellaneous Clubs
  • More Influence Card changes
  • New Fun Chips
  • Official Club Art
  • Play Testing
• October
  • Board Game Geek Listing
  • Component List and Changes
  • Twitch Stream
• November
  • Balance Changes and Clarifications
  • Character Boards
  • Five Player Playtest and Town Crier Promotion
  • Westmont Public Library Promotion
  • Symbols for Clubs
  • Thanksgiving Update: Character Balancing and New Essay Changes
  • World Diplomacy Championships 2018 After Action Report
• December
  • Box Art
  • Gordian Knot Games LLC
  • Massive Update
  • Rulebook Edits Please

2019

• January
  • Daggers High Featured in Meeple Critic
  • Daggers High on Tabletop Simulator
  • Video Submission to Cardboard Edison
• February
  • Childhood Suspicions Confirmed
  • Daggers High at Polar Vortex 2019
  • Lords of Color Print and Play
• March
  • A Brief Guide to Board Game Geek
  • Andrew Yang and UBI
  • article on diplomacy
  • blue giant previews daggers high
  • building an audience
  • cryptex hunt 2019
  • did i seriously just make a game called naked ceos
  • doctor eskers notebook review a portable puzzle adventure
  • earn 100 a month with capterra can someone explain this to me
  • graff adjustments
  • how to always win rock paper scissors 100th blog post
  • i can finally update my linkedin profile
  • making gameplay videos
  • mma combat game rulebook preview
  • Childhood Suspicions Confirmed
  • rulebook review 2 catapult kingdoms balad of the pistolero makiavelia too many poops
  • rulebook review mardi gras cover blown planetary destruction and domains
  • rulebook review the institute for magical arts
  • shadow era ccg review
  • vault wars review
  • why you should submit to the board game workshop design contest
  • yearly review 102nd post
• April
  • behind the scenes animating daggers high
  • how to become a board game reviewer
  • how to increase the incentive to win daggers high has a solution
  • interview with steve jackson
  • on senioritis guest article
  • rulebook preview 3 coreball tasty humans forks and wizards of roygbiv
  • unpublished posts and ethics
  • what makes wingspan soar discussion and review
• May
  • blockers the stacking game review
  • colour chess rulebook review
  • daggers high is on kickstarter day one
  • danger the game a review
  • kickstarter day two facebook ads kickstarter updates and more emails
  • pope or nope review
  • romance of the nine empires rulebook review
  • rulebook preview 4 crystallo quodd heroes philosophia sensor ghosts
  • rulebook preview 5 pope or nope danger the game assembly worlds xp
  • rulebook preview 6 conspirator spellslingers techlandia raid boss
  • the fantasy trip legacy edition rulebook reviews
  • translating printing terms a guide to tabletop game printing
• June
  • interview with the friendly boardgamer
  • kickstarter day three student discounts kicktraq and disabled ad account
  • punching babies a review
  • rulebook preview 7 paupers ladder empty space explorers outpost jazz nights
• July
  • board game designer artist and owner of vindicated entertainment a conversation with vincent baker
  • purchase daggers high on the game crafter
  • shasn rulebook review a game where you are the politician
  • so you want to launch a board game on kickstarter read this first 2019
• August
  • mums puzzle hunt review 2019
• September
  • freebies at career fairs ranked
  • villagers group review
  • washingcon 2019 board game convention review
• October
  • ditic group review
  • mailchimp tip day first event last
  • puerto rico review
• November
  • bellum sacrum review
  • change up review
  • how to emulate persona 3 onto your android phone
  • manhattan project energy empire review
  • santorini review 3d print
  • should instagram hide likes
  • take out card game review
• December
  • a month of playing contract bridge online
  • beatdown streets of justice review
  • cockroach poker review
  • freidrich review
  • iberian rails review

2020

• January
  • berrymandering rulebook preview
  • neon knights 2086 review
  • son of eskers notebook
  • the next big ccg familiar mythic arena review
• February
  • bill hackenbracht wins gud con 2020
  • build this as fast as you can blockers the stacking game review
  • political and social thought phil 099 part 1
• March
  • contract bridge december february
  • dont have that animal go extinct a review
  • global markets and politics bgaf 101
  • is an octopus or an elephant better at baseball champions of the wild review
  • portable and enjoyable for all ages review of tiny ninjas
  • universities must adopt permanent and universal as
• April
  • how to get infinite likes on facebook and also get 11 alt accounts banned
  • narrative evaluation to replace letter grades
  • what is zero times infinity
• May
  • an easy way to permanently end academic dishonesty
  • hearthstone may 2020 complete beginners guide to getting legend
• June
  • actually abolishing the police this could be a really bad idea
  • dungeon crawl stone soup the greatest roguelike of all time and what it can tell us about game design
  • mantis falls a 2 player game of betrayal
  • why is walter payton college preps student matriculation into top tier universities so strong
• September
  • should students choose their classes university design problem part 1
• November
  • the waterloo opening english diplomacy opening

2021

• September
  • Interview with Matt Calkins

  • Naval Combat Game
• November
  • Color Zero
• December
  • Bizarre World
  • Can't Touch This
  • Mining Inc
  • Number Line

2022

• January
  • Idle Six
• February
  • Sumo Sumo
• April
  • 3D Printer
  • Lottery Ball Election