Making Peace with Microscope

“I did, by the way, literally change my opinion on Microscope and this rule as I was writing this post, which was originally going to be a piece about how weird and bad this rule is” This is a great article by Nicholas aka omophagic_beast, having a lot of issues with Microscope, but then digging deeper and seeing how it all fit together. Making peace with Microscope, as it were: Taking a closer look at Microscope I genuinely love this kind of deep thought about the games we play, even if they are critical of my work. Trust me, no one spends more time being critical of my games than me. It’s never-ending. A big part of being a game designer is putting yourself in the shoes of the people who are encountering your game for the first time. Seeing the rules through their eyes, rather than your own. Trying to foresee what some hypothetical future player would be thinking at every step of the process, so you can figure out what you need to tell them right then and there… and what you…