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Karl Roe
Oct 27, 20216 min read
The Future of Humanity, Part 5: Population Explosion
Ya gotta love humanity. Although we can be cruel and wasteful, this doesn’t outweigh the beauty and innovation we’ve achieved. Consider...
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Karl Roe
Jun 26, 20215 min read
The Future of Humanity, Part 4: Stronger, Smarter, Faster, Better
You’ve just gotten back from a trip abroad and you’re meeting a friend for coffee. “How was the vacation?” she asks. “Let me show you...
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Karl Roe
May 20, 20213 min read
Throwback Thursday #4: Rapid Prototyping
There is a phrase I hear a lot in the context of game development called "rapid prototyping". Even now I'm not totally sure of its...
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Karl Roe
May 13, 20214 min read
The Future of Humanity, Part 3: A Longer Life
Imagine what it would be like to run into an old friend you hadn’t seen in centuries. How would it feel to have memories as old as the...
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Karl Roe
Apr 7, 20215 min read
The Future of Humanity, Part 2: Perhaps We're Not Alone
As humans begin to travel to places beyond Earth it’s possible we may encounter new forms of life. In fact branching out may not be...
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Karl Roe
Mar 23, 20214 min read
The Future of Humanity, Part 1: Cultural Divergence
Will human beings ever colonize other planets and moons? Given our current efforts to establish long term bases on our own moon and on...
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Karl Roe
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Crater of the Day: Nakki
Location: Southwest Callisto Diameter: 37 miles Etymology: Finnish The crater called Nakki is named for a particular Finnish water...
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Karl Roe
Feb 5, 20213 min read
The seven types of "Procurement" in the game
One of the mechanics in Three Days on Callisto is the "procurement" of various materials useful to your moon-based operations. Many of...
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Karl Roe
Jan 22, 20211 min read
Crater of the Day: Doh
Location: Northwest Callisto Diameter: 37 miles Etymology: Ket (Siberian) The Kets of central Siberia are believed to be the only modern...
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Karl Roe
Jan 21, 20212 min read
Throwback Thursday #4: GenCon 2019
Due to the pandemic GenCon 2020 had to be virtual. For reasons I think we can all understand the in-person GenCon 2019 was more memorable...
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Karl Roe
Jan 6, 20214 min read
Playtesting during the pandemic
In March of 2020 I flew to Denver to attend a Protospiel convention. I'm a big fan of Protospiels, having already attended two in...
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Karl Roe
Dec 11, 20202 min read
Crater of the Day: Nuada
Location: Northeast Callisto Diameter: 41 miles Etymology: Celtic At 62 degrees of latitude, Nuada is located farther north than...
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Karl Roe
Dec 8, 20202 min read
This is a good month to view Jupiter and Saturn
On December 21st, 2020, the winter solstice, Jupiter and Saturn will be closer together in the night sky than they have in almost 400...
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Karl Roe
Dec 3, 20202 min read
Throwback Thursday #3: First Playtesting Notes
Many of my friends have been instrumental in the development of Three Days on Callisto. They have been very generous with playtesting the...
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Karl Roe
Dec 2, 20203 min read
What's the right amount of player interaction?
A common challenge in game design is achieving the right level of "player interaction". In a competitive game player interaction often...
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Karl Roe
Nov 23, 20201 min read
Crater of the Day: Tornarsuk
Location: Northwest Callisto Diameter: 61 miles Etymology: Greenland Inuit I really love that on one of the moons of Jupiter there is a...
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Karl Roe
Nov 19, 20202 min read
Throwback Thursday #2: The Board Takes Shape
Last week I described a little bit of what went into the very first board. Two more iterations quickly followed that first version, and...
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Karl Roe
Nov 17, 20204 min read
What would it be like to live on Callisto?
If you're going to say goodbye to Earth and all its conveniences, perhaps forever, and make the 500+ million mile move to one of the...
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Karl Roe
Nov 14, 20202 min read
Where did the theme come from?
The very first iteration of the game lacked any thematic basis. There were these worker placement spaces that I made circular more or...
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Karl Roe
Nov 12, 20201 min read
Crater of the Day: Vu-Murt
Location: Northwest Callisto Diameter: 21 miles Etymology: Votyak (Finno-Ugric) The name Vu-Murt, which comes from the mythology of the...
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