Parlett's Wisdom

Workshop with Parlett.

We began the session by talking over one of Mr. Parlett's most famous and prestigious games "Hare and Tortoise" he eplained his reasons and beliefs as to why this particular game was very successful. 

Main points.

One of the best ways to ensure your game will sell is by creating somthing never seen before. this was illustrated in hare an tortoise which was the first race game of its time not to use a dice throwing mechanic to determine movement, instead a set of cards decorated with carrots were used to move this worked in conjunction with a movement cost for each square. 

Due to its uniqueness it was a huge success and continues to sell even to this day. it also won the "Spiel des Jahres" or the german board game of the year award.