~ M. Lanza

Engaged by board games, programming, reading, creating, thinking and discussing the why for worldview.

2026-08-27

Latest

- perspective
Kill Your Darling Game Idea
I promise you: it's not good enough
- microteach
Microteach: Mission Red Planet
Two minutes to an effective teach
- microteach
Microteach: Ticket to Ride
Two minutes to an effective teach
- microteach
Microteach: Puerto Rico
Two minutes to an effective teach
- microteach
Microteach: Tigris & Euphrates
Two minutes to an effective teach
- microteach
Microteach: CATAN
Two minutes to an effective teach
- teaching
Microteach
The secret to supercharged rules explanations
- principles
Kingmaking
Every move matters
- perspective
Luck vs. Skill
Both are necessary
- perspective
Being mean
Addition and subtraction are inverse means to the same ends
- perspective
Leveling up
The rungs of formidability
- teaching
Teaching Rules and The Art of Underwhelming
How to unfold rules with finesse and avoid overwhelming an audience
- teaching
The Finer Points of Teaching Rules
Building an understanding incrementally

Atomic
Write ClojureScript in JavaScript without a transpiler
Note
Conjure home-grown, auto-expanding context from Logseq into agent conversations
Boulder Dash
The classic C64 game in Atomic
Sokoban
The classic crate-shoving game in Atomic
Treasure Quest
A puzzle in a bag in Atomic
Todo MVC
The standard to-do demo in Atomic
Pickomino
The Knizia game of worm dice
Potions n' Poisons
Kramer's game in ClojureScript
The Palaces of Carrara
A digital implementation of the retro pack
The Queen's Army
A command line implementation of Feudum's solo mode expansion