We started this journey with covering how I tackle the idea/research phase followed by the framework phase. This week I'm going to dive...

With research done and the core of the game scoped out, the next phase is to start digging into some high level mechanics to suss out the...

July marks the start of the 2021 Solitaire Print-and-Play Game Contest on Board Game Geek. Last year I entered my Ironclads game in a...

This 19 June 2021 marks the long overdue first officially recognized Juneteenth. This holiday marks the end of slavery in the United...

One of the interesting little innovations of the US Navy during the Civil War was the mortar boats (sometimes called rafts). These were...

This week marks the 159th Anniversary of the Battle of Memphis, which took place on 6 June 1862. So I thought it would be fitting to post...

A big part of my inspiration to finally make Lonely Cairn came from my little scratchbuild project to make HMS Erebus and Terror. After...

Above: The early DIY-Lonely Cairn prototype In 1992 I was visiting my local library and checked out a brand new book called Buried in...

When developing Dreadnought, I became fascinated by splashes...

It's 2021! We've kicked 2020 to the curb and it's time to press on into 2021! What's that mean for Scary Biscuits Studios? Well, let's...

As an avid fan of aviation history, I first noticed this PNP game in July of this year, called Bomber Boys...

Adding flags and banners is a big part of making ships or rank-and-file troops look the part on the battlefield. Not only do these add...

Huge thank you to Mitch Reed at NDNG for hosting me on the HMGS Round Table and letting me drag on a bit about Ironclads...

I ran through a couple of playtests of Ironclads a few weeks ago to test out a few game features...

After the City-class ironclads, I moved on to the Ellet rams. These were a bit tricky to build. Owing to the civilian origins of Ellet's...

Admittedly, when I started working on Ironclads all I thought about were the coastal ironclads like USS Monitor and CSS Virginia....

A few weeks ago, I was introduced to a free PNP game, called Unterseeboot...

SBS embarks on a new naval wargame project...

On Friday, my son Theo and I played a test game for Dreadnought. We each had a dreadnought, battlecruiser, and a light cruiser in our fleets

Ok, ok, ok... I know Kurt Vonnegut never designed games (to the best of my knowledge, anyway). But he was an exceptional author who knew...