Designing Outdoor Games with Denny Weston

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Designing Outdoor Games with Denny Weston

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Aug 2, 2017

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Denny Weston, designer of Kingdoms Lawn Game, discusses the ins, outs, and challenges of creating a game meant to be played in the great outdoors. And check out the Kingdoms Lawn Game Kickstarter here.

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Aug 2, 2017

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