This is a close up from my game The Road to Canterbury, with the Parson marking the sin to which game designers are most susceptible. Photo courtesy of Chris Kirkman of Dice Hate Me.
Hi!
I'm Alf Seegert -- professor at the University of Utah, game designer, and writer.
I teach courses in the Department of English, including Virtuality, Nature, and Enchantment; Video Games and Storytelling; Literature, Film, and Video Games; Introduction to Critical Theory; and Fantasy: The Lord of the Rings on Page and Screen.
Ten of my board games have been published so far, and include Haven, Fantastiqa, The Road to Canterbury, and Dingo's Dreams. More are on the way!
I'm also a writer of interactive fiction, including story encounters for Ryan Laukat's storytelling board games Above and Below and Near and Far (the avatar at the top of the screen is a game piece from the latter game that Ryan created based on me).
To learn about my current projects and past pursuits, please select from the links above.
Latest updates:
Thanks!
Alf
I teach courses in the Department of English, including Virtuality, Nature, and Enchantment; Video Games and Storytelling; Literature, Film, and Video Games; Introduction to Critical Theory; and Fantasy: The Lord of the Rings on Page and Screen.
Ten of my board games have been published so far, and include Haven, Fantastiqa, The Road to Canterbury, and Dingo's Dreams. More are on the way!
I'm also a writer of interactive fiction, including story encounters for Ryan Laukat's storytelling board games Above and Below and Near and Far (the avatar at the top of the screen is a game piece from the latter game that Ryan created based on me).
To learn about my current projects and past pursuits, please select from the links above.
Latest updates:
- My latest game, HAVEN, has just been released. Here's an early review from Space-Biff.
- The Dice Tower gives my new game HAVEN its Seal of Approval.
- In a recent video review, Two Towels calls my game The Road to Canterbury "The best ecclesiastical, penance-based, medieval-themed board game you'll play this year." Probably. That made my day.
- Rahdo Runs Through my game Heir to the Pharaoh, calling it "crackerjack smart" and a "very cleverly designed, very intense 2-player battle of wits."
- SpaceBiff has posted a review of my board game Heir to the Pharaoh: "...a tight, clever, brisk, artistically brilliant, and never-dull game for two that I’ll be happy to call mine for years to come."
- I'm happy to be working yet again with Red Raven Games. I'm writing story encounters and questlines for Ryan Laukat's epic storygame Near and Far, the sequel to Above and Below.
- Red Raven Games has published my latest game, Dingo's Dreams.
- I'm a writer for Ryan Laukat's exciting new storytelling board game Above and Below.
- AndHeGames recently interviewed me here.
- New Fantastiqa expansions include a special new card dedicated to Rich Sommer of Mad Men, who talked about Fantastiqa on BBC America's The Nerdist!
- Cubist, a new board game I co-designed with Steve Poelzing, is now available. Early reviews are in!
- Artistry in Games has a wonderful, art-filled review of Fantastiqa here.
- My new interactive fiction game Ritual is playable here.
- My new article "The Mistress of Sp[l]ices: Technovirtual Liaisons in Adolfo Bioy Casares’ The Invention of Morel" is now published in Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. You can read it here.
- My article "Ewe, Robot" in Philip K. Dick and Philosophy is now available here.
- I recently wrote an article for "Why I Design Games" which goes into some detail about my game Fantastiqa.
Thanks!
Alf
