Hi!
I'm Alf Seegert, professor at the University of Utah, game designer, and game writer.
I teach courses in the Department of English, including Video Game Storytelling; Literature, Film, and Video Games; Virtuality and Enchantment; Introduction to Critical Theory; and Fantasy: The Lord of the Rings on Page and Screen.
I'm also an Affiliate Professor for Entertainment Arts and Engineering, EAE.
Eleven of my board games have been published so far and include Haven, Fantastiqa, The Road to Canterbury, Heir to the Pharaoh, 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 with Red Raven Games (the avatar above is one Ryan created based on me for Near and Far).
To learn about my current projects and past pursuits, please select from the links above. They need a bit of updating....
I teach courses in the Department of English, including Video Game Storytelling; Literature, Film, and Video Games; Virtuality and Enchantment; Introduction to Critical Theory; and Fantasy: The Lord of the Rings on Page and Screen.
I'm also an Affiliate Professor for Entertainment Arts and Engineering, EAE.
Eleven of my board games have been published so far and include Haven, Fantastiqa, The Road to Canterbury, Heir to the Pharaoh, 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 with Red Raven Games (the avatar above is one Ryan created based on me for Near and Far).
To learn about my current projects and past pursuits, please select from the links above. They need a bit of updating....
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.
Selected links:
- My newest game, ILLUMINATION, is currently on Kickstarter along with "The Impoverished Pilgrim's Edition" of The Road to Canterbury.
- ILLUMINATION is reviewed here by Space-Biff. "It’s as mesmerizing as a Gregorian chant, as jaunty as a day away from the monastery, and brimming with moments of anticipation and reversal."
- EndersGame on BoardGameGeek reviews Illumination here.
- You can obtain Haven directly from Red Raven Games.
- My game Haven is reviewed here by Space-Biff.
- The Dice Tower gives my game Haven its Seal of Approval.
- 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 game, Dingo's Dreams.
- I'm a writer for Ryan Laukat's exciting new storytelling board game Above and Below.
- AndHeGames 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!
- Artistry in Games has a wonderful, art-filled review of Fantastiqa here.
- My interactive fiction game Ritual is playable here.
- My 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 chapter "Ewe, Robot" in Philip K. Dick and Philosophy is now available here.
- I wrote an article for "Why I Design Games" which goes into some detail about my game Fantastiqa.