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Nolan James

@nolanbjames

board game designer, motion designer, and musician living in Brooklyn, NY

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that’s a wrap on the pitch video for COSM! now for post.

06.08.2025 20:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Always be testing

07.06.2025 21:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Screentop Cosm!

09.05.2025 16:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's where the sheet is landing. Players are playing short turns until they pass or run out of cores. You can play one starred action and any number of the unstarred ones. Keeping it simple!

28.04.2025 15:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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thanks for a great convention everyone!

30.03.2025 20:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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at unpub running cosm

29.03.2025 21:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Andromeda’s Edge at G2S. pretty light on its feet for a bigger game

08.03.2025 12:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I was 'all done printing' for a while there. But back on the horse making a few changes. Luckily there's a copy shop on my block

Sometimes you think you're done, but then a new change comes barreling in, and must be reckoned with

05.03.2025 22:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Nolan James β€” Granite Game Summit Nolan is a creative with a variety of interests- such as visual arts, animation, music, and game design. He’s often sequestered at home working on some project, even if the weather is really, really n...

So excited to show off Cosm this year at #G2S2025 . Thanks to everyone over there for the support! Our session is Saturday 3/8 at 12pm

Here's the feature on the G2S website with more info about me and the game.

granitegamesummit.com/blog/nolan-j...

Looking forward to seeing you thereπŸ‘‹

26.02.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Merriment and Cosm at Dreamation

22.02.2025 05:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From my Sell Sheet. This diagram shows how the cards and board movements connect, which is the heart of the experience

17.02.2025 22:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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More testing with NYC Playtest last night. Feels very close to finished these days. Games have some wild and fun turns that are genuinely interesting movement puzzles.

08.01.2025 20:34 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The red set is all about attacks and powering them up to do new things.

The red triangle allows you to pick up Parts and Cosmite with your attacks. If you combine the red square, you can attack through asteroids and reach further areasπŸ‘

11.12.2024 13:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very impressed with the experience screentop is providing. Played with some close friends and family over the weekend. Digital games are always available, feel free to dm if interested

09.12.2024 12:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just got my prototype built on screentop.gg and ready for remote testing. If anyone is interested in trying it out please dmπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘Œ

05.12.2024 22:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In COSM the Part abilities are themed for the different sets. Green is all about big sweeping moves

The double thunderbolt portion is when you dedicate two cores instead of one. You're overloading the Part to get an additional effect. You can do more of this as you gain more cores throughout a game

04.12.2024 13:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Porting the manual over to Indesign. Finally the layouts can be more interesting, and the cross references are dynamic. This is also where the details really matterπŸ˜…

25.11.2024 16:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If this offer is still available, I'd be interested in a badge for thisπŸ‘

22.11.2024 19:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Instead of versioning out new assets ,I instead backup old versions and use this current folder for all new changes.
These files auto-update in the manual, print files, anywhere they are referenced. This saves me from the busy work of updating new files each time, making mistakes etc.

20.11.2024 20:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Use your Parts to modify your moves. Each part works with a particular type- in this example the yellow triangle converts the move to a strafe, which allows the yellow square to be used in tandem. Spiffy!

20.11.2024 12:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Turn your cards and count the action points. Don't spend more than three, that would be cheating.

18.11.2024 20:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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plain old black and white version ➑️ some after effects diddling ➑️ colorful metallic version

18.11.2024 20:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This little light of mine? I'm gonna let it shine.

18.11.2024 20:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey! Thanks for making the group

18.11.2024 15:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0