Investigating Female Tabletop Game Designers

To recap, my digital artefact is going to be a series of blog posts centred around female tabletop game designers. I decided to narrow my research to female game designers as I am curious to learn more about the games women have created in a male-dominated industry. During my project pitch, I did not have a clear timeline of what exactly I wanted to investigate with female game designers. I had conducted some preliminary research into women in the industry and looked at some popular games designed by them. I found the game Qwirkle which was designed by Susan McKinley Ross and Thurn and Taxis which was created by Karen Seyfarth. Both games were very successful during their release which was why I chose them.

Since my project proposal, I have conducted more research and defined my topic. I am going to be investigating three games designed by women…