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Benjamin Abbott

How one of the most prolific board game designers made it: "The idea of mass market 'being simple' is bullshit"

Life in Reterra box and instructions on a wooden table.

Eric M. Lang has basically seen it all when it comes to board game design. With literal decades of experience and countless projects under his belt, the Canadian defines 'prolific.' In fact, he's created so many different systems that it can be hard to keep track of what he's worked on. 

There's one thing he still vehement about after all these years, though – that the best board games don't get that way by being dumbed down.

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