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Gameplay and development
PnP examples Miniature version on Tabletopia Development schedule and potential partners Current rulebook Enhancing continent tiles in...

Vincent Verhoeven
Sep 24, 20209 min read


Progress and vacation
First of all I want to apologize for the late update. Usually I blog once or twice a month. Nevertheless, we haven't been standing still,...

Vincent Verhoeven
Aug 10, 20203 min read


Versions, miniatures and animals
Board game versions I wasn't sure how the reaction would be on miniatures for the characters, but it would drive the price too far up for...

Vincent Verhoeven
May 21, 20206 min read


Onboard spaceship navigation
One of the culminations in the game is grasping the relationship (set) between different constellations of stars, like is it in the Milky...

Vincent Verhoeven
Apr 22, 20204 min read


Artists and play testers in action!
Diego Sanchez First, I want to dedicate this blog to an amazing artist. Diego brings all the characters in my head to life, after I gave...

Vincent Verhoeven
Apr 8, 20202 min read


Ready to launch play tests!
This blog took some time and was a bit strange to write given the circumstances. Like a lot of people, I have tried to look for the...

Vincent Verhoeven
Mar 28, 20206 min read


Spacesuits
Most of you have definitely recognized some spacesuits in the game. Especially those of Yuri Newton and Neil Aquila on the box cover,...

Vincent Verhoeven
Feb 27, 20205 min read


Science in gameplay
Initial simplicity and generalization We restricted the first game version to a 12H midnight visibility range, which simplified the...

Vincent Verhoeven
Jan 20, 20203 min read


Stellar Cartographies
Happy New Year fellow astronavigators! First blog of the decade and let me start with wishing you all a happy new year! The coming decade...

Vincent Verhoeven
Jan 12, 20206 min read


Jaguar God and symbols of discovery
Although João Luna is Brazilian, his roots go back to Mayan Tikal in Central America. His bloodline wandered off to Colombian territory...

Vincent Verhoeven
Dec 15, 20196 min read


Map update and launch sites
While visiting new continents, you will always get a souvenir to build on. This way you could make travelling chain reactions or receive...

Vincent Verhoeven
Dec 15, 20191 min read


Abilities, hidden agendas and quests.
(prototypes for test purposes) Character abilities Neil Aquila (North America) Planning up to 3 observations instead of 1. Yuri Newton...

Vincent Verhoeven
Nov 2, 20195 min read


Chinese background
For the Asian character, I have chosen for a familiar cliché combined with a less known type of ancient technology. Taikonaut Wang The...

Vincent Verhoeven
Oct 20, 20194 min read


Prototype play test
This month will mark the start of the first play tests for the AstroNavigator version of my concept. I decided to use TableTopia again,...

Vincent Verhoeven
Oct 4, 20192 min read


Uranus and Neptune
OK, since we are approaching play test en demo time, some prototypes of the game with the new artwork and design try-outs are being...

Vincent Verhoeven
Sep 10, 20194 min read


Above the Pacific Ocean
In the blog Uranus and Neptune, I will disclose some prototype designs for demo and play testing, but first I am elaborating on more...

Vincent Verhoeven
Sep 3, 20195 min read


Stars, orientation and culture
While travelling with my son and wife by car through Northern Ireland, I finally found the time on a day of rest in a fortnight to write...

Vincent Verhoeven
Aug 12, 20198 min read


Rising like a phoenix
Some might recognize AstroNavigators from another project. After a stormy experience with that other project called LunaTix, it was clear...

Vincent Verhoeven
Jul 25, 20193 min read
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