If Mario was made in 2010 ...
Damnit.
Zack Hiwiller is a professional game designer living in New York City. He writes about games and the industry on his blog (http://www.hiwiller.com) when the server isn't a smoldering mess. If you are a board game publisher, contact him. He's got some prototypes to show...
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