In my experience one of the things that inventors of board games frequently forget is the inclusion of alternative methods of play. Don't just focus on the preferred method of play and preferred rules, but think about ways that the game can be modified and changed. Let me use an example from the extremely popular game Monopoly. One of the things that keep many people from playing Monopoly is the length of the game. That has lead to any number of various "house rules" to be implemented by thos...
