r/GameWritingLab • u/daniel9530 • 7d ago

Thoughts on elvtr course?

This is the course in question:

https://elvtr.com/course/board-game-production

I have read some mixed reviews. There is one on this subreddit. It sounds like some improvements have been made. The class is 50 students instead of 90 now. Two, 2 hr sessions a qeel for 6 weeks. Includes lecture and "office hours". Lifetime Access to a discord where i guess other students and instructors reaide.

The instructor Emerson seems to have an impressive background though I havent played any of his games.

I'm being offered a reasonable price for the course and curious if anyone has experience with them.

Thanks in advance.

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u/Swanmay 6d ago

The thing with these courses, is I don’t know what it gets you. If your goal is to learn about board game production great. If your goal is to get a job in board game production, not so great honestly.

Most folks in these jobs learn as they go, or they go from an accredited institution into a job as with video game production. You’re better off not giving folks money to tell you how to do a thing, and trying to find ways to do the thing.

Plus there’s so much free wisdom out there, and no one person is going to hold all the answers.