David Turczi announced his collaboration with Devir Games on their Essen release Bitoku with this humble statement:
"I have done a thing. Devir Games have been hitting it out of the park with Red Cathedral and Paris: La Cité de la Lumière. And now they're trying their hand at something a spiff heavier - a beautifully themed dice/worker placement game (with a hint of deck building). And they did what all smart eurogame publisher do: they hired me to do the solo mode, and the game impressed me well enough that I took the job (trust me, I don't make any solo modes just on a pretty theme)".
And they did what all smart eurogame publisher do: they hired me to do the solo mode,
I'll remember this good word of wisdom next time I want to smartly publish a eurogame.
Only if he is impressed by your game, he doesn't take up just any project. Although his track record suggests he is quite easily impressed.
I'll just do what every smart eurogamer does: never play a solo mode by a designer who doesn't play them himself.
So, you're Mr Solo Mode. That don't impress me much.
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