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I put down everything from my flowchart in roughly the order that they ought to be done. Then I split everthing up evenly among the months that I have, except for the ongoing stuff, which is listed at the bottom.

Sept. 14 Personal Journal documenting my work on Dragon Duel G! and (C)
Sept.21 Gather initial Patent Research for game board (C)
Sept. 28 Write Beta 2.0 Rules G!
Oct. 24 Copyright latest rules & game board (C)
Oct. 26 Process initial Patent Research (C)
Oct. 31 Analyze further Patent Research, decide direction. (C)
Nov. 7 Compile data from the general game player survey that has been on www.dragonduel.com since April 2001. G!
Nov. 14 Bibliography (on website) G! + (C)
Nov. 28 Create research journal keeping track of resources as they are found G! + (C)
Dec. 14 Further Research of general game design principals G!
Jan. 4 Research the structure of games by learning how to play more games. Analyze the writing of the rules for The Great Dalmuti, D&D, 3rd edition, and Cribbage (Hoyles).
Jan. 9 Create 2 surveys. One free-response survey to be given after a week or more of game play and one short survey to be filled out during each game session. G!
Jan. 16 Experiment with other methods and materials for the stringing the board. (C)
Jan. 23 Find more economical game pieces and produce multiple copies of the game. (C)
Feb. 6 Choose focused groups of playtesters G!
Feb. 13 Seek out those playtesters G!
Feb. 20 Schedule playtesting groups G!
Mar. 1 Review playtesting data for further development of Dragon Duel G!
Mar.13 Statistically analyze surveys and report how the results will influence development and marketing G! + (C)
Mar. 27 Find artwork for a new card deck G!
Apr. 10 Research the gaming community G!
Apr. 17 Research the gaming industry and its future G!
Apr. 24 Research potential buyers for Dragon Duel (C) and G!

Ongoing:

Maintain project journal. G! + (C)

Maintain research journal keeping track of resources as they are found G! + (C)

Continuation of Patent Journal (C)

Write + Publish to the web short papers summarizing my findings (C) and G!

Revise Cards + Rules based on playtesting. G!

Documentation of anything and everything that I have not listed. G! + (C)
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