It’s a been while, but we are excited to have Portal Games founder and game designer, Ignacy Trzewiczek, back on the show to tell us about the upcoming game Alien Artifacts. […]
Shelley and I report back on two fantastic Hisashi Hayashi games we were fortunate enough to play at Meeplefest (thanks Lorna and Joe!). They made a brief appearance on BGG's store at the beginning of August (maybe you picked up copies), but are worth hunting down (or picking up if you're a publisher!!!).
Emperor's Choice by Hisashi Hayashi from Okazu Brand
Fuji Flush is a wonderfully simple card game. Your goal is to flush all the number cards from your hand, one card at a time. It's a game about strength in numbers. And the more people you play with, the more fun the game becomes.
Fabio Del Rio, owner of CSE Games, discusses the ins and outs of sports themed games. We go into mechanics, marketability, licensing, challenges, success stories, and more.
Fabio has been publishing sports games for over a decade and brings a lot of wisdom and insight to the episode.
Today the Lords start off by talking a little bit about their experiences at Gen Con 2017 then discuss overcoming the anxiety that can come along with running a role playing game for your friends. Then Bender recounts the finale of the Star Wars Dark Times campaign and we tease our upcoming campaign and the characters we'll be playing.
In this show, we talk about Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Card Game, Caverna: Cave vs. Cave, Four Seasons, Mini Park, Custom Heroes, and Word Domination. We also discuss a few games on Kickstarter, a couple game apps, and talk about how price affects our decisions for buying board games.
We thought we were done on that first Friday night, but right after pushing STOP on the recorder, Denis decided he needed to delve into other issues and started anther 1/2 hour of discussion and ranting (wine helps!)
I hope you enjoy this bonus episode with the microphones picking up the ambient discussions around the table.
Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss EXIT: The Game, Ethnos, and Dice Forge. We talk about dice in games, and Crystal goes over the origins of the word "roll."
Daniel Aronson, professional graphic designer and game designer, discusses the importance of being intentional with all the graphic design in your game. We talk fonts, color choices, layouts, branding, and more in this information full episode.
Daniel is the designer of “El Dorado,” which just launched on Kickstarter. Check it out here.
The gang is back from Gen Con and has a ton of stories for you from Indy! The Founders welcome Jess and Bender from Lords of the Dungeon to talk all the nonsense they got into at Gen Con. Then Steve and Jamie review Fate of the Elder Gods and the gang looks back at Cry Havoc. After Tony T runs down the news for the week, the guys give you another Short Topic Extravaganza.
In this show, we are joined by Marie Poole from Lone Shark Entertainment. We talk about Whitehall, Twilight Imperium 4, The Expanse, The Goonies Adventure Card Game, Dice Forge, and Colony. We hear a tale of treachery, answer questions and talk about internet negativity, hear a triple play from GameTech, and end the show with our top ten ridiculous components in games.
Ric, Joe, Matt, Doug, Chris, Denis, Shelley and others join in for a discussion of the Spiel des Jahres winner and nominee, as well as more on game design, playtesting, and 'The State of the Industry' as we see it.
AnmeldenRolling Dice and Taking Names
Garrett's Games and Geekiness
The Secret Cabal
Board Game Design Lab
