John Coveyou, founder of Genius Games, discusses how to design games that also happen to be educational.

John is the designer of Cytosis, Subatomic, Ion, and several other well-received science based games, and he’s really figured out how to take scientific ideas and translate them into enjoyable games. 

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In episode 47 of the Secret Cabal Express, Jamie, Chris and Steve start off by talking about making Top 50 list videos and our upcoming Kickstarter. Then we jump into a story about a game we recently played that wasn't so good but how we managed to have fun anyway. We discuss some other games that even though they aren't the best designed games of all time, we still manage to like them.

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In Episode 27, the Punchboard crew celebrate their one year anniversary by discussing new expansions, revealing their grail games, doing an in-depth review of Blackout: Hong Kong and discussing more BGG top 100. 00:00 Into/Banter 04:33 Recent Plays 23:43 Mailbag 29:10 Blackout: Hong Kong Rules Overview 33:59 Blackout: Hong Kong Review 1:13:47 BGG Top 100: 90-81 Music by Hooksounds

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