Justin Gary, designer of Ascension, discusses what goes into both designing and publishing games that continue to have new content.
We talk about content creation, different types of expansions, reinventing the fun for a game, and more.
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Rachael Blaske, owner of Five24 Labs, discusses everything that goes into designing and publishing games that can fit in your pocket.
We talk about design constraints, managing expectations, marketing, and more.
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Corey Konieczka, one of the best designers on the planet, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at his creative process.
We talk about what it’s like to work at Fantasy Flight Games, coming up with ideas, playtesting, and more.
If you’re not familiar with Corey, he’s worked on these games:
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Shem Phillips and Sam Macdonald, from of Garphill Games, discuss what all goes into designing worker placement games.
We talk about creating unique mechanisms, board design, player interaction, and more.
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Phalgun Polepalli, founder of DICE Toy Labs in India, discusses the process of defining your target audience and creating products for them.
We talk about market research, community building, figuring out your ideal customer, and more.
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Danielle Reynolds, designer with DMR Creative Group, discusses the many ways a designer can get involved in the game design community.
We talk about volunteering, design groups, mentorships, and more.
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Christian Martinez discusses the making of his hit game, INIS.
INIS is one of the highest-rated games of all time, and we go into everything from its title to its theme to its mechanisms.
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Brad Talton, founder of Level 99 Games, discusses what goes into designing a game that lasts.
We talk about creating games that are easily expandable, are easy to get into but provide depth for long-time players, and creating worlds that players want to keep coming back to.
And be sure to check out Level 99’s latest game, Bullet, on Kickstarter HERE.
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Hankerin Ferinale, founder of Runehammer Games, discusses what board game designers can learn from the world of tabletop RPGs.
Hankerin is one of the most creative people I know, and he’s been creating RPG content for years. He has a ton of insight on how RPG concepts can improve board games.
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T.C. Petty III, designer of VivaJava, discusses how to create positive player interaction in your game.
Most games have a tendency to focus on negative interactions between players, but it doesn’t have to be that way!
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Assad Quraishi, designer of Genesis: Battle of Champions, how to design a collectible card game and how to run a company with a CCG as your main product.
Assad has been designing CCGs for 20+ years and running his own CCG company for quite a while, so we’re able to explore nearly every angle of this aspect of gaming.
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Chris van der Linden, founder of Loresmyth Games, discusses his journey about going full-time in the gaming industry and how he turned his passion into his profession.
It’s no small task to turn your hobby into a business, so Chris and I talk through how to make it happen, pitfalls, failure, and what the best parts are.
And be sure to check out Chris’s latest RPG supplement on Kickstarter HERE.
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Justin Marty, accountant at Anders CPA, discusses everything you need to be thinking about when it comes to taxes and accounting as a game designer or publisher.
Whether you want to just design games on the side, run Kickstarters, or make games your full time job, we go in-depth on everything you should be thinking about to make sure you stay on the IRS’s good side.
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Marco Pecota, designer of Legions of Steel, discusses everything that goes into designing a miniature war game.
Marco has been designing these types of games since the 90s, and we go into combat systems, movement, metal vs plastic, and everything in between.
And be sure to check out Marco’s miniatures packs on Kickstarter HERE.
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Ignacy Trzewiczek, founder of Portal Games and designer of Robinson Crusoe, discusses his company’s motto: Games that tell stories.
We go in-depth into Ignacy’s design process, talk about his most popular games, and get to the heart of what it looks like to create games that have players leaving the table with a story to tell.
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Peter C. Hayward is back on the show, and we’re delving into the secret sauce of his personal design process. Hint: It all hinges on blind playtesting.
Peter is a designer, developer, and publisher, so he has the benefit of seeing games from lots of different angles.
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In light of this recent “everyone stay at home” thing, and the “don’t go to conventions because they broke” thing, you might be short on entertainment and I am here to provide! Here be links to all of my games (all three of them) as Mods for Tabletop Simulator and Shop Links for The Game Crafter, so you can play them with your friends online, or buy a physical copy! All of these games were going to be on sale at BABScon, but with that not going ahead and me stuck in Europe, that’s not happening. Anyway:
Tabletop Simulator - The Game Crafter
Thunderdrome is a racing game for 2-6 Wonderbolts (though it’s best with 4). You navigate a randomly generated track with a hand of cards, rationing your high speed cards for the straights, your low speed cards for the corners to avoid damage, managing your slender deck through one or two pit stops, staying close to your rivals on a cramped circuit to earn fan boost, and using that later for extra speed. It’s simple enough to get playing quickly, but there’s still plenty to think about.
Now includes four expansions that add a game feature and two new characters each - Fury Road, Future Shock, Omega Wing and Youngblood!
Tabletop Simulator - The Game Crafter
Overtime is a simple push your luck game for 3-5 street criminals. Each round, the operator (dealer) deals cards off the top of the deck until everyone’s bailed and taken some loot, or two threats of the same suit show up, meaning everyone still in the round goes bust. At the end of the game, your score is the chips you get from your bravado in staying in each round the longest, plus the best poker hand you can make from the cards you took, because of this game’s other feature: It uses a regular deck of playing cards! So if you really want to, you can ignore the game I designed and just have a pack of Sunjackers playing cards.
Tabletop Simulator - The Game Crafter (Daring Do) - The Game Crafter (Fallout Equestria)
Palomino Gold is a social deduction game for 6 to a lofty 12 backstabbing treasure hunters. One player takes on the role of Daring Do, and at the start of the game, everyone burgles the heck out of her. After passing around the cute little mint tin box, in which everyone has a chance to take a role gem of their choice or as much gold as they want, Daring Do has to interrogate the table to find out who took her gold, who’s trying to help her, and who’s actually the police trying to catch her.
Finally, if you’d like to support me but don’t think you can justify spending 30 bucks on a pony-themed board game, or you’re in Europe and the shipping is murder, then you can toss me a few buckaroonies on Patreon, or just drop me a one-time tip on Paypal!
Or if you’re not in a position to be throwing money, just enjoy the games! That’s why they’re on Tabletop Simulator. Amica magnifica, ludum gloriosum.
It’s just me on the show, and I’m talking about my latest book project called Board Game Kickstarter Advice.
I go through some of my favorite excerpts from the 50 interviews I did for the book and discuss why it’s such good advice if you want to fund a game on Kickstarter.
Be sure to check out my book on Kickstarter HERE.
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Charlie Cleveland, professional video game designer and founder of Unknown Worlds Entertainment, discusses the crossover of video games and board games and what board game designers can learn from their digital counterparts.
And be sure to check out Charlie’s game, Vampire Vendetta, on Kickstarter HERE.
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Bez Shahriari, designer of Yogi, discusses how to design not just a game but a gaming system that can support lots of different games.
Bez designed a system called the ELL Deck a while back, and we get into everything a designer has to think about when working on a project that’s going to consist of more than one game.
And be sure to check out Bez’s game system, the ELL Deck, on Kicstarter HERE.
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