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Ludology

Erica Hayes-Bouyouris, Sen-Foong Lim

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Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, and discusses game history, game design and game players. Ludology is part of The Dice Tower Network, the premier board game media network.
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Fun Problems

AJ Brandon and Peter C. Hayward

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Board game design is a deep and often challenging pursuit. We explore all aspects of game design and the fun problems (and solutions) that come with it.
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A bi-weekly podcast where we dive into the world of board games while sharing insights from our walk with Jesus. Join us as we discuss game strategies, faith journeys, and how the two intersect, offering encouragement and fun for board game enthusiasts and believers alike.
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Board Again Gaming

Board Again Games

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We talk about all things related to table top gaming - board games, miniature games, card games, and gaming adjacent things like painting and puzzles. A very irregularly updated hobby podcast. If you want to help me make the podcast better, you can show your financial support at the following link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1354651/supporters/new
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Button Shy founder Jason Tagmire and Narrative Lead Ian Howard, Button Shy Deep Dive guides the audience through the world of 18-card games without losing sight of what’s important: the human connections and emotions that gaming can inspire.
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Meeple Minded

Meeple Minded

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Welcome everyone to the Meeple minded podcast. This show is for all of you Tabletop hobby lovers out there. We will be talking about all things gaming from board, card, wargames and role play games. And may even just the odd episode of other nerdy topics that we love. Along with our man in the newsroom bringing you all the latest news, Crowdfunding campaigns & Events we think you need to know about. SOOOOO, if you like any type of table top game, Meeple Minded is the podcast for you.
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"Twins Talk Tabletop" is a podcast hosted by twin brothers who share their passion for board games. The show covers a variety of board game-related topics, including game impressions, design pet peeves, expansions, and recommendations for players of all experience levels. Each episode features lively discussions, recent gameplay experiences, and listener-driven topics, making it a fun and informative listen for board game enthusiasts. The podcast started in 2024 and continues to grow with ea ...
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Do you love board games? I do! But do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes? How do meet-up groups get organized? What is the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign? How do publishers get their games to market? How are people reaching their market in an ever more competitive market? What type of social media personalities are springing up in support of this industry? James interviews experts from across the industry and takes a peak under the hood i ...
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Board game designer / publisher Jason Tagmire looks at a new featured word each day from a design perspective. Sometimes it'll be mechanics, sometimes theme or tone, and sometimes the inspiration for a full game.
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Board Out of My Mind

Kim Breeze & Parker Simpson

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How do you get that game idea out of your head and onto the table? We’re on a mission to find out! Join Kim Breeze (board game player and content creator) and Parker Simpson (illustrator and aspiring board game designer) as they pick the brains of industry experts to find out what it takes to bring a board game to life!
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Roasted Games

EaseDrop Podcast Network

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Kaz Gable and Bill Price love board games. More than that, they love board game design. The roasted games podcast is an exploration of what does and does not make a good game and the brilliance and pitfalls of board game design. They also touch on their own experience as budding game designers and the status of games they have in development.
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Board Game Bros

Board Game Bros

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BOARD GAME BROS We are Jeffrey Craig and Matthew Craig - brothers in real life and board game designers in real life. This is our board game hobbyist/design podcast where we talk about our favorite games. We start every episode talking about how the game is played, and then we examine how game design was used to assist the player and enhance the gameplay. Follow us on twitter @BGBroscast (https://twitter.com/BGBroscast) Follow us on facebook @BGBroscast (https://www.facebook.com/BGBroscast/)
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Boards & Swords

Chris Renshaw

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Bad jokes. Good folks. Games. Every other week, Chris & Philip talk about their experiences playing different games (both board games and video games). If you enjoy hearing people talk about the fun they have playing various games instead of why X game is better than Y game, this is the show for you. Plus, they've got the latest board games news , the worst jokes, and the best guests occasionally.
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The Epic Realms Podcast is an engaging interview-style podcast that brings together a diverse range of creative minds from various fields. This podcast offers insightful conversations with renowned authors, RPG game designers, actors, audiobook narrators, TV personalities, board game designers, and many other fascinating guests. Each episode of the Epic Realms Podcast delves deep into the experiences, inspirations, and journeys of these talented individuals, providing listeners with a unique ...
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One Stop Co-Op Shop

Peter Gousis, Michael Kelley, Steve Kingsley

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One Stop Co-Op Shop is a podcast about cooperative boardgames. Game designers & publishers, Peter Gousis & Michael Kelley host the podcast. Every other week we take one game and break it down to it's top 5 points (the good, the bad and our overall impressions). After we discuss the game we have a design discussion about one of the parts of the game. We will also have occasional podcasts reviewing solo games, and other special episodes. To see our other content check out the links below: YouT ...
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🎙️Welcome to the Lens and Veil podcast, join Shem, Sam and Zach as they discuss games they've played together, specifically focusing on game design elements. - ⭐About the Cast - Shem Phillips is the owner of Garphill Games and has designed a fair few board games. - Sam Macdonald is a Game Designer and Developer at Garphill Games, bursting onto the scene with his co-design together with Shem, Architects of the West Kingdom. - Zach Smith works for Garphill Games as Marketing and Media Manager, ...
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The Dicing with Design podcast is all about games design: how they're created, designed and played. We talk everything games design, from role playing games, to wargaming, to collectible card games, to board games, to video games. We'll dissect what makes a good game, and what makes a system terrible to play. We're planning to create out own game over the course of the podcast, designing live on-air, and alongside the games design chat, we'll be talking general gaming news and views. We play ...
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The Game Designers of North Carolina is a guild of tabletop game designers who, shockingly, reside in North Carolina. We’ve been meeting regularly since April 2013 and when we started most of us did not have a lot of exposure or experience in tabletop game design. We’ve learned a lot as a group since we started and this podcast is a way to share some of that knowledge. Our goal for the podcast is to present a lot of information pertinent for new designers but hopefully also offer content tha ...
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The worlds most aviary focused board game podcast. Indigenous to the eastern shore of the United States, the horned Quackalope can be spotted where board games are played. The ill-suited ornithologists, Jesse Anderson and Jan Bigas, discuss board games on a weekly basis in an effort to catch the elusive bird. Through long winded conversations on mechanics, context, theme and game design, the hosts strive to discover the reason of the Quackalope's fascination with the hobby. Join us at the ta ...
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A board game podcast that tackles the industry from both inside and out! The State of Games is hosted by Chris Kirkman, the head of publishing house Dice Hate Me Studio and co-owner of Greater Than Games, and features regular co-hosts Darrell Louder, resident grump and designer of Compounded, Bottom of the 9th, and Fate of the Elder Gods, and TC Petty III, gaming hipster and designer of VivaJava and VivaJava Dice, Xenon Profiteer, and Spires. Presented by the website www.dicehateme.com - the ...
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At Bitewing Games, our mission is to create and share classy board games that bite. For hobbyist gamers, this podcast will help you to explore your own tastes in the hobby and perhaps discover your next favorite game that fits those tastes. For game designers, this podcast will offer you more tools to add to your utility belt and metrics to measure your projects by. Subscribe to our newsletter at BitewingGames.com, follow us on social media, and stay tuned for exciting things to come!
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This is the feed where you can get all the great podcasts found over at the Boards & Swords website (http://boardsandswords.com). There's the main Boards & Swords podcast, where four friends have fun talking about board games and finding a game they all like, and The Dirtbags of Holding, a RPG actual play podcast showing off the wrong way to play several different roleplaying games.
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The Booster Pack Network

The Booster Pack Network Team

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The Booster Pack Network offers a diverse range of TCG-related content through its quartet of shows.From players to collectors to designers & even academics, we have the show for you.Formally "The Booster Pack" podcast, this feed has expanded to invite new voices & platforms to share our love for collectible trading card games.
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Board Game Business Podcast

Richard New, Brian Henk, Jeremy Commandeur

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On The Board Game Business Podcast, we discuss the business side of the tabletop gaming industry. We don't review games or tell you which ones we like, but instead focus on how to price, distribute, design, develop, and market your game. Richard New hosts and sits alongside Jeremy Commandeur, a game designer, and Brian Henk, a game designer and publisher with Overworld Games.
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The Board Retreat

James Mapes and Paul Susi

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The Board Retreat is the entire creative process of making a board game, and James and Paul are here to stumble, tangent, and inspire their way to a full game. Come along for the journey if that's, like, um, your thing.
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Breaking Into Board Games

Ian Zang, Gil Hova, Tony Miller

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Breaking into Board Games is a podcast about breaking into the hobby game industry. Every week, we interview a person of note, and give tips and tricks to make your way into the business of games.
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The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel and Eric Summerer

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Tom Vasel and Eric Summerer take a look at board games, card games, and the people who design, publish, and play them. Top ten lists, Q&A, tales of horror, and more await you!
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Hatched This Way

Maxwell Freud

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A limited audio series where Maxwell Freud, a queer, Minneapolis-based board game designer, sits down with other queer folx in the industry to learn about their unique identities and how they contribute to the hobby by being their authentic selves.
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I’m talking to Artyom Nichipurov from Wolffdesigna Games, a Latvian firm that’s most famous for the excellent “Guards of Atlantis II”, a tabletop adaptation of the MOBA game experience. If you don’t know what any of this means, no worry, I got you covered - the first seven minutes of the episode explain what MOBAs are and how GoA2 specifically func…
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Tom may have had some weird takes, but he was a good person. Today we honor his memory as he would have wanted us to: by participating in the unholy ritual he bestowed upon the listenership on that fateful June morning. Please join me in assembling our 7000+ Millennium Falcons and inserting our XXXL Bad Dragons in honor of all that is TOY... Cold o…
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CMON has a “Setting Sun” with several of its games, Gundam minis are (surprise) really well put together, and a board game about dating D&D monsters? Also, Mark Henry from the site Goblin’s Hut (https://www.goblinshut.com/) is here to talk about the product “Dirty Down” and how it can make painting your miniatures easier. Join us on Discord! https:…
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CMON has a “Setting Sun” with several of its games, Gundam minis are (surprise) really well put together, and a board game about dating D&D monsters? Also, Mark Henry from the site Goblin’s Hut (https://www.goblinshut.com/) is here to talk about the product “Dirty Down” and how it can make painting your miniatures easier. Join us on Discord! https:…
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This time, Tom gives us an update on his replay of the Catan expansions before we take a big look at small games. What are the pros and cons of games that can fit in your pocket? Also, we share a new Tale of Horror, as well as our latest batch of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 01:03 - Summer: Origins, Dice Tower East, Dice Tower Cruise, Gen Con 05:…
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Minor Disaster Games is a family business created by brothers Kristian and Liam as the design team, and Kristian’s wife Caley taking on the business and operation of the company. Their first game, Trouble On The Tempus is a co-op time travelling disaster management game. Kristian is a writer, filmmaker, gamer, and all round creative scatterbrain wh…
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🎲 Meeple Minded Podcast | UKGE 2025 Breakdown & Game Chat 🎤Welcome to another episode of the Meeple Minded Podcast — your go-to show for all things board games, tabletop gaming, and community-driven content! In this special UKGE 2025 (UK Games Expo) recap episode, we reflect on our full weekend at the UK’s biggest tabletop gaming convention.🗓️ We b…
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Send us a text Join both Kevin and Justin this week to talk about a bunch of games they been playing. They got a lot of games played in the last few weeks and wanted to share about all of them so this weeks episode is just talking about some of the new exciting games they both played. Recent plays 1:12: Eye my Favorite things (2015) 7:00: Trio (202…
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Join us on this episode of Epic Realms as we welcome author and storyteller Nathan Crowder! Creator of the superhero universe Cobalt City, Nathan blends comic book flair with literary grit. We talk about writing, world-building, tabletop RPG's, Influences, and how a childhood shaped by books, and RPGs led to an award-winning career in speculative f…
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This episode, Sen and Erica talk to Simon Ennis, professional filmmaker and avid boardgamer, about his most recent release, "The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop", that features game designers, reviewers, and community members alike. Check out the trailer for The Hobby as well as the IMDB listing. Erica and Sen will be at the June 18th showing of The…
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This week Peter, & Mike have a design discussion about worker placement in solo & co-op games._________________________YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4PgX - @onestopcoopshopDiscord - discord.gg/p4jX8AFMerch: one-stop-co-op-shop.creator-spring.com/Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestopEmail - onestopcoopshop@…
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Send us a text In this episode of the Player Lair Podcast, we sit down with Cole Smith, designer of Tanuki, 3 Magi, and Sauros, to talk about his journey from pandemic hobbyist to published game designer. We dive into his roots in childhood rule-bending, how being a graphic designer informs his prototypes, and why sometimes it's better to shelve a …
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Just a hypothetical. Tom and Kenny can neither confirm nor deny that there is an impending robot invasion. Prepare you bodies with meat-grinder-proof materials and essences. Drop the Gloomhavens; too heavy. MREs only for the rest of time. Hope you like veggie lasagna and instant coffee type II. Games we played: 4:04 - Millennium Blades (2016, D. Br…
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🎙️Welcome to the Lens and Veil podcast, join Shem, Sam and Zach as they discuss games they've played together, specifically focusing on game design elements. In this episode they discuss Assyria Second Edition by Emanuele Ornella, Shem Phillips, and S J Macdonald. In Assyria Second Edition, each round players bid for turn order, expand on the map, …
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Everland Studio is an enthusiastic new indie publisher and a sister brand to the established Lemery Games. Lemery Games, another independent board game publisher with a proven history of crafting and releasing games, has successfully managed and fulfilled five Kickstarter campaigns, showcasing their expertise in crowdfunding and delivering high-qua…
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This week Peter, & Mike review Wondrous Creatures. Next week we will have a related design discussion about worker placement in solo and co-op._________________________YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4PgX - @onestopcoopshopDiscord - discord.gg/p4jX8AFMerch: one-stop-co-op-shop.creator-spring.com/Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop …
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The 2025 American Tabletop Awards were just announced! (Whispers offstage inform us that they were announced back in April....) Well, we're now ready to talk about them after our extended break. With ATTA cofounder and content creator Eric Yurko of What's Eric Playing?, we react to the recently crowned finalists and winners -- and tell you how we e…
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I can't wait for the sick and twisted fan that is going to mash up all the games we talk about on this episode into one big megagame. It takes 72 hours to play and if you die in the game, you die in real life. Bring it on, we were born for this. I'll get my duel disc and we can hit the playground after school. 0-2 players, nose snakes included. Gam…
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Tom, Julie, and Eric run through the nominees for the German Game of the Year awards before focusing on the episode's main topic: box covers. How does what you put on the front of the box attract a particular audience? We also have a tale of horror? as well as a question from the mailbag, and of course our usual assortment of Roses, Thorns, and Hul…
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This week on Epic Realms, Nick welcomes author Paul G. Vecchiet, writer of the thought-provoking novel The Disclosure Paradox. In this episode, we dive into the real-life experiences that inspired Paul’s speculative fiction, including his time as a U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer and the discovery of cryogenics in unexpected military blueprints. We e…
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Mike, Sean, & Logan are three friends with a shared dream to make games that bring people together. Glasshouse Games was born from their love of storytelling, strategy, and immersive worlds. They strive to make games, created by gamers, for gamers, while being wrapped in a beautifully curated world and design. Whisker Wars is their first (BIG) step…
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Send us a text Twins Talk Tabletop brings you another wonderful episode. We talk about why we lean towards heavier games and why we like to play those crunchy often long games. Before we get to those games though the twins discuss their recent plays recent plays 1:00: Res Arcana (2019) 6:07: Finspan (2025) 12:29: Xia: Legends of the Drift (2014) 20…
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Erica and Sen recorded this episode live in March 2025 at BreakoutCon in Toronto, ON, Canada. They spoke with guests Helaina Cappel (Publisher, Kids Table Board Games and Burnt Island Games) and Daniel H Kwan (Designer, Ross Rifles and Wandering Blades) about what makes a game "Canadian", advice for Canadian designers and publishers in the current …
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In this episode, I play capture the flag with seven of my friends in Challengers! Challengers! is 2022 game for 2 to 8 players designed by Johannes Krenner and Markus Slawitscheck and published by Z-Man Games with art by Jeff Harvey. It’s a little hard to describe. If I said it’s a deck-building, auto-battler built around a capture-the-flag tournam…
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This week Peter, & Mike have a design discussion about survival games._________________________YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4PgX - @onestopcoopshopDiscord - discord.gg/p4jX8AFMerch: one-stop-co-op-shop.creator-spring.com/Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestopEmail - [email protected]
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The best game design advice on the internet can be found at https://daniel.games/ – we can't recommend it highly enough! This is part 5 of a series where we explore the game design blog "Daniel.Games," written by Daniel Piechnick. Discord: https://discord.gg/BjerXtQ3Me Email: [email protected] Facebook/Twitter: @FunProblemsPod Big thanks…
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Come on and SLAM, and welcome to the Jam that is POGs! Meanwhile, I’ve got new rulebooks to buy, some books maybe I shouldn’t buy, and Will Schoonover is here from Steve Jackson Games to talk about what’s new in the Munchkin world. I better keep an eye on Philip… Join us on Discord! https://boardsandswords.com/discord News POGs are back! https://ww…
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Come on and SLAM, and welcome to the Jam that is POGs! Meanwhile, I’ve got new rulebooks to buy, some books maybe I shouldn’t buy, and Will Schoonover is here from Steve Jackson Games to talk about what’s new in the Munchkin world. I better keep an eye on Philip… Join us on Discord! https://boardsandswords.com/discord News POGs are back! https://ww…
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Step into the world of fandom. As a child I witnessed the death of my parents at the hands of Twilight Imperium, but avenged them by playing hundreds of games of Netrunner. Now, as an adult, I only wager fair uses of my power by battling in unnecessarily elaborate forum posts. Every time my opponent goes off topic, I reset the thread on them. This …
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Jill Belli is the creator of Murder on the Rocks, a murder mystery game. When not designing games, she works in cyber forensics, holds a PhD in cybersecurity, and teaches in the field. Jill is also a proud volunteer firefighter, always looking for new ways to combine storytelling, strategy, and community. You can check out Murder on the Rocks here:…
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This week Peter, & Mike review Corps of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny. Next week we will have a related design discussion about survival games._________________________YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4PgX - @onestopcoopshopDiscord - discord.gg/p4jX8AFMerch: one-stop-co-op-shop.creator-spring.com/Donat…
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Peter C. Hayward and AJ Brandon explore what makes an effective sell sheet, providing feedback on listener-submitted examples. Throughout the discussion, they offer actionable advice on how to improve clarity, visual hierarchy, and focus in order to capture the interest of potential publishers. Link to Sell Sheets: https://tinyurl.com/4n85j7vf Fun …
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We're back! Again! Tune in to hear all our excuses about why we haven't been podcasting recently, then stay to hear our guest, fabulous designer (Evolution, Wits & Wagers, Oceans) and North Star Games founder Dominic Crapuchettes! We talk about the upcoming Evolution sequel Nature, tariffs (gah), and Dominic's process when designing a science-based…
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Kenny and Tom wearing extremely oversized diamond helmets: "if you think your voice or talking point comprehensively captures the beauty and desirability of Monopoly DEAL, send a note to [email protected]" 7:21 - Intro: Cole Wehrle 7:50 - We Have to Know! Images mentioned https://imgur.com/a/ZrrpvBA Games we played: 52:16 - Virgin Queen (2012, Ed B…
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In the season finale of the Christian Board Gamers Podcast, Joe and Ray bring the laughs like never before! Between uncontrollable giggles, Joe shares why you should join Love Thy Nerd on mission to Gen Con, and the duo talks through their recent playthroughs of 3 Magi, Everdell Duo, and more. Things go off the rails in the best way possible as the…
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