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Gameology

Mathew Falvai and Attila Branyiczky

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Let's talk Game Design! Unique perspectives and discussions between a Gamer and a Game Developer. Featuring Indie developer Attila "Gabriel" Branyiczky of Bluish-Green Productions and Mathew Falvai
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Do I like game design? Yes, indie'd! A podcast of bitesize interviews with indie tabletop roleplaying game creators about their work and game design theory & practice. Releases every two weeks.
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Three Moves Ahead

Idle Thumbs

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Three Moves Ahead is the leading strategy game themed podcast on the internet. Every week a panel of knowledgeable gamers with strong opinions meets to talk about the strategy and war games of the day, design issues and games in the wider world.
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Design Games

Nathan D Paoletta and Will Hindmarch

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We talk about game design, especially tabletop roleplaying and story games. We're professional designers ND Paoletta and Will Hindmarch. We're glad you're here.
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The gmparty is a casual game design talk show featuring a varied cast of non-digital game developers. We chat about our projects, our roadblocks and various topics in game development. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmparty/support
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Listen Up!

R. Talsorian Games

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Welcome to Listen Up!, a Q and A show about Cyberpunk 2020, the Witcher Tabletop Roleplaying Game, and other games created and published by R. Talsorian Games. Your hosts are Cody Pondsmith, general manager and Witcher lead designer, and Mike Pondsmith, company founder and "the guy who killed your cyberpunk character".
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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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Fun, But Why?

Darkmore Podcast Network

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A podcast by game developers discussing the game play and design of fun, memorable video games from their past. A round table format features weekly guests that discuss a choice game or experience.
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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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Experience Points

Dave Eng, EdD

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Welcome to Experience Points by University XP hosted by Dr. Dave Eng. On Experience Points we explore different ways we can learn from games. Find out more at www.universityxp.com I hope you find this show useful. If you’d like to learn more about games-based learning then a great place to start is my blog at universityxp.com/blog. University XP is also on Twitter @University_XP and on Facebook as University XP. Feel free to email me anytime at [email protected] Game on!
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Futurilla Radio

Futurilla.com

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Futurilla hosts Doom Ray, a weekly conversation on movies, tv and geek culture, and Re:Sleeves, a fortnightly meditation on great album sleeve art. Coming soon: Resolution, on the digital image
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Talking About Design 👏

Talking About Design

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👋 Jason Gonzales here 😊We're Talking About Design and how it can be a game changer for literally everything. | This podcast was created in Anchor. To make your own podcast for free, visit https://anchor.fm/talkingaboutdesign
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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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Welcome to the Harry Potter Trading Card Game Revival podcast! Join us as we discuss everything related to the Harry Potter Trading Card Game, including: deck techs, tournament discussions, ban list discussion, set discussion, design thoughts and processes, interviews, and more! Join members of the Revival design team as we talk about the HPTCG! Visit our community pages! HPTCG Revival Website: https://harrypottertcg.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/harrypottertcg Instagram: htt ...
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Next Level Gaming

Next Level Gaming

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We are a group of game design students from Full Sail University. We talk about different aspects of becoming a designer and how it differs from being a player. Follow our journey and join in the fun.
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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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We talk to real people who took the not-so-traditional route to make it as web design freelancers or business owners. Plenty of helpful tips and tricks along the way. If you’re looking to start a side hustle or just up your game as a web or UX designer, this podcast is for you.
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We talk about the design of economic systems. This could be video game simulated economy or real business world like frequent flyer points system or blockchain based token economy. Want more in-depth content? 1) Support us on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/economicsdesign 2) (Textbook) The Economics and Math of Token Engineering and DeFi https://book.economicsdesign.com/ 3) Academy: https://academy.economicsdesign.com/ 4) Newsletter: https://economicsdesign.substack.com Connect with us and the ...
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Someone Should Make This

Daanish Syed Matt Pierson Jeff Larkin

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They do the hard part of coming up with great video game ideas, so someone can make it. Daanish, Matt, Jeff, and Dan are veteran game developers with dozens of shipped games and decades of industry experience between them. Each week, they will conceive of, develop, and scrutinize the very best game ideas. New Episodes Every Tuesday. [email protected] @MakeThisPod Disclaimer: Dan Weiland and Matt Pierson are employees of Warner Brothers Entertainment Group ("WBE"), Daanis ...
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Game Closet

Riverhouse Games

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Home of Riverhouse Games. Game Closet, a chance to meet & talk to cool queer & LGBT+ tabletop gamers, with side adventures into: From Scratch, an exercise in learning tabletop roleplaying games, and Critical Theory, an analysis of games & game design.
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Talk of the Table

Many Sided Media

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Talk of the Table is a TTRPG talk show where hosts Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty talk with game designers, actual play producers, journalists, academics, artists, and performers about all the coolest things happening in the TTRPG community in an effort to understand what’s on the mind of the tabletop industry.
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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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Brig Newspaper's weekly podcast where our section editors sit down with their teams to talk about a relevant topic in news or culture alongside live interviews and monthly roundups of the best articles to come out of Brig's writers pool. For more Brig, head to our website brignews.com
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Welcome to Dark Alchemy, a podcast forged in the fires of the world’s greatest roleplaying game — Dungeons & Dragons. Whether you’re a Dungeon Master weaving intricate campaigns or a player chasing nat 20s, this show is your spellbook of storytelling secrets, tactical advice, and homebrew brilliance. Join the creators of the Dark Alchemy YouTube channel as we explore custom monsters, DM tips, worldbuilding lore, house rules, and interviews with fellow adventurers from the D&D community. 🎲 Ne ...
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I'm Richard Pullman, and I want to talk to you about your game. Whether you're a total amateur hobbyist who's never released a product or a professional making the big bucks I want know what game design means to you. Nothing is more interesting to me. One of the best things about the podcast? I've been helping designers break through challenges in live time while discussing! It keeps happening! Helping creators is my joy.
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Design Between the Lines

International Society of Furniture Designers

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Design Between the Lines is the only Design and Home Furnishings Podcast where we talk with the real game-changers, industry innovators, and lifetime legends of the Home Furnishings Industry. It is here that we sit down with the people who craft the furniture industry into what it is today and to learn a little bit more about life in their world.
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PA Talks

Hamid Hassanzadeh

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Welcome to PA Talks, an interview series by ParametricArchitecture. On this podcast, we talk with pioneering architects, designers, artists, and engineers leading industries and pushing the boundaries of architecture, design, and manufacturing.
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Desks & Dorks!

Desks And Dorks

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A Board Game Design and Creation Podcast that not only is shaped by you, but brings you the best in Indie Tabletop Gaming. Reviews, Interviews, News, Design Talk and so much more! Join Kyle and Riley as they workshop their way through a March Madness-style bracket of board game ideas. Visit and vote on our website at https://www.desksanddorks.org/ ! Watch us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChlVmQQQ--Crho8sgSEiaKw/featured Don't have time to watch? Listen on Spreaker: https://www ...
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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! Today, I’m talking to Allen Varney, who runs the Bundle of Holding currently, which I think everyone listening to this had heard of. Before that, he worked as a freelance writer, editor, game designer for TSR, Steve Jackson Games, West End Games, FASA, and more. He was the lead designer for Paranoia XP, the 2…
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In this episode we're taking a break from our normal content, to have a chat about how we feel about Universes Beyond, and how its become so engrained in Magic the Gathering. 00:04:56 - The history of UB 00:21:38 - 2026 Schedule 00:23:56 - UB's effect on the Magic IP 00:38:19 - The Costs of UB 00:44:11 - Has it been badly managed? 00:48:19 - So man…
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Michael Low and Luna Uni: A New World of RPG Writing Instruction In this episode of Experience Points, host Dave Eng welcomes Michael Low—educator, game designer, and creator of Stories RPG. Michael shares the powerful story behind Luna Uni, a tabletop role-playing curriculum that transforms writing instruction through collaborative storytelling. F…
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We invite Joanna May into the clubhouse again in this supersized episode to design a game about stowing illicit goods into spacecraft as it's being built! (Note: Minor hiccup with the audio recording in the first 2 minutes, so Lydia is off mic briefly but it fixes itself.) Tangrams - Wikipedia We mention Dogpile!, a game we made in a previous game …
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Elliot and Brian are joined by Josh Fox who is one half of Black Armada, the duo behind Lovecraftesque. We get into the exciting new features of the boxed second edition of this emergent mystery game, why safety tools should be a tailored part of game design, and Black Armada’s latest project Ex Tenebris. Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis…
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Part two of our cube set review, for the Marvel's Spider-man set for MTG. In this episode we cover Green, Multicoloured, Colourless and Lands. 00:00:13 - Green 00:10:51 - Multicoloured 00:31:24 - Colourless 00:39:38 - Lands Video Version: https://youtu.be/erT6Z3Sz3Pw Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/OWNpsGfh1UeGdkBamuOF9A My Cube: https://c…
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Joanna May returns to the clubhouse as a guest host! Your four nice hosts chat Tetris, knitting, and CSS, but also have a pair of actual topics to discuss... Mark's game Blippo+ is out NOW! Go buy it on Switch and Steam! 0:13:36 Role-playing Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris Pig with the Face of a Boy YouTube Te…
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Tom begins by recapping his adventures at the Dice Tower Retreat, and looks forward to the World Series of Boardgaming, before turning to the topic of figuring out what to do with your game collection after you're gone, and why it might be a good idea to make some choices sooner rather than later. Later, we share a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, p…
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Send us a text Twins talk tabletop tackle their top 50 list again. Both the twins love making board game lists and like seeing out our lists come out different and the same. Hope you enjoy and please let us know your thoughts. 10 J: Letters from Whitechapel K: dune war for arrakas 9: J: Food Chain Magnate K: The Gang 8 J: Dominant Species K:Spirit …
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Part one of our cube set review, for the Marvel's Spider-man set for MTG. In this episode we cover White, Blue, Black and Red. 00:02:02 - Mechanics Overview 00:10:35 - White 00:18:06 - Blue 00:27:08 - Black 00:37:32 - Red Video Version: https://youtu.be/J_457q_lFdg Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/C4Tglkom0Uu4BNro1rFqqw My Cube: https://cub…
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Shaun McMillan on Turning Lectures into Games In this episode of Experience Points, host Dave Eng interviews educational game designer Shaun McMillan about transforming traditional lectures into interactive, game-like experiences. Shaun shares his framework for designing lectures around a single compelling multiple-choice scenario, enabling student…
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Len, Ian, and Fraser are placed onto the battlefield from strategic reserves to talk about the past and future of Dawn of War. The past: the recent Dawn of War: Definitive Edition and how well it holds up for a 20-plus-year-old game. The future: Dawn of War 4, which Len and Fraser both got some hands-on time with.…
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Your nice hosts Lydia and Ellen are on a seriously playful adventure in beautiful Rochester, New York for the Serious Play conference! They discuss game accessibility, D&D therapy, lexical gaps, validation, and more. In addition, Lydia beats the pavement and gets the hot scoop on what attendees learned at the conference and the games that shaped th…
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Step into the world of Untold Fate, the new storytelling RPG from Enchanted Lore! 🎲✨ In this exclusive interview, we sit down with the creators to talk about their best D&D stories, how long they’ve been playing RPGs, the inspiration behind Untold Fate, and what makes this project stand out in the world of tabletop roleplaying games. We’ll also cov…
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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! Today, I’m talking to Josh Fox who was last on the podcast to talk about the second edition of his award-winning game, Lovecraftesque. We talked about Black Armada Games, the company he's been running for ten years with his partner, the game designer Becky Annison. This time, we’re talking about Ex Tenebris, …
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Elliot and Brian are joined by Kenna Alexander, designer of Coyote & Crow and owner of Coyote and Crow games, to discuss the lessons she’s learned in the 4 years since the hit science fantasy roleplaying game released. We get into the impact the game has had for native players and beyond, the new horror setting Ahu Tiiko, and what she has planned n…
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Generally running out of cards in library will lose you a game of magic, however cards like Thassa’s Oracle and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries make it a legitimate win condition in cube. In this episode we will be discussing how to empty your library and profit in cube. Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/Cd-qwuw2o06rkeAxuyr-KA Video Version: http…
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Foxwolf from the community joins us and asks us questions he collected from the community ranging from personal favorite cards to design questions to a peak at some upcoming cards in our next set! Visit our community pages! HPTCG Revival Website: https://harrypottertcg.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/harrypottertcg Instagram: https://…
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In this episode, Mark and Stephen talk about what they are excited about. Lydia deals with a existential crisis about keeping too much stuff. And nobody talks about the full motion video game that Dale made during a Global Game Jam during the topic on video content, where they talked extensively about FMV games. Don't worry! Dale edited this episod…
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Tom sits at the small table. Eric's parents make friends on a cruise. Julie travels the country spreading boardgames wherever she goes. We also talk about what surprises await in those little pockets of games in places where you don't expect to find them. We delve into the mailbag for some pertinent questions, and we gather a new crop of Roses, Tho…
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Send us a text Twins talk tabletop tackle their top 50 list again. Both the twins love making board game lists and like seeing out our lists come out different and the same. Hope you enjoy and please let us know your thoughts. 20 J: Tichu K: Decrypto 19: J: The White Castle K: guards of atlantis II 18: J: The Gang K:cryptd 17: J: A Feast for Odin K…
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This week we're discussing the new season of Vintage Cube on MTGO, what we like and what we don't like, and what we think the best things to do right now are. Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/6d2n7sXmn0ik2e6LlXEOHA Daybreak Articles: https://www.mtgo.com/news/eoe-vintage-cube-update https://www.mtgo.com/vintage-cube-cardlist MTGO Vintage Cu…
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This week on the Meeple Minded Podcast, Jason and Ant are flying solo (well… duo) while James is off sick and doing his best impression of a discarded Pandemic card. But fear not — we’ve got a stacked show for you:00:00 Intro 02:29 Meeple Menu 03:43 The Setup Phase – We break down the latest in board game news, including: Ark Nova’s deluxe expansio…
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AP Table Talk: Take That In this episode of AP Table Talk, Brian and Dave dig into the “Take That” game mechanic. From classics like UNO, Sorry!, and Risk to modern favorites like Munchkin, Blood Rage, and King of Tokyo: Duel, they explore how denial, betrayal, and revenge fuel tension, drama, and unforgettable tabletop stories. If you liked this e…
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Stephen Business is back! And he’s attempting to make a meme into a reality. The clubhouse attempts to answer these (and other) questions: How many fishing minigames is too many fishing minigames? Is it okay to shoot fish with lasers? Who are those teenagers with emo hair in the Bentley? Should Stephen make something on the Playdate? Why do people …
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Elliot and Brian are joined once again by Taylor Moore, creative director and composer of Worlds Beyond Number, to discuss the completion of Book 1 of The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One. We dig in on sustainable working practices, narrative payoff in composition, and how he’s applying the lessons of campaign 1 to the next major campaign of Wor…
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In this episode we're looking at the best counterspells that see play in cube, which ones can go in every cubes, and which ones can be for more specific cubes. Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/BTJMZbsKcEGtpuP6N9gcAw Video Version: https://youtu.be/oKrA9Jla3d0 00:04:25 - Counterspells for every cube 00:20:16 - Cube specific counterspells 00:…
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Quidditch is the best! So of course it had to be first Lesson type we talked about to continue our Lesson Type Talk started in ep 4 (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2419234/episodes/16292146-ep-4-lesson-type-talk). We go in depth about Quidditch's strategies, cards, designs, and general thoughts about the Lesson type! Listen to episode 4 to hear our ini…
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It is a joyous day for pancake lovers everywhere, and a joyous week in the Clubhouse for Lydia who successfully made a thing using code! WOW! She shares her experience learning how to make buttons (and everything else) in microStudio. Then the Nice Hosts get real about their experiences with min-maxing in games. You know it's a good topic when it p…
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We sit down with Alphinius Goo, creator of Gooey Cube and winner of the 2025 ENnie Award (Judge’s Spotlight) for Darkenhaven, to talk all things Dungeons & Dragons, storytelling, and world-building. In this interview we cover: How Alphinius started his journey in Dungeons & Dragons What makes storytelling essential for tabletop RPGs The inspiration…
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Eric starts the show by sharing tales of his European adventures, which leads Tom to share some of our plans for Spiel in October. Then, we discuss the process for adding art to your game. How do you find an artist? How long does it take to draw a picture of a horse? What if the horse is holding a corn dog? Later, we share a tale of horror and a qu…
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Send us a text Twins talk tabletop tackle their top 50 list again. Both the twins love making board game lists and like seeing out our lists come out different and the same. Hope you enjoy and please let us know your thoughts. 30 J: Agricola K: Outlive 29: J:Anachrony K: ark nova 28: J: Dominion K:Teotihuacan: City of Gods 27: J: Crokinole K:race f…
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In Episode 136, the guys have been thinking about "cursed problems", and when they think about such things, they talk about them. Next up, we want minis to have a purpose in our games, but we don't want to allow modelling for advantage, while we want to give people freedom to use the minis they want. What to do about that? Late Pledge Boarders and …
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In this episode we're looking at the Red Discard Matters that's taking the MTGO Vintage cube by storm. We cover what do include if you want to run it in your cube, and why its awesome!! Card Gallery - https://moxfield.com/decks/PybwU1EbGk-9RjuOhDcy9w My Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/sweet The Treat Yourself Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/…
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On this weeks podcast the boys are back as a trio and wanted to discuss 5 games that made their mechanics work really well. some might say made the game what it is today! please note this episode does suffer with some audio related cut outs but we have done all we can to try to hide these as much as possible.…
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Types of Games Today, we’re diving into something that might seem simple on the surface, but as it turns out, it's anything but. In this episode, we’re going to be talking about game types, and not just your usual categories like board games or video games. We’re digging deeper: into the psychology, the structure, and the social impact of how we pl…
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