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Lessons Learned from Developing Games with Joe Pilkus

Lessons Learned from Developing Games with Joe Pilkus

Joe Pilkus, professional game developer, discusses the lessons he’s learned from developing games over the years. Joe ha... Read more

17 Jul 2019

1hr 12mins

Ranked #2

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Designing an Engine Building Game with Elizabeth Hargrave

Designing an Engine Building Game with Elizabeth Hargrave

Elizabeth Hargrave, designer of Wingspan, discusses how to design engine building games. Wingspan is ranked in the top 1... Read more

15 May 2019

52mins

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Lessons Learned from Playing 5000+ Games with Tom Vasel

Lessons Learned from Playing 5000+ Games with Tom Vasel

Tom Vasel, founder of the Dice Tower, discusses some of the many things he’s learned after playing an astronomical numbe... Read more

29 Mar 2017

37mins

Ranked #4

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Designing Fantasy Themed Games with Wes Woodbury

Designing Fantasy Themed Games with Wes Woodbury

Wes Woodbury, designer of Legends of Novus, discusses how to design a fantasy-themed game. We talk about world-building,... Read more

3 Jul 2019

49mins

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Crafting the Player Experience with Matt Leacock

Crafting the Player Experience with Matt Leacock

Matt Leacock, designer of a little game called Pandemic, discusses how to craft the player experience.​Matt is one of th... Read more

20 Dec 2017

48mins

Ranked #6

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How to Playtest like a Pro with Rob Daviau

How to Playtest like a Pro with Rob Daviau

Rob Daviau, designer of Pandemic Legacy, and I discuss how to run playtests like an absolute pro. Rob started designing ... Read more

12 Apr 2017

1hr 26mins

Ranked #7

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How a First Time Publisher Gets Funded on Kickstarter with Andrew Birkett

How a First Time Publisher Gets Funded on Kickstarter with Andrew Birkett

Andrew Birkett, founder of Atheris Games, discusses how he started a publishing company and got his first game 200% fund... Read more

1 Nov 2017

53mins

Ranked #8

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How to Iterate like a BOSS with Kirk Dennison

How to Iterate like a BOSS with Kirk Dennison

Today, Kirk Dennison, owner of Piecekeeper Games, discusses how to efficiently create new versions of a game and iterate... Read more

15 Nov 2017

47mins

Ranked #9

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Playtesting Pro Tips with Jay Cormier

Playtesting Pro Tips with Jay Cormier

Jay Cormier, designer of Belfort and tons of other games, discusses tons of ins and outs of playtesting. Jay has been de... Read more

6 Mar 2019

48mins

Ranked #10

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Hacking Creativity to Become the Best in the World with Gabe Barrett

Hacking Creativity to Become the Best in the World with Gabe Barrett

BGDL founder, Gabe Barrett, talks about many of the really cool and helpful creativity/productivity hacks he’s been lear... Read more

4 Jul 2018

44mins

Ranked #11

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Programmable Action Games with Bill Lasek

Programmable Action Games with Bill Lasek

Bill Lasek, designer of Koi, discusses how to design programmable action games. Programmable actions provide really inte... Read more

30 Jan 2019

55mins

Ranked #12

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Teaching Game Design with Joe Slack

Teaching Game Design with Joe Slack

Joe Slack, college instructor of game design, discusses the ins and outs of teaching game design to other people. Joe re... Read more

27 Feb 2019

43mins

Ranked #13

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Designing Area Control Games with Steven Aramini

Designing Area Control Games with Steven Aramini

Steven Aramini, designer of Animal Kingdoms, discusses how to design an area control game. Animal Kingdoms won the 2018 ... Read more

9 Jan 2019

49mins

Ranked #14

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How to Design a Shuffle Builder with Callin Flores

How to Design a Shuffle Builder with Callin Flores

Callin Flores, designer of Guardians, discusses how the finer details of creating a shuffle builder. (Games like Smash U... Read more

15 Aug 2018

53mins

Ranked #15

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Story Driven Games with Jerry Hawthorne

Story Driven Games with Jerry Hawthorne

Jerry Hawthorne, designer of Stuffed Fables, discusses story driven games and how to use narrative to create incredible ... Read more

21 Mar 2018

1hr

Ranked #16

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City Building Games with Ted Alspach

City Building Games with Ted Alspach

Ted Alspach, designer Suburbia of and founder of Bezier Games, discusses city building games.Suburbia is ranked 94th on ... Read more

20 Jun 2018

52mins

Ranked #17

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Pitches & Sell Sheets with Jeremy Commandeur

Pitches & Sell Sheets with Jeremy Commandeur

Jeremy Commandeur, organizer of the largest Protospiel in the U.S., discusses pitches and sell sheets.Jeremy has had sev... Read more

18 Apr 2018

44mins

Ranked #18

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Designing Legacy Games with Jamey Stegmaier

Designing Legacy Games with Jamey Stegmaier

Jamey Stegmaier is back on the show, and we’re talking Legacy Games. Jamey’s game, Charterstone, just came out, and it’s... Read more

27 Dec 2017

53mins

Ranked #19

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The Two Types of Cooperative Games with Peter Hayward

The Two Types of Cooperative Games with Peter Hayward

Peter Hayward, founder of Jellybean Games, discusses the two types of cooperative games and what makes them work.Peter p... Read more

4 Apr 2018

44mins

Ranked #20

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[BONUS] Julio Nazario on Getting Inspired

[BONUS] Julio Nazario on Getting Inspired

The post [BONUS] Julio Nazario on Getting Inspired appeared first on Board Game Design Lab.

12 Oct 2018

9mins

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