Ludology
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.
Latest episodes
Jun 4, 2017 • 1h 18min
Ludology Episode 153 - Tie One On
Gil and Geoff tackle ties in games. How important are tiebreakers? What are good and bad ways to design them? Duration: 1:18:18
May 28, 2017 • 6min
GameTek Classic 152 - Spoilsport
In this classic GameTek, Geoff discusses the difference between a cheat and a spoilsport, and what that means for society. Duration: 05:49
May 21, 2017 • 1h 3min
Ludology Episode 152 - The Better Angels Of Our Nature
Gil and Geoff are thrilled to welcome Chris Cobb from Riot Games, creator of the number one online game in the world, League of Legends. Until recently Chris was the technical lead for the Player Behavior team, which was tasked with designing in-game and out-of-game systems to encourage players to be nicer to each other, and deal with players who don't. Over the years, what did they learn about behavior, and how to design systems to encourage it to improve? Duration: 1:02:29
May 14, 2017 • 9min
GameTek Classic 151 - Risk
Ludology welcomes Scott Rogers and his Biography of a Board Game segment! This episode he traces the history of Risk, from the early 20th century to today. Duration: 09:10
May 7, 2017 • 1h 23min
Ludology Episode 151 - High Definition
For their first show as a duo, Gil and Geoff revisit the question posed in the very first episode of Ludology - What is a game? The answer may surprise you. Duration: 1:23:24
Apr 30, 2017 • 26min
GameTek Classic 150 - VirZoom
New Content! Geoff interviews Eric Janszen, the CEO of VirZoom. VirZoom makes a Virtual Reality exercise bike, that interfaces with all the major VR platforms, and uses games to keep people exercising. What lessons have they learned about gaming and engagement? Duration 25:39
Apr 23, 2017 • 1h 25min
Ludology Episode 150 - Mike Drop
Changes! We bid a fond farewell to Mike, and a big hello to Gil! Duration: 1:25:22
Apr 16, 2017 • 33min
GameTek Classic 149 - Procedural Narrative Generation
New content! Geoff interviews Rogelio Cardona-Rivera, a researcher at North Carolina State, about Procedural Narrative Generation - systems that can create and manipulate story structure in a game on the fly. For more information, please check out http://rogel.io and http://storygen.org Duration: 32:58
Apr 9, 2017 • 1h 2min
Ludology Episode 149 - Blast From The Past
Mike and Geoff are pleased to welcome Justin Jacobson from Restoration Games, to talk about what they've learned from bringing older games back for a modern audience. Duration: 1:01:35
Apr 2, 2017 • 6min
GameTek Classic 148 - Teamwork
In this classic GameTek, Geoff looks at games that help improve teamwork. Duration: 05:41
