The Board Game Design Lab
Gabe Barrett
The Board Game Design Lab was created for one purpose: to help you design great games people love. To accomplish that goal, this podcast interviews designers, publishers, and board game insiders on specific topics related to game design. I don’t waste time talking about recently played games or pop culture. Instead, the show does a deep dive into subjects that I hope you’ll find extremely valuable as you progress through your game design journey.
Episodes
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Apr 10, 2019 • 56min
Designing Economic Games with Adam Chunn and Woody Hutsell
Adam Chunn and Woody Hutsell discuss designing economic games.
Adam and Woody have years of experience working in the real world of finance and economics and decided to design a game that translates those concepts into game mechanics.
Check out their back-alley economic game set in a fantasy world, Plunderbund, on Kickstarter HERE.
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Apr 9, 2019 • 6min
[ANNOUNCEMENT] 2019 Board Game Design Challenge
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Apr 5, 2019 • 6min
[BONUS] Jesse Zamora on Hidden Information Games
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Apr 4, 2019 • 25min
[BGDL+] Quality vs Quantity, Lessons from Steve Martin, and the Weight Room
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Apr 3, 2019 • 37min
Modifying Published Games with Jesse Zamora
Jesse Zamora discusses modifying published games and what can be learned from the process as game designers.
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Mar 29, 2019 • 6min
[BONUS] John Coveyou on Building a Brand
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Mar 27, 2019 • 1h 2min
Fun AND Educational Games with John Coveyou
John Coveyou, founder of Genius Games, discusses how to design games that also happen to be educational.
John is the designer of Cytosis, Subatomic, Ion, and several other well-received science based games, and he’s really figured out how to take scientific ideas and translate them into enjoyable games.
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Mar 22, 2019 • 7min
[BONUS] Peter C. Hayward on Designing 2nd Editions
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Mar 20, 2019 • 47min
How to Be a Great Playtester with Peter C. Hayward
Peter C. Hayward, founder of Jellybean Games, discusses how to be a great playtester.
Peter often gets paid by publishers to playtest games and probably playtests more games than anyone you know. He’s got great advice on what it looks like to be the most helpful playtester at the table.
Be sure to check out Peter’s new game on Kickstarter HERE.
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Mar 15, 2019 • 8min
[BONUS] Noel Gussen on Workflow and Organization
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