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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Feb 8, 2019 • 10min
[BONUS] Eric Rayl on How to Film a Great Video
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Feb 6, 2019 • 32min
The Game Designers Documentary with Eric Rayl
For the past 3 years, Eric Rayl has been traveling around the world interviewing some of the best designers in the world about their games, their processes, and their experiences in the industry.
Check out the documentary HERE.
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Feb 1, 2019 • 8min
[BONUS] Bill Lasek on the 5 Starting Points for Design
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Jan 30, 2019 • 56min
Programmable Action Games with Bill Lasek
Bill Lasek, designer of Koi, discusses how to design programmable action games.
Programmable actions provide really interesting options for players and create really interesting challenges for designers. Bill’s game, Koi, programs fish moving around a pond, so he has first-hand experience with this type of game.
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Jan 25, 2019 • 7min
[BONUS] James Van Niekerk on Approaching Publishers
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Jan 23, 2019 • 42min
Board Game Graphic Design with James Van Niekerk
James Van Niekerk, professional graphic designer and creator of Valor & Villainy, discusses colors, fonts, hierarchies, and tons of other concepts that you need to think about when working through the graphic design of a game.
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Jan 18, 2019 • 10min
[BONUS] Tim Fowers on Connecting with Gamers
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Jan 16, 2019 • 44min
Designing Deduction Games with Tim Fowers
Tim Fowers, designer of Burgle Bros and Fugitive, discusses how to design deduction games.
Fugitive is one of my favorite deduction games, and Tim’s next game, Sabotage, is also a really cool deduction game coming out later this year.
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Jan 11, 2019 • 12min
[BONUS] Steven Aramini on Re-Theming a Game
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Jan 9, 2019 • 50min
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 Cardboard Edison award and is a really clever, card-driven area control game.
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