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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Nov 2, 2018 • 11min
[BONUS] Jamey & Gabe on Designing The Final Flicktier
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Oct 31, 2018 • 37min
Celebrating 100 Episodes!
Jamey Stegmaier is guest hosting, and we’re celebrating 100 episodes of the show!
We’re talking past, present, and future with lots of interesting things thrown in.
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Oct 26, 2018 • 9min
[BONUS] Calum Taylor on Designing in Isolation
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Oct 24, 2018 • 57min
Randomness and Player Agency with Calum Taylor
Calum Taylor, designer of Motora, talks about balancing luck with player agency.It’s good to have luck to keep a game unpredictable, but if it goes too far, players will feel like the game is playing them. You need to make sure players feel in control while also allowing for cool “plot twist” moments.
And be sure to check out Calum’s game on Kickstarter HERE.
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Oct 19, 2018 • 10min
[BONUS] Nick Kopp on Bar Codes and SKUs
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Oct 17, 2018 • 54min
Designing Light Games with Carla Kopp
Carla Kopp, founder of Weird Giraffe Games, talks about designing light (or filler) games.
Carla’s company focuses on this type of games, and she’s designed several herself, so she definitely understands the topic well.
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Oct 12, 2018 • 9min
[BONUS] Julio Nazario on Getting Inspired
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Oct 10, 2018 • 59min
Innovative Uses of Game Components with Julio Nazario
Julio Nazario, winner of the HABA Games design challenge, talks about game components and interesting ways to use them.Julio has been designing some really innovative games using components in really cool ways.
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Oct 5, 2018 • 11min
[BONUS] Isaac Vega on Working on Games in a Series
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Oct 3, 2018 • 55min
Balancing a Game with Isaac Vega
Isaac Vega, designer of Dead of Winter, Ashes, and many others, talks about how to balance a game.Isaac has designed some of the best games in the world and has really figured out how to make sure a game feels balanced to its players.
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