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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Jun 20, 2018 • 52min
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 Board Game Geek and is easily on the Mount Rushmore of city building games, so Ted really knows what he’s talking about when it comes to designing one of these types of games.
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Jun 15, 2018 • 7min
[BONUS] Nolan Nasser on Developing Games for a Licensed IP
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Jun 13, 2018 • 47min
Art Direction in Games with Nolan Nasser
Nolan Nasser, illustrator and founder of Deep Water Games, discusses art direction in board games.Nolan has a ton of experience in directing art for well known games and shares a great deal of what he’s learned over the years.
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Jun 8, 2018 • 12min
[BONUS] Cody Stevens on Volunteering at a Convention for a Publisher
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Jun 6, 2018 • 47min
Designing Dexterity Games with Cody Stevens
Cody Stevens, the designer of Dino Dunk, discusses dexterity games.We talk about lots of different dexterity style games, how they work, and what makes them good.
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Jun 1, 2018 • 17min
[BONUS] Joseph Z Chen on How to Build an Email List
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May 30, 2018 • 42min
Catch-Up Mechanisms with Joseph Z. Chen
Joseph Z Chen discusses catch-up mechanisms.Joseph is a designer and indie publisher who did a fairly in-depth analysis on ways different games keep players involved until the end. We talk about several popular games and their catch-up mechanisms as well as Joseph’s personal experiences.
And don’t forget to check out Joseph’s game, Fantastic Factories, on Kickstarter HERE.
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May 23, 2018 • 36min
For the Love of Board Games – A Book by Erin Dean
Erin Dean, author of For the Love of Board Games, discusses her book and what she learned from the designers she interviewed.
You can check out Erin’s documentary, The Board Game Boom, here.
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May 18, 2018 • 33min
[BONUS] Daniel Fremgen on Receiving Feedback from a Design Contest
Here’s Daniel’s article about receiving feedback from a design contest.
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May 16, 2018 • 40min
The Indie Game Alliance with Matt Holden
Matt Holden discusses the Indie Game Alliance.Matt started the IGA four years ago to help small publishers and designers get their games demoed at conventions and game stores, and it’s grown into a robust organization that offers quite a few services.
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