David Sirlin, President of Sirlin Games, drops by to do a deep dive into video game influences on his tabletop designs, especially with the new Puzzle Strike 2! We also discuss how push-your-luck mechanisms and designing a board game universe.

Our chosen topics this week:

• David Sirlin (guest): How his game design draws from video game influences
• Christina (host): Push-your-luck in game design and some favorites in that genre
• Shoe (producer): Building a board game universe