Board Again Gaming

The audio on the car ride home from Circle DC with Tim Densham and John Lapham who are both designers for Catastrophe Games who I work with.  Tim designed Zurmat and is also working on True Command. John has a game coming called A More Perfect Union. 

Apologies for the audio in the car being of a lower quality. 

Games mentioned in this episode:
Diplomacy, The Devil's Advocates, Nicaea, Votes for Women, Night Witches, Weimar: The Fight for Democracy, Bosses of the Senate, Star Wars Rebellion, War of the Ring, 2nd Ed., Rafter Five, Chicago '68, Prey  Another Day, Coast Watchers,  A Gest of Robinhood, Twilight Struggle: South Asian Monsoon, Arabian Struggle, Stonewall Uprising: Revised Ed., and Power Grid. 

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A somewhat tongue in cheek conversation with Sebastian J. Bae. and Non-Breaking Space and two of Sebastian's professional war game cohorts - Rachel and Robert. 

We also talk about economic conflict, area control, exploitation, and coercion. 

This conversation was held during Circle DC '24 at the Franklin School building on the top floor of the Planet Word Museum.  

Games mentioned in this episode:
Root, Roads and Boats, Scrabble, Votes for Women, Chicago '68, Labyrinth, Cross Bronx Expressway, Littoral Commander, and Container. 

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I talk with Beth Jackson and Angel Drummond about their current campaign on Crowdfundr - Beth and Angel Make a Campaign where they are making 31 zines during the month of February. We talk about writing, prompts, and inspiration even during a mental crunch. We also talk about how creating for yourself and a community is different than making something for mass market consumption. 

We also talk about their love for sci-fi, The Princess Bride, and other pop culture touch points. 

We also talk about their worst/best gaming experiences in games. 

Games mentioned in this episode: 
Fire in the Library, Strike a Pose, Stellar Leap, Explosions in the Library

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We talk with Lamont Jones about his upcoming book, "The Gist of Bid Whist." 

A boxing business attorney and executive, Lamont Jones maintains that the deals most meaningful to him are not those he’s negotiated or litigated on behalf of boxing managers, promoters, or champions. Instead, the contracts that most make his heart sing are those he enters and defends against at the card table, playing Bid Whist. Jones believes that card games connect people and that the rich story of Bid Whist is one that deserves to be widely known.

Lamont appreciates support from the American Playing Card Company

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Seppy Yoon is a board game designer and publisher. We talk about his upcoming expansion for Conquest Princess: Fashion is Power - Night of the Necropede. 

We talk about his games like: End of the Line, Mouse Cheese Cat Cucumber, Processing.

We also talk about games like Kingdom Death Monster and Boop. 

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I talk with designers T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, Koltin Thompson about their upcoming game Galactic Cruise and how they decided to design this game. We talk about the game mechanics and why they still enjoy the game. We also talk about what it was like to add Dennis as a third designer after they had been designing their game for a while. 

Games mentioned in this episode: Galactic Cruise, Settlers of Catan, Cascadia, On Mars, Horseless Carriage, Full Sun, World the Game, and Fiction.

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Bijhan Agha is the designer of the game Time Wars: Stellar Assault and in this episode we talk about the game and the Patreon that helped create the game from JamSheed Studios which is an art collective which helps creators retain their works. 

Games mentioned in this episode:
Time Wars: Stellar Assault, Digimon: TCG, Star Wars: The Card Game, Chess, Dixit, and Magic the Gathering

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Diatoms was the 2023 Cardboard Edison Award winning game and we talk with designer and publisher Sabrina Culyba in this episode about why she decided to self-publish the game. We also talk about how math and art can intersect in the game and be a learning tool. 

Games mentioned in this episode: Diatoms, Azul, Sagrada

Essen 2023 booth # Hall 3 H115 and it's hosted by Dina Said So Studio https://dinasaidsostudio.com/

Diatoms Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ludoliminal/diatoms

Diatoms website: 

http://diatomsthegame.com

 Carina Initiatives and the Astra Fund helped fund Diatoms: https://www.astragames.org/

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Jeff Irving is the creator of the Vrahode system of gaming which is a tabletop dungeon crawl type of experience. He has spent countless hours working on his game and getting it ready to share with the world. We talk about the basics of his system and what will be available to players.  

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Sigfried Trent is one of the lead writers on the Everyday Heroes system from Evil Genius Games. We talk about his favorite characters to writer, the rapid growth of the company and writing challenges that come with that experience, and his favorite hero type to play. 

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