John Brieger, professional freelancer, discusses what it looks like to make a living working on board games.

John is a designer, developer, editor, and more, and he’s been working on games full-time for about a year.

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Joe Pilkus, professional game developer, discusses the lessons he’s learned from developing games over the years.

Joe has worked on games from Stonemaier Games, Academy Games, and many other major publishers, and he’s been helping fledgling game designers online for years.

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Derek Funkhouser, designer of Walking Dead: Something to Fear, discusses how to design games that create magic moments.

Derek is the lead developer at Skybound Games and loves designing so that players enjoy awesome moments that they’ll talk about for years to come.

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Wes Woodbury, designer of Legends of Novus, discusses how to design a fantasy-themed game.

We talk about world-building, combat systems, art, and more. 

And be sure to check out Wes’s fantasy-themed board game on Kickstarter HERE.

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Ryan Langewisch, designer of Tasty Humans, discusses how to create and update a game quickly and efficiently.

Ryan recently won a 48-hour game jam and has gotten really good at the iteration process.

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