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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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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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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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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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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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