Breaking Into Board Games

We talked to Kwanchai about working as an artist in the board game space. We were specifically interested in how he got noticed and progressed once publishers started to take note. You'd be surprised what a windy path it was!

You can reach out to Kwanchai on twitter: @kwanchaimoriya

Hosts: Tony - Designer - @beardedrogue Ian - Developer - @ianzangdesign Gil - Publisher - @gilhova "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Tony, Ian, and Gil talk to Chris Kirkman of Dice Hate Me Games and Greater than Games about his work creating a company, merging a company, and managing... taxes? It's a great episode, trust us!

Hosts: Tony - Designer - @beardedrogue Ian - Developer - @ianzangdesign Gil - Publisher - @gilhova "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Tony, Ian, and Gil take listener questions about the industry.

Hosts: Tony - Designer - @beardedrogue Ian - Developer - @ianzangdesign Gil - Publisher - @gilhova "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Tony, Ian, and Gil talk to Kathleen Mercury, designer of the upcoming Dirty Dragons from Kolossal Games, and gifted teacher for some lucky students. Kathleen has been working on improving her students skills through game design challenges. You can reach out to her at the locations below.

kathleenmercury.com

@mmmmmmmercury

Hosts: Tony - Designer - @beardedrogue Ian - Developer - @ianzangdesign Gil - Publisher - @gilhova "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The hosts review their predictions from last year's episode, and make their new predictions for 2018.

Hosts: Tony - Designer - @beardedrogue Ian - Developer - @ianzangdesign Gil - Publisher - @gilhova

"There It Is", "Balloon Game" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The hosts talk to Carla Kopp of Weird Giraffe Games about starting a game company and developing a following of people that love your games!

We also talk about designer/publisher relationships and how to go through development while maintaining the designer's original vision.

Carla is on twitter @weirdgiraffes

Hosts: Tony - Designer - @beardedrogue Ian - Developer - @ianzangdesign Gil - Publisher - @gilhova "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We talked to TC Petty III about his path into the industry as a game designer and work as a developer with Artana games. His published works are Xenon Profiteer, Viva Java: The Coffee Game, and Viva Java: The Coffee Game: The Dice Game.

You can reach out to TC on twitter: @puppyshogun

Hosts: Tony - Designer - @beardedrogue Ian - Developer - @ianzangdesign Gil - Publisher - @gilhova "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Gil and Tony are on location at BGGcon to talk to Smoox Chen, lead of Taiwan Board Game Design, and designer of "My Story", and importer of games from the Asian market.

Hosts: Tony - Designer - @beardedrogue Ian - Developer - @ianzangdesign Gil - Publisher - @gilhova "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Ian joins Gil and Tony live from BGGcon2017 as they discuss their convention experiences, and Ian touches on experiences at non-game conventions

Hosts: Tony - Designer - @beardedrogue Ian - Developer - @ianzangdesign Gil - Publisher - @gilhova "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Ian and Gil talk to Maggibot about her new job at PSI and her past at Mox Boarding House as a purchasing manager.

You can reach out to her on twitter:

@maggibot

Hosts: Tony - Designer - @beardedroguegames Ian - Developer - @ianzangdesign Gil - Publisher - @gilhova "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/