A video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGYO9cGDBvA&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Brian Mayer is a board game designer living in Perry, NY. He attended American Library Association Annual Conference to promote his board game, Freedom: The Underground Railroad (http://playplaylearn.com/games/freedom-underground-railroad) a 1-4 player abolitionist movement-themed strategy board game, and to introduce librarians to board games as educational tools. He also prototyped some game concepts including a particle physics board game at the show and assisted the Games and Gaming Round Table in setting up board game islands for librarians considering building or expanding their board game collection. His games and pedagogy tools/references can be found at his site, http://playplaylearn.com.??????????????????This independent artist interview was conducted by Joseph Coco on behalf of Becca Hillburn's art process blog, Nattosoup (http://nattosoup.blogspot.com).