Design Diary

Design Diary

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Design Diary episodes

  • 166: Weltschmerz (with co-host Rob Cramer)
    Today we look at board game design based on the word "weltschmerz".

    1 often capitalized Weltschmerz : mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state

    2 often capitalized Weltschmerz : a mood of sentimental sadness

    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD166-Weltschmerz.mp3




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  • 165: Luddite (with co-host Rob Cramer)
    Today we look at board game design based on the word "Luddite".

    : one of a group of early 19th-century English workmen destroying laborsaving machinery as a protest; broadly : one who is opposed to especially technological change

    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD165-Luddite.mp3

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  • 163: Atone (with co-host Rob Cramer)
    Today we look at board game design based on the word "atone".

    1 : to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome — usually + for

    2 : to make reparation or supply satisfaction for : expiate — used in the passive voice with for

    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD163-Atone.mp3

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  • 156: Behemoth (with co-host Rob Cramer)
    Today we look at board game design based on the word "behemoth".

    1 often capitalized : a mighty animal described in Job 40:15-24 as an example of the power of God
    2 : something of monstrous size, power, or appearance

    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD156-Behemoth.mp3

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  • 155: Salvo (with co-host Rob Cramer)
    Today we look at board game design based on the word "salvo".

    1 a : a simultaneous discharge of two or more guns in military action or as a salute
    b : the release all at one time of a rack of bombs or rockets (as from an airplane)
    c : a series of shots by an artillery battery with each gun firing one round in turn after a prescribed interval
    d : the bombs or projectiles released in a salvo
    2 a : a sudden burst
    b : a spirited attack

    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD155-Salvo.mp3



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