Design Diary

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Design Diary episodes

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

    1 singular or plural in construction : the art of making or the manufacture and use of fireworks
    2 a : a display of fireworks
    b : a spectacular display (as of extreme virtuosity)


    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD153-Pyrotechnics.mp3



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  • 152: Benevolent
    Today we look at board game design based on the word "benevolent".

    1 a : marked by or disposed to doing good
    b : organized for the purpose of doing good
    2 : marked by or suggestive of goodwill

    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD152-Benevolent.mp3 


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  • 151: Transmogrify
    Today we look at board game design based on the word "transmogrify".

    : to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect

    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD151-Transmogrify.mp3


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  • 149: Asseverate
    Today we look at board game design based on the word "asseverate".

    : to affirm or declare positively or earnestly

    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD149-Asseverate.mp3




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  • 147: Regardless
    Today we look at board game design based on the word "regardless".

    :despite everything

    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD147-Regardless.mp3 

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  • 146: Canicular
    Today we look at board game design based on the word "canicular".

    :of or relating to the period between July and early September when hot weather occurs in the northern hemisphere. 

    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD146-Canicular.mp3



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

    1 a : having the qualities of balm : soothing
    b : mild, temperate
    2 : crazy, foolish

    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD144-Balmy.mp3


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  • 143: Anachronism (with special guest Keith Ferguson)
    Today Keith Ferguson (Santa's Workshop) looks at board game design based on the word "anachronism".

    1 : an error in chronology; especially : a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other
    2 : a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially : one from a former age that is incongruous in the present
    3 : the state or condition of being chronologically out of place
    http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD143-Anachronism.mp3


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