In Shop Talk I discuss a game mechanic in depth or some aspect of board games. In this episode I introduce Iconography. I look at they are used in every day life, how they apply to boards and dice or other aspects of gaming and what makes good iconography.

I finally get to talk with local Alex Wynnter on graphic design and how he applies his years of experience to board games. We get to talk about his upcoming game The Phantom board game and hear some of his advice on the importance of graphic design.

In this episode I talk with Josh Derksen who is an artist and game designer. We discuss doing artwork for IP based games, and his experience with the Cowboy Bebop game, Buffy The Vampire Slayer game and their newest title Terminator Genisys: Rise of the Resistance which goes live on Kickstarter on the 9th of April.

In Shop Talk I discuss a game mechanic in depth or some aspect of board games.  In this episode I introduce Randomness.  I look at coins, dice, cards and bag draws. We discuss how they work and how they are used in games. 

All of our Shop Talk episodes will have an accompanying Blog Post, and Video on our YouTube Channel. 

Blog Post: http://cravonstudios.com/shop-talk-randomness/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=YUaaXrUIzk8

In this episode I talk with Steve Dee a local Aussie RPG developer. We discuss how theme affects board games and RPGs, as well as how familiarity helps ramp up time. We get into a bit of Meta gaming and how your RPG needs to take into account being a product, not just being a game. 

Steve on: 

http://tinstargames.weebly.com/

In Shop Talk I discuss a game mechanic in depth or some aspect of board games.  In this episode I discuss Movement Patterns.  From path based movement to free movement, I talk about what they are and how they are used in board games.  

All of our Shop Talk episodes will have an accompanying Blog Post, and Video on our YouTube Channel.

In this episode I get to talk to Carla Kopp from Weird Giraffe Games. We discuss how she has build her game publishing company and her use of Kickstarter, as well as how she approaches design and balances design with publishing. Make sure you check out her upcoming game Fire In The Library, coming to Kickstarter March 19th 2018!

This is the first of our Shop Talk episodes. Every other week, between our normal episodes, we will discuss a game mechanic in depth or some aspect of board games.  In this episode I discuss Area Control.  What is it, how does it work, how might you use it in a game.

To kick off season 2 I talked to Sean Fenemore. We covered a range of things from our responsibility to promote diversity and inclusion, to childhood games, and his new game The Stars Align.

Welcome to 2018. In episode 9 my guest is Ben Boesrma of Darwin Games.  We discuss his fascinating small unit skirmish game(s) Dawn: Rise of the Occulites and his upcoming Eye for an Eye Arena.  The themeing on these games is very deep. We also discuss how as a teacher he helped his year 5 students create a game about the conservation of Southeast Australian frogs that earned them a spot in the Zoos Australia Hall Of Fame.  I had a great time talking to Ben.