Geeks of Cascadia

Andrew Hackard of Steve Jackson Games talks MUCHKIN! (of course he does). Jeff Newell of HGN Games talks about their awesome cool game called Medieval and our Geeks Tabletop Game Review dou Kelly and Doug review the game Goatfish, available on Kickstarter!

In this interview we get a peek into a new game called Goatfish developed by Chad Gray that is being kickstarted this month! Plus in our new segment “Get to know your nerdy artist” we interview Brandi York. Also we talk to Rob Bottos who runs BottosCon, a fun annual boardgaming convention in Vancouver, British Columbia. Of course our witty banter and con news. Roll the dice!

In this interview find out about David Gerrard’s next project “Tyler Sigman’s Crows”, starting soon on Kickstarter. Later in our segment Geeks Tabletop Game Review, Doug and Kelly review the game Mountains of Madness. Also in this episode in our segment Get To Know Your Game Store we interview Tim Morgan of Around the Table Games. Of course you’ll receive some convention news, witty banter, and meet another podcast host we are calling Durango.

In this interview we interview Starfinder lead designer Owen K.C. Stephens. Find out the behind the scenes development of Paizo’s latest greatest hit Starfinder. Plus we sit down with Levi Mote and talk about his game Horizons. Also we talk to an up and comer to tabletop game design Matt Jacobs who talks about Kitten Klash and his next projects XO. Get ready for a nerdy spacy podcast.

So causes a bunch of strangers who willingly come together to kill each other in vehicular homicidal mania? Well it’s Car Wars of course by Steve Jackson Games! Listen to the podcast to follow this year’s 2017 Dragonflight Car Wars Tournament. Will last year’s Champion defend his title? Will a 14 year old figure out how to drop mines at 110 mph? Will spilling tons of oil to make your opponents spin out result in a hazmat fine? Only one way to find out and that’s to listen to the podcast. A big thank you to Greg Pratt who goes to different cons to put on these tournaments and begs Steve Jackson Games for prize support. Also thanks to Steve Jackson Games who have been supportive.

The whole Geeks of Cascadia crew head to Dragonflight for three days of tabletop games fun. We interview a whole bunch of game developers (most we will have to post later) and we sit down and talk to the outgoing and incoming convention directors.

Notes: Several interviews will be posted in later episodes of Geeks of Cascadia.

Developers Interviewed:

Joseph Z Chen with Fantastic Factories

Ken Cassidy and Jason Trout with ACW Games

Alice Davis of Kitten Klash, Buildasaurus and one in development

We get the inside scoop of the upcoming OrcaCon this January, later Kelly and Doug review the hot new game “Century Spice Road”. Bluesamurai loves the game especially after beating Doug and Paul.

Blue Samurai and Greg go over each day and gives their insights to GenCon. Greg geeks over Larry Elmore and tries not to die in True Dungeon. Steve apologies about his fumbles and acting weird when he interviewed his tabletop game developer childhood heroes Paul Peterson and Mike Selinker. Throughout the podcast we’ll have interviews from several game developers big and small; Bruce Cordell, David Gerrard, Paul Peterson, Rob Duncan, Robert Huss, Tim Blank and of course David Hoppe the CEO of GenCon. We find out about the future of GenCon and how successful GenCon 50 was.

Notes

Episode 9 will drop after. With GenCon we had to push the episode out.

We had VERY lengthy interviews at GenCon with industry luminaries that we will save for future episodes. Below is what is coming soon!

Andrew Hackard: Gives us insights into the Munchkin line and the future of Steve Jackson Games.

Mike Selinker: Shares thoughts about his history of game development going back to TSR and what his company, Lone Shark Games, is doing.

Owen K.C. Stephens: The lead developer of Piazo’s big hit, Starfinder, gives us the untold story behind the story of Starfinder development and gives us a peek into Starfinder’s future.

We meet with veteran game developer Robert Huss with Counter Clockwork Games and talk about The Shadow Over Westminster, Goblins at the Gates, and how he got into game development. Afterwards we talk to David and Michael Matlock who are trying to break into game development with their new game Congress: The Board Game! We wish those two luck! Of course more con news.

Episode 7 – Kelly Toyama with Imbalanced Games, Dice Forge review, and RPG Curator David Carnahan by Geeks of Cascadia