Hidden Role: The Brains Behind Your Favorite Games

Nicholas Cravotta and Rebecca Bleau are the creative minds behind over a hundred games and puzzles. From cooperative Escape Rooms to party games like Pickwits, these two tell us how to work together to create a really good game!

Check out BlueMatter Games:

https://www.bluemattergames.com/

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Tanya Thompson, Senior Director of Design Innovation and Inventor Relations at Hasbro, gives incredible insights on how to pitch your toy or game and stand out in a sea of ideas.

Anyone can pitch an idea to Hasbro! Check out Spark:

https://spark.hasbro.com/

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In this episode, Matt Nuccio shares stories from his many years as a toy designer, from joining the "family business" as a kid, to Pogs, to Texas Hold'em, to researching his family's history with the New York mafia....

Check out Design Edge:

https://www.designedge.net/

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What goes into a great game? There's no easy answer, but Matt Leacock, creator of Pandemic and master game designer, might just know the answer! Join us as he dives into game theory, good feedback, crafting the play experience, and much more!

Learn when Daybreak launches:

https://www.daybreakgame.org/

Keep up with Matt Leacock:

https://www.leacock.com/

https://twitter.com/mattleacock

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When master game designer Matt Leacock started out, it wasn't about the money, it was about making the best game possible! In part one of this two parter, we go deep into the creation of the hit boardgame, Pandemic. Learn Matt's design philosophy and get a glimpse at how a big success can grow from a really solid game.

In Part 2, we'll be discussing best practices in game design and much, much more!

Learn when Daybreak launches:

https://www.daybreakgame.org/

Keep up with Matt Leacock:

https://www.leacock.com/

https://twitter.com/mattleacock

https://www.facebook.com/matt.leacock

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Keep up with Little Rebels:

https://www.wearelittlerebels.com/

https://www.youtube.com/c/LittleRebels/

https://www.instagram.com/wearelittlerebels/

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When an inventor pitches to a game company, a Game Scout picks what ideas stay and go! Josh West is that person, and using his two decades in the industry, he lets us know the secret to an awesome pitch!

Keep up with ThinkFun:

https://www.thinkfun.com/

https://www.facebook.com/ThinkFunGames/

https://www.instagram.com/thinkfun/

https://twitter.com/thinkfun

https://www.youtube.com/user/ThinkFunInc

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For nearly two decades, Egils Grasmanis has turned game publisher Brain Games into an international success, and he co-invented the worldwide hit ICECOOL. What does it take to be the first successful game publisher in Latvia? Learn that and more in today's episode!

Check out Brain Games' upcoming Kickstarter, Iron Forest:

http://tinyurl.com/IRONFOREST

Follow Brain Games:

https://www.publishing.brain-games.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BrainGamesPublishing/

https://www.instagram.com/braingames_int/

https://twitter.com/braingames_int

https://www.youtube.com/c/BrainGamesPublishing/videos

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Creating a business from scratch is hard enough - but manufacturing the product, distributing it, AND running the company, all after quitting your job to pursue a dream? Sounds pretty crazy... but Aaron Muderick is an expert in crazy. He's here to share his journey from the smallest inkling of an idea to a worldwide success.

Keep up with Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty:

https://crazyaarons.com/

https://www.instagram.com/thinkingputty

Follow Aaron Muderick:

https://www.tiktok.com/@therealcrazyaaron

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Rory O'Connor, game designer and creative, dives into the tale of Rory's Story Cubes, his creative process, making the world a better place through imagination and play, inclusivity in game design, and much more!

Check out Hub Games:

https://www.wearehubgames.com/

https://www.youtube.com/c/WeAreHubGames

https://www.instagram.com/wearehubgames/

https://www.twitch.tv/wearehubgames

https://www.facebook.com/wearehubgames/

Keep up with Rory O'Connor:

https://twitter.com/roryoconnor

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