Join Cody and myself as we discuss adding extra details to our games for the Simple Elegance contest from The Game Crafter.

I dig into Bank of the Realms and how a recent playtest confirmed my changes.

Cody shares a previous game idea he had and how he's going to try to get art for it.

I get to chat with Joshua J Mills about his game Big Easy Busking by Weird Giraffe Games.

Tune in to learn what changes really brought the game to life. What happens when you are a finalist in a game design contest. And learn about the best musical instrument as well as Wikipedia holes.

Travis D Hill a podcaster, game designer, and rulebook editor; shares his experience getting into the industry. He tells us about his new game Penny Rails and some of the design challenges with train games & with micro (18 card) games.

A reflection on the first year of my podcast. How well did I do?

• Are you inspired?
• Did you learn something?

Help me decide what content I should make moving forward and how to fund the show. Funding options:

1. Podcast extras
2. Private community
3. Write a book
4. Online conference
5. Sponsors
6. Donations

Cody and I continue talking about our progress towards the Simple Elegance contest. We chat about:

* our prototypes and getting some test games in * I make an art brief and some coin * Cody works on removable pieces of the board. * And we both assign homework to each other

Helana Hope & Jessey Wright talk about their game Kingdom Rush: Rift in Time.

They chat about:

• How they solved the issue of tracking too much data in a tower defense game
• Working in a trio (Helana, Jessey, and Sen-Foong Lim)
• And how they built a game for a very popular intellectual property

Joe Hopkins tells us about his game Endangered and specifically:

• How he pitches a game with a social message to publishers
• The complication of fostering emotions in a game
• And how to add replayability to your game.

Jim Fitzpatrick shares how he decides what cons to go to and what you should do at a con (more than just pitch your game). He also shares:

• How to hear & take action on advice
• Why you might want to focus on one game at a time
• How to handle life's curveballs

Clinton Morris shares:

• How to make a hidden role game snappy
• Give both player the opportunity to play the hidden role
• And why you should build library of components

We also chat about his game Hunt The Ravager.