Today on the show I talk with Pat Brennan. He has a lot of experience launching his own games on Kickstarter. And he gives a lot of advice:

* Why you need to start with a community

* Why Kickstarter initiatives might not be right for you

* How to trick self driving cars

Today I have a chat with the awesome Emma Larkins:

* She runs a weekly board game design group

* Created an active community on Twitter

* See why she likes accessible games

Carol Mertz is a video game and board game designer who:

* Documents her process with thoughtful blog posts

* Explores new mediums (like 3-d printing her own pieces)

* Runs a her own game design conference.

Today I chat to Eduardo (Ed) Baraf and his experience as a designer, publisher, and reviewer. That's a lot of ground to cover:

- Why he decided to make a more complicated version (Herbaceous Sprouts) of his existing game (Herbaceous)

- How to get the most from game development

- How you can contribute to the board game community and possibly review games

Dan Letzring who is both a publisher and a designer and he tells us:

- Why he runs his own publishing company

- How to balance an asymmetrical game

- How to make a game with 1,000 cards

I attended publisher speed dating at Origins and it was a blast. I showed off my game Fry Thief.

- Publishers gave conflicting advice so you have to parse the information. They might not be the right publisher for you.

- They asked interesting questions

- Many publishers were instantly interested or disinterested

- Two publishers took my game home. I can only assume that's a good sign!

Pro tip: don't forget your sell sheets in your hotel room.

I chat with Allan Kirkeby, the designer behind Itchy Monkey. An abstract strategy game about lice. We talk about:

- The age old question - how do you start - theme or mechanics?

- The importance of community

- Waffles

I chat with Ryan Leininger, the designer behind Tiny Ninjas. And we talk about:

- How to creatively use components & your box in your game design

- When you might want to relaunch a Kickstarter campaign

- How to get email addresses at conventions

I interview Chad DeShon, the designer behind On Tour, which is a roll-and-write game where you're a band touring across the United States.

- He's also the creator of BoardGameTables.com

- He educates us about his mini-podcast

- He shares the power of email for marketing your game

On the show I talk with Adi Slepack and Liz Roche (who claim to be two people stacked on top of each other in a trench coat). We talk about:

• Their game Someone Has Died
• Improv games
• The benefits and challenges of co-designing

Enjoy.