Indie Board Game Designers

In this episode I chat with Arron Pfieil. In it we discuss:

• Creating a game out of cloth & wood
• Getting gamers moving around the table
• And where magic comes from

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Brian Henk from Pull the Pin Games tells us about his Zorro the Dice game and goes into:

• The challenges of working with an established intellectual property (IP)
• Why business fundamentals are important for game designers
• and why his getaway vehicle is an Uber

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Evan Gibbs shares how you can iterate on a game and finally launch on Kickstarter and succeed - also how I'm brilliant for disagreeing with guests.

Jeff Chin shares how you can design a game with important visuals. We get into:

• Prototyping and manufacturing unique components
• When you should hire an illustrator
• How you can constantly improve your Kickstarter campaigns

Dani and Bill from Escape This Podcast tell us about:

• What it's like to create a game every 2 weeks
• The benefits of a consistent playtester
• and what you can learn by creating a lot of games

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Kyle Schubert tells us about Mintrospection, his game in the Mint Tin Challenge. As well as

• How to retheme a game after a contest
• What to do when you're furloughed
• and if you should get KALLAX shelving (from IKEA)

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Jonathan Weaver is an enthusiastic game designer who is working on many game ideas at the same time and is also pitching games.

Learn how to participate in game design contests, succeed in a rural community, and jump into GenCan't

Will Thompson & David Thomas from Absurdist Productions tell us all about the meats and how you can make a food (meat) themed board game.

• They share the secret to getting a line of people outside your booth
• If vegetarians would love or hate or a meat themed game
• How to build a local playtest group

I get to chat with Juliana Moreno-Patel and Ariel Ruben from The Wild Optimists.

• We talk about puzzle design vs game design
• Signing with mass market companies
• and working with complex components in manufacturing

I get to chat with Jason Slingerland from Building The Game podcast. In our chat we go over:

• Printing games in the US
• Selling games to friendly local game stores (FLGS)
• Why a designer might move from solo designs to codesigns

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