I chat to the incredibly thoughtful & talented Tim Fowers about all of his games. We go into:

• Why he prefers to sell on his own site instead of distribution
• Why he started Tabletop Network
• Who your audience really is (it's more than "people who like fantasy and games")
• And what crime he'd definitely be arrested for

I met Fertessa Allyse at Tabletop Network and got her to share some of her thoughts on a game she just signed. We chat about:

• Designing one game for a long time
• Tabletop Network
• Emulating (and not stealing) other game ideas

And most importantly: why Scar is the best Disney villain

The amazing Alisha Volkmann tells us all about:

• Winning game design contests
• Designing games for companies
• Illustrating games
• and of course cheese curds

I was able to chat with Eric Alvarado who is a game designer who created Vinyl. And he now works for Talon Strikes Studios. We chat about:

• Designing theme first
• Creating mathematical models for your games
• Creating a streamlined process to generate your cards and import them into a testing program
• and record crates

John Lash joins me and shares:

1. His game Cage Match
2. His direct to Amazon strategy
3. And his favorite martial arts movie

In this episode I chat with Fabian Fischer who tells us:

• Exactly how you design an expansion for a game
• When you should start designing an expansion
• How expansions and previous games affects your sales
• and a ton of resources!

And he also shares why you'd want an ogre as a friend.

Wes Woodbury and I chat about his game Legends of Novus. We also talk about:

• The shared fantasy realm
• Story telling games
• Creating app based board games
• and eye-rollders (like a beholder but an eye)

Lessons learned from PAX Unplugged. It was the first time I went and learned a lot about selling in person. As well as the first time selling Fry Thief.

Christian Kudahl shares his story about his game Unleash which he recently signed. We talk about:

• Finding the one good mechanism in a game
• The best advice on this show
• and ace lawyers

Nikki Valens who designed Quiry Circuits joins us on the show.

We chat about:

• Prototyping minis
• Designing games without winners
• Cooperative roll & writes
• and the upcoming Steven Universe movie

As always, feedback is appreciated.