Sarah Rowan designed and is launching her first game Soothsayer. She talks about:

• How to design for a specific group
• When/if you can use ideas from another culture
• And what you call a male witch

Ryan Hoye tells us about his game Icy Dice in the roll & write anthology called Dice & Ink. He shares:

• How you can solo playtest in a game design group
• How a game involving gender can sound wrong to passerbys
• How to make a semi-coop roll & write.
• And how princesses can save plumbers

Len Kendall who designed Western Tropic joins us to tell us about:

• Building games from traditional 52 card decks
• and how to take inspiration without stealing an idea

I was able to chat to the inspiring Liberty Kifer who talks about:

• Her design challenge which led to her first game - Crystallo
• Her successful Kickstarter campaign
• And the ensuing imposter syndrome

We also talk about why Harry Potter is overrated. 😱

Chris Rossetti from Rampage Games created 11:59 and Brace for Impact! He tells us all about mint tin games:

• Why they're fun
• Advice for making one (and breaking your game down to the essentials)
• and how to (any why you should) speak like an ogre

Today I get to chat to Jessica Creane who designs immersive experiences as well as games. She designed Schrodinger's Cat and some games for the National Park Service.

She'll tell us about:

• Why immersive experiences are important
• Designing a game for a 3rd party (like the National Park service)
• And why a baby raccoon is the best pet.

In this episode I chat to Michael & Christina Pittre who designed On The Rocks. We chat about:

• How to create high end graphics
• How long you have to iterate until you're happy with a mechanic
• and what glass you should have for your booze collection

Zach Horton revived the ancient game Mehen. He describes his process to reinvent the rules and why it's different from other revivals.

Check out his Kickstarter for this gorgeous game.

Nicholas Yu shares how easy it was to make Adventure Tactics with one publisher Letiman Games) and why he had issues with previous publishers.

We also chat about:

• Insanity mechanics
• 20 page design documents
• and most importantly how many times he played Final Fantasy Tactics (it's more than 10)

Nathan Meunier designed The Blessed Dark, entered it into a contest, and launched it on Kickstarter in just 3 months.

Learn how he moves so fast. Specifically:

• How to add more restrictions to your games
• When to start creating art
• And why Cat Summoning would be the best school of magic.