Cody and I wrap up the Simple Elegance series. We talk about:

• How our entries went
• Our favorite games
• What we'd do on future contests

Julio Nazario is known for creative uses of components and signing a ton of games. I ask him for:

• His secrets about signing games & making sell sheets
• How he learned so much in so little time
• Where his ideas come from

And most importantly... his favorite character in Super Smash Bros.

I share my experience at Origins and talk about three main things I did:

1. Publisher speed dating
2. Testing in the Unpub room
3. Setting up publisher meetings

Ryan Langewisch designed Tasty Humans in a game jam. Learn about game jams, why you might want to enter one, and how to get noticed after the fact.

And as a bonus: what food to eat on the 4th of July (TLDR: all of it).

Jennifer Burkhart had a "failed" campaign for her game Panic Mode! She was so inspired by her community that she made the game anyway and now is doing quite well.

Listen to her talk about:

• Inspiration for the game
• The Kickstarter campaign
• and what inspired her after the campaign

She also loves retro board games and name drops a handful.

Eric Raué shares his experience launching Coevorden. We chat about:

• Multi-use cards
• Marketing a town builder
• And how you can fit playmats in the box!

Cody Thompson and I chat about preparing our entries for the Simple Elegance contest on The Game Crafter.

In this episode we focus on:

• Getting art & illustrations
• SVG cut lines and how impossible they are
• The essential elements on a product page on The Game Crafter

Today I get to chat with Jordan Sorenson who designed By Star and Sea which I was able to play at Protospiel Milwaukee.

He's going to share how you can make so much progress on a game during an event.

And we chat about a LARP we played - don't see those too often!

Today I chat with Darren Terpstra who made Ignite which recently funded on Kickstarter. We chat about:

• How to make giant minis
• How to make games consistent with your brand
• And how a beach bum survives in Colorado