An interview with Liz Davidson of the Beyond Solitaire Podcast, YouTube Channel, and design duo for the upcoming Night Witches board game (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/388558/night-witches).

In this episode, we discuss all of Liz's work, teaching, balance, pets, video games, and a myriad of other things. With Beyond Solitaire being a huge inspiration to me, this was a discussion I was really looking forward to and even more glad to have. I forgot to ask or mention at the end, but Liz can be found anywhere on the internet as Beyond Solitaire.

https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondSolitaire

https://twitter.com/beyondsolitaire

Trick-taking, a quiz, development/design, PS1, and a lot of general fun.

Taylor Reiner from Taylor's Trick-Taking Table and further influence in the genre by way of development and designs joins the podcast. In our talk, Taylor dives into the nuances of what makes trick-taking games a unique genre rife for all of the current popularity they've had recently.

Check out Taylor's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ClaudeAndTaylor

An awesome discussion with John Clowdus of Small Box Games where we talk about what got him into game design, keeping things as small as possible, Omen (! kind of), adapting gameplay from art, some books, MTG, and various other topics. In this varied conversation, John (impressively) keeps all of my questioning together to tell an interesting story about his independent designs and publishing.

Check out John's games at https://www.smallboxgames.com/games

Pre-orders open up monthly, and there are print and play options as well.

In this little audio clip, I talk about the purpose of the podcast in a little more detail than the page's description is able to and reflect on the actual first episode, which preceded this recording. A lot of things are currently "under construction," so there will inevitably be changes and improvements as this goes along. Thank you for joining me!