Curt Covert, designer of Tower of Madness and owner of Smirk & Dagger Games, talks about take-that games.

Curt has been designing back-stabby games for years and is a wealth of information and insight on the topic. And he’s a ton of fun to talk to!

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Callin Flores, designer of Guardians, discusses how the finer details of creating a shuffle builder. (Games like Smash Up.)

Callin’s game takes the shuffle building mechanism to new places, and he has a lot of insight on these types of games.​​

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Cody Stevens, the designer of Dino Dunk, discusses dexterity games.

We talk about lots of different dexterity style games, how they work, and what makes them good.

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Joseph Z Chen discusses catch-up mechanisms.

Joseph is a designer and indie publisher who did a fairly in-depth analysis on ways different games keep players involved until the end. We talk about several popular games and their catch-up mechanisms as well as Joseph’s personal experiences.

And don’t forget to check out Joseph’s game, Fantastic Factories, on Kickstarter HERE.

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Jon Mietling, designer of Palm Island, discusses how to effectively design a game with multi-use cards.

Jon ran an incredibly successful Kickstarter for Palm Island which is rather innovative game that focusses solely on multi-use cards as its core mechanism.

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Peter Hayward, founder of Jellybean Games, discusses the two types of cooperative games and what makes them work.

Peter plays hundreds of prototypes a year, and he’s noticed some serious issues with the majority of the co-op prototypes he sees.

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Vincent Vergonjeanne, founder of Lucky Duck Games, discusses games that use digital components in their design.

Vincent runs his own video game company and has been quite successful in both the digital space and the board game industry, so he really knows a lot about this topic.

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Petter Olsen, designer of Kill the King, discusses the king of the hill mechanism. (We also might go into propane and propane accessories…)

Petter’s new game hinges on this particular mechanism, so he knows a lot about what makes it work well.​​ You can check out his new game on Kickstarter HERE.

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