Geoff Englestein, host of Ludology, and designer of games like Space Cadets and the Ares Project, joins Isaac and Stephanie to talk about applying concepts from game theory, behavioral economics, and game design to Kickstarter projects themselves.

Kickstarters we have recently played/received:

Cheesenomics

March of the Ants

Geoff & Ludology

http://www.ludology.libsyn.com/

On Twitter @gengelstein

Kickstarters of Interest

Posthuman
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/532062403/posthuman

Junking
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/99575233/junking

Dice Display Box and Rolling Tray
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/497057119/dice-display-box-and-rolling-tray

Titan Series https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/781219801/the-titan-series/

In this episode Don is joined by Michael Fox from the Little Metal Dog Show and Dan Yarrington of Game Salute to talk about marketing in games.

In the Review-a-palooza, Erik and Don look at:

Isaac is joined by our new OBG Crowdfunding Edition Cohost Stephanie Straw. You may know Stephanie from her work on the State of Games, her active role in Unpub, or from the convention circuit, where she’s always evangelizing for the latest and greatest games.

Before they get to their guest they talk about the bankruptcy of Phil Kilcrease, the owner of 5th Street Games.

Isaac and Stephanie interview Justin Schaffer, one of the partners who run Terra Nova Games. Their latest release, Far Space Foundry by Dan Manfredini with art by Adam McIver is rocketing through Kickstarter now!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/justinschaffer/far-space-foundry

They also listen to our top entrants from the Haba Rhino Hero Theme Song competition, and announce the winner!

Behroox Shahriari http://youtu.be/O0WKalc9GTo

Justin Ricker https://youtu.be/bn07AH4bP0k

Boardgame Deciples Jaclyn & Joey White https://youtu.be/a_IAMl-W7mg

Michael Cooper https://youtu.be/AeqvslWWqsc

Ray Greenly - not available online (yet).

Kickstarters of Interest

Lord of the Ice Garden 2nd Editions https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1759497187/the-lord-of-the-ice-garden-2nd-edition/\

Pandante
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sirlin/pandante-light-and-dark

Wizards of the wild

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/872048165/wizards-of-the-wild-the-card-game-of-animal-sorcer  

Best Treehouse Ever
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2005228768/best-treehouse-ever-by-scott-almes-and-green-couch  

In this special episode Erik and Don are joined by the amazing Scott Nicholson to talk about his studies into Escape Rooms.

In this episode Erik and Don are joined by Dirk Knemeyer of Tesla vs. Edison fame to talk about the narrative arc in games.

In the Review-a-palooza, Erik and Don look at:

Today we’ll talk to Jeff Large of Happy Mitten about Aether Magic

We also have a bonus inteview with Matt Riddle and Ben Pinchback, designers of Fleet and Floating Market, which is on Kickstarter now.

Sponsor: Bad Medcine

Other Kickstarters of interest

In this episode Erik and Don are joined by Bruce Voge of the Party Gamecast featuring the Party Gamecast and we talk about UnPub 5.

In the Review-a-palooza, Erik and Don look at:

Gil Hova, the owner of Formal Ferret Games, joins Isaac Shalev and Donald Dennis to talk about the Bad Medicine Kickstarter Campaign.

Stephen Buonocore of Stronghold Games also joins us to talk about his perspective on established publishers and Kickstarter campaigns. 

Other Kickstarters of Interest

Ghostbusters

Unspeakable Words

Floating Market

Coup Mobile

Aether Magic

Adventure Scents

Pencil Dice

Rise of Cthulhu

In this episode Erik and Don are joined by Alex Singh of Bottom Shelf Boardgames to talk about changes in gaming tastes.

In the Review-a-palooza, Erik and Don look at: