Player Lair Podcast

Bruno Cathala joins us to give us his views on game design, with over 20 years of experience in making games. We talk about his processes on games like Kingdomino, 7 Wonders Duel, 5 Tribes and more. We also talk about his collaborations, where he finds inspiration and ideas.

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If you have a game which you want playtested go to playerlair.net. We have an experienced team and we will do our best to help your game become the best it can be. All playtests are recorded and you will receive video of the session and a written overview with our thoughts and suggestions.


Intro music- "Madness is everywhere" by Lobo Loco is licensed under CC BY 2.0

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Thanks for listening!

If you have a game which you want playtested go to playerlair.net. We have an experienced team and we will do our best to help your game become the best it can be. All playtests are recorded and you will receive video of the session and a written overview with our thoughts and suggestions.


Intro music- "Madness is everywhere" by Lobo Loco is licensed under CC BY 2.0

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First-time kickstarter creator Dennis Furia talks about his project Deck of Wonders. Deck of Wonders is a solo-first expandable card game with legacy elements. It captures the feel of games like Hearthstone and MTG, but in a solo/co-op format.

Deck of Wonders on Kickstarter!

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Intro music- "Madness is everywhere" by Lobo Loco is licensed under CC BY 2.0

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Marc Paquien, designer of Treasure Island and Yamatai, joins us to talk about his game design process. He tells us how he went from thinking about designing a board game to actually doing it. He also talked about working with Bruno Cathala and the publisher Matagot.

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Check out the Board Game Design Virtual Summit which will feature interviews with various experts in the board game industry on September 14th-20th!

Arcana Magica on Kickstarter!

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Intro music- "Madness is everywhere" by Lobo Loco is licensed under CC BY 2.0

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Vassil Lozanov is the designer of Among Thieves, as well as one of the organizers of Sofia Board Game Weekend. We talk about the history of the festival, design groups, hosting and judging prototype contests and more!

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Check out the Board Game Design Virtual Summit which will feature interviews with various experts in the board game industry on September 14th-20th!

We post bonus content and early access to future episodes on our Patreon page.

You can also help us by purchasing Amazon products through this link.

Intro music- "Madness is everywhere" by Lobo Loco is licensed under CC BY 2.0

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Giuliano Draguleanu, from 2Fat2Fly Games, joins us to talk about Dining with Dracula. We talked about how they approach making games and the twists they've added to the worker placement genre in Dining with Dracula.

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John de Campos of Terrible games joins us to talk about his game Token Terrors Battlegrounds. John is co-designer and illustrator of the project and walks us through the process of making miniatures, lore, mechanics and kickstarting the game. Token Terrors has been a passion project of John and the team behind Terrible Games for the past 3 years and is now on Kickstarter!

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Lisa Levina and Anna Lysova join me to talk about Scarlet Envelope: a series of mail-in mystery games. They went from an initial idea for a game to 25 times over their funding goal in just 4 months! Though it’s their first Kickstarter, they both have a background in marketing and they really go in depth on their approach to making and marketing the game.

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Joe Slack, game designer and game design teacher, joins us to talk about his project Relics of Rajavihara, which is live on Kickstarter. We also talk about the design community, which he has built through his books and courses, his design process, pitching to publishers and more. You can find out more about his projects at his website- Board Game Design Course.

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Sam Macdonald, designer of Circadians and codesigner of all of the West Kingdom games, joins us to talk about his experience in game design. He's been designing games for only 3 years, but already many of his games are extremely popular and have some great aspects to their designs.

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 We post bonus content and early access to future episodes on our Patreon page.

Intro music- "Madness is everywhere" by Lobo Loco is licensed under CC BY 2.0

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