The Board Game Design Lab

By Gabe Barrett

The Board Game Design Lab was created for one purpose: to help you design great games people love. To accomplish that goal, this podcast interviews designers, publishers, and board game insiders on sp... more

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How many episodes does The Board Game Design Lab have?

The podcast currently has 824 episodes available.

The Board Game Design Lab episodes:

December 11, 2022 [BONUS] Noel Gussen on Workflow and Organization
The post [BONUS] Noel Gussen on Workflow and Organization appeared first on Board Game Design Lab.
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9min
December 11, 2022 How to Be a Great Playtester with Peter C. Hayward
Peter C. Hayward, founder of Jellybean Games, discusses how to be a great playtester. Peter often gets paid by publishers to playtest games and probably playtests more games than anyone you know. He’s got great advice on what it looks like to be the most helpful playtester at the table. Be sure to check out Peter’s new...
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48min
December 11, 2022 [BONUS] Peter C. Hayward on Designing 2nd Editions
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7min
December 11, 2022 Fun AND Educational Games with John Coveyou
John Coveyou, founder of Genius Games, discusses how to design games that also happen to be educational. John is the designer of Cytosis, Subatomic, Ion, and several other well-received science based games, and he’s really figured out how to take scientific ideas and translate them into enjoyable games.
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1h 2min
December 11, 2022 [BONUS] John Coveyou on Building a Brand
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7min
December 11, 2022 Modifying Published Games with Jesse Zamora
Jesse Zamora discusses modifying published games and what can be learned from the process as game designers.
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38min
December 11, 2022 [BGDL+] Quality vs Quantity, Lessons from Steve Martin, and the Weight Room
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26min
December 11, 2022 [BONUS] Jesse Zamora on Hidden Information Games
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6min
December 11, 2022 [ANNOUNCEMENT] 2019 Board Game Design Challenge
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6min
December 11, 2022 Designing Economic Games with Adam Chunn and Woody Hutsell
Adam Chunn and Woody Hutsell discuss designing economic games. Adam and Woody have years of experience working in the real world of finance and economics and decided to design a game that translates those concepts into game mechanics. Check out their back-alley economic game set in a fantasy world, Plunderbund, on Kickstarter HERE.
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56min

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