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 How to Make a Great Hidden Movement Game with Emerson Matsuuchi
Emerson Matsuuchi, designer of Specter Ops, goes into all the ins and outs of putting together a hidden movement game. There are very few hidden movement games out there right now which means there’s still a ton to be explored. Emerson discusses the challenges he faced and his insights on the topic.
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37min
December 11, 2022 [BONUS] Emerson Matsuuchi on His Process of Creating Special Abilities
The post [BONUS] Emerson Matsuuchi on His Process of Creating Special Abilities appeared first on Board Game Design Lab.
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7min
December 11, 2022 A Day in the Life of a Pro Designer with Jamey Stegmaier
Jamey Stegmaier, designer of Scythe, is back on the show, and we’re talking about what the schedule of a pro game designer looks like. It’s easy to have a romanticized idea of what being a full time designer is, but it doesn’t quite line up with reality. We talk about the daily fires that have...
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44min
December 11, 2022 [BONUS] Jamey Stegmaier on How to Approach a Small Publisher with Your Game
The post [BONUS] Jamey Stegmaier on How to Approach a Small Publisher with Your Game appeared first on Board Game Design Lab.
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9min
December 11, 2022 How to Design a Great Cooperative Game with JT Smith
JT Smith, designer of The Captain Is Dead, talks about how to design a great cooperative game. We talk creating tension, alpha players, and the math behind a good AI system. Personally, I think The Captain Is Dead is one of the best co-op games on the market today, and it was great to get JT’s...
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34min
December 11, 2022 [BONUS] JT Smith on How to Come Up with Expansion Ideas
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12min
December 11, 2022 Why a Publisher Might Reject Your Game and How to Handle It with Dan Peterson
Dan Peterson, chief developer and head of new acquisitions at Mayday Games, discusses why a publisher might reject your game and how to handle it. Dan looks at close to 200 unpublished games a year and has years of experience in finding new games to publish. This episode is packed with great wisdom for anyone wanting to...
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52min
December 11, 2022 [BONUS] Dan Peterson on Themes that Need to Be Explored
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6min
December 11, 2022 Custom Components in Your Game with Edo Baraf
Edo Baraf, designer of Herbaceous, discusses the many different types of custom components you can add to your games and the challenges and considerations that go with each one. We talk custom dice, boards, boxes, inserts, meeples, sleeves, and more. (Not miniatures. That will be its own episode.) Edo has experience with lots of custom...
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47min
December 11, 2022 [BONUS] Edo Baraf on How to Create and Manage Kickstarter Stretch Goals
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7min

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How many episodes does The Board Game Design Lab have?

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