This week Ric and Ryan are traveling back to their video gaming past with guest judge Alex Greenberg of Studio Unknown. Will Ric’s game pitch skate into the heart of our guest judge? Will Ryan’s pitch leave our judge puzzled?

Studio Unknown is the publisher behind the black hole themed game ULTRAMASSIVE. This game being funded through Kickstarter through October 30, 2024. Check out the campaign today. Join the ULTRAMASSIVE Discord server here.

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This week we’re talking about inventions with Adam Hocherman of Wayfarer Games. Ric and Ryan are pitching their best invention themed games to this former toy industry professional.

Adam is part of Wayfarer Games, the team behind A Wayfarer’s Tale: The Journey Begins. Check out thier Kickstarter campaign launching on September 10, 2024.

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This week we’ve got Marc Specter of Grand Gamers Guild in the judges seat. Ric and Ryan are going to try and create a game off the hit 70’s tv show The Brady Bunch. Can Ric create a game based on a show he’s never watched? Will Ryan be able to get the rights to have this famous musician appear in the game?

Grand Gamers Guild is publisher to some really great games such as The Artemis Project, Gorinto, Endangered and more. You can check out Tír na nÓg which is currently getting a second printing through Kickstarter. Jump into the campaign now through September 6, 2024.

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With 90 episodes about board games, Ric and Ryan are broadening their horizons with two unique RPG pitches this week. David Lee, The Kindly Cleric joins as the guest judge for two roleplaying game pitches. Will Ric’s love of old video games make a great RPG? Will Ryan’s pitch get under our guest judges skin?

David Lee is known as The Kindly Cleric in the TTRPG space. You can jump into one of his games over at Start Playing, an online RPG website. https://startplaying.games/gm/the-kindly-cleric

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This week we have game designer Kristen Mott in the judges seat. We’re digging into the mechanic of set collecting as we pitch two very different games to Kristen. Will Ric bring too much of his baggage to his pitch? Will Ryan be able to afford the license to bring a beloved fast food mascot into his game?

Kristen Mott is the designer behind Dinosaur Exhibit, Sharks and the upcoming Insectarium. Insectarium is an insect collecting game from Snowbright Studio coming to Kickstarter in September 2024.

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This week, we’re pitching board games that cater to the feline population. Our guest judge is David Sherrer of Chenoweth Games. Ric is looking to impress our judge by recording this episode in a cat costume while Ryan digs into cat crimes for his pitch.

David Sherrer is the designer of Cat Magic: The Game which was published in 2022 after a successful Kickstarter campaign. David’s newest game, Outflanked, will launch on Kickstarter on August 20, 2024.

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This week we have Daniel Conners sitting in as our guest judge. Daniel is one member of Around the Board, a YouTube show centered around 4 friends. Ric and Ryan are pitching two Marvel themed board games that they will definitely never have the license to create. Which of our game pitches will be the hero this week?

Around the Board is an “Around the Horn” inspired show where 4 friends share their passion for board games. They tackle new topics each episode and you can check out the show at https://www.youtube.com/AroundtheBoardShow.

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As we kick off a new season of Will it Game?, we have Chris Backe of Entro Games in the judges seat. Ric and Ryan are bringing their best dragon themed board game pitches this week. The question is, will either of their pitches take flight?

Chris Backe is a board game designer with more than 16 signed designs. He has spent the past couple years helping designers with resources for playtesting and publishing their creations. You can learn more about Chris at https://entrogames.com/.

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This week on the podcast we have Shannon DeWitt, one of the creators behind Southern-Fried Gaming Expo. We’re jumping into retro gaming and pitching pinball themed games as Shannon sits in the judges seat. Will our pitches achieve a high score or will these game concepts go down the drain?

Shannon DeWitt and a team of friends created Southern-Fried Gaming Expo which is celebrating its 11th year in Atlanta, Georgia. This 3-day convention is filled with tabletop games, pinball, classic and modern arcade machines and so much more. Learn more about SFGE at https://GameATL.com.

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Sometimes, an episode just gets put on the back-burner…for over a year. Will it Game? is back and we’re kicking it off with an episode with guest judge Isaac Villa from Gaming with Sidekicks. This episode was originally recorded in March of 2023, but the content is timeless. Just ignore everything that deals with places and times.

In this episode, Ric and Ryan are recycling an old game pitch and giving it a complete overhaul for Isaac to judge. Can Ryan cook up a good idea? Will Ric’s game give our judge something to talk about?

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