Player Lair Podcast

Daniel is a former Magic: The Gathering external developer and designer of Radlands.
He also writes illuminating board game design articles, which can be found at daniel.games. 

"This (referring to daniel.games) is an excellent resource for people who want to get into game design; it is filled with great language for them to learn the craft, and the hard truths of getting something to be worth publishing." - Richard Garfield, designer of Magic: The Gathering.

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Chris Backe (rhymes with hockey) is the founder of Entro Games. His games typically play in under 30 minutes, feature a wide variety of player counts, and a diverse range of themes. The thing they all have in common: they're easy to learn, easy to play, and offer plenty of strategy and replayability.

Chris is the co-creator of No Box Games alongside Kristian Fosh and Roque A. Deleon, and Virtual Playtesting alongside Ian Brocklebank. He also runs Tabletop Publishers, a database of publishers to help designers pitch their games better.

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Daryl is a game designer and a member of the Game Artisans of Canada (GAC).

He has published over 30 board games, actively visits conventions, offers consultations, and much more!

Twitter: http://twitter.com/darylmandrews
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/darylandrews/
Website: http://www.darylmandrews.com/

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Brett and Trevor are both board game designers, who have an amazing portfolio of games.  Mandala, Undaunted, Guild of Merchant Explorers are all games one or both of them have worked on. In this episode, we talked about their community of game designers, and how they design and co-design games. If you listen closely you're sure to hear some well-kept secrets of board game success.

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Check out Mayan Curse on Kickstarter!

Joe Slack is the designer and publisher of Relics of Rajavihara and the Montalo's Revenge expansion, the designer of King of Indecision and Zoo Year's Eve, and the co-designer of Four Word Thinking, and Kingdom's Candy: Monsters.

Many of his current designs are on display at www.crazylikeabox.com.

Joe is also a game design instructor and author of 4 books on game design, including the #1 best-seller, The Board Game Designer's Guide. He previously taught at Laurier University in the Game Design & Development Program and now runs his own online course for new game designers, The Board Game Design Course.

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Scott Rogers has helped design many successful video games including: Pac-Man World, the Maximo series, God of War, Drawn to Life series and Darksiders. A former Disney Imagineer and VR designer, Scott currently teaches game design at the New York Film Academy and the University of Southern California's interactive media department. His segment "Biography of a Board Game" can be heard on the award-winning Ludology Podcast (and back episodes of the Dice Tower Podcast).

Link to Scott's Amazon page. Be sure to check out Scott's new book "Your Turn! The Guide to Great Tabletop Game Design"

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Adrian Adamescu has been designing games for the last decade! He is known for designing light-to-midweight games with clean mechanics. He co-designed Sagrada, Dice Theme Park,  Mistwind, and so many more great games! Enjoy the conversation!


Check out my games! :
99 Ninja - Currently on Kickstarter!
Rise of Babel - Coming Q1-Q2 2024

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Sandy Petersen has been creating RPGs, video games, and board games for over 40 years!

He's been on the team of successful video games like Age of Empires, Civilization, Doom, and Quake.

In 2013 he returned to the tabletop realm with the successful Kickstarter project Cthulhu Wars.

He is now the founder of Petersen Games, and in addition to the Cthulhu Wars game line, has designed the Orcs Must Die board game, Glorantha: The Gods War, and upcoming projects.

Episode hosted by Ivan Alexiev and Nikola Petrov. Thanks for listening!

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

We talk to Nicolas Fournier about game design, loss aversion, player interaction, racing and his debut board game - Megapulse.

Learn more about Megapulse here! - www.jeux-orion.com/megapulse

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Zachary Smith and Sam Macdonald tell us about their upcoming game - Circadians: Chaos Order. We talk about game design, development, player interaction, and making a game feel balanced for both new and experienced players. 

Circadians: Chaos Order is coming to Kickstarter on October 19th, along with a second printing of Circadians: First Light. 

Thank you for listening!

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Matt and Josh from Budgie Smuggler Games tell us about their upcoming project Renegade Legion: Centurion. We talked about acquiring intellectual property, working in a team, war games and much more!

Check them out on their social media platforms:

Twitter:                                                 https://twitter.com/GamesBudgie
Facebook:                                             https://www.facebook.com/budgiesmugglergames/
Instagram:                                           https://www.instagram.com/budgiesmugglergames/

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Ben is the creator of Micro Dojo and Prometheus Game Labs. We talked about his process running his first successful Kickstarter project and what he learned in the past year of making Micro Dojo.

Thank you for listening!

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Bruno Faidutti joins us to talk game design! Bruno has worked on games including Citadels, Mission: Red Planet, Raptor,  Queen's Necklace and many more!

Get a free quote from Hero Time using promo code "playerlair"

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Wes comes on the Player Lair Podcast to tell us about his new project - Questeros. Wes runs FunDaNental Games, hosts a podcast and a YouTube channel about games.

Check out Questeros - http://kck.st/3rl8u5G

Thank you for listening!

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

We talk to Andreas Steiger, designer of Targi and Targi: The Expansion. Andy shares the story of how  he created this fantastic game, his ideas for future projects, advice for new designers and much more!

Check out the recommended Kickstarter - Dawn

Some games mentioned in episode:

Targi
Architects of the West Kingdom
Paladins of the West Kingdom
Viscounts of the West Kingdom
Raiders of the North Sea
Coraquest
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
7 Wonders Duel
My City
and more!

Thanks for listening!

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Eduardo Baraf from Pencil First Games joins us to share his experience as a seasoned game maker. He is a game designer, publisher, reviewer and much more! He has experience in both tabletop and digital games and gives a very unique perspective on "game-making".

Some mentioned games:
Herbaceous
Skulk Hollow
Biblios

Edo's video about Mechanics, Dynamics, Aesthetics


Thank you for listening!

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Aron West, co-designer of Catacombs and CEO of Elzra Games, joins us to share his experience from over 10 years in the industry. We talk about dexterity games, publishing, Kickstarter, and more. We also talk about their upcoming Kickstarter project- Catacombs: Monster Pit

Thanks for listening!

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

We chat with R. Eric Reuss, designer of Spirit Island, about game design. He tells us about the process he went through in the making of Spirit Island and it's expansions, his new game- For Science! and all of the in's and out's of game design!


Thanks for listening!


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

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

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.

Thanks for listening!

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

Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024