Dan Bullock interviews game designers with a focus on the challenges of historical board game design.
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A podcast on gaming and video game design from both practical and academic perspectives.
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Covering the full breadth of digital, tabletop, and role playing games, The Game Design Round Table inspires and educates aspiring and experienced game designers.
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Knox Game Design is a monthly discussion by game creators in the Knoxville, Tennessee area. We share our ideas, show off projects, and discuss current topics related to video game development. Our group explores the many facets of the game design process, such as coding, graphics, modeling, animation, story, and promotion. You can find out more information on the group including future meeting dates at knoxgamedesign.org
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A show about games and game design by Keith Burgun.
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Vitor "John" Pissolato e Pietro Amaral debatem quinzenalmente com diferentes convidados sobre Game Design com foco nos jogos mobile!
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Media from the Academy of Art University's School of Game Design
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The Design a Game podcast: we interview game designer and review games from the game design perspective.
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Game development stories, fun theory discussion, and advice on how to get in the game industry.
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A podcast for the Bastionland tabletop RPG. Support more content at patreon.com/bastionland
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My live experience Kickstarting my very first game. Mechanics, Art, Publishing, Marketing and more!
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A podcast of a group of German game designers about various Aspects of Game Design. Held in English.
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Sirlin designed video games such as Street Fighter HD Remix, Puzzle Fighter HD Remix, and Kongai. He's designed tabletop games such as Yomi, Puzzle Strike, Pandante, and Flash Duel. He discusses the craft of game design with his lead playtester.
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Here’s our weekly podcast about our progress on the ARC aeon rifts of cronus card game, time flux card game card game.
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"Game designer" Chris Bissette fools around with synths and talks about stuff for an indefinite period of time. Is it a podcast? Is it ASMR? Is it good? Nobody actually knows.
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I'm Richard Pullman, and I want to talk to you about your game. Whether you're a total amateur hobbyist who's never released a product or a professional making the big bucks I want know what game design means to you. Nothing is more interesting to me. One of the best things about the podcast? I've been helping designers break through challenges in live time while discussing! It keeps happening! Helping creators is my joy.
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GDT Brasil é um grupo de discussão e criação de conhecimento sobre a arte de Game Design. Semanalmente, recebemos convidados de diversas áreas do desenvolvimento de jogos para discutir ao vivo pelo Discord sobre temas variados ligados à produção desta mídia que tanto amamos. Você pode acompanhar as conversas ao vivo, mas elas também são gravadas e distribuídas aqui, em formato de podcast. Então vem com a gente debater sobre Game Design, Jogos, Desenvolvimento e tudo mais! https://discord.gg/ ...
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A podcast about euro board games and the people who design them from the publisher of "challenging board games set in whimsical worlds."
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Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design
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The Dicing with Design podcast is all about games design: how they're created, designed and played. We talk everything games design, from role playing games, to wargaming, to collectible card games, to board games, to video games. We'll dissect what makes a good game, and what makes a system terrible to play. We're planning to create out own game over the course of the podcast, designing live on-air, and alongside the games design chat, we'll be talking general gaming news and views. We play ...
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A Dwimmer Discussion of Dungeons and Dragons! Joe and Kim go through the history and creative employ of spells in Dungeons and Dragons.
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La création de jeux vidéo indépendants est composée de 2 grandes parties : - La conception - La vente Devinez laquelle est extrêmement négligée ? ;) Ce podcast, sans prétention, est un support d'échange sur la création de jeux dont l'objectif est d'en vivre. On va donc parler de game design mais aussi de cette fameuse partie qui peut paraître beaucoup moins glamour et probablement intimidante pour les développeurs que nous sommes : le marketing, la monétisation, les stratégies... en somme, l ...
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In Think Like a Game Designer, award-winning designer and Stone Blade Entertainment CEO Justin Gary speaks with world-class game designers and creative experts from various industries. Each episode deconstructs the creative process, offering insights into the art of game design and the broader cultural, technological, and business influences shaping a myriad of creative mediums. Join us for actionable advice and unique perspectives that will enrich your understanding of what it means to be c ...
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Learn from independent board game designers how they got where they did and what they learned along the way.
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The Game Designers of North Carolina is a guild of tabletop game designers who, shockingly, reside in North Carolina. We’ve been meeting regularly since April 2013 and when we started most of us did not have a lot of exposure or experience in tabletop game design. We’ve learned a lot as a group since we started and this podcast is a way to share some of that knowledge. Our goal for the podcast is to present a lot of information pertinent for new designers but hopefully also offer content tha ...
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Aric, Eric, and Steve come together to talk about everything we love and hate about video games.
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Season: RPG - Luke Hughes - Leadership RPGs
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56:16An in depth dive into the makings of Burden of Command, along with the strategies and tools used to create the realistic nature of the game. Conversations about using the right assets and tailoring your game in a way that it resembles the time period that it’s trying to convey. Luke Hughes, along with Dirk Knemeyer and David Heron, dissect the thin…
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Interview with Brian Asklev
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57:01Brian Asklev designed my favorite wargame of last year, 1812: Napoleon's Fateful March. We discuss what went into his phenomenal design, his upcoming game Baltic Empires, event design, and the challenges of playtesting multiplayer games. Outro music: Sons of Kemet "The Hour of Judgement" Send us a text…
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Knox Game Jam 2025 – Knox Game Design, April 2025
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35:38Five great games were created for Knox Game Jam 2025. Thanks to everyone who attended the kickoff and created a game. Great job everyone! Reality Breach by Jeffry Reality Breach is a browser-based bullet hell game with an alternate reality theme and cell-shaded graphics. Players take on the role of a “Reality Architect” who must … Continue reading …
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129. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | S5E7
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1:00:18Following up on our discussion of Cyberpunk 2077, we consider the Netflix series and what it means to be bodies in spaces, how we lie to ourselves and each other, and how the anime aspires to say something profound but ultimately get too caught up in its own romantic tropes to truly grapple with what it's trying to show. Substack: https://gamedesig…
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Kohji Nagata — Building Parallel, Designing with Obsession, and Falling in Love with Your Creations (#84)
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1:29:42Kohji Nagata has worn many hats—software developer, musician, podcast creator—but today he’s best known as Head of Design and co-founder of Parallel Studios, where he helped launch the massively successful Web3 trading card game Parallel. What started as a passion project has become a genre-defining phenomenon, valued at one point at half a billion…
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BtC - Richard Heayes on Protecting Your Idea
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35:10Ellie Dix is joined by Richard Heayes, former design director for Hasbro and current co-founder of 7pips. They discuss the ins and outs of trademarking, idea infringement, and the benefits of freely sharing your ideas. Topics include trademark law, game submission portals, when and how to share your designs, and why it’s important the game design c…
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Dafna Pleban — Editing Underwater, Building Creative Teams, and the Economics of Storytelling (#83)
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1:09:23About Dafna Pleban Dafna Pleban is a veteran comic book editor and narrative developer whose career spans over 15 years across original and licensed publishing. Best known for her work at BOOM! Studios, Dafna has overseen hundreds of issues, helping launch award-winning titles like Lumberjanes, Fence, Seven Secrets, and Goldie Vance. She’s worked w…
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Season: RPGs - Ben Robbins on GMless Games
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51:51Dirk and David are joined by Ben Robbins, designer of Microscope and many other narrative games. They discuss the play culture of Microscope, the differences between it and trad TTRPGs, and the ways games of Microscope can flourish or break down. Topics include expected participation, growing pains in trying new TTRPGs, and what even is an RPG?…
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BtC - Mandela Grandon on Co-Designing
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42:30Ellie Dix is joined by Mandela Grandon, designer of Glasgow, Overstocked, and The Shakespeare Game. They talk about the benefits and process of co-design, the difficulties in working with another person, and how to even get a co-designer. They also discuss the finer points, like how to address experience gaps, outline goals and partnership structur…
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RPG - Cosmere RPG with Andrew Fischer
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47:55The season of RPGs starts off with flare! Dirk and David are joined once more by Andrew Fischer, here to discuss his experience designing the Cosmere RPG. They discuss the difficulties in adapting the expansive work of Brandon Sanderson, the unique mechanics developed for the system, and the difficulty in bridging the gap between readers new to RPG…
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It has been an amazing ten years! Thank you to everyone who listened! This is a short episode where I just talk a little bit about where I’m at, and why I’m deciding to end the Clockwork Game Design Podcast. Thank you to all of the amazing guests – DOZENS of them – over the years who provided their amazing insights and thoughts on a huge variety of…
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Justin Ziran — Digital Magic: Fear and Success, Leading with Bold Decisions, and Redefining Innovation (#82)
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1:23:44About Justin Ziran Justin Ziran is a veteran of the collectible and strategy games industry. He has decades of experience shaping some of the most successful brands in tabletop gaming. He began his career at Wizards of the Coast, where he played key roles in product teams for Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, and the Pokémon Trading Card Ga…
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BtC - Rikki Tahta on Designer Community
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39:47In this episode, Ellie chats with Rikki, creator of Coup, The Chameleon, and Melee, about his inspiring journey in design. He highlights the importance of process and how a supportive community has influenced his path. They discuss what makes the design community unique and the benefits of connecting with fellow creatives.…
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Season: RPG - Prologue
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1:04:05TDGRT kicks off its first season on RPGs with a discussion on Dirk and David’s experiences, and where they want to take the season from here. They talk about the pros and cons of modern Dungeons and Dragons, and alternative styles of game design that better suit different genres of play.
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Simulations – Knox Game Design, March 2025
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23:05What is a simulation? Are simulations games? A look at simulations such as SimCity, Micropolis, and Conway’s Game of Life. Links and Notes Demo source code – https://github.com/levidsmith/KnoxGameDesign/blob/master/simulations/conway/conway.c Micropolis source code – https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis MicropolisJS – https://www.graememcc.co.uk…
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James Introcaso — Game Masters, the Rise of Indie RPGs and Showing Up for Luck (#81)
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58:54James Introcaso is an award-winning tabletop game designer and storyteller whose work has helped shape the modern landscape of roleplaying games. As the lead game designer at MCDM Productions, James was integral to developing roleplaying systems that captivate players worldwide. His design credits include co-creating Burn Bright, Roll20’s first ori…
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BtC - Adam Porter on Playtesting
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38:56Ellie Dix is joined by Adam Porter, designer of Kompromat, Pikoko, and Doodle Rush. Together, they discuss the playtesting process, why it’s so important, and the biggest mistakes people make while playtesting. Topics include tracking confusion during sessions, structuring how and what feedback is given, and being a good playtester.…
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#84 - Como é ser um desenvolvedor no exterior?
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1:35:29A qualidade de vida realmente é melhor? O trabalho é mais difícil? A língua é uma grande barreira? Convidamos Eric Andersen (Senior Game Engineer) e Henrique Schumann (Lead Game Engineer) para falar sobre trabalhar no exterior. Trouxemos um convidado que atualmente mora fora e outro que trabalha para uma empresa de fora no Brasil, para explorar a v…
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128. Cyberpunk 2077 Redux | S5E6
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57:05After several years we return to Cyberpunk 2077 to discover that it's a very different game! In this episode, we focus on how the game's environments blend the broad visual and aural aesthetics of the game with a really tight sense of encounter design and worldbuilding that inscribes little incidental narratives onto the streets of a fully realized…
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Civ Series Finale Part 2 - Civilization VII
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58:12Dirk and David continue their discussion in part 2 of TGDRT’s Civilization Series Finale! They dive into many of the systems that didn’t work for them, and what they wish had been done instead. Topics include religion and trade, the problems with Civ VII’s map generation, and the costs associated with stripping away flavor in favor of starker mecha…
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BtC - Scott Rogers on Prototyping
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52:50Ellie Dix is joined by Scott Rogers, designer Alien: Fate of Nostrodomo, Pantone the Game, and Marvel Villainous and writer of many books on game design. Together, they discuss how to build the prototype for a game, how to decide whether to continue with a design, and what makes a prototype attractive for publishers among other topics.…
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#83 - Quem é meu público-alvo?
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1:29:50Por que preciso saber o público-alvo? Quando devo decidir ele? Quais informações preciso saber? Davi Baptixta (Game Designer na Trexx) e Tomás Queiroz (Fundador da Cordilheira Game Studio) voltam para o GD de bolso para debater Público-alvo. Tentamos entender qual a necessidade e o momento que o público alvo definido, mas também quais ferramentas e…
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Interview with Pako Gradaille
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59:56Pako Gradaille has flexed an impressive range of historical topics and systems with his designs Plantagenet, Cuius Regio, Habemus Papam, and Onoda. We discuss how solitaire games can present challenging narratives, considerations when designing negotiation-based systems, and much more. https://gamefound.com/en/projects/saltandpepper/habemus-papam S…
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Civ Series Finale Part 1 - Civilization VII
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53:59The time has finally come; Civilization VII is out! After many hours with the game, Dirk and David come together to share their thoughts on the game. Did it live up to the hype? How does Civ VII stack up to previous games? Will David ever play another Civ game again? All these questions and more on part 1 of 2 for TGDRT’s Civ Series Finale. Topics …
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Jesse Alexander — Mastering the Creative Hustle, Fighting for Bold Ideas, and Thriving in a Changing Industry (#80)
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1:10:42About Jesse Alexander Jesse Alexander is an Emmy award-winning screenwriter and producer with over two decades of experience crafting iconic television series and groundbreaking game content. If you've watched TV over the last 20 years, you've likely seen some of Jesse’s work. His television credits include Alias, Lost, Heroes, Hannibal, Star Trek:…
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127. Look Back (2024) | S5E5
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56:52In this month's free episode, we take a look at the visual and narrative aesthetics of 2024's Look Back, based on the manga of the same name by Fujimoto Tatsuki. We consider how mirroring, doubling, and reflection work not only as visual metaphors but as way of thinking about the overall narrative structure in this gut-wrenching coming-of-age story…
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BtC - Naming Games with Peter Hayward
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35:34Ellie is joined by Peter Hayward, designer of games such as Robotopia, Fiction, and That Time You Killed Me. Ellie and Peter discuss not only the process for naming a game, but also how names affect pitching and publishing, naming your prototypes, and how the process works for indie and mass market titles.…
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