Category Archives: GCN Members

Leo Colovini, designer of many games such as Cartagena and Carolus Magnus, joined me to talk about his history as a designer, his experiences, and his advice for future game Go To Source…

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By Who, What, Why? Howdy listeners. This is a bonus episode because I have some more space left in my monthly allotment. I talk about why I love Gloomhaven and Pandemic Legacy from a Go To Source…

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By Who, What, Why? Jonny, Jeff, and Jason Dinger (new addition) join me to discuss jargon. Words and terms that designers and players use to describe games and describe experiences. The hobby has its Go To Source…

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By Who, What, Why? Bill Murphy and Scott Kelly, designers of Mathemagicians Duel, joined me to talk about designing educational games. Normally, educational games get a bad rap because they are bad games. This Go To Source…

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By Who, What, Why? Joshua Van Laningham, designer of Bullet, joined me to talk about his game currently on Kickstarter from Level 99. It’s a shmup similar to the arcade games where bullets rain Go To Source…

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By Who, What, Why? Jonny Pac and Jeff Warrender, who have become regular guests on my broad game design topic episodes, return again to talk about a difficult topic: FUN. This is by no Go To Source…

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By Who, What, Why? Pete Ruth and Mark Thomas, designers of Seal Team Flix and the upcoming Phantom Division, joined me to talk about their games. We discussed how Seal Team came about and Go To Source…

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By Who, What, Why? Heuristics. A popular board game word. Jonny Pac and Jeff Warrender join me to talk about heuristics. What is it? How can it be applied to improving designs? This was Go To Source…

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By Who, What, Why? Andrew Tullsen, manager of Print n Play, joined me to talk about the evolution of Print n Play the studio and his own journey as a print n play’er. Credit: Go To Source…

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By Who, What, Why? People respond to incentives. Offer up a juicy reward and one can encourage or discourage all kinds of behaviors. Game design is about leveraging those incentives to get players to Go To Source…

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