Podcast Episodes

Amelie Le-Roche (Let me illustrate)

Amelie Le-Roche is a veteran video game animator, creating games in her free time. She loves to explore different art styles and unique themes while …

4 years, 8 months ago

Co-operative loss (Topic Discussion)

A large number of board games are about winning and losing. Sure, for many of us, it doesn't really matter whether we win or lose, as long as we have…

4 years, 8 months ago

Library Labyrinth (Saturday Review)

It is the evening and everyone has gone home, but you. The library is dark and everything is quiet, when suddenly, out of the corner of your eyes, yo…

4 years, 8 months ago

What Could Go Wrong: An Abridged Almanac of Production Pitfalls (Topic Discussion)

Hi! My name is Lewis Shaw and I run Braincrack Games, a UK-based tabletop games publisher that's been bouncing around the scene since 2016.

After my …

4 years, 8 months ago

Dwellings of Eldervale (Saturday Review)

We were still trying to understand the special powers of the 8 elemental realms and how our dragon, wizard and warriors could take advantage of each …

4 years, 8 months ago

Variable replayability (Topic Discussion)

The idea that variability and replayability in board games have the same meaning is understandable, but of course, even though the two terms are rela…

4 years, 8 months ago

Root: A Game of Woodland Might and Right (Saturday Review)

It was quiet in the deep, dark wood. Everything was still and nothing stirred - but everyone was ready. The cats had taken up their position in every…

4 years, 8 months ago

Implicit conventions (Topic Discussion)

The longer you have been part of the board game hobby, the more you are used to various terminology and conventions. You will also have become more a…

4 years, 8 months ago

Biblios (Digital Eyes)

You were proud of your large library and your hard-working group of scribes was continually adding new tomes, with wonderfully decorative lettering a…

4 years, 9 months ago

Albert Pinilla (Let me illustrate)

Albert Pinilla is an illustrator born in Barcelona. He is the co-creator and illustrator of the card game We Can Play: Women Who Changed The World an…

4 years, 9 months ago