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Back to Search#228 Shawn Main Talks Legends of Runeterra
Season 1 Episode 228
Dirk and David discuss the card game Legends of Runeterra with designer Shawn Main. This upcoming game will be Riot's follow up to the wildly popular…
6 years, 4 months ago
#227 Meguey Baker Talks Apocalypse World
Season 1 Episode 227
Dirk and David chat with Meguey Baker about her tabletop RPG Apocalypse World and writing in general. The discussion covers Apocalypse World's approa…
6 years, 4 months ago
#226 David Dunham Talks Six Ages
Season 1 Episode 226
Dirk speaks with David Dunham, the designer of Six Ages and its predecessor, King of Dragon Pass. These narrative strategy games, built from the Glor…
6 years, 5 months ago
#225 Round Table on Thematic Games #1
Season 1 Episode 225
Dirk and David speak with former cohost and friend of the show Kathryn Hymes. Together, the three of them discuss important questions and lessons lea…
6 years, 5 months ago
#224 Scott Nicholson Talks Escape Rooms
Season 1 Episode 224
Dirk and David discuss escape room design with Scott Nicholson, a game designer and professor who has studied escape rooms extensively. Scott talks a…
6 years, 6 months ago
#223 Kynan Pearson Talks Nintendo Themes
Season 1 Episode 223
Dirk, David, and designer/artist Kynan Pearson discuss what goes into designing games for Nintendo's popular themes. Kynan talks about his role on bo…
6 years, 6 months ago
#222 Elizabeth Hargrave Talks Wingspan
Season 1 Episode 222
Dirk, David, and designer Elizabeth Hargrave discuss the hit game Wingspan: how she decided on the unique theme, why that theme might have been so su…
6 years, 7 months ago
#221 Nikki Valens Talks Eldritch Horror
Season 1 Episode 221
Dirk, David, and designer Nikki Valens kick off the Designing Thematic Games series with a discussion about the highly thematic games Nikki worked on…
6 years, 7 months ago
#220 New Directions with Dirk and David
Season 1 Episode 220
Dirk and David catch up with each other and what's new in their game design careers. They talk about the new direction for the show and announce a ne…
6 years, 8 months ago
#219 Cole's Thoughts on Pax Pamir: Second Edition
Season 1 Episode 219
Dirk catches up with Cole Wehrle, designer of Root, and they discuss Cole's latest game Pax Pamir: Second Edition. Cole also talks about starting Weh…
6 years, 8 months ago