This is one of our longer episodes, coming in at 1 hour 10 minutes, and it’s chock full of both theory and practice! For the theory bit, check out my conversation with Hopenager, a game developer and frequent chatter over at the kbgames discord, wherein we talk about binary goals versus score goals. Hopenager believes … Continue reading "Binary Goals with Hopenager, and Kickstarting an 18 Card Game with Adam Wilk"
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The first KBGames Jam – #18CardStrategyJam
A few weeks ago we ran the first KBGames game-jam and it went SO WELL! All told, we got 14 submissions, and they’re all super awesome! A few of these are getting made into more serious productions, including my own Dragon Bridge which I’ll be writing about soon. But today I wanted to share with … Continue reading "The first KBGames Jam – #18CardStrategyJam"
Read MoreRob Daviau
Hello everyone! Today I come to you bringing yet another great board game designer: Rob Daviau, probably best known at this point for his Legacy series games, particularly Pandemic Legacy, which is indeed awesome, and which even inspired an article of mine. But he’s an extremely prolific designer overall who has dozens and dozens of … Continue reading "Rob Daviau"
Read MoreEpisode 60 – Eric Zimmerman on game design theory (also, randomness with Brett Lowey)
I’ve been saying this a lot recently, but this is a big one! Clocking in at nearly an hour and twenty minutes, this is, I think, the longest Clockwork Game Design Podcast episode yet. Eric Zimmerman is a game design instructor at the NYU Game Center, where he works with other CGD guests Naomi Clark, … Continue reading "Episode 60 – Eric Zimmerman on game design theory (also, randomness with Brett Lowey)"
Read MoreBuilding Blocks of Tabletop Game Design – interview with Geoff Engelstein and Isaac Shalev
I can’t believe I went this long without interviewing one of my biggest game design theory heroes, Geoff Engelstein. Together with designer, game design writer and fellow game design podcaster Isaac Shalev, they’ve written a book that seems like it might be kind of a big deal in this field. To quote a bit of … Continue reading "Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design – interview with Geoff Engelstein and Isaac Shalev"
Read MoreDanC on the reasons for making games
Today I talked to Dan Cook about competitive games, social games, and our objectives behind making games in the first place. This was one of my favorite conversations with one of my favorite game design theorists out there. His blog, Lost Garden, was literally THE blog (along with maybe some stuff from Anna Anthropy) that … Continue reading "DanC on the reasons for making games"
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