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Copyright: © Geoff Engelstein, Sen-Foong Lim, and Erica Bouyouris
Erica and Sen welcome Eric Lang, a self-identified Born-Again Mass Market Guy, to Ludology in order to review what the tabletop industry went through in 2022 and where he thinks it's headed in 2023. Eric brings a wealth of information to the discussion, having a quarter century of experience in the business of making games.
Erica and Sen welcome Tim Devine of Dice Up Games, designer of Color My Quest: A Colour & Cut Roleplaying Game, to Ludology to discuss designing RPGs for families as well as safety and calibration tools for children who roleplay.
Erica and Sen welcome artist Kwanchai Moriya to the show to discuss his process, his advice for new artists trying to break into the tabletop industry, his take AI Image Generators, and his New Year's Resolution for 2023.
Erica and Sen talk to Michelle Rundbacken and Yacine Merzouk, the fine purveyors of the Society of Curiosities, about their bespoke puzzle experiences that bridge the gap between the physical and the digital as well as their up-coming B&B escape experience!
Where are some of the places that game design skills come in handy? Erica and Sen talk to Nick Metzler, who has designed games for traditional publishers like Spin Master, murder mysteries in a castle for over a hundred wedding guests, and challenges on reality TV shows like Survivor!
Erica and Sen discuss how "Boop!", a new cat-themed 2-player game, became rethemed from an abstract game with the game's designer, Scott Brady. Scott tells us how the theme was integral in shaping the final product.
Sen and Erica talk with Pat Marino, designer behind Cup Head: Fast Rolling Dice Game and other titles from The Op, about translating videogames over to the hobby gaming and mass market gaming spaces.
Erica and Sen meet up with Jason Perez (Shelf Stories, cultural consultant on Puerto Rico 1897) to talk about cultural consultation, define some of the most prominent terms, and talk about how we can design better games while considering cultural impact.
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Link
00:00:50
Shelf Stories
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw
00:01:20
Puerto Rico 1897
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367272/puerto-rico-1897
00:09:30
Uncle Ben dies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dre4TsXm_68
00:09:35
Batman's parents get shot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAyxY5hF3ZE
00:12:58
Andreas Seyfarth
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/117/andreas-seyfarth
00:13:01
Reiner Knizia
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/2/reiner-knizia
0015:05
Jason's critique of Lost Ruins of Arnak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU7Mqg3XS4U
00:15:15
Feast for Odin
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177736/feast-odin
00:15:20
Raiders of the North Sea
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170042/raiders-north-sea
0016:40
Puerto Rico's Power Outage Issues
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/12/power-outages-puerto-rico-hurricane-fiona
00:24:15
Cafe con leche
https://www.food.com/recipe/cafe-con-leche-puerto-rican-cafe-latte-114354
00:24:34
In The Heights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0CL-ZSuCrQ
00:29:21
"I Wish" songs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22I_Want%22_song
00:29:49
Boriken
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/361178/boriken-taino-resistance
00:30:01
The Taino people
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/what-became-of-the-taino-73824867/
00:32:06
Risk
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181/risk
00:33:01
Liz Davidson
(Beyond Solitaire)
https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondSolitaire
00:33:06
Jason Matthews (Twilight Struggle)
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/3877/jason-matthews
00:36:43
Chip Theory Games
00:37:53
Unconscious Mind
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329500/unconscious-mind
00:40:06
Jason's Discussions re: the Designer Diary for Gorinto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNMzATMGYc8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wAgg99O0w
00:46:00
Dicetower's Skymines vs. Mombassa Comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n-vJbGqctE
00:48:27
Ludology Episode with James Mendez Hodes "Orc-kay Computer"
https://ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-247-orc-kay-computer
00:49:56
Root
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root
00:50:16
Tauren and Native American Imagery
https://www.academia.edu/13052741/World_of_Warcraft_the_Tauren_and_Native_American_Imagery
00:52:01
Owl Pizza Chef
00:52:16
The X-Men as :GBT Champions: From Outcasts to Elites
https://rabbitholemag.com/the-x-men-as-lgbt-champions-from-outcasts-to-elites/
00:55:02
Bruno Faidutti's article on Postcolonial Catan
https://faidutti.com/blog/blog/2017/06/02/postcolonial-catan/
0055:28
Cascadia
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295947/cascadia
0056:43
Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw
00:56:45
Culture Club's "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nXGPZaTKik
00:57:18
The Wedding Singer's rendition of "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB3PdPMjeIY
00:57:30
Howard Zinn's "The People's History of the United States"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767.A_People_s_History_of_the_United_States
00:58:28
The Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-tXRLazs
01:01:24
Tostones
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/16768/puerto-rican-tostones-fried-plantains/
01:01:33
Maduros
https://www.dulcetscintilla.com/platanos-maduros-aka-fried-sweet-plantains/
01:02:39
Greg Loring-Albright
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/89308/greg-loring-albright
01:03:01
One Stop Co-op Shop
Sen and Erica chat with Roberta Taylor about her games, diving deeper into Creature Comforts and the upcoming Maple Valley, specifically. They discuss cozy games and Roberta's philosophy towards design.
Roberta's BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/12374/roberta-taylor
Geoff discusses what he calls the "Sweet Spot" in games, and how it can help your design.
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