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**The Board Game Design Lab**

The Board Game Design Lab was created for one purpose: to help you design great games people love. To accomplish that goal, this podcast interviews designers, publishers, and board game insiders on specific topics related to game design. I don’t waste time talking about recently played games or pop culture. Instead, the show does a deep dive into subjects that I hope you’ll find extremely valuable as you progress through your game design journey.

Latest Episodes:

[BONUS] Ted Alspach on Tile Placement Games Jun 22, 2018

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City Building Games with Ted Alspach Jun 20, 2018

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Ted Alspach, designer Suburbia of and founder of Bezier Games, discusses city building games.
Suburbia is ranked 94th on Board Game Geek and is easily on the Mount Rushmore of city building games, so Ted really knows what he’s talking about when it comes to designing one of these types of games.

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[BONUS] Nolan Nasser on Developing Games for a Licensed IP Jun 15, 2018

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Art Direction in Games with Nolan Nasser Jun 13, 2018

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Nolan Nasser, illustrator and founder of Deep Water Games, discusses art direction in board games.
Nolan has a ton of experience in directing art for well known games and shares a great deal of what he’s learned over the years.

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[BONUS] Cody Stevens on Volunteering at a Convention for a Publisher Jun 08, 2018

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Designing Dexterity Games with Cody Stevens Jun 06, 2018

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Cody Stevens, the designer of Dino Dunk, discusses dexterity games.
We talk about lots of different dexterity style games, how they work, and what makes them good.

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[BONUS] Joseph Z Chen on How to Build an Email List Jun 01, 2018

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Catch-Up Mechanisms with Joseph Z. Chen May 30, 2018

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Joseph Z Chen discusses catch-up mechanisms.
Joseph is a designer and indie publisher who did a fairly in-depth analysis on ways different games keep players involved until the end. We talk about several popular games and their catch-up mechanisms as well as Joseph’s personal experiences.

And don’t forget to check out Joseph’s game, Fantastic Factories, on Kickstarter HERE.

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