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The Indie Game Alliance with Matt Holden May 16, 2018

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Matt Holden discusses the Indie Game Alliance.
Matt started the IGA four years ago to help small publishers and designers get their games demoed at conventions and game stores, and it’s grown into a robust organization that offers quite a few services.

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[BONUS] Brad Talton on How to Build a Game Company May 11, 2018

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Dueling Games with Brad Talton May 09, 2018

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Brad Talton, designer of BattleCon and Pixel Tactics, discusses dueling games.
Brad has been creating dueling combat games for years and has found incredible success with his company, Level 99 Games.

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[BONUS] Richard Garfield on Collectible Card Games May 04, 2018

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Coming Attractions for the BGDL May 04, 2018

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I’ve got some exciting announcements for the BGDL:
1) I’m starting a new thing that will hopefully lead to an even greater sense of community. Today, with the incredible help of Chris Perea, a BGDL Discord server has launched which will offer you another way to interact with others in the community and will lead to…
2) BGDL Game Nights. I want to provide opportunities for people (especially those in more isolated locations) to be able to get together and play games. Both published games and prototypes. So, the BGDL is going to start hosting regular game nights through Discord and Tabletop Simulator. The first game night will be May 12th.
3) Giveaway. We’re giving away 2 copies of Tabletop Simulator. All you have to do is fill out this short form and you’ll be entered to win. The form will give us a better idea about what the community wants as far as game nights are concerned.
4) Game design tutorial videos. Chris Perea is putting together regular content to teach you how to do various design related tasks, starting with getting your game setup on Tabletop Simulator. Please subscribe to the BGDL Youtube channel to see all the current and future how-to guides.

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Luck vs Skill with Richard Garfield May 02, 2018

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Richard Garfield, designer of Magic: The Gathering and a ton of other great games, discusses how to use luck and skill effectively in game design.
Richard belongs on the game design Mount Rushmore and has awesome insight and advice.

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[BONUS] Jon Mietling on Portable Games Apr 27, 2018

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Multi-Use Cards with Jon Mietling Apr 25, 2018

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Jon Mietling, designer of Palm Island, discusses how to effectively design a game with multi-use cards.
Jon ran an incredibly successful Kickstarter for Palm Island which is rather innovative game that focusses solely on multi-use cards as its core mechanism.

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[BONUS] 2018 Game Design Challenge Apr 20, 2018

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For the written rules and submission form, go HERE.

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Pitches & Sell Sheets with Jeremy Commandeur Apr 18, 2018

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Jeremy Commandeur, organizer of the largest Protospiel in the U.S., discusses pitches and sell sheets.
Jeremy has had several designs published and has found a great deal of success in pitching to publishers and getting games signed. Sell Sheet Examples on Pinterest collected by John Brieger: https://www.pinterest.com/johnbrieger/boardgame-sell-sheets/ Sell Sheet Examples on Flickr collected by Jeremy Commandeur: https://www.pinterest.com/johnbrieger/boardgame-sell-sheets/ How To Make a Sell Sheet– article on League of Gamemakers: http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/how-to-build-a-sell-sheet-for-your-game/

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