Indie Board Game Designers Podcast

#104 – Christopher Kaspar

Posted On November 26, 2019

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Patrick Rauland: Just a quick note before today's show, we did have some technical difficulties. You'll hear a slight clicking sound when the guest is speaking. We tried to fix it, but even the original file had these ticking sounds. Sorry about the annoyance, and onto the show.

Patrick: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Indie Board Game Designers podcast, where I sit down with a different independent game designer every single week, and we talk about their experience in game design and the lessons they've learned along the way. My name is Patrick Rauland, and today I'll be talking with Christopher Kaspar, who is working on a game called Keeps. Christopher, welcome to the show.

Christopher Kaspar: Awesome, thank you so much for having me. I've listened to a few episodes here, and actually, a couple of my good friends have been on previous episodes, people that have helped me develop Keeps. So, it's an honor. Thanks for having me.

#103 – Tabletop Network 2019 Recap

Posted On November 21, 2019

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Hello everyone and welcome to another bonus episode of the Indie Board Game Designers Podcast

I just came back from Tabletop Network. If you haven’t heard of it before it’s a conference for game designers.

So you’re not playing games
You’re not testing prototypes
You’re not pitching to publishers

Instead you’re watching talks about game design.

In this episode I’m going to share my favorite talks, what I learned at the event as well as who I think this event is really good for.

#102 – Jon Merchant

Posted On November 19, 2019

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My name is Patrick Rauland, and today I'll be talking with Jonathan Merchant who designed a game called Squire for Hire, which is an 18 card 1-2 player game where you play a squire trying to shove the best equipment into your rucksack for your hero, which is a theme that I love. We are absolutely going to get into the theme a little bit later. But first, Jonathan, welcome to the show.

Jon Merchant: Thanks, Patrick, thanks for having me.

#101 – Chris Michaud

Posted On November 14, 2019

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Patrick Rauland: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Indie Board Game Designers podcast, where I sit down with a different independent game designer every single week to talk about their experience in game design and the lessons they've learned along the way. My name is Patrick Rauland, and today I'll be talking with Chris Michaud, former moderator of the Flip the Table podcast. He also designed Roll Estate, which is a roll and write homage to those classic mass-market games we grew up with, but with modern board game mechanisms. Chris, welcome to the show.

Chris Michaud: It's a pleasure to be here. Thank you so much for having me.

#100 – One Hundred

Posted On November 12, 2019

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Today is a very special episode. Episode 100! 🎉🎉🎉

I do have two announcements at the end of the show so stick around for those.

#99 – David Abelson

Posted On November 5, 2019

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Patrick Rauland: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Indie Board Game Designers podcast, where I sit down with a different independent game designer every single and week, and we talk about their experience in game design and the lessons they've learned along the way. My name is Patrick Rauland, and today I'll be talking with David Abelson, who designed WAYK for Fisher Heaton Games.

WAYK is a 1-2 player strategy game where players control robots on a ship whose task it is to awaken all the passengers, to usher them to escape pods before it explodes. David, welcome to the show.

David Abelson: Hi. Thanks for having me.

#98 – Christopher Yoder

Posted On October 29, 2019

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Christopher Yoder: Hey Patrick. Thanks so much for having me on the show.

#97 – Laura Erwin

Posted On October 22, 2019

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My name is Patrick Rauland, and today I'll be talking with Laura Erwin, who designed Potions Please, which is a 2-4 player set collection game where you get to collect ingredients and make Potions Please. It should be on the Game Crafter's crowd sale when this episode airs, and I will, of course, have links to that in the show notes and likely as well in the podcast notes. Laura, welcome to the show.

Laura Erwin: Hi, Patrick.

#96 – Cassie Elle

Posted On October 15, 2019

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Patrick Rauland: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Indie Board Game Designers podcast, where I sit down with a different independent game designer every single week, and we talk about their experience in game design and the lessons they've learned along the way. My name is Patrick Rauland, and today I'll be talking with Cassie Elle who designed Wizard Shelf, an 18-card set collection game which is coming out via Concrete Canoe on their Kickstarter, which I will link to in the show notes. This episode should come out when that Kickstarter is live. Cassie is also a content creator and a board game reviewer, and she's also considering publishing other people's games, so she's also considering becoming a traditional publisher. Cassie, welcome to the show.

Cassie Elle: Thank you for having me on the show.

#95 – Brigette Indelicato

Posted On October 8, 2019

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Brigette Indelicato: Thanks so much.