Adam Chunn and Woody Hutsell discuss designing economic games.

Adam and Woody have years of experience working in the real world of finance and economics and decided to design a game that translates those concepts into game mechanics.

Check out their back-alley economic game set in a fantasy world, Plunderbund, on Kickstarter HERE.

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John Coveyou, founder of Genius Games, discusses how to design games that also happen to be educational.

John is the designer of Cytosis, Subatomic, Ion, and several other well-received science based games, and he’s really figured out how to take scientific ideas and translate them into enjoyable games. 

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David Abelson, founder of Fisher Heaton Games, talks about designing abstract games.

David’s abstract game, Intelle, is a brain burning 2 player experience with a theme that actually makes sense.

And be sure to check out the solo expansion for Intelle on Kickstarter HERE.

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Bez Shahriari, designer of Yogi, discusses the ins and outs of creating a game made specifically for families.

We go into why family games are so good for helping kids as they grow up, and we talk about a lot of things to consider when making these types of games.

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