Marco Pecota, designer of Legions of Steel, discusses everything that goes into designing a miniature war game.

Marco has been designing these types of games since the 90s, and we go into combat systems, movement, metal vs plastic, and everything in between.

And be sure to check out Marco’s miniatures packs on Kickstarter HERE.

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Juma Al-JouJou, designer of Clans of Caledonia, discusses the design process for a farming centric game.

We talk about market economies, resources, balance, and more.

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Erica Bouyouris, designer of Bosk, discusses what all goes into designing a nature-themed game. 

We talk about bringing a theme to life, mechanisms, art, components, and more.

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Mike Gnade, designer of Maximum Apocalypse, Set a Watch, The Few and Cursed, discusses what all goes into designing an adventure game. 

We talk about open worlds, story moments, combat, events, luck, and all sorts of other things that come together to make a good adventure game.

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Chris Totten, designer of La Mancha, discusses the intersection of the fine arts and modern gaming.

Chris is a professor of game design at Kent State University and has written several books on game design.

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Omar Tarancon, designer of Safari Turbo, discusses how to design a racing game.

We talk about creating tensions, special abilities, board design and more.

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Tobias Olsson and Samuel Sapire, from Tea Time Productions, discuss how they get the most out of the themes in their games.

We talk about starting with a theme in mind and making the mechanisms bring it to life, and we go into how to start with mechanisms and add a theme to the mix.

And check out their super thematic biathlon game on Kickstarter HERE.​​

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Jamey Stegmaier, designer of Tapestry, discusses how to design a civilization game.

Creating a civ game is no small task, and we get into all the ins and outs of putting one together.

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