Player Lair Podcast

Andrew Bosley is one of the co-designers of Planecrafters by Paisley Board Games and the artist behind Everdell, The River, Mission: Red Planet, and Citadels. He is a freelance illustrator, game designer, and writer working primarily in the board and video game industries.Support the Show.Links to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Richard Garfield is a game designer and mathematics professor known for creating the immensely popular card game Magic: The Gathering.In our conversation, we delve into topics such as game design, discovering fun where we don't initially feel it, playtesting, auto battlers, and much more! Additionally, we explore some of his other games, including Keyforge, Treasure Hunter, The Hun

Andrew is an American game designer and co-host of the Tabletop Submarine podcast. His new game Wine Cellar is coming to Kickstarter in April 2024.Support the Show.Links to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Daniel is a former Magic: The Gathering external developer and designer of Radlands.He also writes illuminating board game design articles, which can be found at daniel.games. "This (referring to daniel.games) is an excellent resource for people who want to get into game design; it is filled with great language for them to learn the craft, and the hard truths of getting something t

Chris Backe (rhymes with hockey) is the founder of Entro Games. His games typically play in under 30 minutes, feature a wide variety of player counts, and a diverse range of themes. The thing they all have in common: they're easy to learn, easy to play, and offer plenty of strategy and replayability.Chris is the co-creator of No Box Games alongside Kristian Fosh and Roque A. Deleon

Daryl is a game designer and a member of the Game Artisans of Canada (GAC).He has published over 30 board games, actively visits conventions, offers consultations, and much more!Twitter: http://twitter.com/darylmandrewsInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/darylandrews/Website: http://www.darylmandrews.com/Support the Show.Links to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babel on Kickstarter coming

Brett and Trevor are both board game designers, who have an amazing portfolio of games. Mandala, Undaunted, Guild of Merchant Explorers are all games one or both of them have worked on. In this episode, we talked about their community of game designers, and how they design and co-design games. If you listen closely you're sure to hear some well-kept secrets of board game success.Su

Check out Mayan Curse on Kickstarter!Joe Slack is the designer and publisher of Relics of Rajavihara and the Montalo's Revenge expansion, the designer of King of Indecision and Zoo Year's Eve, and the co-designer of Four Word Thinking, and Kingdom's Candy: Monsters.Many of his current designs are on display at www.crazylikeabox.com.Joe is also a game design instructor and author of

Scott Rogers has helped design many successful video games including: Pac-Man World, the Maximo series, God of War, Drawn to Life series and Darksiders. A former Disney Imagineer and VR designer, Scott currently teaches game design at the New York Film Academy and the University of Southern California's interactive media department. His segment "Biography of a Board Game" can be he

Adrian Adamescu has been designing games for the last decade! He is known for designing light-to-midweight games with clean mechanics. He co-designed Sagrada, Dice Theme Park, Mistwind, and so many more great games! Enjoy the conversation!Check out my games! :99 Ninja - Currently on Kickstarter!Rise of Babel - Coming Q1-Q2 2024Support the Show.Links to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babe