Game Design Deep Dive

Nov 27 2024 29 ep. 64 mins 80
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Dan Bullock interviews game designers with a focus on the challenges of historical board game design. 

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Interview with Joe Schmidt

Nov 27 2024 62 mins  
SEASON FINALE: We welcome designer and developer Joe Schmidt to discuss In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943-1944 (a game we designed together), his Levy & Campaign game Henry, solitaire design for Gunnar Holmback's Weimar Republic (GMT), and his development work on the forthcoming game Hellraisers from Wehrlegig. Outro music: "Help Save the Youth of America" - Billy Bragg

Interview with Talia Rosen

Oct 07 2024 60 mins  
Today, I chat with Talia Rosen, designer of First Monday in October which is a game about the history of the US Supreme Court coming soon to Kickstarter from Fort Circle Games. We discuss what inspired Talia's first design and the challenges of modeling the supreme court. Outro music: "The Devil's Great Grandson" - Sons of the PioneersSend us a text

Interview with John Butterfield

Sep 16 2024 69 mins  
As a designer, John Butterfield is a bit of a troublemaker. He likes to insert friction in his designs where wargamers aren’t used to finding it. His games don’t just tell stories, they host a space for players to make their OWN stories. His titles include Ambush, RAF, Enemy Action: Ardennes & Karkov, the D-Day Series, Hell’s Highway and so many more. We discuss solitaire

Chicago '68 with Yoni Goldstein

Aug 06 2024 54 mins  
For this episode, we chat with filmmaker and game designer Yoni Goldstein about his upcoming game Chicago '68 from The Dietz Foundation about the 1968 DNC protests and his journey in game design. Chicago '68 on Kickstarter:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dietzfoundation/chicago-68Jean Genet in Chicago:https://vimeo.com/78486625Outro Music: "Popular Myth and the Destruction of

Narrative in Boardgames with Dan Thurot

Jul 22 2024 74 mins  
We decided to break from our usual format. Dan Thurot of Space Biff joins us for a discussion about narrative and storytelling in board games, particularly how it relates to historical boardgames. SPACE-BIFF! | Fiercely Independent. Independant? Crap. (spacebiff.com)Outro Music: Sun Ra Arkestra - Between Two WorldsSend us a text

Interview with Maurice Suckling

Jun 23 2024 79 mins  
Maurice Suckling is a screenwriter, author, teacher of design as well as vast experience in various roles of video game production. We discuss his recent design Crisis 1914 from Worthington, the upcoming Peace 1905 from Fort Circle, and Operation Barclay (currently on Gamefound). Send us a text

Interview with Sebastian Bae

May 09 2024 74 mins  
Sebastian Bae is a research scientist and senior game designer for the Center of Naval Analyses' Gaming and Integration Program as well as a faculty advisor for the Georgetown University Wargaming Society. He has two commercial designs, Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific with Dietz Foundation and a multi-pack Crisis In Korea being released through Catastrophe Games. We discuss the ch

Interview with Carlos Marquez Linares

Apr 18 2024 71 mins  
Carlos Marquez Linares is the designer of TWO upcoming games, The Other Side of the Hill from NAC Wargames and Imperial Fever from GMT (currently on the P500). We discuss his controversial topics and his design approach in each of the aforementioned games. Send us a text

Interview with Natalia Wojtowicz

Dec 09 2023 60 mins  
Natalia Wotjowicz has written an excellent book called Wargaming Experiences about approaches to professional wargame design informed by her experience with the NATO Civil-Military Cooperation Center of Excellence. Her book offers a lot of guidance relevant to both historical games and wargames, so I invited her to discuss it along with differences between professional and commerci

Interview with Gina Willis

Nov 22 2023 57 mins  
Gina Willis has designed A Glorious Chance, an excellent solitaire game about naval operations during the War of 1812 and collaborated with Jeremy White on the design of Skies Above Britain. We discuss both of these games, the emphasis on narrative in solitaire design, age of sail, and much more. A Glorious Chance (mybigcommerce.com)Send us a text