Game Designers of North Carolina Podcast

Apr 09 2024 89 ep. 57 mins 1.1k

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The Game Designers of North Carolina is a guild of tabletop game designers who, shockingly, reside in North Carolina. We’ve been meeting regularly since April 2013 and when we started most of us did not have a lot of exposure or experience in tabletop game design. We’ve learned a lot as a group since we started and this podcast is a way to share some of that knowledge. Our goal for the podcast is to present a lot of information pertinent for new designers but hopefully also offer content that any designer can find useful. We’ll also be sharing news of what group members are up to in the design world.

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Episode 81: What's The Point?

Apr 09 2024 37 mins

Lyn Phillips, Josh Bowman, and Mark McGee get together to discuss what value games offer, and whether games should exist. It’s not nearly as Nihilistic of an episode as that sounds! We also discuss how to pitch games to Allplay.2:48 – What are Games Good For?13:16 – Pitch Perfect: Allplay25:30 – Should Games Justify Themselves?Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gd

Episode 80: Farmers/Diaries/Humanity

Jan 10 2024 44 mins

Kevin Ude (@UdeGames and udeudeude), Josh Bowman, and Mark McGee (@mmark40) get together to discuss Designer Diaries, Carcassonne farmers, and look into why Josh doesn’t like Humanity (the board game, he like humanity just fine in general).1:20 - Make A Designer Cry17:10 - Designer Diary Diary28:39 - My Favorite [Most Controversial?] RuleDiscuss this episode in our guild at podca

Episode 79: Iterative Podcasting

Nov 30 2023 56 mins

Isaac Shalev (@kindfortress), Josh Bowman, and Mark McGee (@mmark40) get together to try new things on this episode of the Game Designers of North Carolina Podcast.5:55 – Iterative Design26:40 – Do Games Offer Choice?44:29 – Eclipse and DiceDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com. Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC. Check out our website at http://www.gdofnc.com.

Episode 78: Your New Favorite Brassica Based Publisher

Feb 17 2023 54 mins

Mark McGee (@mmark40) and Kevin Ude (@UdeGames) join Matt Wolfe (@mattwolfe) to talk about starting a new publishing company How To Steam Broccoli.Tell Me Something GoodMain Topic - Designers Becoming PublishersDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com. Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC.

Episode 77: Talking About The Wolves

Dec 07 2022 44 mins

Ashwin Kamath (@BoardGameGhee) and Clarence Simpson (@stoichamster) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about their journey designing their game The Wolves.1:02 – Getting to know Ashwin8:15 – Main topic: Talking About The WolvesDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com. Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC.

Episode 76: Designing Games Across Multiple Genres

Jul 18 2022 47 mins

Matt Wolfe (@mattwolfe) joins Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about designing games in different genres.-- Tell Me Something Good-- Main topic: Designing Games in Different GenresDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com. Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC. Visit our site at www.gdofnc.com.

Episode 75: PAX Unplugged

Jan 05 2022 49 mins

Clarence Simpson (@stoichamster) and Mitch Wallace (@MitchWgames) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about PAX Unplugged.0:37 – First Timer Palooza with Mitch6:54 – Tell Me Something Good10:10 – Main topic: PAX UnpluggedDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com. Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC.

Episode 74: Mentoring

Oct 05 2021 34 mins

Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall from the Tabletop Mentorship Program (Tabletopmentorship.org and @tabletopmentor) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about their mentorship program.-- First Timer Palooza-- Main topic: Tabletop Mentorship ProgramDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com. Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC. Visit our website at www.GDofNC.com

Episode 73: Why Are Board Games Bad?

Jul 05 2021 61 mins

Ian Phillips (@crunchwrapgames) joins Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about inherent properties of board games.1:01 -- Tell Me Something Good 3:30 -- Main Topic: Inherent Weaknesses of Board GamesDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com and visit our website at gdofnc.com. Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC.

Episode 72: Get Zanged

Apr 19 2021 58 mins

Ian Zang (@IanZangDesign, @GravGames, and gravitation.games) joins Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about all sorts of things that Ian Zang likes.2:30 -- Tell Me Something Good19:32 -- Main Topic: ZangedDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com. Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC or check us out online at gdofnc.herokuapp.com.