Nerdlab Podcast

Apr 21 2023 90

If you want to design your own games, this podcast is for you. We will dive deep into topics like development tools, game mechanics, card design, marketing and discuss everything you need to know to start your first Kickstarter campaign.

To analyse these topics, we will be looking at existing card games and board games and take a deeper look at their core mechanics in order to use them as inspiration for our own games. Everything we discuss will be applied to a fantasy adventure card game we develop in parallel to the podcast.

The goal of this podcast is to provide you with everything you need to know about the skills and tools as a game designer.

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095 – Designer Diary for Mindbug Beyond with Richard Garfield, Christian Kudahl & Skaff Elias

Apr 21 2023 51 mins

In this episode, I discuss with Richard Garfield, Skaff Elias […]

094 – Mindbug Kickstarter Lessons Learned

Jan 02 2023 59 mins

Hello everyone and happy new year. Today we have January […]

093 – A Working Day as a Games Publisher

May 27 2022 31 mins

It's been over half a year since I recorded the last podcast episode. That's definitely far too long. I hope that I will be able to record new episodes much more often in the future. Because I really missed being able to exchange ideas with other game designers and to delve deeply into specific game design activities in order to prepare for an episode. So what do I want to talk a

092 – Mindbug – Officially Announced

Oct 05 2021 31 mins

A lot has happened in the last couple of months […]

091 – The Journey of AracKhan Wars with Robert Palmer

Jul 28 2021 78 mins

Today we have a great guest on the show and […]

090 – Designing Slay the Spire – The Boardgame – with Gary Dworetsky

Jul 20 2021 59 mins

Today we have a great guest on the show. Gary […]

089 – The Design Philosophy of Riftforce with Carlo Bortolini

May 31 2021 62 mins

This week I had the chance to talk to Carlo Bortolini, a fellow game designer (Memoarr and Riftforce). Riftforce is a dueling card game that involves factions, drafting, combos, and different strategies. All the good stuff I love so much about card games. So I was very happy to talk to Carlo Bortolini and learn more about the design process of Riftforce. We found out that both of o

88 – The Game Design Process of Bruno Cathala

May 19 2021 53 mins

This week I have the incredible honor of hosting one of the best game designers in the world. He has designed countless games and it doesn’t seem like he is going to stop And the majority of them are incredibly successful. For example he designed Kingdomino, Five Tribes, Seven Wonders Duel, Shadows over Camelot, Abyss and many many more. His games also have been nominated for a

87 – Victory Points and Player Agency with Tom Lehmann

May 12 2021 63 mins

This week I have the honor of hosting Tom Lehmann, […]

086 – How to Start an E-Mail List as a Game Designer

May 05 2021 50 mins

This week follow up on the topic of E-Mail Listbuilding as a Game Designer. Last week I talked about why you should start an E-Mail List. This week the focus is on how to do it. In the podcast, I cover the high-level process of: Creating a Lead Magnet and a nice Pitch Setting up a Landing Page Using an E-Mail Provider for Automation In the past, I didn’t put enough effort i