
Building the Game
795 episodes — Page 12 of 16
Bonus Episode 51: Saloon Tycoon Kickstarter Part 3
BTG on iTunes Saloon Tycoon Part 3.
Episode 196: Turtle Trivia and Building the Band
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Beer Barrel Bourbon Leap Day Feature of the Week: We attempt to work on Turtles all the way down Practicing the Pitch: Jason pitches building the band.
Episode 195: Evan Derrick and Graphic Design
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Evan Derrick is here! Feature of the Week: Graphic Design in games Practicing the Pitch: Evan pitches a game
Bonus Episode 50: Saloon Tycoon Kickstarter Part 2
BTG on iTunes Saloon Tycoon Part 2.
Bonus Episode 49: Saloon Tycoon Kickstarter Part 1
BTG on iTunes Saloon Tycoon Part 1.
Episode 194: Tone Mood and Pressure
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Gonna get hyped!!! Get Pumped!!! Feature of the Week: Tone and Mood in games Practicing the Pitch: A game is pitched… Yes it is.
Episode 193: Evergreens and Phone Booths
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: And that’s how I really feel about that. Feature of the Week: What makes an Evergreen Game Practicing the Pitch: Jason takes the Flip the Table Phone Booth Challenge.
Episode 192: Proto Processing and the Astrogate
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: We all know it’s gonna fail… Feature of the Week: Prototyping cause you asked for it… Again. Practicing the Pitch: Rob pitches a game that is not at all about Stargate. Not at all.
Episode 191: Contest Woes and Drafting Drafters
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: You got punked. You know who you are. Feature of the Week: Contests Practicing the Pitch: Jason Pitches Drafting: The Drafting Game
Episode 190: Bad Sound and the Emergency Room
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Snow is not cool. Feature of the Week: Unpub Update #2 Practicing the Pitch: Rob Pitches a solo game.
Bonus Episode 48: Smithereens Playtest 2
BTG on iTunes In this bonus episode we playtest Smithereens.
Episode 189: Reviews and Delivery Beasts
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: No one is going to tweet us. Also, Rob, that intro… Boooo…. Feature of the Week: Game Reviews Practicing the Pitch: Jason does a Pitch Challenge.
Episode 188: Stealing and Grandfather Axe
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: A third host for our intro. Feature of the Week: Stealing from other games. Practicing the Pitch: Rob does a pitch challenge.
Episode 187: BTG 2015 Year in Review
BTG on iTunes BTG 2015 YEAR IN REVIEW!!!!
Episode 186: Contractual Stress and Unpub Checkup
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: As soon as I am done typing this I get to go see Star Wars!!! Feature of the Week: How is our UNPUB 6 Prep coming along? Practicing the Pitch: Nothing!!! Did I mention, Star Wars????
Episode 185: Helping Noobs and Elder Warriors
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: What is with that voice? Don’t do that voice… Feature of the Week: How can we help new game designers Practicing the Pitch: Jason Pitches Dungeon Curmudgeons
Episode 184: Boards and Smithers
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Rob screws up the intro and also is a liar. Feature of the Week: Boards vs Cards (like Batman V Superman but less lame) Practicing the Pitch: Rob pitches a Smithereens, again.
Episode 183: Altered Reality and Bridging Bridges
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Happy Thanksgiving! Feature of the Week: Alternate Reality Games Practicing the Pitch: Jason Pitches a game about Crossing a River.
Episode 182: One More Thing and Stick Fighting
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Rob doesn’t drink… Feature of the Week: Does your game need One More Thing? Practicing the Pitch: Rob pitches a game about Stick Fighting.
Episode 181: Not Movement and Shipwrecks
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Where is Jason’s phone?!?!?!?!? Feature of the Week: We attempt to talk about movement… Spoiler Alert: We Fail! Practicing the Pitch: Jason Pitches Shipwreck Island
Episode 180: Comments and Humours
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Jason cannot actually speak Spanish. Feature of the Week: Lots of questions and Comments. Practicing the Pitch: Rob pitches Plague Doctor
Episode 179: Travel and Masks
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: MORE SODA!!! Feature of the Week: Travel games Practicing the Pitch: Jason pitches a game about M.A.S.K.
Episode 178: Kids and Turtles
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: SODA!!! Feature of the Week: Designing games for kids Practicing the Pitch: Rob pitches a game about Ninja Turtles
Episode 177: A Look Back
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Rob says stuff Feature of the Week: A double pitch Practicing the Pitch: Rob pitches his old tower building game Jason pitches and out come the wolves
Episode 176: Replayability and Like Mario Kart But Not
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: So many games Jason never played. Feature of the Week: Replayability Practicing the Pitch: Jason pitches A game like Mario Kart
Bonus Episode 47: GrandCon 2015 Pitches
BTG on iTunes In this bonus episode we hear pitches from the Breakneck Speed Design challenge at GrandCon.
Episode 175: GrandCon Recap and a Broken Tower Game
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Recovering from GrandCon Feature of the Week: GrandCon 2015 Recap. Practicing the Pitch: Rob Pitches a Tower Game that he says sucks.
Episode 174: GrandCon 2015 Live!!!
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Lots of people around a table. Feature of the Week: What are you doing at GrandCon. Practicing the Pitch: Lightning Round Pitch Challenge.
Episode 173: Copyright Infringement and Robut Cowpokes
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Rob made a horrible mistake. Feature of the Week: GrandCon Preshow!!! Practicing the Pitch: Jason pitches a game about robot cowboys.
Episode 172: Deadline Stress and Marakesh
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Rob is freaking out about deadlines. Feature of the Week: Self-Publishing Practicing the Pitch: Rob pitches his game about Marakesh.
Episode 171: Groovin’ and Gamin’
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Whatever it takes to get the show done. We will do it. Feature of the Week: Designing for Marketing. Practicing the Pitch: Jason pitches a game about mailing stuff.
Episode 170: Game Shows and the Penguin Mythos
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Jason can do better than Rob and intros. Feature of the Week: Lessons learned from Game Shows Practicing the Pitch: Rob does a pitch challenge about Penguins.
Bonus Episode 46: Playtesting Grids and Graves
BTG on iTunes In this bonus episode we play test some games.
Episode 169: Dropin’ It And Cubin’ It
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: We are surrounded by trash. Feature of the Week: When to throw away a design. Practicing the Pitch: Jason pitches a game about cubes.
Episode 168: Trailing Thoughts and Marching to Death
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Piles of dirt in my driveway. Feature of the Week: Trailing thoughts on Gencon Practicing the Pitch: Rob pitches a game about death.
Episode 167: Gencon 2015 Recap and Gamer Gardening
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Still recovering from Gencon. Feature of the Week: Gencon Recap Practicing the Pitch: Jason pitches a game about gardening
Episode 166: Gencon 2015 Live Show
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: We are at Gencon!!! Feature of the Week: What is going on at Gencon Practicing the Pitch: Audience pitch challenge.
Episode 165: GenCon Prep and Sound Effects
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: It’s so close to GenCon Feature of the Week: GenCon Pre-show Special Practicing the Pitch: Rob does the pitch challenge for Auto Polo.
Episode 164: Listen Sometimes This Is Difficult
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Jason is back. Feature of the Week: Some unexpected updates on a game… Practicing the Pitch: Jason does the pitch challenge for Auto Polo.
Episode 163: Jason is sick so this happened
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Special Guest host: Larry! Feature of the Week: How to make non-gamers play more games. Practicing the Pitch: It also seems like maybe they pitched a game.
Episode 162: Builder Response and Swagger Dag
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: July 4th happened. Feature of the Week: Feedback from Listeners Practicing the Pitch: Rob pitches a game that should have been called Swagger Dagger.
Episode 161: Builder Response and Delicious fish
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: BTG Gossip… Gamers fighting once again. Feature of the Week: Feedback from Listeners Practicing the Pitch: Jason pitches a game called Fish Delish.
Episode 160: Kittens and Communications
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Cats. Yep Cats. Feature of the Week: Interacting with listeners. Practicing the Pitch: Rob Pitches a game… Well he tries.
Episode 159: Winning Headlines and Carnival Grids
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Origins Smorigins Feature of the Week: The winner of the headline contest is announced. Practicing the Pitch: Jason pitches Carnival Chaos
Episode 158: Reality and Failure
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Let’s start the show with some rambling of nonsense… You know, like usual. Feature of the Week: Reality TV Show games. Practicing the Pitch: Rob pitches a game about failing.
Episode 157: Trolling and Trees
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Rob and Jason are back to drinking beer and haunted houses out of season are bad. Feature of the Week: Ways to handle the passage of time. Practicing the Pitch: Jason pitches a surprisingly thought out game about Lumberjacks.
Bonus Episode 45: BTG CCG Playtest
BTG on iTunes In this bonus episode we playtest the BTG CCG.
Episode 156: Rippin’ Rules and Robbin’ Forts
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Rob wishes Jason drank more beer. Feature of the Week: The process of writing rules. Practicing the Pitch: Rob pitches a game about robbing Fort Knox.
Episode 155: Croquet and Molemen
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Rob does a slow intro. Feature of the Week: DHM – GTG Contest Challenge. Practicing the Pitch: Jason tries to pitch a game about something and kind of fails.
Episode 154: Topic Problems and More Cubes
BTG on iTunes Intro and Welcome: Quimby the dog is a Builder. Feature of the Week: Lessons from RPG’s. Practicing the Pitch: Rob pitches a game where you pull stuff out of the bag.