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Episode 478: Building Sovereign Decks

Jason chats with Aaron Wilson

Jul 25, 2021

Episode 477: Manufacturing Magic and It’s Hammer Time

Jason chats with T. Caires

Jul 18, 2021

Episode 476: Be Kind, The Wolves Are Coming

Jason chats with Jason Kotarski

Jul 11, 2021

Episode 475: Returning to Cons

Jason chats with Marc Specter.

Jul 4, 2021

Episode 474: Placing Workers and Baking Historically

Jason chats with Raven McKenzie!

Jun 27, 2021

Episode 473: Formal Design Education or How I Learned We Are Neither Friends Nor Co-Designers

Jason chats with Francesca Carletto-Leon, Kai Karhu, and Carol Mertz

Jun 20, 2021

Episode 472: Creating Content That Causes Connections

Jason chats with Danielle Standring

Jun 13, 2021

Episode 471: Returned Games and Custom Prints

Jason chats with Julio Nazario

Jun 6, 2021

Episode 470: Grubs Get Contested

Jason chats with Ian Winningham and Gray Detrick

May 30, 2021

Episode 469: You Got RPG in My BG, No You Got BG in My RPG

Your Moderator Chris in the house!!!

May 23, 2021

Episode 468: Gold Stars and Chocolate Vegetables

Jason chats with Matthew Hocker about creating gateway games.

May 16, 2021

Episode 467: Solo Modes are Splendorous

Jason chats with Raven McKenzie and Mike Mullins about Solo Modes.

May 9, 2021

Episode 466: Real Tabletops and A Lot Of Doors

Jason chats with Nat Levan and also Josh Mills.

May 2, 2021

Episode 465: How to Market to Markets with Marketing

Jason chats with Jamie Sabriel Flez and Brenna Noonan.

Apr 25, 2021

Episode 464: The Good, The Bad, The Lessons Learned

Jason chats with Julio and Eric Lang.

Apr 18, 2021

Episode 463: Bangers Only

Jason chats with Kiri Bear and Alex Roberts.

Apr 11, 2021

Episode 462: The Madness of Mine Karts

Jason chats with Kelly Hougland About their game Mine Kart Madness.

Apr 5, 2021

Episode 461: Mechanics We Thought We Hated

Jason chats with Aaron Wilson about Mechanics we think we don’t like.

Mar 28, 2021

Episode 460: IGDN and RNW and NOLA

Jason chats with Raven about Roll and Write Games

Mar 21, 2021

Episode 459: Micro, Macro, Goal Setting Mayhem

Jason chats with Julio about setting goals.

Mar 14, 2021

Episode 458: Let’s Hire A Graphic Designer

Jason chats with Jason Kotarski and Jamie Sabriel Flez about the right Graphic Designer.

Mar 8, 2021

Episode 457: The Patron Saint of Punk Rock Games

Jason chats with Jason Tagmire about Button Shy and their Patreon.

Feb 28, 2021

Episode 456: Operating Jellybeans and Gifting Tulips

Jason chats with Sara Perry about managing operations for Jellybean Games.

Feb 21, 2021

Episode 455: A Game Of Feelings

Jason chats with Kiri Bear about her TTMP experience and her game, The Feelings Game.

Feb 14, 2021

Episode 454: Users Interfacing With Villainous Books

Jason chats with Fertessa Allyse about User Interface in games.

Feb 7, 2021

Episode 453: Macaron Mania

Jason chats with Raven Mckenzie about her TTMP experience and her game Macaron Mania

Jan 31, 2021

Episode 452: Grubs Gotta Pupate

Jason chats with Gray Detrick and Tanner Simmons about Grubs

Jan 24, 2021

Episode 451: Sequencing Fights

Jason chats with our first mentee, Jamie Sabriel Flez

Jan 18, 2021

Episode 450: Mentors and Tables and Mentees and Tablees

Jason chats with Grace and Mike from Tabletop Mentorship

Jan 10, 2021

Episode 449: Here Comes 2021

Jason chats with Eric Slauson about their goals and hopes for 2021.

Jan 3, 2021

Episode 448: BTG 2020 Year End Recap

Jason chats with Julio about the year that was…

Dec 27, 2020

Episode 447: So You Want To Be A Publisher: Part 3

Jason chats with Carla Kopp about Publishing.

Dec 20, 2020

Episode 446: We Prefer Our Sums Non-Zero

Jason chats with Ken Franklin about Non-Zero Sum Games

Dec 13, 2020

Episode 445: Let’s Help Each Other

Jason chats with Jason, and Jason (Nicole) about how established Designers can help new designers

Dec 6, 2020

Episode 444: Constraining Games and Aligning Fates

Jason chats with Ray about constraints in design.

Nov 29, 2020

Episode 443: I Don’t Know What I Expected

Jason chats with Julio about managing expectations.

Nov 22, 2020

Episode 442: Science Gets Sneaky

Jason chats with Lauren about Science Education in games.

Nov 15, 2020

Episode 441: Kids Get Questing

Jason, Banana, Dan, and Tim chat about designing Role-Playing Games for Kids.

Nov 8, 2020

Episode 440: Prototypes Get Graphic

Jason, Nicole, and Anthony chat about good graphic design in prototypes.

Nov 1, 2020

Episode 439: Raps, Hoops, Godz, and Risks

Jason and Omari Talk About Board Game Brothas

Oct 25, 2020

Episode 438: Keeping Games Small and Mud

Jason and Hannah talk through tips on designing small games.

Oct 18, 2020

Episode 437: Playtesting Puzzles Can Be Problematic

Jason and Jonathan chat about puzzle games.

Oct 11, 2020

Episode 436: The Sleuth, The Sleevs, The Games, The Vote, and The Sweet Potato Pie

Jason chats with Dolio the Sleuth and Sleevs from Gangstagrass about games and voting and more… Ride With You Video Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

Oct 4, 2020

Episode 435: Games, Uh Find A Way

Jason and Julio talk about how things have changed and what it means.

Sep 27, 2020

Episode 434: So You Want to be a Publisher Part 2

Jason and Jason talk about self publishing part 2.

Sep 20, 2020

Episode 433: Drafting With Winston and Studying With Sorcery

Jason and Chris talk about the Winston Draft.

Sep 13, 2020

Episode 432: A Little Bit Of NONEPUB and A Whole Lot Of Catching Up

Jason and Nicole talk briefly about NONEPUB and mostly just catch-up.

Sep 6, 2020

Episode 431: So You Want To Be A Publisher Part 1

Jason and Jason talk about Jason publishing. Not that Jason, the other Jason.

Aug 30, 2020

Episode 430: Three Sisters in the Motor City

Jason and Ben Pinchback about all sorts of stuff.

Aug 23, 2020

Episode 429: Designing Costs and Adventuring Cards

Jason and Julio chat about design costs.

Aug 15, 2020