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A podcast about topics in game design featuring the many people who come together to make games possible.

Mar 6, 2015

Pixel Tactics designed by D. Brad Talton Jr. is a tactical card game based in the world of Indines. What makes this different from other games based in this world is that players take the role of a leader attempting to recruit the best heroes in order to defeat the other leader(s). Players create a 3x3 grid of heroes with the leader in the middle. The game uses an interesting mechanic where players activate each row before moving onto the next row, which provides a lot of depth and variety as each hero has different effects depending on where he or she is placed in the battle grid.

Our discussion focused on the creation of the grid mechanic as well as the evolution of the effects that each hero is equiped with. We asked Brad about how he designs new mechanics to keep adding variety to the game through its expansions. Finally, we learned about a league-play system that Brad hopes will give Pixel Tactics players more ways to enjoy their favorite game as well as bring in new gamers.

If you are interested in learning more about Pixel Tactics or Level 99 games, please click on the links provided. If you wish to buy the game, your FLGS or OLFGS should be able to help out. Finally, if you wish to follow Level 99 or Brad on twitter, please click on the links provided.

Editor's Note: this episode was fraught with technical difficulties and our opening to show is a clip from the cutting room floor that I thought was amusing to share with you, the listeners. Brad was a gracious guest who put up with so many weird issues. Thanks, Brad!