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

Nov 25, 2015

You're Fired, designed by Doug Levandowski, is a 2-player small box game like Love Letter where each player is trying to fire the other player's boss. The two decks in the game are exactly the same except for 2 consultant cards added at the beginning to throw a little uncertainty into the decks. Most cards consist of...


Nov 23, 2015

Who, What, Why presents our eighth episode of Designing Games with Game Designers which features Ben Rosset, designer of Brewcrafters and the Brewcrafters Card Game. In this episode we use the themes and mechanics found on the cards in Unpub, the card game from Doug Levandowski and J.R. Honeycut. Geoff's three themes...


Nov 18, 2015

Space Cadets, designed by Geoff Engelstein and his kids, is a series of games set in a cartoon Star Trek-inspired universe. The series consists of two games with expansions: Space Cadets & Space Cadets Dice Duel. Space Cadets is a coop game where players must work together to solve small dexterity puzzles in an effort...


Nov 11, 2015

Who, What, Why presents our seventh episode of Designing Games with Game Designers which features Geoff Engelstein, designer of Space Cadets, Space Cadets: Dice Duels, and the forthcoming Survive: Space Attack! In this episode we use the themes and mechanics found on the cards in Unpub, the card game from...


Nov 6, 2015

MAGE Company, managed by Alexander Argyropoulos, is a board game publisher that has brought the community games such as Raid & Trade, 12 Realms, Hoyuk, and Res Publica: 2230 A.D. MAGE Company is located in Europe and primarily uses Kickstarter to fund most of its games. The company has been at conventions such as UK...