Board Game Binge

Eduardo is the founder of Pencil First Games, a boutique publisher of delightful, high-quality board and card games. PFG is best known their nature themed games such as Floriferous, Herbaceous, Sunset Over Water, The Whatnot Cabinet, Skulk Hollow, Lift Off! Get me off this Planet and other titles. Currently, they have a Kickstarter running for their new game bundle Nature Games Trio: Sunrise, Snow...

​Jesse Stacy is one of 3 partners that have formed Triceratops Games, which launched their debut Kickstarter last year for Journey Adventure Quest (JAQ).  Triceratops Games is focused on creating great games that they would play. They are lifelong gamers who have designed games for years and have deep experience in bringing products to market in many fields. Jesse loves playing games, from th...

tefan Godot is a nerdy father and the guru of social deduction. He is the designer of Human Punishment - Social Deduction 2.0, the expansion Project: Hell Gate, Human Punishment: The Beginning, and the wildly successfull Among Cultists. For a direct link to the Among Cultists campaign, which is already crushing it on Kickstarter, click here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amongcultists/among...

Andrew Bosley is a freelance illustrator and owner of Wits End Studios. He has illustrated many tabletop hits including Everdell, Tapestry, and Merchants of the Dark Road. Andrew lives in northern Arizona with his wife and five kids. He has a ukulele hanging on his wall, so he thinks he can play it. But he really can't. Check out Andrew's work here: https://www.bosleyart.com FOLLOW...

Gabe Barrett is the founder of the Board Game Design Lab which is the largest community of game designers on the internet and home to a podcast that has aired more than 300 episodes about game design and been downloaded over 2.5 million times.  Gabe is also the founder of Best With 1 games, an indie publishing company that focuses on solo experiences and brings a new game to life each and eve...

Jason Tagmire is a game designer from South Jersey. He has been designing and self-publishing board and card games since 2007 under the name Button Shy, and won The Game Crafter's Resource Game Design Contest with his family-friendly resource management game, Sandwich City. He is best known for reducing our 16th president to 16-bits in his card game / video game, Pixel Lincoln. He's the designer o...

Ayden Lowther is the co-founder of the indie publishing company, Dranda Games. He started designing games in 2017 and self-published his first design in 2019. Since then, Ayden and Dranda Games have published four games from a range of designers that have won them five awards to date. Their newest Kickstarter, Explorers of Navoria, launches on Kickstarter in the coming month. Sign-up here to be no...

Caezar Al-Jassar is the director at Alley Cat Games and heads of product development and business strategy.  He originally started out as a postdoctoral academic working at British universities and institutions such as Birmingham University, UCL and the LMB with multiple first author papers in the field known as “Structural Biology”. He started Alley Cat Games, which he co-founded with his wi...

In 2020, Drew wanted to start a new hobby to occupy him outside of work, thus started his tabletop gaming collection. After collecting his first 100 board games and playing multiple popular games with his loved ones, he started to create short form content in 2021 - starting with TikTok and eventually expanding to other popular social media sites. Drew would continue to create content and overview...

Daryl is a game designer and a member of the Game Artisans of Canada (GAC) Daryl Andrews is an award winning freelance game designer and developer, who began designing in 2013, moving to full-time in 2015. With 30+ board games already released through 20+ different publishers, Daryl’s output has been unrivalled over the last several years. Sagrada (published by Floodgate Games) is Daryl's best sel...

Danielle Stranding, Purveyor of Satire and lover of Board Games. Danielle is a prolific content creator who has amasses a huge following on Instagram and Tiktok with her humorous take on the industry. You can follow Danielle on her channels here: https://beacons.ai/dani_standring/ FOLLOW US ON:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boar...

Laia is a maker and a connector. She is driven by turning visions into reality. After slaying Zombies in Co-Op, laying some chunky tiles and trying time travel for the first time she got very much into the hobby in the last few years. She is an editor and the engine of Wonderbow. Currently Wonderbow is running a campaign for Kelp, a runaway success. In this episode, Laia discusses the marketing ap...

Dane Chapin, a graduate from UCLA with a degree in Economics, has forged an illustrious career marked by an unwavering passion for entrepreneurship. Over the years, he has been the driving force behind the creation and ownership of numerous successful businesses spanning various industries. Currently at the helm of USAopoly (The Op), a company he founded in 1994, Dane returned as CEO in January 20...

Richard Jenders, from Jenders Gaming, guest hosts the podcast with Ordinary Board Gamer, Dennis Dickner. Dennis is a Swedish Board Game influencer and content creator. Richard and Dennis go behind the scenes of content creation. The ups, the downs, the fun! Check out Dennis' Social Channels here: https://linktr.ee/Ordinary_board_gamer/ FOLLOW US ON:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/...

Carl Robinson is a game designer and drama teacher from Brussels, Belgium. Originally from the north of England, Carl moved to Belgium over 10 years ago and has since made it his home. Around the time he moved to Brussels, Carl discovered hobby board gaming and quickly became passionate about it, starting to tinker with design ideas of his own almost immediately. He's enthusiastic about games with...

Peter C. Hayward is an award-winning board game designer, author, and YouTuber based in Los Angeles. The designer of Village Pillage, Critter Kitchen, Fiction, and That Time You Killed Me, his goal is to fill the world with cool things. Originally from Australia, he ended up in the US after “a spectacularly wrong turn down a dark alley”, and has been trying to find his way home ever since.  T...

Paul has spent the last 10 years working in cardboard and software development. Working with independent board game companies on project fulfilment and more recently as a Producer in the video games industry. As part of Play For Keeps he's the one that's brave enough to have conversations with the accountant and uses spreadsheets to solve every problem. Play for Keeps’ newest campaign for My Favou...

Joe is a board game designer and instructor. He's been designing games since 2014, including Relics of Rajavihara, Montalo's Revenge, 14 Frantic Minutes, Zoo Year's Eve, King of Indecision, Four Word Thinking, and Kingdom's Candy: Monsters. Joe is also the author of the #1 best-selling book "The Board Game Designer's Guide" and 3 other game design books, and has taught game design and development...

With years of experience as a digital strategist and serial entrepreneur, Javon gained knowledge in all areas of the media and entertainment industry, including film, television, music, video games, publishing, web and mobile media.  He most recently served as Chief Product Officer and President, Gaming at Studio71, LP where he oversaw strategic business development for digital celebrities.&n...

Tanner Yarro is CEO of Yarro Studios, a toy and games maker that has raised millions of dollars on kickstarter, has multiple utility patents in the gaming world, and has sold and licensed toys & games all over the world. Currently Tanner has a Kickstarter campaign running for GameFold, an affordable, foldable game table. Check out his newest Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projec...

Matthew got into the board game industry by creating a Party Game called Don't Get Drunk back in 2018. He designed and self published Don't Get Drunk, The Expansion Pack, and What The Pong. He has signed, developed, and licensed many games since then. Some of the more notable titles that he has worked with are, SOS Titanic, MOB: Big Apple, Regicide.  Matthew is now signing, designing, and pub...

Scott has been designing games for four years. His first published title, Hues and Cues, won Dice Tower's Party Game of the Year and has gone on to sell over 500,000 units. His second game, boop., is following the same trendline and is also been recognized by MENSA, Origins Awards, Tabletop Awards among others. 2024 looks to be another good year with the release of at least four new titles! FOLLOW...

Split Stone Games is a UK-based board game publisher located on the sunny south coast of England. We're all about creating long lasting, fun and beautiful games that you'd be proud to display in your collection. You can check out their kickstarter for Mycelia here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/splitstonegames/mycelia-the-strategic-mushroom-board-game FOLLOW US ON:  Facebook: https://w...

Kevin Levy is a game designer and one of the primary organizers for the Knoxville Area Board Gamers group where he actively fosters a vibrant gaming community promoting the love of board gaming with events several nights a week.  Recently, Kevin signed on with Tin Robot Games for  Cities of Venus franchise with his futuristic civil war game which is expected to launch in 2025. You can st...

Jeffrey Chin and Andrew Nerger are old high school friends from Chicago living out their dream as game designers, publishers, and co-owners of R2i Games. They design light to medium weight games with easy-to-learn rules and strategic gameplay. Famous for titles such as Canvas, Crypt, and After Nova, their newest hit, Fromage, is currently on Kickstarter. Check it out here: https://www.kickstarter....