Game Designers of North Carolina Podcast

James Meyers ( @apollocontinuum ) talks with group members about their 2017 designs, what they learned as a designer this past year, and their goals for 2018. 01:06 - Daniel Solis ( @danielsolis ) 11:02 - Drew Hicks ( @evenweirdermove ) 17:09 - Graham Russell ( @colorninja ) 24:45 - Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) 30:32 - Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) 41:22 - James Meyers ( @apollocontinuum ) Discuss this epi...

Chris Faulkenberry ( @ccfaulkenberry ) and Victoria Earl ( @vmearl join James Meyers ( @apollocontinuum ) to discuss teaching and demoing your game in various settings. 0:46 - Designer Discovery: Chris Faulkenberry 3:59 - What's in the Oven? 7:15 - Main topic: Teaching and Demoing Your Game 52:17 - GDofNC News Battle for Biternia Kickstarter - Ends December 7th Discuss this episode in our gui...

Daniel Solis ( @danielsolis ) joins James Meyers ( @apollocontinuum ) to discuss re-theming your designs for yourself, for playtesters, and for publishers. 0:36 - What's in the Oven? 1:27 - Main topic: Re-theming Your Designs 55:38 - GDofNC news Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Josh Mills ( @joshuajmills ) and Drew Hicks ( @evenweirdermove ) join James Meyers ( @apollocontinuum ) in an attempt to define variable player powers, asymmetry, the difference between them, and then discuss how to use them in design. :40 - What's in the Oven? 1:31 - Main topic: Asymmetry and Variable Player Powers 1:03:03 - GDofNC News Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com...

Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ), Josh Mills ( @joshuajmills ) and Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) join James Meyers ( @apollocontinuum ) to talk about their experiences at Gen Con 50. 0:50 - Main topic: Gen Con 50 58:07 - What's in the Oven? 1:03:20 - GDofNC News Mentioned in this episode: Building the Game Iron Design Challenge 2017 Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Tw...

James Meyers ( @apollocontinuum ), Chris Kirkman ( @dicehateme ), and Darrell Louder ( @getlouder ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to talk about how designers should conduct themselves at a convention. 2:30 - What's in the Oven? 8:04 - Main topic: Convention Conduct 1:23:00 - GDofNC News Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) and Josh Mills ( @joshuajmills ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to talk about stretching your boundaries in game design. 1:13 - What's in the Oven? 3:54 - Main topic: Stretching Your Boundaries Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Graham Russell ( @colorninja ) and Josh Mills ( @joshuajmills ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to talk about hitting a wall in designs and what to do about it. 1:54 - What's in the Oven? 4:45 - Main topic: Hitting a Wall Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Cardboard Edison ( @CardboardEdison ) join Burke Drew ( @realburkedrew ) to talk about the Cardboard Edison Award. 02:12 - What's in the Oven? 04:42 - Main topic: The 2017 Cardboard Edison Award 50:46:00 - GDofNC news Things mentioned in this episode: The Cardboard Edison Award Battle for Biternia - The MOBA for Boardgamers Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us o...

Several of the Game Designers of North Carolina join super awesome host Burke Drew ( @realburkedrew ) to talk about their experiences at Unpub 7 0:00:37 - Adam Skelding Interview ( @spur_serif ) 0:08:27 - Daniel Solis Interview ( @DanielSolis ) 0:21:26- Drew Hicks Interview ( @EvenWeirderMove ) 0:36:48 - Graham Russell Interview ( @colorninja ) 0:47:32 - James Meyers Interview ( @apollocontinuum )...

Graham Russell ( @colorninja ) and Drew Hicks ( @evenweirdermove ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to talk about what they've learned from designing large group games. 0:00:43 - What's in the Oven? 0:02:58 - Main topic: Designing Large Group Games 1:20:59 - GDofNC news Things mentioned in this episode: Trickster The Genius Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow u...

James Meyers ( @apollocontinuum ) and Daniel Solis ( @DanielSolis ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to talk about taking breaks from game design and how to get back in the swing of things when you do. 1:30 - What's in the Oven? 3:42 - Main topic: Returning from a Break 42:48 - GDofNC news Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) and Josh Mills ( @joshuajmills ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to talk about ludological arcs in games. 1:02 - What's in the Oven? 4:00 - Main topic: Ludological Arcs 1:03:17 - GDofNC news Things mentioned in this episode: I Can't Even With These Marvelous Supers I Can't Even With These Spectacular Supers Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.c...

Several members of the group discuss what games released in 2016 they think designers should play and why. Games mentioned in the podcast: Flamme Rouge SeaFall Terraforming Mars 13 Days: The Cuban Missle Crisis Costa Rica Star Trek Ascendancy Arkham Horror: The Card Game Millions of Dollars Please join our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com to discuss this episode! Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Adam Skelding ( @spur_serif ) and Graham Allen ( @f3thermoore ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to talk about how to turn an idea for a mechanism into a game. :58 - GDofNC news 5:19 - What's in the Oven? 9:07 - Main topic part 1: Turning a Mechanism into a Game 27:31 - Main topic part 2: Mechanism Brainstorm Exercise 44:08 - Contact Info List of things discussed in this episode: 2017 Cardboard...

Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) and Graham Russell ( @colorninja ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to talk about analysis paralysis and how to reduce it in your designs. 1:00 - What's in the Oven? 3:51 - Main topic: Reducing Analysis Paralysis 1:15:31 - GDofNC news Things mentioned in this episode: Button Shy Nano Game Contest Curse You, Robin Hood! I Can't Even With These Monsters Please join ou...

Daniel Solis ( @DanielSolis ) and Drew Hicks ( @EvenWeirderMove ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) for part 2 of our discussion on how responsible the designer should be for player behavior in their designs. 1:06 - Twitter Poll 5:17 - Main topic: Responsibility for Player Behaviors (Part 2) Things mentioned in this episode: Atomic Game Theory: Hate Drafting Homo Ludens Please join our guild at podca...

Daniel Solis ( @DanielSolis ) and Drew Hicks ( @EvenWeirderMove ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) for part 1 of our discussion on how responsible the designer should be for player behavior in their designs. 0:53 - What's in the Oven? 3:29 - Main topic: Responsibility for Player Behaviors (Part 1) 1:06:17 - GDofNC news Please join our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com to discuss this episode! Follow...

Special Guest Nate Murray ( @natecmurray ) joins Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to discuss working with licensed intellectual property (IP). 4:32 - What's in the Oven? 11:57 - Main topic: Working with Licensed Intellectual Property Please join our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com to discuss this episode! Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Graham Allen ( @f3thermoore ) and Josh Mills ( @JoshuaJMills ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to discuss decision scales in games. 1:20 - What's in the Oven? 5:07 - Main topic: Decision Scales 1:07:21 - GDofNC news Please join our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com to discuss this episode! Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) flies solo on this episode to discuss how to find a publisher for your designs. 0:49 - Main topic: Finding a Publisher 28:33 - GDofNC news Links to things mentioned in the podcast: Rocky Road a la Mode Pod-X Please join our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com to discuss this episode! Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Graham Russell ( @colorninja ) and Burke Drew ( @realburkedrew ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to discuss harvesting components and ideas from other games for use in your own designs. 1:02 - What's in the Oven? 3:37 - Main topic: Harvesting Games 45:50 - GDofNC news Links to things mentioned in the podcast: Rocky Road a la Mode Palenque Tanga deal Rage Rook Please join our guild at podcast.g...

Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) and Adam Skelding ( @spur_serif ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to discuss inspiration and how it relates to game design. :55 - What's in the Oven? 4:32 - Main topic: Inspiration 50:55 - GDofNC news Links to things mentioned in the podcast: Rocky Road a la Mode Pirate problem Fire Balloon Please join our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com to discuss this episode! Follow us o...

Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) is joined by his lovely wife Marci to discuss creating, organizing, and running an Unpub Mini. Links to things mentioned in the podcast: Unpub Mini request form Impressions Game Distribution Services Please join our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com to join in on the conversation! Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Burke Drew ( @realburkedrew ) and Drew Hicks ( @EvenWeirderMove ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to discuss various loops in game design. :50 - What's in the Oven? 2:58 - Main topic: Loops in Game Design 1:28:54 - GDofNC news Links to things mentioned in the podcast: Unpub Mini at Atomic Empire Trajan Splendor The Builders: Middle Ages Glen More Power Grid Dominion Saint Petersburg San Juan T...