Ali Kocho-Williams

Playing With the Past

Leisure EN ↓ 33 episodes

Playing With the Past takes a dive into historical games. Looking at how games represent and help understand the past, through conversations with deisgners and players and talking about the history behind the games, expect lively discussion of games as part of the way we can understand the past.

Author

Ali Kocho-Williams

Category

Leisure

Podcast website

playingthepast.com

Latest episode

Dec 5, 2025

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Episodes

Kevin Bertram Talks Game Design and the Publishing Proceas 21.11.2023

Kevin Bertram, owner of Fort Circle Games talks with students in Clarkson University’s Wargaming course about game design and the publishing process.

Volko Ruhnke on How to Design a Historical Simulation Board Game (video version) 09.11.2023

Volko Ruhnke talks with students at Clarkson University about historical game design. This version includes the video of the slides Volko used to accompany the talk.

Volko Ruhnke on How to Design a Historical Simulation Board Game 09.11.2023

Volko Ruhnke, designer of the Coin Series and other games talks historical board game design with students at Clarkson University.

Jason Matthews talks about Historical Game Design 26.10.2023

Jason Matthews, designer of Twilight Struggle, 1989: Dawn of Freedom, 1960: Making of the President, and others speaks with students in Clarkson University's Wargaming course.

Cole Werhle talks Game Design and the Production Process 24.10.2023

In this episode, Cole Werhle talks with the wargaming class at Clarkson University about game design and the production process of a game. What he has to say is fascinating, and he spoke with us on the morning of the launch of his new project Molly House.

David Thompson talks Historical Game Design and Lanzerath Ridge 20.10.2023

David Thompson talks with class about historical game design, focussing in particular on his game in the Valiant Defense Series Lanzerath Ridge. This is the audio only version, so if you want to see David's slides, hop on over to that and check it out here - https://podcasters.spotify.com/alypv1/episodes/David-Thompson-talks-Historical-Game-Design-and-Lanzerath-Ridge-e2ar6ds

David Thompson talks Historical Game Design and Lanzerath Ridge 20.10.2023

David Thompson talks with class about historical game design, focussing in particular on his game in the Valiant Defense Series Lanzerath Ridge

Playing with the Past Ep. 0 - Trailer 12.10.2023

A brief trailer to explain what to expect from the podcast. Up next, a conversation with designer David Thompson, focussing on his design for the Valiant Defense Series game Lanzerath Ridge.

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