Will It Game? Podcast

This week, our guest judge is Alex Kessler of Kess Entertainment. His love of pirates is challenging Ric and Ryan to pitch two pirate based games that are very different. Will Ric’s modern take on piracy impress our guest judge? Will Ryan’s pun-based board game give our judge the slight chuckle that he’s looking for? You can follow Alex Kessler on Instagram @Kesswylie and check o...

This week Sara Anderson of Sara Always Loses joins us as a guest judge. We’re creating board games based on “underrepresented animals” in this episode of the podcast. Ric and Ryan do their best to scour the animal kingdom to see which animals are worthy to be enshrined in board game glory. You can check out Sara’s board game content through Instagram and through her Let&#82...

For our 100th episode of Will it Game, we had to invite our very first guest judge, Alan Gerding! We catch up with Alan and steer the podcast off the rails. Ric and Ryan pitch two games based on “fairytale horror”. Just a note, this episode is dark. Stay around until the end of the episode where we talk about the history of Will it Game along with some of our favorite pitches through t...

This week on Will it Game, we have designer Shawn Hoult in the guest judge seat. We’re digging into the stereotypes of the 1980’s as we pitch two 80’s themed board games. Will Ryan scare our judge with his love of 80’s action movies? Will Ric cause an International incident with our friends in the UK? (We can say yes to that last question.) Shawn Hoult and his wife Jess run...

This week, we’re taking a trip to space to see what we can find with our guest judge Parker Simpson. This episode is a little off the rails. One of our hosts didn’t understand the theme of “weird space”. Parker is the creator and illustrator of Trash Dash and runs Shiny Pigeon Games. He’s currently got the game Starfront Scouting Academy , a new print and play game th...

This week, we have musician and artist Mike Phirman in the guest judge seat. His years of making comedy music is just what our slightly funny podcast needs. Ric and Ryan have been tasked with creating a “thrilling” board game for Mike. Will Ric’s adrenaline filled game get our judge excited? Will Ryan’s pitch leave Mike on the edge of his seat? Mike Phirman has been making...

Take a trip, back in time with us. Back in the Fall of 2024, Seppy Yoon of Fight in a Box joined us as our guest judge. In this episode, Ric and Ryan share two unique games that take place at the end of the world. Which of these absurd apocalyptic game will impress our judge? Also, props to the hundreds of crickets that appear on this episode in the background of Ryan’s audio. Seppy is a gam...

We’re back! Consider this a “lost episode”. Originally recorded back in Fall of 2024, Jerry McGahagin from Tabletop Worldwide joins us as our guest judge. With the theme of spies, will Ric or Ryan sneak their way into winning over our judge? You can check out Jerry’s work at Tabletop Worldwide on Instagram today. Be sure to follow and check out all the gaming content this c...

This week Ric and Ryan are traveling back to their video gaming past with guest judge Alex Greenberg of Studio Unknown . Will Ric’s game pitch skate into the heart of our guest judge? Will Ryan’s pitch leave our judge puzzled? Studio Unknown is the publisher behind the black hole themed game ULTRAMASSIVE . This game being funded through Kickstarter through October 30, 2024. Check out t...

This week we’re talking about inventions with Adam Hocherman of Wayfarer Games . Ric and Ryan are pitching their best invention themed games to this former toy industry professional. Adam is part of Wayfarer Games, the team behind A Wayfarer’s Tale: The Journey Begins . Check out thier Kickstarter campaign launching on September 10, 2024. Like the content that is filing your ears? Cons...

This week we’ve got Marc Specter of Grand Gamers Guild in the judges seat. Ric and Ryan are going to try and create a game off the hit 70’s tv show The Brady Bunch. Can Ric create a game based on a show he’s never watched? Will Ryan be able to get the rights to have this famous musician appear in the game? Grand Gamers Guild is publisher to some really great games such as The Art...

With 90 episodes about board games, Ric and Ryan are broadening their horizons with two unique RPG pitches this week. David Lee, The Kindly Cleric joins as the guest judge for two roleplaying game pitches. Will Ric’s love of old video games make a great RPG? Will Ryan’s pitch get under our guest judges skin? David Lee is known as The Kindly Cleric in the TTRPG space. You can jump into...

This week we have game designer Kristen Mott in the judges seat. We’re digging into the mechanic of set collecting as we pitch two very different games to Kristen. Will Ric bring too much of his baggage to his pitch? Will Ryan be able to afford the license to bring a beloved fast food mascot into his game? Kristen Mott is the designer behind Dinosaur Exhibit , Sharks and the upcoming Insecta...

This week, we’re pitching board games that cater to the feline population. Our guest judge is David Sherrer of Chenoweth Games . Ric is looking to impress our judge by recording this episode in a cat costume while Ryan digs into cat crimes for his pitch. David Sherrer is the designer of Cat Magic: The Game which was published in 2022 after a successful Kickstarter campaign. David’s new...

This week we have Daniel Conners sitting in as our guest judge. Daniel is one member of Around the Board , a YouTube show centered around 4 friends. Ric and Ryan are pitching two Marvel themed board games that they will definitely never have the license to create. Which of our game pitches will be the hero this week? Around the Board is an “Around the Horn” inspired show where 4 friend...

As we kick off a new season of Will it Game?, we have Chris Backe of Entro Games in the judges seat. Ric and Ryan are bringing their best dragon themed board game pitches this week. The question is, will either of their pitches take flight? Chris Backe is a board game designer with more than 16 signed designs. He has spent the past couple years helping designers with resources for playtesting and...

This week on the podcast we have Shannon DeWitt, one of the creators behind Southern-Fried Gaming Expo . We’re jumping into retro gaming and pitching pinball themed games as Shannon sits in the judges seat. Will our pitches achieve a high score or will these game concepts go down the drain? Shannon DeWitt and a team of friends created Southern-Fried Gaming Expo which is celebrating its 11th...

Sometimes, an episode just gets put on the back-burner…for over a year. Will it Game? is back and we’re kicking it off with an episode with guest judge Isaac Villa from Gaming with Sidekicks . This episode was originally recorded in March of 2023, but the content is timeless. Just ignore everything that deals with places and times. In this episode, Ric and Ryan are recycling an old gam...

This week we’re pitching games that use multi-use cards to our guest Ali of Ali Plays a Lot. Will Ric’s dexterity game stand up against Ali’s questioning? Can Ryan kick flip his way into a win this week? You can check out all of Ali’s video and gaming content on his LinkTree account. https://linktr.ee/aliplaysalot Like the content that is filing your ears? Consider giving t...

This week we have educator and YouTuber Kimberly Tolson in the judges seat. We’re pitching two board games with a push your luck mechanic. With both Ric and Ryan pitching board games with food, which one will connect with Kimberly the most? Stop by Kimberly’s YouTube channel, Tabletop Tolson to check out her hilarious board game content. Like the content that is filing your ears? Consi...

This week our Instagram friend Stephanie of Brown House Board Games joins us in the guest judges seat. We’re pitching travel games to Stephanie to see if we can create a fun game that goes along with her profession. Will Ryan make loads of references that no one gets? Can Ric accurately portray the pains of air travel in cardboard form? You can check out Stephanie’s content and follow...

In this monumental 81st episode of Will it Game, we have Lance Hill of Funhill Games in the judges’ seat. Ric and Ryan are pitching two pick up and deliver games for Lance to judge. Will Ric’s pitch get a frosty reception? Will Ryan’s game pitch leave him on the wrong side of a left hook? Plus, in a complete turn of events, we have a third game pitch that was created by artificia...

Ric and Ryan from One Board Family are joined by Bob Crowell…. also from One Board Family. This week we’re pitching games about failed superheroes. Can Ryan find a hidden win with his social deduction game? Or will Ric’s game of heroes with a dirty secret come out on top? You can find Bob where you find One Board Family. We’re @oneboardfamily on all the socials. Like the co...

In this episode of Will it Game?, we attempt to alienate all our board game listeners by talking about sports for 20 minutes. Our guest judge is designer Mondo Davis, a fan of sports and board games. Will Ric reinvent how we think of legacy games? Can Ryan handle the amount of hate mail coming his way? You can check out Mondo’s next game Color Field which will be available through Kickstarte...

We’ve got some terrible game pitches for your ears and an excellent guest judge for today’s episode. AnnaMaria Phelps is with us to judge our board game pitches with the theme of “Haute Cuisine”. We have convinced AnnaMaria that we have class, just wait until we share these game ideas! AnnaMaria Phelps is the founder of Violet Daisy Games, a new publishing company that was...