Game Designers of North Carolina Podcast

Lyn Phillips, Josh Bowman, and Mark McGee get together to discuss what value games offer, and whether games should exist. It’s not nearly as Nihilistic of an episode as that sounds! We also discuss how to pitch games to Allplay. 2:48 – What are Games Good For? 13:16 – Pitch Perfect: Allplay 25:30 – Should Games Justify Themselves? Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us...

Kevin Ude ( @UdeGames and udeudeude ), Josh Bowman, and Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) get together to discuss Designer Diaries, Carcassonne farmers, and look into why Josh doesn’t like Humanity (the board game, he like humanity just fine in general). 1:20 - Make A Designer Cry 17:10 - Designer Diary Diary 28:39 - My Favorite [Most Controversial?] Rule Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc....

Isaac Shalev ( @kindfortress ), Josh Bowman, and Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) get together to try new things on this episode of the Game Designers of North Carolina Podcast. 5:55 – Iterative Design 26:40 – Do Games Offer Choice? 44:29 – Eclipse and Dice Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC . Check out our website at http://www.gdofnc.com .

Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) and Kevin Ude ( @UdeGames ) join Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) to talk about starting a new publishing company How To Steam Broccoli. Tell Me Something Good Main Topic - Designers Becoming Publishers Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Ashwin Kamath ( @BoardGameGhee ) and Clarence Simpson ( @stoichamster ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about their journey designing their game The Wolves. 1:02 – Getting to know Ashwin 8:15 – Main topic: Talking About The Wolves Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) joins Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about designing games in different genres. -- Tell Me Something Good -- Main topic:  Designing Games in Different Genres Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC . Visit our site at www.gdofnc.com .

Clarence Simpson ( @stoichamster ) and Mitch Wallace ( @MitchWgames ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about PAX Unplugged. 0:37 – First Timer Palooza with Mitch 6:54 – Tell Me Something Good 10:10 – Main topic: PAX Unplugged Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall from the Tabletop Mentorship Program ( Tabletopmentorship.org and @tabletopmentor ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about their mentorship program. -- First Timer Palooza -- Main topic: Tabletop Mentorship Program Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC . Visit our website at www. GDofNC.com

Ian Phillips ( @crunchwrapgames ) joins Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about inherent properties of board games. 1:01 -- Tell Me Something Good 3:30 -- Main Topic: Inherent Weaknesses of Board Games Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com and visit our website at gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Ian Zang  ( @IanZangDesign , @GravGames , and gravitation.games ) joins Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about all sorts of things that Ian Zang likes. 2:30 -- Tell Me Something Good 19:32 -- Main Topic: Zanged Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC or check us out online at gdofnc.herokuapp.com .

TC Petty III ( @PuppyShogun ) joins Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about inherent properties of board games. 1:37 -- Tell Me Something Good 7:49 -- Main Topic: Inherent Strengths of Board Games Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Isaac Shalev ( @KindFortress and www.kindfortress.com ) and Josh Mills ( @JoshuaJMills )  join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about Player Expectations. 00:56 First Timer Palooza with Isaac Shalev 11:22 Tell Me Something Good 18:25 Main topic: Player Expectations Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Nate Bivins ( @natebivins ) joins Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to go into a deep design dive about his game The Silver River. 1:46-- First Timer Palooza with Nate Bivins 8:51-- Tell Me Something Good 11:52-- Main topic: The Silver River Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Kevin Ude ( @UdeGames and udeudeude ) and Tony Miller ( @beardedrogue ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about Redcap Ruckus and Kabuto Sumo, two games that share a similar inspiration but wound up being significantly different. 1:59 -- Tell Me Something Good 12:40 -- Main topic: Simultaneous Design Inspiration The Breaking Into Board Games episode mentioned in this episode can be found at htt...

Josh Mills ( @JoshuaJMills ) and T.C. Petty III ( @PuppyShogun ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about designing for the first-time experience. 1:14 -- Tell Me Something Good 9:21 -- Main topic: First Time Experience Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Kevin Ude ( @UdeGames and udeudeude ), Emilia Zywot, and David Marron ( @emdadesign ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about codesigning games. 0:57 -- Double Time First Timer Palooza 7:28 -- Tell Me Something Good 12:42 -- Main topic: Codesigning Games Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Josh Mills ( @JoshuaJMills ) and Seth McCormick ( @CardboardProf and cardboardprofessor.com ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about avatars and how they relate to games. 1:18 -- Tell Me Something Good 8:37 -- Main topic: Avatars in Games Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

James Meyers ( @apollocontinuum ), Chris Kirkman ( @dicehateme ), and Chris Faulkenberry ( @ccfaulkenberry ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about fiddly games. 0:57 -- Tell Me Something Good 6:15 -- Main topic: Fiddliness Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ), Julio Nazario ( @Junazaru ), and Clarence Simpson ( @stoichamster ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about designing, testing, and pitching games virtually. 01:12 - First-Timer-Palooza with Clarence 06:55 - Tell Me Something Good 14:05 - Main topic: Designing in a Virtual World Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC...

Ian Phillips (iansloatphillips@gmail.com) and Kevin Ude ( @UdeGames and udeudeude ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about Mean Games. 01:17-- First Timer Palooza with Ian Phillips 08:33-- Tell Me Something Good 15:22-- Main topic: Mean Games Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Jeff Allers ( @JeffreyAllers and jeffinberlin ) and Alex Cutler ( @alexcutler89 and DoubleAlexGames ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about Different Designer Scenes . 1:05 -- First Timer Palooza with Jeff Allers 9:05 -- Tell Me Something Good 14:11 -- Main topic: Different Designer Scenes Check out SAZ mentioned in this episode at www.spieleautorenzunft.de   Discuss this episode in our guild...

TC Petty III ( @PuppyShogun ) and Chris Faulkenberry ( @ccfaulkenberry ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about what mechanics mean. 1:02 -- Tell Me Something Good 6:59 -- Main topic: What Mechanics Mean Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC . For information about First Look NC, mentioned in this episode, check out the First Look NC event pa...

Matt Wolfe ( @mattwolfe ) and Alex Cutler ( @alexcutler89 and DoubleAlexGames ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about mechanical corollaries (game mechanisms that are similar to others, but perhaps more suited to certain settings). 1:27 -- First Timer Palooza with Alex Cutler 13:14 -- Tell Me Something Good 19:38 -- Main topic: Mechanical Corollaries Discuss this episode in our guild at podca...

Daniel Solis ( @DanielSolis ) and TC Petty III ( @PuppyShogun ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about games that helped them get to where they are as a designer.  1:24 -- Tell Me Something Good  5:37 -- Main topic: Booster Rockets Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .

Matt Haberfeld ( @MattHaberfeld ) and James Meyers ( @apollocontinuum ) join Mark McGee ( @mmark40 ) to talk about solo games. 1:18 -- Tell Me Something Good 4:18 -- Main topic: Solo Games Discuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com . Follow us on Twitter at @GDofNC .