A Bit of Board Games: A Board Game Design Journey

This week, Stephen talks with Sam from Waffle Sandwich Games about successfully funding his game, Rize, on Kickstarter.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen talks with Kyle Valorz of Imposter Games about his game, Primordial: Creatures of Pandemonium, and getting it ready for Kickstarter.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Jesse talk about toddlers, additional thoughts on companions, and ideas for expansions to Foundry.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about Ralph's yard, a recent playtest, and making Companions a more prominent piece in Foundry.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about bringing other game designers onto the podcast to share their experiences, the Red Rising board game, and next steps for Foundry.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

Happy 100 episodes!!!This week, Stephen and Ralph deconstruct Sea of Thieves into it's core experience and build it back up as a board game. Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about board games based on Elden Ring, Darkest Dungeon, and other popular video games.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about Dune, dates, design, and doing work on the game.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk wrapping up the icons, concepting more blueprints, and brainstorm ideas for the next game.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about the concert that didn't happen, Chicago, and our process of designing icons and matching sets.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about home repairs, the most recent playtest, and talk through the upgrade system in Foundry.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about the playtest changes and how the game is feeling, continuing the new icons, and the hardest part of design... the continuous development cycle.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk comedy, icons, and some changes to the gameplay after a rough playtest.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about breakfast food, sushi, and go through all the feedback from another playtest.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about a strange man in Ralph's neighborhood and dive into the results of a recent playtest and how the game is developing.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about task management and staying organized, Sea of Thieves, and how we would turn Valheim, a survival crafting video game, into a board game.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about InDesign, books, and work through some design issues.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen andRalph talk about the holidays, getting into a rhythm, and finally making updates to the game again!Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and his brother, Eric, talk about baking, Christmas movies, and how the time it takes to play some games doesn't matter.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about work overload, Lies of P, and how to create win/end game conditions for different styles of games.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen lost the recording of his audio.... So enjoy some clips from the past and we'll be back as normal next week!Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph reminisce about the games of their childhood, talk about the holidays, and items/companions that Stephen has been sketching.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about working retail jobs during the holidays, plans for the holidays, and a bit of world-building.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk Lord of the Rings games, future design challenges, and solving some issues with file specs for printing.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about cardamom, mice, and do a full game design workshop of how we would turn the indie video game, Moonlighter, into a board game!Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about Halloween and what we're working on in November. Also, Design Challenge livestream on November 7th at 6:30pm MT (8:30pm ET) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBxNhZEstOusLLHhOiLi7cQ Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk through refining the art process, stretching our art skills, and an upcoming Design Challenge livestream!Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph finish talking about Starfield (we're done, I promise), update our Drawtober progress, and talk about getting an initial quote for manufacturing Foundry!Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen, Ralph, and Trevor talk about fun fall things, designing towards a goal, and have a mini design session for a space exploration board game!Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph go over the beginnings of Drawtober (a drawing challenge throughout October), the process for the new illustrations, and have a mini design session about turning the indie video game, Stray, into a board game.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen, Ralph, and Trevor talk about the parts of the game that we're refining, prepping for Drawtober (to crank out art for Foundry), and do a mini design session for what a real-time strategy board game would look like!Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Jesse talk about the recent playtests of Foundry at B-Con, meeting publishers, and the main takeaways that we'll apply for the next convention.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about Starfield, player agency in video and board games, and art progress on Foundry.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen, Ralph, and Trevor talk about yellow jackets, the corruption mechanic in Foundry, and whether content should be in the main game vs. an expansion.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Trevor talk about networking and testing the game at TactiCon in Colorado. We go over the feedback and changes that we're working through.Trevor's YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@FFT97?si=jlcd3xE3rvCPpXySBit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen, Ralph, and guest, Jesse, talk through the results of our first Tabletop Simulator playtest. Some great results with gratifying gameplay, great card synergy, and fun systems to play in!Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about making friends, small games with big impacts, and the details of the art process for our cards.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen, Ralph, and Trevor talk about sports games, getting Foundry onto Tabletop Simulator, and talk through some game design decisions.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Stephen, Ralph, and Trevor talk about bee stings, results and changes after the 6-player playtest, and how the scope creep is real.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

In this episode, Stephen and Ralph talk about more playtests, adjusting rules, and simplifying the gameplay for Foundry.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.

This week, Trevor, Stephen, and Ralph live streamed Stephen's reaction to Dead Space while also talking a bit about the changes they're making to the game.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love. 

This week, Trevor, Stephen, and Ralph talk about a successful playtest at a game design meetup and the feedback that they received. Tune in next week for a live streamed episode! Follow on Twitch to be notified when we're live!Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love. 

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about the 4th of July, prototype updates, and the 3 different stages of prototyping.Article: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1443324/3-distinct-stages-prototyping Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love. 

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about getting back into the card design, creating immersive interfaces and art, and diegetic UI vs non-diegetic UI.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love. 

This week, Stephen, Trevor, and Ralph live stream for the first time! They talk about the new mascot/logo for Bit Waffle Games (Wally), finding a good pace for game design, and react live to a video, WoW's Darkest Secret.Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4pC05Gdzs8&t=13s Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love. 

This week, Stephen, Trevor, and Ralph talk about working on the rulebook, Ralph finalizing his other work, The Witcher: Old World, Starfield, and various games that were over-promised, but under-delivered....Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love. 

This week, we lost our recording... So here's a redo of the episode with Stephen and Ralph. We chat about some new illustrations, yard work, Magic the Gathering: Lord of the Rings set, and other random things. Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love. 

This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about the Dead Cells rogue-like board game and how they tackle making failure fun (last week's topic) and design elements of thematic games and how they bring you into the game world.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love. 

In this episode, Stephen and Ralph talk about whether the art or the game development is harder and if it's possible to making failing fun in a board game so that players keep coming back, even if it's challenging.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love. 

In this episode, Stephen and Ralph talk about the Apex Legends board game and adding replay value to board games through achievements and extra challenges.Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of three friends, Trevor, Ralph, and Stephen. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up, Ralph's extensive experience in graphic design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love. 

In this episode, Stephen and Ralph talk about Intentional Game Design and other things!Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Trevor and Stephen. They are both based out of Colorado Springs, CO and love games! They've been playing board games for years, but just starting out in their design/publishing journey. With Trevor's background creating and managing a successful start-up from the ground up and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they both love.