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In episode 94 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Phil Gross about his design ContraBanter, a Word-Smuggling game where you'll work as a team to sneak secret words into a conversation! Phil talks about his design breakthroughs in the game like making the players work on teams versus fully competitive. And how there seems to be something in the Syracuse water as he's worked to design around some impressive designers such as Alan Moon. Featuring: Phil Gross - Guest Danielle Reynolds - Host
In this episode, Ben talks to Matt Leacock and Alan Moon about their Kennerspiel des Jahres nominated game, Ticket to Ride Legacy.Support the show here Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/five-games-for-doomsday--5631121/support.
Ticket to Ride designer Alan Moon joins Candice to discuss what they've been playing recently and their board game hobby pet peeves.00:00:00 Introduction00:04:46 My Island00:05:33 Union Pacific00:08:46 Candice's BGG.Spring Recap00:09:14 Arcs00:09:38 KeyForge with Roy00:10:05 Border Reivers00:11:18 Ryan Courtney's New Light Puzzle Game Series (Five Boroughs)00:12:44 Gems of Iridescia00:15:15 Turnip00:17:22 Forum Trajanum00:20:40 Fresh Plays00:21:04 Path of Civilization00:23:55 Little Tavern00:28:24 Ancient Knowledge00:31:44 La Famiglia00:44:38 The Adventures of Robin Hood00:49:11 Garden Guests00:55:20 Our Board Game Hobby Pet Peeves00:55:56 Alan's Pet Peeve #101:02:09 Candice's Pet Peeve #101:03:51 Alan's Pet Peeve #201:08:50 Candice's Pet Peeve #201:11:43 Alan's Pet Peeve #301:17:17 Candice's Pet Peeve #301:23:33 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Days of Wonder!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com
The week's guest is designer of Ticket to Ride, Alan Moon. We talk about fighting in Vietnam, the grind of being a designer and huge success...but which games did he choose?Support the show here Dice Miner Carcassonne:Hunters and Gatherers That's Pretty Clever Love Letter It's a Wonderful World
Shelley and I take a trip up the peninsula to "The City By The Bay" for two different San Francisco titles: Ticket to Ride San Francisco by Alan Moon from Days of Wonder as well as San Francisco by Reiner Knizia from Rebel Studio You can sponsor the podcast at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames or even help us AND you by purchasing a game from us that no longer fits on the shelves. Here's the link to the list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
I’m celebrating the podcast’s 300th episode by chatting with Alan Moon, the designer of Ticket to Ride.We go through his long career in the gaming industry, discuss the genesis of Ticket to Ride, chat about playtesting and pitching, and more! The post (Celebrating 300 Episodes!) The Design Journey of Alan Moon appeared first on Board Game Design Lab.
Gil sits down for a one-on-one with game designer, teacher, and lecturer Marc LeBlanc to discuss some of his game design ideas, especially his 8 Kinds of Fun and the Mechanics/Dynamics/Aesthetics (MDA) framework. NOTE: Towards the end of the episode, Gil's mic cable started to get unhappy. Apologies for the static! SHOW NOTES 0m50s: Looking Glass Studios, Ultima Underworld II, Thief, System Shock, Defense of the Oasis, Heroes Welcome 4m30s: Marc's 8 types of fun: Sensation, Fantasy, Narrative, Challenge, Fellowship, Discovery, Expression, and Submission. 9m31s: Wildermyth 11m28s: Nicole Lazzaro's 4 Keys to Fun, Self-Determination Theory, Quantric Foundry's Gamer Motivation Model, Jason VendenBerghe's Engines of Play 12m46s: Tim Fowers was on Ludology 165 - Fowerian Slip. Gil also mentions philosipher Roger Caillois and his book Man, Play, and Games. 23m52s: Reiner Knizia's classic auction game Ra. 31m34s: Spy Party 33m39s: Geoff discussed the Incan Gold experiment in GameTek 213.5. 36m46s: Gil's talk at Tabletop Network has been lost to tech gremlins. Fortunately, he gave the same talk online during the pandemic. 38m01s: Any mention of Caylus would make Ludology co-founder Ryan Sturm happy. 39m34s: Sharang Biswas was on Ludology 230 - Design Re-Verb. Geoff discussed his most recent game, Super Skill Pinball, on Ludology 268 - Pinball Wizard. 47m21s: 7 Wonders 51m08s: Slay the Spire 54m38s: Alan Moon's Oasis vs. Reiner Knizia's Through the Desert 56m05s: Return to Dark Tower, the Through the Ages digital adaptation, Pokemon Unite, Titan, Zach Gage's really bad chess. 1h00m02s: The Lynx web browser.
Howdy Meeps and Welcome to the Meeple Syrup Show! On today's Designer Spotlight, we're talking to Bobby West, game designer and HABA employee. He shares with us some of the exciting upcoming projects he has co-designed with Alan Moon, designer of Ticket To Ride. Bobby talks about his experiences designing, pitching and getting his games published. Join us! Make sure to hit the "Subscribe" button and please become one of our patrons for exclusive content at www.patreon.com/meeplesyrup. The Meeple Syrup Show is a live broadcast every Wednesday night at 9pm EST at www.facebook.com/meeplesyrup. Join the live chat, ask questions, and interact with our hosts and guests. We are also a Youtube Channel! Proudly part of the Roll to Play Network, click here to subscribe and listen from your preferred platform https://www.rolltoplaynetwork.com/ Intro and outro music is"Funday" from Bensound.
Dan Patriss breaks down the latest news in the gaming industry, including the just announced Munchkin Disney Duck Tales! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Show Notes Gen Con Preview for everyone to check out--> Munchkin Disney Duck Tales -- Due in september and should be 25$ Stronghold games news Aftershock SF and Venice Release in November. designer Alan Moon and msrp is at $50. Coffee Roaster --October Release-- Solo game $45 Amul--Oct Release Drafting game for 3-8 players 30-45 mins. $40 WotC Announced they will be releasing an expansion to their small card brawler Dungeon Mayhem in September --Dungeon Mayhem:Battle for Baldurs Gate. Thunderstone Quest: Barricade Mode. -- Co-Op expansion. Will be out Q4 this year with a $40 MSRP and you will of course need the base game as well to play. Century Golem Edition: Eastern Mountains-- Available at Gen Con Free League Publishing is bringing Crusader Kings out at gen con. Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North Available at Gen Con 1-4 players 60-90 mins $60 MSRP. KICKSTARTER NEWS Portal Publishing --- Pret-a-porter 60$ 1 week left and well funded Button Shy Games -- Seasons of Rice by Corey Damey. $10 Dwellings of Everdale Luke Laurie and Breaking Games $69 Queen Games Copenhagen Roll and Write 20$ or you can pair with the board game for $60 DIGITAL NEWS -- Santorini was released on the app stores- 4.99 --Gloomhaven will be in early Access on 7-17! So be sure to get it!
Dan Patriss breaks down the latest news in the gaming industry, including the just announced Munchkin Disney Duck Tales! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Show Notes Gen Con Preview for everyone to check out--> Munchkin Disney Duck Tales -- Due in september and should be 25$ Stronghold games news Aftershock SF and Venice Release in November. designer Alan Moon and msrp is at $50. Coffee Roaster --October Release-- Solo game $45 Amul--Oct Release Drafting game for 3-8 players 30-45 mins. $40 WotC Announced they will be releasing an expansion to their small card brawler Dungeon Mayhem in September --Dungeon Mayhem:Battle for Baldurs Gate. Thunderstone Quest: Barricade Mode. -- Co-Op expansion. Will be out Q4 this year with a $40 MSRP and you will of course need the base game as well to play. Century Golem Edition: Eastern Mountains-- Available at Gen Con Free League Publishing is bringing Crusader Kings out at gen con. Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North Available at Gen Con 1-4 players 60-90 mins $60 MSRP. KICKSTARTER NEWS Portal Publishing --- Pret-a-porter 60$ 1 week left and well funded Button Shy Games -- Seasons of Rice by Corey Damey. $10 Dwellings of Everdale Luke Laurie and Breaking Games $69 Queen Games Copenhagen Roll and Write 20$ or you can pair with the board game for $60 DIGITAL NEWS -- Santorini was released on the app stores- 4.99 --Gloomhaven will be in early Access on 7-17! So be sure to get it!
It's our live show from Gen Con! Join us for a a little discussion on the show itself, a wealth of game announcements, the announcement of Dice Tower West, and some wacky game shows! Geoff does a live Game Tek, Alan Moon swings by, and we simply have a lot of fun!
Shelley and I go lighter this week, having some fun exploring the streets of the lower half of Manhattan in Ticket to Ride New York by Alan Moon from Days of Wonder and Splendor: Cities of Splendor by Marc Andre from Space Cowboys
Gil went to the Gathering of Friends run by Alan Moon and interviewed lots of people about their work. Alan talked about a website briefly. You can find that here: http://www.spieleautorenzunft.de/home.html Hosts: Tony - Designer - @beardedroguegames Ian - Developer - @ianzangdesign Gil - Publisher - @gilhova "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Shelley and I spend time playing through the new version of Medici from Grail Games (which includes a great 2-player game), as well as two of the new Target-exclusive releases - Ticket to Ride: First Journey and Machi Koro: Bright Lights, Big City. Medici by Reiner Knizia and from Grail Games Ticket to Ride: First Journey by Alan Moon and from Days of Wonder and Machi Koro: Bright Lights, Big City by Masao Suganuma from IDW and Pandasaurus
Shelley and I check out the new tile-laying family game from Mayfair/Lookout, then check out the latest Ticket to Ride Map Collection. Isle of Skye by Alexander Pfister and Andreas Pelikan from Mayfair/Lookout and Ticket to Ride Map Collection 5: United Kingdom and Pennsylvania by Alan Moon and from Days of Wonder/Asmodee Enjoy!
Shelley's birthday 8 years ago was also a recording day, so this is a SHORT solo episode during which I wander into the Game Room, talk about storing games, discuss hosting a Game Night at our house, and then talk about two games we had played the previous evening: Ticket to Ride Märklin by Alan Moon from Days of Wonder and Capitol by Moon and Weissblum from Schmidt
Jason and Andy talk about how they discover new interesting games. From BGG to FLGS you'll get a rundown of where to find the hits and hidden gems.Jason recommends: Incan GoldAndy recomends: ChronicleFind more great games, and great gaming podcasts at: The Dice Tower NetworkThe grand-daddy of all board game sites: Board Game GeekSome BGG help!: A beginners guide to BGG
Tom and Eric pause breakfast to talk about some recently played games, as well as the first part of their show recorded live at BGG.con 2013. With dozens of publishers and designer guests, Tom and Eric are joined by Rich Sommer and comedian Alan Moon.
Tom and Eric pause breakfast to talk about some recently played games, as well as the first part of their show recorded live at BGG.con 2013. With dozens of publishers and designer guests, Tom and Eric are joined by Rich Sommer and comedian Alan Moon.
Doug Morse is a professional film maker AND he likes board games. Those two passions come together for Adventures on the Tabletop, his documentary about the board game industry. Great conversation with a lot of insights.
In this classic GameTek segment Geoff takes a look at triangular numbers and the way they are used in game designs. Features a bonus appearance by Alan Moon (sort of)!
A lot of audio from the Origins game convention, featuring Sam, Tom, Joe Steadman, Rick Thornquist, Alan Moon, Andrew Parks, Erik Smith, and many more! Our impressions of the convention halfway through. Sam and I also give our top ten things that we enjoyed about Origins '07, and also review Powerstorm.
A lot of audio from the Origins game convention, featuring Sam, Tom, Joe Steadman, Rick Thornquist, Alan Moon, Andrew Parks, Erik Smith, and many more! Our impressions of the convention halfway through. Sam and I also give our top ten things that we enjoyed about Origins '07, and also review Powerstorm.