Explore every episode of the podcast Ludology
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| Ludology 350 Beneath The Trees | 01 Dec 2025 | 01:03:08 | |
Sen and special guest host Doug Levandowski (Kids on Bikes) talk with Noxweiler Ignatius Berf (or "Nox" for short) about his work on the storytelling game, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, based on the comic series of the same name. They discuss the game and it's mechanisms, how it stays true to the comic overall, and how it diverges at times. | |||
| Ludology 349 Reindeer Games | 16 Nov 2025 | 00:58:30 | |
Erica and Sen welcome Jordan Goddard of Indy Game Lab to talk about his company's newest product - family games that are packaged inside of Christmas ornaments. Currently on Kickstarter, Jordan discusses why he chose to create games that might only come out once a year. | |||
| Pros and Cons Ep 13 | 10 Aug 2025 | 00:49:45 | |
Sen speaks to David Gordon at Origins 2024 before all of his games hit shelves in 2025. From Monkey Palace to Floristry, we chat about David's entry into game design and what the future holds for this international man of mystery. Did any of it come true one year later? | |||
| TTRPG Kids Ep 4 | 27 Aug 2023 | 00:06:22 | |
In the fourth installment of TTRPG Kids, Steph talks about how to pick a setting that is engaging for the children that you're gaming with. | |||
| Ludology 306 We Survived Gen Con 2023! | 20 Aug 2023 | 00:54:54 | |
Sen and Erica welcome designer and Dice Tower member Roy Cannaday to the show to tell us about his experience at Gen Con 2023 that was made extra special because it was also the official launch of his first game, Last Light. | |||
| Thinking Beyond Mechanisms Ep 3 | 13 Aug 2023 | 00:07:46 | |
Guest host, Sarah Shipp, discusses Artistotle's Classical Unities and explores how unity of action, time, and place can be used to design a more cohesive game. | |||
| Ludology 305 Co-Host Catch Up | 06 Aug 2023 | 00:50:35 | |
Erica and Sen discuss their comings and goings over the past few months. Sen attended Origins in June and Erica went to SDCC in July. So before they both head to Gen Con in August, they figured they should touch base and see what each other were up to! | |||
| TTRPG Kids Ep 3 | 30 Jul 2023 | 00:08:24 | |
In this episode, Steph talks about their use of safety tools and how they modified some for use with their son. | |||
| Ludology 304 Unboxing Game Design | 23 Jul 2023 | 01:29:21 | |
Erica and Sen welcome designer, author and game studies professor, Gordon Calleja to the show to discuss his book "Unboxed: Board Game Experience and Design" from the MIT Press (ISBN 978-0-262-54395-8). Gordon gives a chapter-by-chapter rundown of the book that will be the focus of our first Ludology Book Club event - stay tuned for further information! | |||
| Thinking Beyond Mechanisms Episode 2 | 16 Jul 2023 | 00:07:47 | |
Segment host Sarah Shipp returns to talk about the concept of immersion in tabletop games. Amongst others, Sarah references Gordon Calleja theories on immersion in her discussion - Gordon will be next week's guest on the main Ludology podcast. | |||
| Ludology 303 Making HerStory | 09 Jul 2023 | 00:46:31 | |
Erica and Sen welcome Danielle Reynolds and Nick Bentley to the show to talk about how HerStory from Underdog Games was designed. | |||
| TTRPG Kids Episode 2 | 02 Jul 2023 | 00:10:15 | |
Join Steph Campbell of TTRP Kids as they delve into the difficult topic of kids wanting to do "bad" things when playing TTRPGs. How can parents and educators deal with this in a constructive way. Is the child actually being "bad" or are they just inquisitive? How can we determine this and what learning can occur from "bad" behavior?
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| Ludology 302 Line of Insight | 27 Jun 2023 | 00:52:35 | |
Erica and Sen talk to Nicholas Yu, the designer responsible in part for games like Adventure Tactics and the recent release D&D Onslaught. Nick brings a wealth of knowledge about playing and designing tactical war games in the tabletop space. We discuss LOS, competitive wargaming, and more in this episode. | |||
| Pros and Cons Ep 12 | 27 Jul 2025 | 00:47:19 | |
In this episode of Pros and Cons (where we talk to game industry professionals at conventions), we go back to AnimeNorth 2024 where Sen chats with TTRPG designer and writer, Daniel Kwan about anime, wuxia, martial arts, combat and his project that JUST FUNDED on Kickstarter in 2025 - Wandering Blades! | |||
| Thinking Beyond Mechanisms Episode 1 | 18 Jun 2023 | 00:06:54 | |
This segment features guest host Sarah Shipp of Shippboard Games. For the next year, Sarah will be taking a look at aspects of game design that go beyond the basics of rolling dice or drawing cards. In this introductory monthly mini-sode, Sarah posits that the question of theme first or mechanics first is a false dichotomy. | |||
| Ludology 301 Flying Solo | 11 Jun 2023 | 01:16:57 | |
Sen and Erica welcome Morten Monrad Pedersen, founder of the Automa Factory, to the podcast to discuss designing solo modes for tabletop games. Morten has been involved with the solo modes for games such as Scythe, Viticulture, and Gaia Project. | |||
| TTRPG Kids Episode 1 | 04 Jun 2023 | 00:06:45 | |
Steph Campbell of TTRPG Kids gives parents and teachers some simple, practical tips on how to adapt tabletop role playing games for use with children in the home and classroom. In this episode, Steph talks about how to work with some of the more common aspects of TTRPGs (e.g. randomization, stats, bonuses, etc.) with children as they develop skills in literacy and numeracy. | |||
| Ludology 300 Celebrating the Love of Games | 28 May 2023 | 00:41:00 | |
It's a celebration! To mark the 300th episode of Ludology, Erica and Sen invite some of the past hosts (including co-founders Geoff Engelstein and Ryan Sturm, Scott Rogers, and Emma Larkins) to share some of their most impactful memories about the games they loved to play, create, and share with those around them. | |||
| Ludology 299 UX Essentials | 15 May 2023 | 01:08:04 | |
Sen and Erica sit down with Matt Paquette, graphic designer behind many of the games on your shelves, to discuss how he lays out all of the information needed to play a game in a logically flowing and concise visual hierarchy, specifically talking about how good card frame design can improve end user experience. | |||
| Ludology 298 Green Team Wins! | 30 Apr 2023 | 01:23:18 | |
Erica and Sen talk with Carlos Flores and Eric Zimmerman about the recently released Green Games Guide, a document chock full of sustainable goodness for those in the tabletop industry hoping to lessen their products' impact on the environment. Find out more about how you can be a part of the movement to improve gaming's sustainability as a consumer, a designer, or a publisher. | |||
| Ludology 298 Green Team Wins! | 30 Apr 2023 | 01:23:18 | |
Erica and Sen talk with Carlos Flores and Eric Zimmerman about the recently released Green Games Guide, a document chock full of sustainable goodness for those in the tabletop industry hoping to lessen their products' impact on the environment. Find out more about how you can be a part of the movement to improve gaming's sustainability as a consumer, a designer, or a publisher. | |||
| Ludology 297 Steam Up Team Up / Go Bananas | 16 Apr 2023 | 00:49:51 | |
Erica and Sen talk to Pauline-Fate Kong and Marie Wong (Hot Banana Games) about their Ion Award-winning game, Steam Up. They dive into the mechanisms behind this game about Dim Sum and the Chinese customs that informed them. | |||
| Ludology 296 - Let's Reminisce! | 02 Apr 2023 | 01:06:02 | |
This episode, Erica and Sen take a walk down memory lane with the Podfather of Gaming, Stephen Buonocore, as they reminisce about his time as the founder of Stronghold Games, his current role as a retiree / podcaster, and his future aspirations as a tabletop game designer! Stephen discusses many of the changes he witnessed first hand and talks about his excitement for what the future holds. | |||
| Ludology 295 - Relationship Goals | 20 Mar 2023 | 00:45:46 | |
Erica and Sen bring Daryl Andrews onto the show to discuss his role as Head of Talent at Maestro Media, pitching games to publishers in general, and the importance of relationships in the industry. | |||
| Ludology 344 Indie Games Night Market | 13 Jul 2025 | 01:00:12 | |
While Erica is on vacation, Sen takes the opportunity to speak with Daniel Newman about how his love of trick-taking games lead to the inception of the Indie Games Night Market. | |||
| Ludology 294 - State of the Industry 2023 | 05 Mar 2023 | 01:31:11 | |
Erica and Sen welcome Eric Lang, a self-identified Born-Again Mass Market Guy, to Ludology in order to review what the tabletop industry went through in 2022 and where he thinks it's headed in 2023. Eric brings a wealth of information to the discussion, having a quarter century of experience in the business of making games. | |||
| Ludology 293 - Color Me Fascinated | 19 Feb 2023 | 00:58:32 | |
Erica and Sen welcome Tim Devine of Dice Up Games, designer of Color My Quest: A Colour & Cut Roleplaying Game, to Ludology to discuss designing RPGs for families as well as safety and calibration tools for children who roleplay. | |||
| Ludology 292 - State of the Art | 05 Feb 2023 | 01:02:33 | |
Erica and Sen welcome artist Kwanchai Moriya to the show to discuss his process, his advice for new artists trying to break into the tabletop industry, his take AI Image Generators, and his New Year's Resolution for 2023. | |||
| Ludology 291 - Curiouser and Curiouser | 20 Jan 2023 | 00:54:12 | |
Erica and Sen talk to Michelle Rundbacken and Yacine Merzouk, the fine purveyors of the Society of Curiosities, about their bespoke puzzle experiences that bridge the gap between the physical and the digital as well as their up-coming B&B escape experience! | |||
| Ludology 290 There's A Game Designer For That! | 09 Jan 2023 | 01:07:14 | |
Where are some of the places that game design skills come in handy? Erica and Sen talk to Nick Metzler, who has designed games for traditional publishers like Spin Master, murder mysteries in a castle for over a hundred wedding guests, and challenges on reality TV shows like Survivor! | |||
| Ludology 289 - Cat's Got Your Tongue | 11 Dec 2022 | 00:48:45 | |
Erica and Sen discuss how "Boop!", a new cat-themed 2-player game, became rethemed from an abstract game with the game's designer, Scott Brady. Scott tells us how the theme was integral in shaping the final product. | |||
| Ludology 288 - From the Console to the Tabletop | 27 Nov 2022 | 00:47:40 | |
Sen and Erica talk with Pat Marino, designer behind Cup Head: Fast Rolling Dice Game and other titles from The Op, about translating videogames over to the hobby gaming and mass market gaming spaces. | |||
| Ludology 287 - Culture Vultures | 13 Nov 2022 | 01:05:03 | |
Erica and Sen meet up with Jason Perez (Shelf Stories, cultural consultant on Puerto Rico 1897) to talk about cultural consultation, define some of the most prominent terms, and talk about how we can design better games while considering cultural impact.
Timestamp Note Link 00:00:50 Shelf Stories https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw 00:01:20 Puerto Rico 1897 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367272/puerto-rico-1897 00:09:30 Uncle Ben dies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dre4TsXm_68 00:09:35 Batman's parents get shot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAyxY5hF3ZE 00:12:58 Andreas Seyfarth https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/117/andreas-seyfarth 00:13:01 Reiner Knizia https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/2/reiner-knizia 0015:05 Jason's critique of Lost Ruins of Arnak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU7Mqg3XS4U 00:15:15 Feast for Odin https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177736/feast-odin 00:15:20 Raiders of the North Sea https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170042/raiders-north-sea 0016:40 Puerto Rico's Power Outage Issues https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/12/power-outages-puerto-rico-hurricane-fiona 00:24:15 Cafe con leche https://www.food.com/recipe/cafe-con-leche-puerto-rican-cafe-latte-114354 00:24:34 In The Heights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0CL-ZSuCrQ 00:29:21 "I Wish" songs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22I_Want%22_song 00:29:49 Boriken https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/361178/boriken-taino-resistance 00:30:01 The Taino people https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/what-became-of-the-taino-73824867/ 00:32:06 Risk https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181/risk 00:33:01 Liz Davidson (Beyond Solitaire) https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondSolitaire 00:33:06 Jason Matthews (Twilight Struggle) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/3877/jason-matthews 00:36:43 Chip Theory Games 00:37:53 Unconscious Mind https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329500/unconscious-mind 00:40:06 Jason's Discussions re: the Designer Diary for Gorinto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNMzATMGYc8 00:46:00 Dicetower's Skymines vs. Mombassa Comparison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n-vJbGqctE 00:48:27 Ludology Episode with James Mendez Hodes "Orc-kay Computer" https://ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-247-orc-kay-computer 00:49:56 Root https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root 00:50:16 Tauren and Native American Imagery https://www.academia.edu/13052741/World_of_Warcraft_the_Tauren_and_Native_American_Imagery 00:52:01 Owl Pizza Chef 00:52:16 The X-Men as :GBT Champions: From Outcasts to Elites https://rabbitholemag.com/the-x-men-as-lgbt-champions-from-outcasts-to-elites/ 00:55:02 Bruno Faidutti's article on Postcolonial Catan https://faidutti.com/blog/blog/2017/06/02/postcolonial-catan/ 0055:28 Cascadia https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295947/cascadia 0056:43 Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw 00:56:45 Culture Club's "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nXGPZaTKik 00:57:18 The Wedding Singer's rendition of "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB3PdPMjeIY 00:57:30 Howard Zinn's "The People's History of the United States" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767.A_People_s_History_of_the_United_States 00:58:28 The Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-tXRLazs 01:01:24 Tostones https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/16768/puerto-rican-tostones-fried-plantains/ 01:01:33 Maduros https://www.dulcetscintilla.com/platanos-maduros-aka-fried-sweet-plantains/ 01:02:39 Greg Loring-Albright https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/89308/greg-loring-albright 01:03:01 One Stop Co-op Shop | |||
| Ludology 287 - Comfy and Cozy Designs | 30 Oct 2022 | 00:52:10 | |
Sen and Erica chat with Roberta Taylor about her games, diving deeper into Creature Comforts and the upcoming Maple Valley, specifically. They discuss cozy games and Roberta's philosophy towards design. Roberta's BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/12374/roberta-taylor | |||
| GameTek Classic 285.5 - The Sweet Spot | 23 Oct 2022 | 00:05:35 | |
Geoff discusses what he calls the "Sweet Spot" in games, and how it can help your design. | |||
| Thinking Beyond Mechanisms EP 21 | 06 Jul 2025 | 00:07:31 | |
Erica and Sen welcome Sarah Shipp, guest host of the Thinking Beyond Mechanisms segment, to give her take on how we can combat anti-intellectualism using games with intentional design.
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| Ludology 285 - Unmatched Making | 16 Oct 2022 | 00:52:37 | |
Sen and Erica chat with Brian Neff, the freelance developer who currently handles the Unmatched System for Restoration Games, about the process he uses for playtesting and balancing a game with an ever-expanding roster that boasts just under 40 playable characters to date. They chat about how both quantitative and qualitative data drive the development process and how the game's loyal community has been an invaluable part of the process. Timestamp Note Link 00:01:05 Restoration Games 00:01:49 Unmatched Game System https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295564/unmatched-game-system 00:02:18 Bruce Lee https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/279645/unmatched-bruce-lee 00:02:19 T-Rex https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284778/unmatched-jurassic-park-dr-sattler-vs-t-rex 00:04:45 Alice https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/274637/unmatched-battle-legends-volume-one 00:04:48 Moon Knight https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/326933/unmatched-redemption-row 00:07:00 Cerebus System https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/23550/game-cerberus-engine-heroes 00:08:03 Star Wars Epic Duels https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3284/star-wars-epic-duels 00:08:43 Tannhauser https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25261/tannhauser 00:0901 Magic: The Gathering 00:09:02 Yu-Gi-Oh https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/ 00:09:03 Hearthstone https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us 00:09:13 Mondo 00:16:36 Noah https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/75911/noah-cohen 00:16:41 Rob Daviau https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/442/rob-daviau 00:16:46 Justin Jacobson https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/4083/justin-d-jacobson 00:17:20 The Invisible Man https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/294484/unmatched-cobble-fog 00:18:21 Dr. Ellie Sattler https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284778/unmatched-jurassic-park-dr-sattler-vs-t-rex 00:19:10 Beowulf https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/325635/unmatched-little-red-riding-hood-vs-beowulf 00:19:51 Yennenga https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/335764/unmatched-battle-legends-volume-two 00:21:11 Little Red Riding Hood https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/325635/unmatched-little-red-riding-hood-vs-beowulf 00:23:57 Daredevil https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/326934/unmatched-hells-kitchen 00:29:01 Restoration Games Discord Server 00:30:55 Medusa https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/274637/unmatched-battle-legends-volume-one 00:30:56 Bigfoot https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/274638/unmatched-robin-hood-vs-bigfoot 00:31:10 Sherlock https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/294484/unmatched-cobble-fog 00:32:57 Ms. Marvel, Squirrel Girl, Cloak & Dagger https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/326936/unmatched-teen-spirit 00:34:55 Elektra https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/326934/unmatched-hells-kitchen 00:40:14 Bovine University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlGC8YnfhN8 00:41:59 Colossus https://x-men.fandom.com/wiki/Colossus 00:43:49 Wakka https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Wakka 00:44:34 Unmatched Maker 00:46:27 When I Was A Young Warthog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EILeWQEDtMw 00:46:42 Slice & Dice https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.com.tann.dice&hl=en_CA&gl=US 00:48:03 Jawn https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Jawn 00:49:25 Willow Nightingale https://twitter.com/willowwrestles 00:5024 Juice Robinson | |||
| Biography of a Board Game 284.5 - Chill: Black Morn Manor and Betrayal at House on the Hill | 09 Oct 2022 | 00:11:17 | |
In this classic Biography of a Board Game, Scott takes a look at how the horror game Betrayal at House on the Hill came to be. | |||
| Ludology 284 - Spenser is Missing! | 02 Oct 2022 | 01:08:49 | |
Erica and Sen talk with Spenser Starke about his game, Alice is Missing, and it's jump to the big screen. They discuss how to design cinematic narrative structure into tabletop games, calibration tools, and more! Timestamp Note Link 00:01:05 Alice Is Missing https://www.huntersentertainment.com/alice-is-missing 00:01:17 Kids on Broom https://renegadegamestudios.com/kids-on-brooms/ 00:01:20 Icarus https://renegadegamestudios.com/icarus-a-storytelling-game-about-how-great-civilizations-fall/ 00:02:51 Dread https://dreadthegame.wordpress.com/about-dread-the-game/ 00:02:53 The Quiet Year https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year 00:06:47 Life Is Strange https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/319630/ 00:06:49 Oxenfree https://store.steampowered.com/app/388880/Oxenfree/ 00:06:50 Firewatch https://store.steampowered.com/app/383870/Firewatch/ 00:08:25 Vox article https://www.vox.com/culture/21656220/alice-is-missing-rpg-text-message 00:10:19 Hollywood Reporter article https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alice-is-missing-movie-1235173092/ 00:11:10 Papergirls Cancelled https://deadline.com/2022/09/paper-girls-canceled-prime-video-one-season-shopped-season-2legendary-television-1235113183/ 00:20:14 RPG Safety Toolkit https://t.co/gA6hV6VKqm 00:28:39 Chapman Film School https://www.chapman.edu/dodge/index.aspx 00:30:14 Three Act Structure https://www.arcstudiopro.com/blog/three-act-structure-in-screenwriting 00:35:51 Joseph Campell's Hero's Journey https://www.arcstudiopro.com/blog/the-heros-journey 00:35:59 Dan Harmon's Story Circle https://www.arcstudiopro.com/blog/dan-harmons-story-circle-screenplay 00:36:15 Save The Cat https://savethecat.com/ 00:36:44 Hamlet's Hit Points https://gameplaywright.net/books/hamlets-hit-points/ 00:40:25 L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/did-a-silent-film-about-a-train-really-cause-audiences-to-stampede 00:50:59 Ten Candles https://cavalrygames.com/ten-candles 00:53:09 Battleship https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/battleship 00:53:10 Clue rottentomatoes.com/m/clue 00:54:16 Image Comics https://imagecomics.com/ 00:56:01 Blades in the Dark TV Show Announced https://www.polygon.com/22652023/blades-in-the-dark-tv-show-announced 00:59:24 Game Night https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/game_night_2018 00:59:43 Dune Imperium https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316554/dune-imperium 01:02:30 Cash Cab https://www.bravotv.com/cash-cab 01:03:30 Powered By The Apocalypse is the best way to get started with tabletop roleplaying games https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/22787981/powered-by-the-apocalypse-tabletop-rpg-explainer 01:04:26 Wingspan https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan 01:04:30 Succulent https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/299372/succulent 01:04:33 Stardew Valley https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332290/stardew-valley-board-game 01:04:59 Scythe https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/169786/scythe 01:05:18 Tales From The Loop https://www.loop-rpg.com/ 01:06:34 Cameron Cuffe https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1949036/ 01:06:50 Rupert Grint https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342488/ | |||
| GameTek Classic 283.5 - Blue | 25 Sep 2022 | 00:06:10 | |
Geoff takes us through the history of the color blue, namely how difficult it is to make as a dye, and considers if we should value it above all other player colors. | |||
| Ludology 283 - Tools of the Trade | 18 Sep 2022 | 01:10:02 | |
Erica, Gil, and Sen discuss some of the tools and processes they use at the various phases of designing a game from their varying perspectives of an in-house designer, a publisher, and freelance designer/developer. 00:08:31 DDS is an acronym for Detailed Design Specification 00:11:38 LucidChart browser-based flowcharting and more www.lucidchart.com 00:18:43 Canva free online graphic design tool www.canva.com 00:19:13 Tabletop Simulator is a virtual tabletop (VTT) run on Steam www.tabletopsimulator.com 00:19:14 Tabletopia is a browser-based VTT www.tabletopia.com 00:21:26 Also known as an MVP - a "Minimum Viable Prototype" 00:21:45 Filemaker Pro is a relational database www.claris.com 00:21:57 Nandeck is cardmaking software www.nandeck.com 00:22:05 Component Studio is a full game design suite that is hooked up to the Game Crafter https://component.studio/ 00:26:06 Adobe Creative Suite is the industry standard for the industry in terms of graphic design www.adobe.com 00:27:54 Photopea is an online Photoshop equivalent for raster images www.photopea.com 00:28:29 GIMP is an open source Photoshop equivalent www.gimp.org 00:29:15 Inkscape is a free equivalent of Illustrator for vector images www.inkscape.org 00:29:57 The Affinity Suite is a one-time payment suite of graphic design and illustrative tools https://affinity.serif.com 00:36:46 Fiskars Rotary Cutter is Sen's weapon of choice www.fiskars.com/en-us/crafting-and-sewing/products/rotary-cutters-mats-and-rulers 00:37:13 Arc punches, square punches and corner punches, oh my! This is an example of a 1" arch punch: www.amazon.ca/General-Tools-Instruments-1271M-1-Inch/dp/B00004T7WH 00:41:36 Midjourney and Dall-e are prompt-based AI Art generators www.midjourney.com / https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/ 00:44:58 Some great sources for icons etc. www.flaticon.com https://thenounproject.com https://game-icons.net 00:45:32 Face generating software ThisPersonDoesNotExist https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ 00:48:46 Functional Fixedness is the psychological phenomena when a person cannot see any other use for an item because their initial understanding of how it's used is the only way they think it can be used 00:49:10 Sunk Cost Fallacy occurs when a person will not make a change, even one that is likely to be highly beneficial, due to the perceived amount of time, money, effort, etc.they have already invested in the current strategy 00:55:58 You can record your screen right from Windows https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/record-the-screen-d70508e8-25a3-4b97-b78a-a467b5372e21 and MacOS https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208721 | |||
| Biography of a Board Game Classic 282.5 - Cluedo | 11 Sep 2022 | 00:11:46 | |
In this classic Biography of a Board Game, Scott takes us through the history of the game Cluedo, better known to Americans as Clue. | |||
| Ludology 282 - The Art of Marketing Yourself | 04 Sep 2022 | 00:46:31 | |
Erica and Sen chat with game designer Mondo Davis about how to market yourself in the game industry. | |||
| GameTek Classic 281.5 - FPS FTW Part 2 | 28 Aug 2022 | 00:05:38 | |
Continuing the previous GameTek Classic, Geoff returns to the subject of AI in first-person shooters. Last time, we learned that researchers had engineered an FPS AI that could beat the best humans. This time, Geoff dives into the different strategies the AI tried, how it shifted over time to prefer distinct strategies, and what we can learn from this. | |||
| Ludology 281 - I Like Big Games and I Cannot Lie | 21 Aug 2022 | 01:03:18 | |
Gil and Sen meet up with James Hudson of Druid City Games to discuss the pleasure of games that are big, sprawling productions. | |||
| Biography of a Board Game 280.5 - Kill Dr. Lucky | 14 Aug 2022 | 00:09:29 | |
Scott takes us through the history of Kill Dr. Lucky, a game where, instead of trying to deduce the murder of a wealthy old man, you're trying to actually do the deed. | |||
| Ludology 343 It's Alive! | 29 Jun 2025 | 00:55:05 | |
Erica and Sen discuss some of the games from their childhoods that featured electronic components heavily and wonder if, in this day and age when smartphones are ubiquitous, the hobby is ripe for another wave of games that are facilitated by quirky little bespoke electronic devices. | |||
| Ludology 280 - Refuse to Leave the Room | 07 Aug 2022 | 01:28:34 | |
Erica and Sen talk with Dr. Tanya Pobuda about her groundbreaking research of representation in board games, the purpose of journalism, and her work in academia. SHOW NOTES 2m01s: Emma and Gil chatted with Dr. Mary Flanagan on Ludology 226 - Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo. | |||
| GameTek Classic 279.5 - FPS FTW | 31 Jul 2022 | 00:05:46 | |
In GameTek Classic 275.5 - MENACE, Geoff discussed a simple machine that anyone can build that can learn how to play tic-tac-toe competitively. Here, Geoff continues the conversation, this time with modern researchers using a neural network to teach a machine to play a first-person shooter video game, and the tweak they needed to make to see their AI become competitive with human players. | |||
| Ludology 279 - Two Princes | 24 Jul 2022 | 01:05:32 | |
Erica and Gil discuss Erica's time so far working at Spinmaster, making mass-market games for kids and families. How is it different from making games for the hobby market? SHOW NOTES 0m43s: We recently chatted with Sydney Engelstein of Indie Boards & Cards in Ludology 274 - Indie 500, and with Carol Mertz of Exploding Kittens in Ludology 277 - Combustible Felines. 7m28s: The Rubiks brand of puzzles, toys, and games, centered around the world-famous Rubik's Cube. And the legendary brand of Gund plush toys. 19m04s: Kinetic Sand 33m39s: The marvelous game designer Maureen Hiron. 42m00s: Splendor, 7 Wonders, Sushi Go 56m10s: Busen Memo | |||