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Player Lair Podcast37: Publishing and Pitching with Zev ShlasingerSend us a textZev Shlasinger has been in the hobby game industry for almost 30 years. He founded Z-Man Games in 1999, sold it in 2011, then worked for the new owners until mid-January 2016. At the end of January, he took the position of Director of Board Games with Wizkids. Some of the titles you might be familiar with are: Pandemic, Fantasy Realms, Agricola, Sidereal Confluence, Clash of Cultures, Merchants & Marauders, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Shadow Hunters, Arboretum, Tragedy Looper, Grave Robbers from Outer Space, Tournament at Camelot, Super Skill Pinball, and a host of others....2025-02-251h 16
Player Lair Podcast36: Finding Your Board Game's Superfans with Ori KaganSend us a textOri Kagan is the creative force behind Kagan Productions, a renowned agency specializing in high-quality animated trailers for board games. With a proven track record of helping campaigns raise over $19 million, Ori collaborates with both established publishers and first-time creators to bring their tabletop games to life with captivating storytelling and marketing expertise.Main Kagan Productions website: https://kaganproductions.com/ Kickstarter Health Scorecard: https://ori-y8ghfgfd.scoreapp.com/ Kagan Duckademy Waitlist sign up: https://kaganproductions.com/lp-kagan-duckademy/Support the showLinks...2024-07-181h 18
Player Lair Podcast35: Andrew BosleySend us a textAndrew Bosley is one of the co-designers of Planecrafters by Paisley Board Games and the artist behind Everdell, The River, Mission: Red Planet, and Citadels. He is a freelance illustrator, game designer, and writer working primarily in the board and video game industries.Support the showLinks to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 20242024-04-121h 03
Player Lair Podcast34: Richard GarfieldSend us a textRichard Garfield is a game designer and mathematics professor known for creating the immensely popular card game Magic: The Gathering.In our conversation, we delve into topics such as game design, discovering fun where we don't initially feel it, playtesting, auto battlers, and much more! Additionally, we explore some of his other games, including Keyforge, Treasure Hunter, The Hunger, and, of course, Magic.Support the showLinks to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 20242024-03-261h 06
Player Lair Podcast33: Andrew StilesSend us a textAndrew is an American game designer and co-host of the Tabletop Submarine podcast. His new game Wine Cellar is coming to Kickstarter in April 2024.Support the showLinks to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 20242024-03-1453 min
Player Lair Podcast32: Daniel PiechnickSend us a textDaniel is a former Magic: The Gathering external developer and designer of Radlands.He also writes illuminating board game design articles, which can be found at daniel.games. "This (referring to daniel.games) is an excellent resource for people who want to get into game design; it is filled with great language for them to learn the craft, and the hard truths of getting something to be worth publishing." - Richard Garfield, designer of Magic: The Gathering.Support the showLinks to my games:2024-03-071h 36
Player Lair Podcast31: Chris BackeSend us a textChris Backe (rhymes with hockey) is the founder of Entro Games. His games typically play in under 30 minutes, feature a wide variety of player counts, and a diverse range of themes. The thing they all have in common: they're easy to learn, easy to play, and offer plenty of strategy and replayability.Chris is the co-creator of No Box Games alongside Kristian Fosh and Roque A. Deleon, and Virtual Playtesting alongside Ian Brocklebank. He also runs Tabletop Publishers, a database of publishers to help designers pitch their games better....2024-02-141h 02
Player Lair Podcast30: Daryl AndrewsSend us a textDaryl is a game designer and a member of the Game Artisans of Canada (GAC).He has published over 30 board games, actively visits conventions, offers consultations, and much more!Twitter: http://twitter.com/darylmandrewsInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/darylandrews/Website: http://www.darylmandrews.com/Support the showLinks to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 20242024-01-021h 02
Player Lair Podcast29: Brett J. Gilbert and Trevor BenjaminSend us a textBrett and Trevor are both board game designers, who have an amazing portfolio of games. Mandala, Undaunted, Guild of Merchant Explorers are all games one or both of them have worked on. In this episode, we talked about their community of game designers, and how they design and co-design games. If you listen closely you're sure to hear some well-kept secrets of board game success.Support the showLinks to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 20242023-12-041h 20
Player Lair Podcast28: Joe SlackSend us a textCheck out Mayan Curse on Kickstarter!Joe Slack is the designer and publisher of Relics of Rajavihara and the Montalo's Revenge expansion, the designer of King of Indecision and Zoo Year's Eve, and the co-designer of Four Word Thinking, and Kingdom's Candy: Monsters.Many of his current designs are on display at www.crazylikeabox.com.Joe is also a game design instructor and author of 4 books on game design, including the #1 best-seller, The Board Game Designer's Guide. He previously taught at Laurier University in the Game Design...2023-11-0855 min
Player Lair Podcast27: Scott RogersSend us a textScott Rogers has helped design many successful video games including: Pac-Man World, the Maximo series, God of War, Drawn to Life series and Darksiders. A former Disney Imagineer and VR designer, Scott currently teaches game design at the New York Film Academy and the University of Southern California's interactive media department. His segment "Biography of a Board Game" can be heard on the award-winning Ludology Podcast (and back episodes of the Dice Tower Podcast).Link to Scott's Amazon page. Be sure to check out Scott's new book "Your Turn! The Guide...2023-10-311h 26
Player Lair Podcast26: Adrian AdamescuSend us a textAdrian Adamescu has been designing games for the last decade! He is known for designing light-to-midweight games with clean mechanics. He co-designed Sagrada, Dice Theme Park, Mistwind, and so many more great games! Enjoy the conversation!Check out my games! :99 Ninja - Currently on Kickstarter!Rise of Babel - Coming Q1-Q2 2024Support the showLinks to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 20242023-10-2157 min
Player Lair PodcastEpisode 25: Sandy PetersenSend us a textSandy Petersen has been creating RPGs, video games, and board games for over 40 years! He's been on the team of successful video games like Age of Empires, Civilization, Doom, and Quake. In 2013 he returned to the tabletop realm with the successful Kickstarter project Cthulhu Wars.He is now the founder of Petersen Games, and in addition to the Cthulhu Wars game line, has designed the Orcs Must Die board game, Glorantha: The Gods War, and upcoming projects.Episode hosted by Ivan Alexiev and Nikola Petrov...2021-12-251h 01
Player Lair PodcastEpisode 24: Megapulse with Nicolas FournierSend us a textWe talk to Nicolas Fournier about game design, loss aversion, player interaction, racing and his debut board game - Megapulse. Learn more about Megapulse here! - www.jeux-orion.com/megapulseSupport the showLinks to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 20242021-10-261h 05
Player Lair PodcastEpisode 23: Circadians: Chaos Order with Sam and ZachSend us a textZachary Smith and Sam Macdonald tell us about their upcoming game - Circadians: Chaos Order. We talk about game design, development, player interaction, and making a game feel balanced for both new and experienced players. Circadians: Chaos Order is coming to Kickstarter on October 19th, along with a second printing of Circadians: First Light. Thank you for listening!Support the showLinks to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 20242021-09-221h 37
The Ecosystem ShowThe Ecosystem Show: BulgariaOur Bulgaria episode was recorded on Clubhouse on July 12, 2021. Our guides were Rosen Dmitrov from Novartis, Milena Stoycheva, the CEO of JA Bulgaria, Alexander Alexiev of SAT Health, and Ivan Lekushev of BGO Software. They’re part of a rising data-driven healthcare system in Bulgaria, and they’re betting that an entrepreneurial ecosystem is the way to get there. Listen in to hear what inspired them and how they’re thinking about the ecosystem of ecosystems!Enjoy Bulgaria - Episode 72021-09-101h 11