GA Show #186: Working with IPs - challenges and lessons learned (guest: Jay Cormier, Off The Page)
Our guest has designed many games, but the ones with licenses are a different beast altogether.
Podcast #160: Moon cakes + Moon Bunny, push-your-luck dice games
Let's see if Shoe and Christina can be shorter-winded!
Podcast #159: Board game universes, cultural appropriation (guest: Jane Hoffacker, Incredible Dream)
Why design a series of tabletop board games in the same universe? We invite Jane Hoffacker, co-founder and CEO of publisher Incredible Dream Studios, to discuss the Kinfire world...and we throw in a discussion about cultural appropriation while we're at it.
Podcast #158: Cozy games, what makes a game a good product (guest: Alex Cutler)
Cozy is in...and we have the co-designer of one of the coziest (and hottest) new games on the show to discuss this burgeoning genre.
Gen Con 2025: Our livestreamed shows
We co-hosted a couple of live shows at the big gaming event. Come see everything we were excited about.
Podcast #157: Great 2-player games, final thoughts on Gen Con (guest: Corey Thompson)
We chat with Corey Thompson from Above Board Games and newest member of the Gen Con ownership team!
Gen Con 2025: The Non-Award Awards
The cute. The stinky. Oh, and the good.
Podcast #156: The 2025 Gen Con Games of the Show
Miss Gen Con 2025? Find out what stood out to Shoe and Christina!
Podcast #155: Games from Asia, great 5/6-player games (guest: Cardboard East)
We invite Jay Bernardo from Cardboard East to talk about his passion: games from Asia!
Podcast #154: Running a first-time game con, going from content creator to retailer (guest: LFG Con)
How do you run a full-fledged game convention? And what does it take to pivot from board game content creator to retailer?