Board game designers Jon Gilmour (Dead of Winter, Dinosaur Island) and Ian Moss (Wonderland's War and his newly announced Borderlands RPG, Bunkers and Badasses) grabbed some new topics then rocket-jumped onto our podcast to chat about them.

Here are the four topics everyone picked for this episode:

1. Ian (guest): How do new RPGs make themselves stand out from the rest? (4:52)
2. Jon (guest): What video games have you played recently that would make cool board games? (16:41)
3. Shoe (producer): What have video games taught you about game design? (28:30)
4. Christina (host): What makes the ideal gaming group for you? (38:56)

And if you didn't get enough of Jon and Ian here, you can listen to them gab about all sorts of fun, nerdy topics on their Coffee and Contemplation live show.

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Here are the games covered on the show:

Intro

• Dead of Winter
• Dinosaur Island
• Wasteland Express
• I Dissent
• Duelosaur Island
• Wonderland’s War
• Bunkers and Badasses

Ian’s topic: How do newer RPGs make themselves stand out?

• Bunkers and Badasses
• Kids on Bikes
• Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall
• Kids on Brooms
• Blades in the Dark
• Apocalypse World
• Fiasco
• ATMA
• The Quiet Year

Jon’s topic: What video games have you played recently that would make cool board games?

• Path of Light and Shadow

Shoe’s topic: What have video games taught Jon and Ian about game design?

• Dinosaur Island
• Duelosaur Island
• Taverns of Tiefenthal
• Quadropolis
• Dead of Winter
• Slide Quest
• Machi Koro Legacy
• My City

Christina’s topic: What makes the ideal gaming group for you?

• Innovation
• Sagrada
• Azul
• Concordia

Final thoughts:

• Sonora
• Crokinole
• Bunkers and Badasses
• Santa Monica
• Smartphone
• Food Chain Magnate

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