Tim Fowers, indie designer and publisher at Fowers Games, intrigues Christina and Shoe with the concept of "anticipation" and how it plays into dopamine-filled play. But why does Tim make so many games centered around escaping (Fugitive, Sabotage, Burgle Bros) anyway? And because Tim is such a marketing mastermind, he drops a Fugitive 2 tease about...46 minutes into this episode.

Christina of course has to ask Tim about Paperback and Hardback, Fowers Games's two popular word/spelling games...and listen for a shocking revelation from Tim!

Topics in this episode:

• Tim (guest): Anticipation in games (15:12)
• Shoe (producer): Escape (not escape room!) games (25:44)
• Christina (host): Our favorite word (spelling) games (39:40)

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Games mentioned this episode:

Intro:

• Paperback
• Hardback
• Paperback Adlventures
• Burgle Bros.
• Burgle Bros. 2: The Casino Capers
• Ark Nova
• Wordle
• Dog Lover
• Wingspan
• The Quest for El Dorado
• The Quacks of Quedlinberg
• Catan
• Ra
• Foundations of Rome
• Sabotage

Tim's topic: Anticipation

• Agricola
• Ticket to Ride
• Alcatraz: The Scapegoat
• Ark Nova
• Terraforming Mars

Shoe's topic: Escape games

• Sabotage
• Fugitive
• Burgle Bros.
• Burgle Bros. 2: The Casino Capers
• Android: Netrunner
• Dog Lover
• Forbidden Desert
• The Game
• Fugitive 2
• Red November
• Room 25

Christina's topic: Word (spelling) games

• Paperback
• Hardback
• Bananagrams
• Scrabble
• Boggle
• Star Realms
• Paperback Adventures
• Codenames
• Letter Jam
• Hanabi
• Wordsy
• Word Domination

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