Designer Jordan Draper (Tokyo Series, Import/Export) of Jordan Draper Games stops by to talk about his innovative and quirky games -- and where he draws their inspirations from.

Here are the topics everyone brought to the show this week:

1. Nick: Our favorite board/card games for traveling.
2. Shoe: How games have changed our lives.
3. Jordan: Integrating diverse themes into games.
4. Christina: What are our expectations when it comes to short or long games?

See a full list of games mentioned on the show below.

Intro

• Tokyo Jutaku
• Tokyo Metro
• Tokyo Jidohanbaiki
• Tokyo Game Show
• Tokyo Tsukiji Market
• Tokyo Coin Laundry
• Metal
• Tribe
• Cactus
• Import/Export
• Glory to Rome
• Container

Nick's topic: Travel games

• Celestia
• A Fake Artist Goes to New York
• Kobayakawa
• Modern Art
• Nine Tiles
• Masked Men
• Troll
• The Game
• The Mind
• This Is It
• Praise
• Startups
• Turin Market
• Rights
• Hanabi
• Love Letter
• Lost Legacy
• Pack O Game
• R (BraveRats)
• Campy Creatures
• Pickomino Sushizock im Gockelwok

Shoe: How board games changed our lives

• Perfect Hotel
• Kamakura Collection

Jordan: Integrating themes

• Archipelago

Christina: Long vs. short games

• Antiquity
• Hab & Gut
• 18XX
• Monopoly

Final thoughts

• Scythe
• Castles of Burgundy
• Nothing to Talk About

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