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Board Game Design Lab

Gabe Barrett

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The Board Game Design Lab was created for one purpose: to help you design great games people love. To accomplish that goal, this podcast interviews designers, publishers, and board game insiders on specific topics related to game design. I don't waste time talking about recently played games or pop culture. Instead, the show does a deep dive into subjects that I hope you’ll find extremely valuable as you progress through your game design journey.

Episodes (491)

Designing Greeting Card Games with Jess Metheringham

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Apr 13, 202232:12pending

How to Design a Race Game with Kathleen Mercury

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How to Design Asymmetrical Games with Stephen Schwartz and Floyd Lu

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Mar 30, 202257:37pending

How to Design Route Building Games with Ted Alspach

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Mar 23, 20221:04:22pending

[BGDL Community Spotlight] Print-on-Demand Publishing with Arthur Franz

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Mar 16, 202232:36pending

[BGDL Community Spotlight] Designing an Abstract Dexterity Game with Frank Sarro

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Mar 16, 202228:39pending

The Design Process of Phil Walker-Harding

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Mar 9, 20221:07:29pending

How to Multiply Your Time with Carla Kopp

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Mar 2, 20221:06:10pending

How to Design 2 Player Games with Alf Seegert

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Feb 23, 20221:06:49pending

Community Building with Carol Mertz and Elan Lee

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Feb 16, 202257:01pending

Building a Million Dollar Board Game Company with Kevin Carroll and Steve Mark

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Feb 9, 20221:00:06pending

[BGDL Community Spotlight] Designing Monster Taming Games with Tyler Langtimm

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Feb 2, 20221:11:07pending

[BGDL Community Spotlight] How to Promote Your Game in Facebook Groups with Thom...

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Designing Set Collection Games with Steve Finn

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Jan 26, 202249:16pending

[BGDL Community Spotlight] Creating a Business Plan with Jasper Burch

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Jan 19, 202242:16pending

[BGDL Community Spotlight] Component First Game Design with Scott Smith

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Jan 19, 202232:06pending

Manufacturing Frequently Asked Questions with Hersh Glueck

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Jan 12, 202257:46pending

The Making of Imperium with David Turczi and Nigel Buckle

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Jan 5, 202258:59pending

Designing Storytelling Games with Jerry Hawthorne

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Dec 29, 20211:16:18pending

Entangled Decision Making in Games with Fabio Lopiano

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Dec 22, 202150:15pending

How to Design a Cooperative Game with Mike Kelley

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Dec 15, 20211:13:05pending

Designing a Trading Card Game in the Modern Era with Assad Quraishi

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Dec 8, 20211:01:51pending

Thematically Informed Game Design with Jonny Pac

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Dec 1, 20211:08:54pending

Using Blue Ocean Strategy in Game Design with Marvin Hegen

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Nov 24, 202148:29pending

How to Expand on a Core Idea with Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson

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Nov 17, 20211:04:15pending

How to Put a New Twist on a Familiar Genre with Ariel Rubin and Juliana Moreno

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Nov 10, 202156:02pending

Designing Games with Higher Player Counts with Darren Terpstra

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Nov 3, 202149:04pending

Top 10 Photoshop Tips for Game Designers with Nicolas Fournier

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Oct 27, 202133:51pending

A Game about Game Design with Jon Spike

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Oct 27, 202127:58pending

How to Design a Pick-up and Deliver Game with Marcel Köhler

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Oct 20, 20211:03:17pending

The Pros and Cons of Doing Everything Yourself with Malachi Ray Rempen

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Oct 13, 20211:07:06pending

How to Reach the Next Generation with Lucas Sosnick

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Oct 6, 202145:21pending

Collecting and Analyzing Playtest Data with Robert Longtin

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Sep 29, 202150:15pending

Bipolarity, Depression, and Using Game Design to Cope with Morten Monrad Pederse...

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Sep 22, 20211:02:12pending

A Look Behind the Scenes at Exploding Kittens with Carol Mertz

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Sep 15, 20211:04:34pending

A Word of Encouragement from Gabe Barrett

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Sep 8, 202133:55pending

Designing Games Based on a Standard Deck of Cards with Luke Badger, Paul Abraham...

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Sep 1, 20211:02:30pending

How to Design Trick Taking Games with Fertessa Allyse

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Aug 25, 20211:03:48pending

Skill Barriers in Games with Jeff Fraser

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Aug 18, 202157:10pending

How and Why You Should Create Print-n-Play Games with Rachel Bruner

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Aug 11, 20211:00:08pending

How to Turn a Video Game into a Board Game with Perry Burkum

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Aug 4, 202156:02pending

(Community Spotlight) Using InDesign and Data Merge with Jeff Turner

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Jul 28, 202134:09pending

Developing Games and Working with Developers with Anthony Howgego

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Jul 21, 202157:44pending

How to Make a Super Thematic Game and Do Research with Dave Beck

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Jul 14, 202153:35pending

Experiential Graphic Design with Kate Otte

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Jul 7, 20211:00:15pending

(Community Spotlight) Evaluating Your Game with SWOT Analysis with Nick Murray

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Jun 30, 202133:37pending

(Community Spotlight) Layered Victory Conditions with Dan Hundycz

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Jun 30, 202135:37pending

How to Design and Publish Games with Justin Gary

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Jun 23, 20211:09:23pending

Why to Self Publish…or Not with Andrew Lowen

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Jun 16, 20211:19:28pending

Designing Puzzle Games with Janice Turner

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Jun 9, 20211:03:22pending
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