The 2 Best Board Game Design Lab Podcast Episodes
1) How to Design and Publish Games with Justin Gary
Justin Gary, designer of Ascension, talks about his personal process for designing and publishing games.Justin has designed and released a ton of hit games over the years and worked in lots of differe...Show More
2) A Look Behind the Scenes at Exploding Kittens with Carol Mertz
Carol Mertz, senior game designer at Exploding Kittens, gives us a behind the scenes look at the inner workings of a major publisher.We talk about timelines, working with internal and external designe...Show More
3) How to build a million dollar publishing company with Amy and Dusty Droz
Amy and Dusty Droz join me to talk about how they’ve built an extremely profitable publishing business in a relatively short amount of time. We talk about tariffs, fulfillment, audience, budgeting, cu...Show More
How to build a million dollar publishing company with Amy and Dusty Droz
1:38:00 | Mar 20th, 2025
4) Game Design Trends for 2025 with Jamey Stegmaier
In this episode, Jamey Stegmaier and I chat about the various trends we’re seeing in the current game design landscape. We talk about solo and 2-player games, open worlds, licensed IPs, and more!
5) Game Marketing Made Simple with Andrew Lowen
In this episode, I chat with Andrew Lowen, from Crowdfunding Nerds, about how to make people aware your game exists. Also, be sure to check out Andrew’s crowdfunding marketing course, and if you sign ...Show More
6) My new book will help you find the FUN
My game design book, Find the Fun, recently came out, and in this episode, I do a brief synopsis and give you the audio version of the first three chapters. To check out Find the Fun on Amazon, go her...Show More
7) The design process of one of the world’s best designers, Corey Konieczka
In this BGDL rewind from June of 2020, Corey Konieczka breaks down his entire design process. Corey has several games ranked in the top 100 games of all time, and it was incredibly insightful to learn...Show More
The design process of one of the world’s best designers, Corey Konieczka
1:08:22 | Feb 26th, 2024
8) How to Design an Engine Building Game with Elizabeth Hargrave
In this BGDL rewind from May of 2019, Elizabeth Hargrave dives into all the ins and outs of designing an engine-building game. We chat about her personal design process and all the interesting obstacl...Show More
9) How to Design Games that Tell Stories with Ignacy Trzewiczek
In this BGDL rewind from April of 2020, Ignacy Trzewiczek, founder of Portal Games and designer of Robinson Crusoe, discusses his company’s motto: Games that tell stories. We go in-depth into Ignacy’s...Show More
10) Using Math to Design Better Games with Emerson Matsuuchi
In this BGDL rewind from December of 2020, I chat with Emerson Matsuuch about all the many ways a designer can use math to create better games. We talk spreadsheets, game balance, mathmatical models, ...Show More