Player Lair Podcast
1) 40: Finding your game's hook FAST with Renato Simões
Send us a text Brazilian designer and publisher Renato Simões (FlipToons, Piratas, OZOB: A Cyberpunk Board Game) joins me to talk about the importance of finding the hook in game design. We discuss hi...Show More
2) 39: Co-Design, Pitching, and Elegant Mechanics with David Gordon
Send us a text I chat with designer David Gordon (Floristry, Finspan, Making Monsters) about co-designing, filtering feedback, pitching to publishers, and crafting tense, elegant mechanics like Flori...Show More
3) 38: Creating Simple-to-Play Games with Cole Smith
Send us a text In this episode of the Player Lair Podcast, we sit down with Cole Smith, designer of Tanuki, 3 Magi, and Sauros, to talk about his journey from pandemic hobbyist to published game desig...Show More
4) 37: Publishing and Pitching with Zev Shlasinger
Send us a text Zev Shlasinger has been in the hobby game industry for almost 30 years. He founded Z-Man Games in 1999, sold it in 2011, then worked for the new owners until mid-January 2016. At the en...Show More
5) 36: Finding Your Board Game's Superfans with Ori Kagan
Send us a Text Message.Ori Kagan is the creative force behind Kagan Productions, a renowned agency specializing in high-quality animated trailers for board games. With a proven track record of helping...Show More
6) 35: Andrew Bosley
Andrew Bosley is one of the co-designers of Planecrafters by Paisley Board Games and the artist behind Everdell, The River, Mission: Red Planet, and Citadels. He is a freelance illustrator, game desig...Show More
7) 34: Richard Garfield
Richard Garfield is a game designer and mathematics professor known for creating the immensely popular card game Magic: The Gathering.In our conversation, we delve into topics such as game design, dis...Show More
8) 33: Andrew Stiles
Andrew is an American game designer and co-host of the Tabletop Submarine podcast. His new game Wine Cellar is coming to Kickstarter in April 2024.Support the showLinks to my games:99 NinjaRise of Bab...Show More
9) 32: Daniel Piechnick
Daniel is a former Magic: The Gathering external developer and designer of Radlands.He also writes illuminating board game design articles, which can be found at daniel.games. "This (referring to dani...Show More
10) 31: Chris Backe
Chris Backe (rhymes with hockey) is the founder of Entro Games. His games typically play in under 30 minutes, feature a wide variety of player counts, and a diverse range of themes. The thing they all...Show More