#319 Listener Questions June 2024

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#319 Listener Questions June 2024

FromThe Game Design Round Table

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Jun 18, 2024

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Join us for another round of listener questions! David and Dirk discuss topics such as whether and how to avoid game-breaking synergies, what impact finances has on the love of design, and balancing strategy and role play mechanics.

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Jun 18, 2024

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Covering the full breadth of digital, tabletop, and role playing games, The Game Design Round Table inspires and educates aspiring and experienced game designers.

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#6: Running a Game Company. With Uwe Eickert: This week Dirk and Jon are joined by Uwe Eickert, founder of Academy Games and designer of several acclaimed board games. They discuss a few of Uwe’s projects including Conflict of Heroes and 1775. Also covered is how and why he got into the business, ... by The Game Design Round Table
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#23: Magic, Drafting & Updates: Dirk shares his first ‘Magic’ drafting experience, and why the game and format now has its hooks into him. He and Jon then step back and evaluate the drafting mechanic and ponder whether the reason why it works is BECAUSE of a steep learning curve. The... by The Game Design Round Table
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#20: ‘Tomorrow’, Abnercon Games & Updates: Jon and Dirk are guest-free this week and provide an update on what they’ve been working on and playing. On the Kickstarter front, ‘At the Gates’ has wrapped up and ‘War Stories’ will soon be doing the same. A recent playtest of ‘Tomorrow’ and Jon’s th... by The Game Design Round Table
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#62: Cheating: Why do people cheat? What can designers do about it? SHOULD they do anything about it in non-competitive single-player games?---------------------------Contact InformationJon Shafer - @JonShaferDesign, www.JonShaferOnDesign.com, Jon.Shafer@ConiferGames... by The Game Design Round Table
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#3: Trends in Digital & Tabletop Game Design: Bill Abner from Conquistador Games joins Jon and Dirk to talk about trends in digital and tabletop games, as well as his experiences transitioning from gaming media into game development. by The Game Design Round Table
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#13: Jon’s New Game - At the Gates: Lucky #13! In this week’s episode, our hosts discuss Jon’s new game: ‘At the Gates,’ a 4X strategy game where you play as a barbarian tribe during the fall of Rome. They discuss the background for the game’s development, as well as the design thinking ... by The Game Design Round Table
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#2: Memory, Innovation and Being an Indie. With Rob Daviau.: Risk: Legacy designer and newly-minted indie game design company owner Rob Daviau joins Dirk and Jon to talk about a wide-range of topics including memory and persistence in games, innovation, and starting your own game company. Spelunky, Stone Age, Lo... by The Game Design Round Table
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#5: Digital vs. Tabletop Game Design: An intimate show this week in which our co-hosts “go commando,” as Dirk puts it. We compare and contrast tabletop and digital game design, and dig into the process Dirk went through when creating Tomorrow. The crew dives deep into the “nuts and bolts” ... by The Game Design Round Table
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#19: Diplomacy & Allan Calhamer. With Jim Burgess: With the sad passing of Allan Calhamer, Dirk and Jon felt it appropriate to honor his memory and the legacy left behind by his finest work: Diplomacy. They are joined by Jim Burgess, a distinguished member of the Diplomacy community. The crew discusses... by The Game Design Round Table
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#7: Experience & Replayability. With Scott Lewis: This week Jon and Dirk are joined by Firaxis designer and programmer Scott Lewis. He comes on the show to jump into a discussion about “experience” games, which target the player’s first experience, and replayable games, which are designed to hold up o... by The Game Design Round Table
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#14: 4X Games & Civilization. With Soren Johnson: This week Jon and Dirk are joined by Soren Johnson, best known as the designer of Civilization IV. The gang discusses the 4X genre with a particular focus on the Civilization series. They dig into what makes this category of games special, what problem... by The Game Design Round Table
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#54: Ploy, Race for the Galaxy & Hansa Teutonica: Jon and Dirk meet up to play several tabletop games and discuss what works and what doesn't. Included in the discussion are Ploy, Race for the Galaxy, and Hansa Teutonica.---------------------------Contact InformationJon Shafer - @JonShaferDesign, www.... by The Game Design Round Table
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#4: Storytelling & Crusader Kings 2. With Paradox.: Henrik Fahraeus and Chris King from the Paradox Interactive design crew join Jon and Dirk to talk about storytelling in games. by The Game Design Round Table
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#1: Hello World!: The Game Design Round Table launches with hosts Dirk Knemeyer and Jon Shafer talking about their background in gaming and design. by The Game Design Round Table
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#16: War Stories. With Michael Tan: Jon and Dirk are joined by Michael Tan, lead designer of War Stories, a new tabletop wargaming franchise that just launched on Kickstarter. Michael and Dirk talk about the experience of remotely designing a game together, and share many of the exciting... by The Game Design Round Table
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#25: Information & Obfuscation: David Heron, Jon and Dirk noodle over the role of information and obfuscation in game design. Why does ‘Persona 4’ work when the BioWare games do not? And when can hiding info be GOOD for a game? by The Game Design Round Table
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#11: Storytelling & The Walking Dead. With Telltale: A “high-energy” episode this week as Jon and Dirk are joined by Telltale Games designers (and Idle Thumbs hosts) Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin. The guests share their experiences developing story-based games, with a particular focus on The Walking Dead.... by The Game Design Round Table
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#9: Journey of a Part-Time Indie. With Jesse Howard: This week Jon and Dirk are joined by Jesse Howard, an academic turned part-time tabletop designer - at age 40. They delve into Jesse’s ongoing journey to develop ‘Ploy’, a promising and innovative abstract card game. The design of Ploy is a very intere... by The Game Design Round Table
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#22: Bioshock Infinite & Plaid Hat Games. With Colby Dauch: The team is joined by Colby Dauch, president of Plaid Hat Games, the developer behind Summoner Wars and the upcoming Bioshock Infinite board game. These games are discussed, as well as the story behind Plaid Hat’s founding, Colby’s approach to business... by The Game Design Round Table
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#37: Failure, Punishment and Learning: Jon, Dirk and David discuss the role of failure in games and how it ties in with how people learn how to play. What does punishment add, and where can it go wrong? How do you effectively teach players strategy games? What do PLAYERS get out of failure?... by The Game Design Round Table
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#17: Kickstarter & Fate Core. With Fred Hicks: With the At the Gates funding campaign coming to a close, Jon and Dirk are joined by the timely Fred Hicks of Evil Hat to talk about launching and running a Kickstarter drive. They delve into the demands and challenges of Kickstarter, and Fred shares t... by The Game Design Round Table
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#8: End-of-Year Spectacular 2012: In the final episode of 2012, Jon and Dirk hand out the first annual TGDRT Game Design Awards. Our hosts highlight some favorites from past episodes but also share their thoughts on a few newcomers - their Games of the Year might come as a bit of a sur... by The Game Design Round Table
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#32: Don’t Starve, Shogun, Wiz-War & Updates: Jon and Dirk discuss a few games they’ve played lately which make good first impressions but ultimately fall short: ‘Don’t Starve’, ‘Shogun’ and ‘Wiz-War’. They then transition over to talking about what they’ve been working on, including AI character ... by The Game Design Round Table
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#15: Tactics, Company of Heroes & XCOM: In this week’s episode Jon and Dirk discuss two of their favorite tactical combat games: Relic’s Company of Heroes, and Firaxis’ XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Our hosts discuss what these games did well, poorly and what changes they would make to them. by The Game Design Round Table
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#10: Battle of the Bulge, Updates, and More: An intimate show this week where Jon and Dirk cover a variety of topics ranging from the new Battle of the Bulge iOS game to Jon’s recent article contrasting turn-based and real-time games. Dirk also provides an update on the progress of his current ga... by The Game Design Round Table
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#21: Free to Play. With David Heron: New occasional co-host David Heron rejoins the show to analyze the impact of Free to Play (F2P) from a business and design perspective. The group discusses the philosophical implications of F2P, along with real life examples that include Banner Saga: F... by The Game Design Round Table
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#12: CCGs & Dominion. With David Heron: Jon and Dirk are joined by designer David Heron to discuss his work on the Legend of the Five Rings CCG (Collectible Card Game). Along the way, they examine the business side of building a CCG. The discussion then shifts to deckbuilding and drafting ga... by The Game Design Round Table
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#27: Board Game Design. With Martin Wallace: Dirk (the solo host for this week) sits down with acclaimed game designer Martin Wallace of Tree Frog Games. Martin’s star-studded resume includes Railroad Tycoon, A Few Acres of Snow, Waterloo, and the Discworld licensed games. by The Game Design Round Table
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#24: Games and the Law. With Dave Fitzgerald: Trademark specialist and actual lawyer-type Dave Fitzgerald joins the show to discuss legal issues relating to games development. Topics covered include the difference between patents, trademarks and copyrights, what you need to set up a company and co... by The Game Design Round Table
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#31: Tactics & Repetition: Jon, Dirk and David discuss tactics in a more general sense. What is a tactical game? What problems does the genre have? Why does Jon hate basically all of them? And is it the players’ fault if their tactical choices aren’t as interesting as they could... by The Game Design Round Table
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