Scott Rencher's guest appearances

Scott Rencher

Professor Game Podcast

Board Gaming with Education

Kathleen Mercury

Melissa Pilakowski

Jason Bodnar

Dave Eng

Nick Metzler

Zack Hartzman

Jon Cassie

Dustin Staats

Geoff Engelstein

Jessica Creane

Michael Matera

Michael Cosimini

Erik Agudelo

Greg Toppo

Scott Kelly

OwlTail

In this episode of Board Gaming with Education, we meet Scott Rencher, the President of North Star Digital. North Star Digital is the digital side of North Star Games and has been tasked with adapting the card game Evolution as a video game. Scott gets into his history with North Star Games and talks about how the company operates as well as the challenges involved in digitally adapting a tabletop card game. Scott also talks about transitioning into the world of education when developing Evolution: Education Edition and speaks about the demand for it as a product.  Board Gaming with Education Updates- newsletter- 1:27 Our Sponsor: Evolution: Education Edition Who is Scott Rencher? - 3:34 Learning Life Lessons by Playing Poker - 10:27 North Star Digital - 11:40 Moving from Analog to Digital - 19:01 Evolution: Education Edition - 23:54 Last Words of Advice: Engaging Content Sticks - 30:22 Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round - 32:33   Website: https://evolutionvideogame.com/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSG_Digital   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/northstargames/  How can you support us? There are many free and paid ways to support the show. Be sure to check out our support page!  Support our podcast! Thank you to Purple Planet Music for the wonderful contribution of their song "Retro Gamer" for our Interview Segment. This song can be found in full on this music archive. Also, thank you to Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) for his creative commons 4.0 contribution of "Getting it Done" for our Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round. Thank you to Dallas Welk, the editor of this episode! Always be sure to check out our show notes (website blog post) to read a recap of the episode topics and games mentioned in the episode. https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/scott-rencher

In this episode of Board Gaming with Education, we meet Scott Rencher, the President of North Star Digital. North Star Digital is the digital side of North Star Games and has been tasked with adapting the card game Evolution as a video game. Scott gets into his history with North Star Games and talks about how the company operates as well as the challenges involved in digitally adapting a tabletop card game. Scott also talks about transitioning into the world of education when developing <a href="https://evolutionvideogame.com/education/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Evolution: Education Edition</a> and speaks about the demand for it as a product. <ul> <li>Board Gaming with Education Updates- <a href="https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">newsletter</a>- 1:27</li> <li>Our Sponsor: <a href="https://evolutionvideogame.com/education/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Evolution: Education Edition</a></li> <li>Who is Scott Rencher? - 3:34</li> <li>Learning Life Lessons by Playing Poker - 10:27</li> <li>North Star Digital - 11:40</li> <li>Moving from Analog to Digital - 19:01</li> <li>Evolution: Education Edition - 23:54</li> <li>Last Words of Advice: Engaging Content Sticks - 30:22</li> <li>Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round - 32:33</li> </ul> Website: <a href="https://evolutionvideogame.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://evolutionvideogame.com/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/NSG_Digital" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/NSG_Digital</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/northstargames/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/northstargames/</a> How can you support us? There are many free and paid ways to support the show. Be sure to check out our support page!  <a href="http://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/support" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support our podcast!</a> Thank you to Purple Planet Music for the wonderful contribution of their song "Retro Gamer" for our Interview Segment. This song can be found in full on <a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">this music archive</a>. Also, thank you to Kevin MacLeod (<a href="http://incompetech.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a>) for his <a href="http://licensed%20under%20creative%20commons%20by%20attribution%204.0%20license%20http" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">creative commons 4.0 contribution</a> of "Getting it Done" for our Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round. Thank you to Dallas Welk, the editor of this episode! <a href="https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/rodger-moore" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Always be sure to check out our show notes (website blog post) to read a recap of the episode topics and games mentioned in the episode.</a> <a href="https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/scott-rencher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/scott-rencher</a>

Episode 96 - From Board Game to Digital to Education Edition with Evolution feat. Scott Rencher

After spending ten years in strategy in the wireless and tablet groups for Intel, Scott was bitten viciously by the board gaming bug and left to pursue his passion. Five years prior he joins with North Star Games to startup a new studio focused on making great digital board games.  Scott now runs the development team and is the product manager for North Star Digital Studios.  Evolution Board Game was the studio’s first release, and Evolution: Education Edition now joins it as a digital board game targeting the education and learning space.

After spending ten years in strategy in the wireless and tablet groups for Intel, Scott was bitten viciously by the board gaming bug and left to pursue his passion. Five years prior he joins with North Star Games to startup a new studio focused on making great digital board games.  Scott now runs the development team and is the product manager for North Star Digital Studios.  Evolution Board Game was the studio’s first release, and Evolution: Education Edition now joins it as a digital board game targeting the education and learning space.

Digital Board Games in Education with Scott Rencher | Episode 131