Ranked #1
Top 5 Biggest Changes in the Board Game Industry in the Last 5 Years - Ep. 84
Top 5 Biggest Changes in the Board Game Industry in the Last 5 Years - Ep. 84
How has the board game industry changed in the last 5 years? Brian co-founded Overworld Games about 6 years before this ... Read more
8 Jun 2019
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32mins
Ranked #2
Board Game Legal Issues with Zachary Strebeck - Ep. 20
Board Game Legal Issues with Zachary Strebeck - Ep. 20
In this episode, we interview Zachary Strebeck about legal issues in the tabletop game industry. He talks about his laun... Read more
19 Jul 2015
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24mins
Ranked #3
10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Designing a Game - Ep. 65
10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Designing a Game - Ep. 65
If you'd rather not listen to the questions and you just want to ask yourself some thought-provoking questions about you... Read more
8 Mar 2018
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19mins
Ranked #4
What Makes a Good Theme? - Ep. 29
What Makes a Good Theme? - Ep. 29
What themes should designers and publishers target for their games? Here are some topics we discuss: - How important is ... Read more
2 Dec 2015
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21mins
Ranked #5
Working with a Manufacturer - Ep.19
Working with a Manufacturer - Ep.19
We cover lessons learned in talking to tabletop game manufacturers so you can better prepare for the next time you need ... Read more
8 Jul 2015
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23mins
Ranked #6
Top 10 Mistakes New Designers Make (Designer Perspective) - Ep. 37
Top 10 Mistakes New Designers Make (Designer Perspective) - Ep. 37
We continue with our top 10 mistakes new designers make with a list from the designer perspective, led by Jeremy Command... Read more
7 Apr 2016
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20mins
Ranked #7
Top 10 Mistakes New Designers Make (Publisher Perspective) - Ep. 36
Top 10 Mistakes New Designers Make (Publisher Perspective) - Ep. 36
Brian makes a list of the top 10 mistakes new designers make from the perspective of a publisher and we all debate about... Read more
28 Mar 2016
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16mins
Ranked #8
Conventions and Selling Your Design - Ep. 23
Conventions and Selling Your Design - Ep. 23
Today the topic is getting ready for a convention from the perspective of someone playing games, publishing games, and d... Read more
10 Sep 2015
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17mins
Ranked #9
Crowd-funding Marketing with Chris Reynolds
Crowd-funding Marketing with Chris Reynolds
Learn Chris Reynolds' secrets to lay out out your crowd-funding page to give potential backers what they want to see and... Read more
26 Nov 2015
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39mins
Ranked #10
When is Your Game Ready? Part 1 - Ep.3
When is Your Game Ready? Part 1 - Ep.3
Richard asks Jeremy and Brian to explain how to get players to playtest a game, how to host a playtest, how to blind pla... Read more
2 Dec 2014
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21mins
Ranked #11
Balancing Your Game - Ep. 39
Balancing Your Game - Ep. 39
We sprinkle in these game balancing topics, among others, into our discussion: Easy to Balance Games Hard to Balance Ga... Read more
25 May 2016
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21mins
Ranked #12
Finding Art For Your Prototype - Ep.16
Finding Art For Your Prototype - Ep.16
The Forbidden Limb debuts on The Dice Tower Network with tips on finding art for your prototype.
22 Apr 2015
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18mins
Ranked #13
Rules for Writing Rules - Ep. 74
Rules for Writing Rules - Ep. 74
Learn all about Jeremy's "7 Rules for Writing Rules" and what Richard and Brian think about them. We actually disagree o... Read more
17 Nov 2018
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48mins
Ranked #14
Designer and Publisher Panel at San Jose Protospiel - "No Kickstarter"
Designer and Publisher Panel at San Jose Protospiel - "No Kickstarter"
This panel was from the 2015 San Jose Protospiel and covered design and publishing of tabletop games. It was hosted by G... Read more
6 May 2015
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1hr 24mins
Ranked #15
When Is Your Game Ready? Part 2 - Ep.4
When Is Your Game Ready? Part 2 - Ep.4
Jeremy and Brian explain to Richard where he can find a feedback form, the difference between Euro- and Ameritrash games... Read more
9 Dec 2014
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27mins
Ranked #16
Packaging Your Game - Ep.6
Packaging Your Game - Ep.6
Jeremy geeks out on his love of all things box, while Richard explores the dynamics of sleeved vs. unsleeved tabletop ga... Read more
23 Dec 2014
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30mins
Ranked #17
Conventions and Selling Your Design Part 2 - Ep. 24
Conventions and Selling Your Design Part 2 - Ep. 24
We continue our discussion on getting ready for a convention, running a booth, and getting in front of a publisher at a ... Read more
29 Sep 2015
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22mins
Ranked #18
The Golden Age of Tabletop Gaming at Wondercon 2018 - Ep. 66
The Golden Age of Tabletop Gaming at Wondercon 2018 - Ep. 66
This is the Golden Age of Tabletop Gaming Panel from Wondercon 2018 organized by High Voltage. It covers industry trends... Read more
10 Apr 2018
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59mins
Ranked #19
Top 5 Ways to Deal with Scope Creep - Ep. 83
Top 5 Ways to Deal with Scope Creep - Ep. 83
Patron Andrew van Ingen suggested this episode on how to deal with scope creep. Here's the list we go through! 5. If som... Read more
25 May 2019
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23mins
Ranked #20
Pitching to a Publisher at a Convention - Ep. 27
Pitching to a Publisher at a Convention - Ep. 27
What's the best way to get noticed by a publisher at a convention? What annoys them? What excites them? We talk about ou... Read more
30 Oct 2015
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20mins