
Episode 11: Treasure Island with Marc Paquien
09/06/20 • 49 min
Marc Paquien, designer of Treasure Island and Yamatai, joins us to talk about his game design process. He tells us how he went from thinking about designing a board game to actually doing it. He also talked about working with Bruno Cathala and the publisher Matagot.
Thanks for listening!
Check out the Board Game Design Virtual Summit which will feature interviews with various experts in the board game industry on September 14th-20th!
Arcana Magica on Kickstarter!
We post bonus content and early access to future episodes on our Patreon page.
You can also help us by purchasing Amazon products through this link.
Intro music- "Madness is everywhere" by Lobo Loco is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024
Marc Paquien, designer of Treasure Island and Yamatai, joins us to talk about his game design process. He tells us how he went from thinking about designing a board game to actually doing it. He also talked about working with Bruno Cathala and the publisher Matagot.
Thanks for listening!
Check out the Board Game Design Virtual Summit which will feature interviews with various experts in the board game industry on September 14th-20th!
Arcana Magica on Kickstarter!
We post bonus content and early access to future episodes on our Patreon page.
You can also help us by purchasing Amazon products through this link.
Intro music- "Madness is everywhere" by Lobo Loco is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024
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Vassil Lozanov is the designer of Among Thieves, as well as one of the organizers of Sofia Board Game Weekend. We talk about the history of the festival, design groups, hosting and judging prototype contests and more!
Thanks for listening!
Check out the Board Game Design Virtual Summit which will feature interviews with various experts in the board game industry on September 14th-20th!
We post bonus content and early access to future episodes on our Patreon page.
You can also help us by purchasing Amazon products through this link.
Intro music- "Madness is everywhere" by Lobo Loco is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024
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Episode 12: Deck of Wonders with Dennis Furia
First-time kickstarter creator Dennis Furia talks about his project Deck of Wonders. Deck of Wonders is a solo-first expandable card game with legacy elements. It captures the feel of games like Hearthstone and MTG, but in a solo/co-op format.
Deck of Wonders on Kickstarter!
Thanks for listening!
We post bonus content and early access to future episodes on our Patreon page.
You can also help us by purchasing Amazon products through this link.
Intro music- "Madness is everywhere" by Lobo Loco is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Links to my games:
99 Ninja
Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024
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