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084 – The Importance of Getting Involved in the Board Game Community

April 15, 2021 / by Marvin / Podcast / 0 comments

This week I talked about the importance of being part of the community and why it is so important to give without asking for anything in return. If you want to join our playtest on April 18th, you can register here: Nerdlab Playtest Registration These are some of the topics we talked about on the […]

083 – Richard Garfield on Physical and Digital Card Game Design

April 5, 2021 / by Marvin / Game Design, Interview, Podcast / 0 comments

If you want to join our Nerdlab Game Design Mastermind Groups, you can apply here: Join a Mastermind Groups This week I have the honor of hosting one of the best game designers in history. Without overstating, I can say that he and his games are the reason I got interested in game design in […]

082 – Creating Expansions with Bruce Glassco, Designer of Fantasy Realms

March 29, 2021 / by Marvin / Game Design, Interview, Podcast / 0 comments

Fantasy Realms on BoardgamegeekFantasy Realms on Wizkids Today we have a great guest on the show. One of his earlier games is an industry highlight and has won a Gamers’ Choice Award for the Best Board Game in 2004. One of his newer creations is a super cool fantasy-themed card game with an innovative drafting […]

081 – Blue Ocean Strategy in the Board Game Industry – Part 2

March 22, 2021 / by Marvin / Game Design, Podcast / 0 comments

This is the second part of me applying the Blue Ocean Strategy to Board Game Design. In this week I go through the methodology step by step and try to explain how to come up with innovative new ideas for the board game industry. Do you want to use the Blue Ocean Strategy for your […]

080 – Blue Ocean Strategy in the Board Game Industry – Part 1

March 9, 2021 / by Marvin / Game Design, Podcast / 0 comments

Do you want to use the Blue Ocean Strategy for your Game?Check out the Slides I prepared for you In today’s episode, I asked myself: Why are new games developed? How does it start? And how do the groundbreaking successes differ from less successful games. I think many games are created because someone is unhappy […]

079 – Preliminary Print and Play Kickstarter Campaigns

February 23, 2021 / by Marvin / Game Design, Podcast / 0 comments

Today’s episode will be a bit different from the other episodes. Usually, I interview experienced game designers or do a lot of research about a topic before I cover it here on the show. Today it’s more of a discussion I’d say. But since I’m alone today calling it a discussion is kind of weird […]

078 – Point Scoring Mechanics

February 16, 2021 / by Marvin / Game Design, Podcast / 0 comments

Today’s episode is about point-scoring mechanics. I went through different games like Sushi Go, Cat Lady, Point Salad or Go nuts for donuts. What do those games have in common? They all have some form of card distribution mechanic and a final scoring at the end. Since I am working on an insect-themed point-scoring game […]

077 – The Design of Radlands with Daniel Piechnick

February 8, 2021 / by Marvin / Game Design, Interview, Podcast / 0 comments

Please take a look at Radlands on Kickstarter. I honestly think the game looks amazing. And I don’t only mean the astonishing art, but also the gameplay and mechanics. I just backed it myself and am looking forward to adding it to my collection. (and no, I don’t get paid for saying that (unfortunately not […]

076 – The Interplay of Hidden and Visible Information in Magic’s new set Kaldheim

February 1, 2021 / by Marvin / Game Design, Game Review, Podcast / 0 comments

Join our playtest event on Sonday Feb. 2nd In today’s episode, I analyze the new keywords and mechanics of the Magic the Gathering set “Kaldheim”. Especially “Foretell” and “Boast” which are very different. One has a lot of clear visible information and asks a very precise and direct question to your opponent, while the other […]

075 – How to Learn your Customer’s Language?

January 26, 2021 / by Marvin / Game Design, Podcast / 0 comments

In today’s episode, I explain my method of learning the language of my target audience? In order to do so, I asked people over at Reddit about what they like about Dueling Strategy Card Games and identified their answers and especially the words and language they used. The goal is to later adopt their words, […]

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