by Justin Gary | Feb 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
John Zinzer is the CEO of Alderac Entertainment Group. His game design career started over 30 years ago, with Shadis Magazine and the CCG Legend of the Five Rings. In this episode, he tells one of the most entertaining and educational origin stories on the podcast....
by Justin Gary | Feb 3, 2021 | Business, Design Fundamentals, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Publishing, Show Notes
Tim Fowers is the punk rocker of game design. A purely independent tabletop and digital game developer, who distributes his games directly, rather than using big publishers and standard distribution channels. This allows Tim to stand out as a master of indy game...
by Justin Gary | Jan 29, 2021 | Ascension, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Show Notes, Uncategorized
Monte Cook is a legend among roleplaying game designers. Monte has worked on hundreds of roleplaying products. He is probably best known for his work on the 3rd Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, Planescape, Ptolus, and Arcana Evolved. In addition, his own games...
by Justin Gary | Jan 6, 2021 | Business, Design Fundamentals, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Publishing, Show Notes
This week on Think Like A Game Designer Podcast I interview Wright Bagwell: Wright Bagwell started his career by designing mods for Quake. He is the CEO and co-founder of Outpost Games. He was the design director of the Farmville franchise at Zynga. Prior to that, he...
by Justin Gary | Jan 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Just in time for the New Year, I’m excited to announce something that I’ve been working on behind the scenes for a little while now. It’s a two week challenge that could change your life forever… For more than 10 years I’ve been immersed in the world of self...
