by Justin Gary | Jan 10, 2023 | Design Fundamentals, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Show Notes
Sean K. Reynolds is a prolific writer and game designer who’s worked on hundreds of supplements for various RPGs, including Dungeons & Dragons. Sean and I met years ago when we were both working for Upper Deck, where Sean was an IP developer. From there, he left...
by Justin Gary | Sep 27, 2022 | Design Fundamentals, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Show Notes
John D. Clair is the designer of Mystic Vale, which was awarded the ORIGINS Award and Gamer’s Choice award in 2017. His other titles include Downfall, Rumble Pie, Custom Heroes, Space Base, and Edge of Darkness. He is a fantastic designer with a lot of wisdom to...
by Justin Gary | Jul 27, 2022 | Business, Design Fundamentals, Gaming, Show Notes
Luke has done a lot of incredible work as a game designer, working on indie games like Miskatonic School for Girls all the way up to massive games like Bakugan. He’s worked for a lot of awesome companies (Games Workshop, AEG, SpinMaster, Wizards of the Coast) in a...
by Justin Gary | Mar 28, 2022 | Business, Design Fundamentals, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Publishing, Show Notes
Alan Phan and his team recently launched a million-dollar Kickstarter for a trading card game called The Grand Archive. What’s amazing is that he and his friends had never made a trading card game before, so today we’re going to learn a little bit more about Alan and...
by Justin Gary | Mar 1, 2022 | Business, Design Fundamentals, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Philosophy, Show Notes
Richard Bartle is a legend among game designers. He has a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and is the co-creator of the first virtual world ever to exist, a game called Multi-Use Dungeon or M.U.D. Richard authored the book Designing Virtual Worlds and his most recent...
