#19 - Brett J. Gilbert - Collabrestriction: A Collabstraction Episode

The end of a trilogy. Brett J. Gilbert joins me to cap off a wonderful set of episodes. As one of founders of the Cambridge design group that both Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson from the last two episodes are a part of, it was such a great time going back to the beginning. The oddly constructed chronology of this episode kind of does the same, so join the end of this current “Collabstraction” journey. Brett's board game website.Beginning of the End (0:00)A little bit of introductory talk. A little bit of trilogy talk.Cambridge. Collaboration. Curator. (14:55)Brett discusses how the group came to be and how it’s changed throughout the years. There’s some other collaboration talk and one question that showed up in the other two episodes. Restrictions and Distillations (49:43)The ethos of Brett’s designs was clear from the beginning of the episode, but we discuss it a little bit further here with the specifically small project, “Good Little Games,” and in other capacities as well.Beginning at the End (1:03:36)For some reason I forwent asking about Brett’s gaming background early in the episode, but it worked out well here. There’s some additional talk about abstraction and complexity in this section.Wrap-up Questions (1:20:59)----------------------------------------------------------Contact, follow, and support information:[email protected] feedback form - (your thoughts are appreciated!)Buy Me a Coffee