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Oct 22, 2026 1 hr 10 min

EP #45: Skute

from Lens and Veil Podcast Hosted by Garphill Games

🎙️Welcome to the Lens and Veil podcast, join Shem, Sam and Zach as they discuss games they've played together, specifically focusing on game design elements. In this episode they discuss Skute, a cute new card game designed by the whole Lens and Veil crew. 📜Chapters: 0:00:00 - Which would you prefer? 0:07:36 - Intro 0:07:53 - Overview of Skute 0:09:08 - Discussion of Skute 0:58:50 - Questions for the audience 0:59:06 - Garphill History - Explorers of the North Sea ⭐About the Cast Shem Phillips is the owner of Garphill Games and has designed a fair few board games, notably Raiders of the North Sea (Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominee) and Legacy of Yu (Golden Geek, Dice Tower Award, Origins Award for Best Solo Game of 2023). Sam Macdonald is a Game Designer and Developer at Garphill Games, bursting onto the scene with his co-design together with Shem, Architects of the West Kingdom. He has gone on to design a number of other games, most notable among them is Paladins of the West Kingdom which is currently in the top 100 games on BGG. Zach Smith works for Garphill Games as Marketing and Media Manager, but is also a credited designer, having co-designed Circadians: Chaos Order and The Great Sea together with Sam, and Spirited and Skute with both Shem and Sam. 🎵 Music licenced from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jessy Ribordy Studios⁠

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