John D Clair on Design, Mistborn, Stormlight and beyond - TCbH Interviews

John has designed numerous hit #boardgames most prominently for #AEG and #brotherwisegames. This was a great chat we had after getting a chance to hang out for the weekend at Platypus Con 2025 in Juneau, AK.

An episode of the The Cardboard Herald podcast, hosted by Jack Eddy, titled "John D Clair on Design, Mistborn, Stormlight and beyond - TCbH Interviews" was published on February 17, 2025 and runs 71 minutes.

February 17, 2025 ·71m · The Cardboard Herald

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John has designed numerous hit #boardgames most prominently for #AEG and #brotherwisegames. This was a great chat we had after getting a chance to hang out for the weekend at Platypus Con 2025 in Juneau, AK. 00:00 - Intro 01:19 - Breaking in and beyond card crafting 05:51 - The origin story 12:43 - Transition to game design full-time 18:15 - Honing your craft 24:25 - Pitching, showing & development 32:45 - Mistborn, STORMLIGHT, Oh My! 51:39 - Designing what comes natural 53:47 - Adapting a world 60:27 - Ambitions to originality 67:42 - A new Mystic Vale Links: Our Site - https://www.cardboardherald.com Our Video Channel - https://www.youtube.com/TheCardboardHerald Our Twitter - https://twitter.com/CardboardHerald Our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=9669551

Episode Description

John has designed numerous hit #boardgames most prominently for #AEG and #brotherwisegames. This was a great chat we had after getting a chance to hang out for the weekend at Platypus Con 2025 in Juneau, AK.

00:00 - Intro

01:19 - Breaking in and beyond card crafting

05:51 - The origin story

12:43 - Transition to game design full-time

18:15 - Honing your craft

24:25 - Pitching, showing & development

32:45 - Mistborn, STORMLIGHT, Oh My!

51:39 - Designing what comes natural

53:47 - Adapting a world

60:27 - Ambitions to originality

67:42 - A new Mystic Vale

Links:

Our Site - https://www.cardboardherald.com

Our Video Channel - https://www.youtube.com/TheCardboardHerald

Our Twitter - https://twitter.com/CardboardHerald

Our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=9669551

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