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Building the Game — 794 episodes

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Episode 733: Fighting Unchecked Corruption Keeps Institutions Compassionately Equitable

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Episode 728: Seeding Packets

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Episode 725: I Could Start Listing Pants But That’s Not Gonna Be Helpful

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Episode 724: Don’t Hate the Draft, Hate the Game

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Episode 723: When Your Cat Dev is a Dog Person

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Episode 722: Assistant to the Regional Dinosaur

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Episode 721: This Is My Jeff Goldblum

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Episode 720: Mixed Emotions

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Episode 719: What’s The Scenario?

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Episode 718: A Gammon Plus Back

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Episode 717: Tricky Definitions

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Episode 716: Don’t Be Like Croquet

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Episode 715: Writing the Game: Part 1 of…

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Episode 714: Top 5 Lanes

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Episode 713: Not Bad

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Episode 712: A Lot of Random Pitches

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Episode 711: Can I Pet That Dog?

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Episode 710: Fresh Fridays

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Episode 709: Looking Back on a Very Long Year

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Episode 708: Grinches, Games, Gradient

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Episode 707: Factoring Forms

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Episode 706: Is It Cereal, Joe?

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Episode 705: The Spirit of the Market

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Episode 704: PAXU WAS NUTS

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Episode 703: Building the Pyramid

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Episode 702: Should You Even Germany?

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Episode 701: Idea Smash

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Episode 700- A Guided Journey

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Episode 699: Trading Topics

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Episode 698: Technically, It is Debt

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Episode 697: Take a Park and Put it in Your Pocket

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Episode 696: Adulting is Six Seven

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Episode 695: Jason Misses Puns

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Episode 694: Purposely Seeking Inspiration

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Episode 693: Martyrdom is Never Expected but is Appreciated

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Episode 692: Lessons From Rogue Jokers

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Episode 691: Honestly, We Talked Way More About Hills Than I Expected

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Episode 690: Emily and the J-Squad go to JenCon

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Episode 689: Joetospiel

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Episode 688: Loosey Boothy

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Episode 687- Love is a Personalized Axe

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Episode 686- Is It Rich or Is It True

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Episode 685: How to Let it Go

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Episode 684: Audience Agency

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Episode 683: Another Greek Word

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Episode 682: You Can Just Be Friends with a Magician

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Epsiode 681: Runaway Conversation About Runaway Inspiration

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Episode 680: Lines in the Sand

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Episode 679: Building the Product: Part 4 of…

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Episode 678: Pitching in Reverse

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Episode 677: Youtube Thinks You Want to be a Plumber

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Episode 676: Nicolas Cage Shenanigans

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Episode 675: Animals On Trial

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Episode 674: This Episode Might Be Intelligence

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Episode 673: This Episode Might Be Artificial

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Episode 672: Necesisititatary

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Episode 671: What if Your Junk is Good for the Environment

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Episode 670: Simple is Not Simple

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Episode 669: If it Would Confuse Your Grandma, it’s Probably for the Hardcore Audience

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Episode 668: It Neither Rolls Nor Writes

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Episode 667: In the End It’s Probably a Skill Issue

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Episode 666: The Advocate

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Episode 665: So You Wanna Be a Game Designer, Again

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Episode 664: Uh Oh, Lessons Learned

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Episode 663: It Ends With Starfish

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Episode 662: Approximately a Yearish

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Episode 661: Orange You Glad

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Episode 660: Decentivizing is Not a Word

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Episode 659: Looking Back and Looking Forward

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Episode 658: The Coping Saw

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Episode 657: Tactically Retreating

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Episode 656: A Fateful Night Market

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Episode 655: It Might Be a Cult

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Episode 654: Everybody Cries at PAXU

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Episode 653: Victorless

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Episode 652: A Pun, Scissors, and a Dream

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Episode 651: When Your Game is Fun but You Hate it

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Episode 650: We’ve Coming a Long Way

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Episode 649: Building the Product: Part 3 of…

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Episode 648: It Devolves Into an Odd Conversation About Cooking and Dreams

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Episode 647: Somewhere in the Timeline

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Episode 646: Game Design is a Garbage Dump

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Episode 645: Lessons Learned From Years of Escaping

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Episode 644: Feedback on Flashlights

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Episode 643: The Wolfslayer Teaches

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Episode 642: Come Back Like a Dirty Sock

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Episode 641: Partying With Mass

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Episode 640: Grandcon 2024 Live

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Episode 639: A Night Market

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Episode 638: Keep Your Thinking Forward

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Episode 637: Gencon Live: Scoot to the Hoot Part Twoot

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Episode 636: Building the Product: Part 2 of…

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Episode 635: Definition Extravaganza

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Episode 634: Jason Doesn’t Understand What Solo Playtesting is

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Episode 633: Half Year Recap

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Episode 632: Taste the Rainbow

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Episode 631: Building the Shoe

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Episode 630: It’s a Trap

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Episode 629: Along the Golden Path

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Episode 628: Chanceszar: The Probability Mage

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Episode 627: Socializing With the Medias

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Episode 626: Organization and Other Impossible Tasks

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Episode 625: Building the Product: Part 1 of…

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Episode 624: Money and Publishing and Time and Work and Creativity

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Episode 623: No More Math

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Episode 622: Schrodinger’s Euro

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Episode 621: For 2 Players Only

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Episode 620: Emily Has a Tiny Pirate Hat

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Episode 619: Not Your Mom’s Watercolor

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Episode 618: Jamie Wants You to Know They Threw Coffee at YMC

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Episode 617: RIP Horse Hotel

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Episode 616: YO GAMA GAMA

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Episode 615: 2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back

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Episode 614: Oops All Play to Win

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Episode 613: The Definition of a Park

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Episode 612: No Notes

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Episode 611: One Donkey in Four Forests

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Episode 610: A Check Engine Light For Your Beeble Bop

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Episode 609: A Brain Fire is Not Cozy

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Episode 608: A Surprisingly Uncontroversial Topic

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Episode 607: Don’t Just Ask Cousin Vinny and Hope for the Best

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Episode 606: An Episode Where Two People Talk About Life, Community, and Games

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Episode 605: Dolphins are Part of Nature but They Don’t Wear Socks

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Episode 604: BTG 2023 Year in Review

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Episode 603: Don’t Tell Us How to Strategize

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Episode 602: Get Yourself a Mike Viglione

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Episode 601: One Game Per Shipping Container

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Episode 600: Define: Success

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Episode 599: Sometimes it Doesn’t

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Episode 598: Christmas in a Box on Your Porch

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Episode 597: When the Frogs Come Out

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Episode 596: Gut Check

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Episode 595: Blargle the Deck

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Epsiode 594: Good, Gooder, Goodest, Great

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Episode 593: Should I Try Everything? A Discussion…

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Episode 592: Wacky Funny Party People

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Episode 591: Diatoms Sound Super Fake but are Actually Super Real and Super Cool

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Episode 590: Crispy Fried

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Episode 589: Lying to Your Playtesters

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Episode 588: This Episode Was Not Written By AI

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Episode 587: This Episode is Best Experienced Simultaneously

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Episode 586: We Should Have Said Rule Books Were Like a Recipe

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Episode 585: Gencon Live Scoot to the Hoot

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Episode 584: Player Aides Are TL/DR

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Episode 583: I’m a Climber, I’m a Shedder, I’m a Tri-ick Taker

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Episode 582: Add, Cut, Or Harmonize

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Episode 581: Imposter Syndrome Just Sucks, It’s True

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Episode 580: Ovation and it is Actually 1.5 Million Rakes

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Episode 579: Origins Live

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Episode 578: Let’s Get Stupid

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Episode 577: You Have Joined the Weekly Update

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Episode 576: Jamie’s Long Lost Updates

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Episode 575: Haphazardly Designing Games in Person

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Episode 574: Go Touch Grass and Other Stupid Goals

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Episode 573: I Deduce This is a Trick Taker

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Episode 572: You Think You Wanna Shop Photos But Really You Wanna Illustrate Pictures

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Episode 571: A Board Game, RPG, Game Show, and an Escape Room Walk Into a Bar

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Episode 570: It Ain’t About The Money But Let’s Talk About The Money

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Episode 569: Local Maximums and Backstabbing Auctions

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Episode 568: Motor City Updates

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Episode 567: A Lot of Design Thoughts and a Little About Ideas Stuck in Your Head

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Episode 566: Development and Tir Na Nog

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Episode 565: Horses, Parking Lots, and Unpub

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Episode 564: Location, Location, Relation(ship)

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Episode 563: Games Sing a Blast From the Past

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Episode 562: Let the Failure Floor Drop Out

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Episode 561: Judging Games

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Episode 560: Perfect is the Enemy

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Episode 559: Dig Up the Roots

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Episode 558: Vanilla is My Favorite Flavor

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Episode 557: This Episode was Run by a Dungeon

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Episode 556: Life as a Legacy Game

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Episode 555: The Why of 2023

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Episode 554: The Opposite of the Steel Tesla Prize

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Episode 553: Marshmallow Money – The BTG Year in Review

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Episode 552: Development Job: Part Two: That’s a Funny Note to End on

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Episode 551: The Siren’s Call of Crowdfunding

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Episode 550: PAXU or The Friends We Made Along the Way

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Episode 549: Shifting Gears and Slowing Down

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Episode 548: Games and Winning

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Episode 547: Isomorphic is Not the Same Thing as Isometric

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Episode 546: Games Get Cozy

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Episode 545: A Rating Rubric and a Hexy Murder

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Episode 544: All The Topics That Fit

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Episode 543: Essen and a Whole Bunch of Other Stuff With Bez

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Episode 542: Cut, Print, Laminate

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Episode 541: Dissonance vs Consonance

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Episode 540: Nicole Amato is a Human Being

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Episode 539: Pivot!

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Episode 538: The Long Awaited and Very Long Grandcon 2022 Recap

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Episode 537: We Never Say Polynomials

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Episode 536: Development Job: Part One: The Expectations

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Episode 535: A Presence at the Table

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Episode 534: A Lively Gencon 2022 Recap

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Episode 533: A World Champ and a Rorschach Test

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Episode 532: A Meandering Conversation That Starts With Fear and Ends With a Walled City

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Episode 531: Designing in Person Again and Gencon Prep

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Episode 530: Which Pitch?

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Episode 529: All The Research

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Episode 528: Designing Games With Kids

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Episode 527: Many Paths to Crowdfunding and Other Stuff

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Episode 526: Big Changes During Design and Development

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Episode 525: Kickstarting Outside the Lines

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Episode 524: When Games Get Personal

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Episode 523: A Brazilian Rabbit Walks Into a Podcast

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Episode 522: A Gaggle of Geekwayers

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Episode 521: Working Hard or Hardly Working, Two Ways to Podcast

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Episode 520: Fire Streaming From an RPG Farm

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Episode 519: Tools and Conventions and Catching Up

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Episode 518: We Are All Imposters

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Episode 517: Kindness is Cool

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Episode 516: Spieling Online About Protos

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Episode 515: Games as a Secondary Experience

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514: Controlling Chaos With Creativity Systems

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513: Tactical Phoenixes and Other Advice

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512: Project Management is Probably a Good Idea

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Episode 511: Stress With Bez

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Episode 510: Is Your Theme Living in a Simulation Are Your Mechanics Just an Abstraction

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Episode 509: An Ouroboros in a Slipstream

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Episode 508: This Episode has a Companion App

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Episode 507: Flavors of Failure

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Episode 506: Gataria and More From Brazil

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Episode 505: All The Information Is On The Task

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Episode 504: Finding, Creating, and Missing Opportunities

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Episode 503: 99 Problems and It’s Definitely a Rectangle

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Episode 502: Cautiously Sliding Into 2022 Goals

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Episode 501: A Good Place to Start on the Next 500

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Episode 500: 500 Episodes and ALL THE HOSTS!!!

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Episode 499: PAX Gets Unplugged and How to Prepare for a Playtesting Event

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Episode 498: Traditional Games, New Ideas, and Potions

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Episode 497: Powered By The Adorablins

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Episode 496: Cardboard Edison, Quad Squad, and Your Odds of Being Struck by Lightning

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Episode 495: Thankfulness and Updatefulness

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Episode 494: Scars, Feedback, and That One Mechanic

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Episode 493: Golden Rules and Organic Audiences

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Episode 492: The Journey Forward

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Episode 491: Work Parties, Redos, and Capital Twos

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Episode 490: If You Like Splitting and Choosing and Going Trick-or-Treating

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Episode 489: Use Your Intuition

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Episode 488: Three Sisters on a Boat

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Episode 487: When the Story is Driving

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Episode 486: An Almost Gencon Preview and Board Game Adjacent

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Episode 485: When to Stop and When to Start Again

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Episode 484: Welcome to Green Hollow

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Episode 483: Set Your Ideas on Fire

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Episode 482: Game Design Retreat 2

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Episode 481: Decoupling the Rejects

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Episode 480: Designing to Different Specs

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Episode 479: Journey Through The Foggy Woods

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Episode 478: Building Sovereign Decks

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Episode 477: Manufacturing Magic and It’s Hammer Time

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Episode 476: Be Kind, The Wolves Are Coming

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Episode 475: Returning to Cons

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Episode 474: Placing Workers and Baking Historically

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Episode 473: Formal Design Education or How I Learned We Are Neither Friends Nor Co-Designers

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Episode 472: Creating Content That Causes Connections

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Episode 471: Returned Games and Custom Prints

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Episode 470: Grubs Get Contested

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Episode 469: You Got RPG in My BG, No You Got BG in My RPG

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Episode 468: Gold Stars and Chocolate Vegetables

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Episode 467: Solo Modes are Splendorous

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Episode 466: Real Tabletops and A Lot Of Doors

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Episode 465: How to Market to Markets with Marketing

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Episode 464: The Good, The Bad, The Lessons Learned

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Episode 463: Bangers Only

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Episode 462: The Madness of Mine Karts

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Episode 461: Mechanics We Thought We Hated

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Episode 460: IGDN and RNW and NOLA

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Episode 459: Micro, Macro, Goal Setting Mayhem

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Episode 458: Let’s Hire A Graphic Designer

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Episode 457: The Patron Saint of Punk Rock Games

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Episode 456: Operating Jellybeans and Gifting Tulips

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Episode 455: A Game Of Feelings

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Episode 454: Users Interfacing With Villainous Books

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Episode 453: Macaron Mania

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Episode 452: Grubs Gotta Pupate

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Episode 451: Sequencing Fights

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Episode 450: Mentors and Tables and Mentees and Tablees

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Episode 449: Here Comes 2021

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Episode 448: BTG 2020 Year End Recap

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Episode 447: So You Want To Be A Publisher: Part 3

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Episode 446: We Prefer Our Sums Non-Zero

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Episode 445: Let’s Help Each Other

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Episode 444: Constraining Games and Aligning Fates

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Episode 443: I Don’t Know What I Expected

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Episode 442: Science Gets Sneaky

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Episode 441: Kids Get Questing

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Episode 440: Prototypes Get Graphic

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Episode 439: Raps, Hoops, Godz, and Risks

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Episode 438: Keeping Games Small and Mud

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Episode 437: Playtesting Puzzles Can Be Problematic

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Episode 436: The Sleuth, The Sleevs, The Games, The Vote, and The Sweet Potato Pie

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Episode 435: Games, Uh Find A Way

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Episode 434: So You Want to be a Publisher Part 2

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Episode 433: Drafting With Winston and Studying With Sorcery

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Episode 432: A Little Bit Of NONEPUB and A Whole Lot Of Catching Up

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Episode 431: So You Want To Be A Publisher Part 1

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Episode 430: Three Sisters in the Motor City

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Episode 429: Designing Costs and Adventuring Cards

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Episode 428: Better Than an Hour of Static

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Episode 427: Markets With Mass

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Episode 426: Why Don’t People Play Games

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Episode 425: Make My Game An Express

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Episode 424: Culture and Opposites

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Episode 423: Hopping Vampires and Bigfoot and MLM

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Episode 422: Codes of Conduct and 18XX

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Episode 421: Games as Institutions and Smashed Orbits

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Episode 420: Topics Get Serious and Games Get Weird

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Episode 419: This Is Where We Stand

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Episode 418: Julio Explains The Rules

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Episode 417: Where Ideas Come From and How to Master Weapons

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Episode 416: Eventually We Do Talk About Games

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Episode 415: Bands Battle and Maps Are Terrifying

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Episode 414: If You Find This Episode, Video Chat With a Friend

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Episode 413: We Killed a Proto and Buried Its Guts Sprouted a Game Now We Have Coconuts

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Episode 412: The Age of the Universe and the Potential of Games

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Episode 411: Punks on the Road and Gamers at Home

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Episode 410: My Friend, My Friend, and Me

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Episode 409: Bringing Design Online

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Episode 408: Physical Distancing and Helping Others

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Episode 407: Word (Game) to Your Mother

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Episode 406: Along Came A Spider

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Episode 405: A Weird Giraffe Walks Into A Bar

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Episode 404: 500 Miles of Fools

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Episode 403: Convos Concerning Cheaper Cons

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Episode 402: Always Stick The Landing

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Episode 401: Get Ideas Out Of Your Head Faster

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Episode 400: Those Dam Beavers

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Episode 399: Questions About Questing For Quality And Quantity

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Episode 398: Expectations Are A Dish Best Served Managed

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Episode 397: The Ballad of Kelly Hougland

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Episode 396: BTG 2019 Year in Review

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Episode 395: Ghost Parties and Battling Boy Bands

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Episode 394: Comprehending Contracts and Riding Rainbows

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Episode 393: Tabletop Networks and Building Blocks

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Episode 392: No Spoilers and Teaching Games

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Episode 391: Cutting Corners and Dancing Dice

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Episode 390: Social Issues and Carnival Games

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Episode 389: Social Bonding and Inside Jokes

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Episode 388: When Paul Bunyan Built The PNP Arcade

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Episode 387: Dead Games and Vampire Robots

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Episode 386: Blind Playtesting and Spike!

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Episode 385: Co-Design Update and Rum Row

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Episode 384: Counterfeiting and Forecasting Fashion

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Episode 383: Cribbage Gets Race-y

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Episode 382: Considering Clear and Considerate Communication

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Episode 381: Grandcon and the Really Big Amazing Very Good Weekend

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Episode 380: Kickstarter, Publisher, or Telestrater

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Episode 379: Full Time and Other Stuff

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Episode 378: Design What You Know and Zancudo

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Episode 377: BTG Two: Designer Boogaloo

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Episode 376: Gencon 2019 and Goodbye Norma Jean

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Episode 375: Rob Was Right About The Mustard

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Episode 374: Gencon 2019 Prep

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Episode 373: Larping with Banana Chan

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Episode 372: Nat Levan Hates Hexes

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Episode 371: Jovember Voicemails

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Episode 370: IDC Judging and Gray Detrick

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Episode 369: Origins 2019 Live

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Episode 368: Design Weekend

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Episode 367: Zombicorns and Dump Stats

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Episode 366: Romantic Weekends and Ancient Designs

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Episode 365: Jason vs Rob vs Nicole

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Episode 364: Julie Ahern and The Greenbrier Experience

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Episode 363: Co-Design and Origami

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Episode 362: All Aboot Froot

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Episode 361: OCD and Neil Roberts

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Episode 360: Departures

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Episode 359: Poison Karate

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Episode 358: 3 Is Worse Than 5

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Episode 357: Dilly-O

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Episode 356: 2019 Cons and Belly Dice

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Episode 355: Community Connection and Coronation

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Episode 354: RPG Worlds and Guess Who

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Episode 353: Why Design and The Boardwalk

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Episode 352: Personal Update

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Episode 351: JT is Cool and Tavis is a Jerk

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Episode 350: A New Direction

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Episode 349: Escape Rooms and a Cat Fight

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Episode 348: The Ice Storm

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Episode 347: A Constant Flow of Bikini Wax

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Episode 346: Deconstructicon and Fishinator

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Episode 345: The Year of Pablo

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Episode 344: Goodbye 2018

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Episode 343: Smudge The Magic Circle

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Episode 342: Horn-ee Not Horn-ed

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Episode 341: Attracting Testers and Flicking Squares

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Episode 340: The Dark Farts

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Episode 339: Vegas Adventure and Business Fatigue

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Episode 338: Men’s Fashion and Misunderstood Corgis

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Episode 337: Old Ideas and Older Rap

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Episode 336: Avoiding Work for a Hipster Dinner Party

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Episode 335: I Didn’t Edit This Because I Am Hungover Happy Halloween

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Episode 334: Mind Garbage

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Episode 333: Kingdoms and Bingo

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Episode 332: Walter the Defiler

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Episode 331: We Are In A Car

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Bonus Episode 69: Into The Black Forest Designer Diary

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Episode 330: GrandCon 2018 Live!!!

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Episode 329: GrandCon Prep and Flooding Cubes

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Episode 328: Italian Stereotypes and Terrifying Dances

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Episode 327: Simulating Life and 10 Wild Honeys

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Episode 326: What the Fun with Ian Moss

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Episode 325: Gencon Wrap-Up 2018

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Episode 324: Gencon Live 2018

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Episode 323: Party Fatigue and Item Shopping

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Episode 322: Gencon 2018 Preview

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Episode 321: Sing Hilarity

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Episode 320: All The Games About Death

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Episode 319: Carol Mertz and Emotion First Design

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318: Re-Ruling and Tile Blasters

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Episode 317: Origins 2018 Vile and Amazing

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Episode 316: Live at Origins 2018

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Episode 315: The Clip Show

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Episode 314: Wegwets and Cattle Tech

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Episode 313: A Brief Yoda Impression

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Episode 312: The Grand Door Desk Experience

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Episode 311: Mr Duane T and CCG

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Episode 310: Face Related Atrocities

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Episode 309: Wasted Time and Hot Air

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Episode 308: Dinkeys and Vers

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Episode 307: Solomon Grundy Want Pants Too

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Episode 306: Person Chicken

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Episode 305: Happy Dyngus Day

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Episode 304: Lumberjack JJ Johnson and Metal Urges

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Episode 303: Rob is a Smart Guy

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Episode 302: Second Editions and Pseudo Euros

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Episode 301: Let’s Catch Up on Some Stuff

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Episode 300: Episode 300 Holy Cow

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Episode 299: Housing and Benting and Racing

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Episode 298: Building Out

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Episode 297: Propwash and Virtual World Entertainment

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Bonus Episode 68: Family Game Night The Kid’s Perspective

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Episode 296: My Wife and Hoolian Aswange

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Episode 295: Rob’s Gone and The Worst Guest Ever

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Episode 294: Grids and More Grids

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Episode 293: Digital Games and Feline Faeries

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Bonus Episode 67: Monikers

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Episode 292: Dear 2018 Please Don’t Be Awful

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Bonus Episode 66: Not Trump Winner

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Episode 291: Jedi Resolutions

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Episode 290: Zombies Love Emails

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Episode 289: You Treasure I Trouble

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Episode 288: The Season of Perpetual Polka

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Bonus Episode 65: Last Chance to Not Trump

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Episode 287: Kickstarter Plinko

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Episode 286: Geological Anxiety

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Bonus Episode 64: Not Trump Contest Reminder

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Episode 285: Werewolves Are Better Than Vampires

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Episode 284: Retail Love and My Precious

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Episode 283: Un Pun Midwest and Washing Cars

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Bonus Episode 63: Not Trump Contest

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Episode 282: Car Fire

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Episode 281: Uno Quest

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Episode 280: Evan Derrick and Thematic Detectives

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Episode 279: Out of the Studio for the Last Time

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Episode 278: Echo Echo Echo Echo Rules

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Episode 277: GrandCon Live 2017

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Episode 276: Important Messages

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Episode 275: Gencon 2017 Recap

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Episode 274: Subscriptions and Methane

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Episode 273: Gencon 2017 Live!!!

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Episode 272: Gencon 2017 Pre-Show Special

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Episode 271: The True Cost of Designing and Farming

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Bonus Episode 62: B Sides 08/02/2017

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Episode 270: A Perfectly Normal Episode

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Bonus Episode 61: A Codenames Conundrum

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Episode 269: The Copac Decimal System

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Bonus Episode 60: IDC 2017 Head Judge

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Episode 268: Kid Convo and War of Fight

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Bonus Episode 59: IDC 2017 Judges

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Episode 267: Pike Walleye Minnow Perch Crappie

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Episode 266: Origins Recap and Ordinary Socks

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Bonus Episode 58: IDC 2017 Contest

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Episode 265: Haba Haba Haba Vonnegut

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Bonus Episode 57: IDC 2017 Announcement

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Episode 264: Support and Conquest

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Episode 263: The Time of our Lives and Grilling

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Episode 262: The Grand Gamer’s Guild’s Grand Gaming Adventure

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Episode 261: The Wolves Are Back Again

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Episode 260: Recent Favorites and Bozo Bowling

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Episode 259: Builder Questions and Toothy Terrors

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Episode 258: Idaho No You Da Trivia Master

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Episode 257: I Blame Florida for This One

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Episode 256: I Don’t Even Know Where to Begin…

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Episode 255: Specialness and Clocks

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Episode 254: New Mechanics and Hidden Seeking

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Episode 253: Unpub 2017 Recap

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Episode 252: Rob and Friends at Unpub 2017

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Episode 251: Roll and Write and Aquanauts

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Episode 250: Technical Difficulties and Then This Happened

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Episode 249: Jon Gilmour and Games As Art

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Episode 248: Builder Q’s and Construction Blues

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Episode 247: Old and New and Unfortunate

495

Episode 246: Unpub Update and Exploratory Surgery

496

Episode 245: Controversy and Horror

497

Episode 244: Game Combat and Aging Dragons

498

Episode 243: Player Counts and Alien Lineups

499

Episode 242: Your Moderator Chris in the House

500

Episode 241: Unpub 2017 Prep and Out of the Bag

501

Episode 240: 2016 Year in Review

502

Episode 239: Digital Tables and Xmas Days

503

Episode 238: Useless Boards and Black Friday

504

Episode 237: Decent Advice and Deductive Moustaching

505

Episode 236: Play the Player and Solo Spying

506

Episode 235: Take That and Mine Karts Again

507

Episode 234: Good Themes and Autumn Leaves

508

Episode 233: Upkeep and Un-Dice

509

Episode 232: Matt Loomis and Drafting Heroes

510

Episode 231: Josh Mills and Looping Mafiosos

511

Episode 230: Gamify Your Life and Shop in the Bargain Bin

512

Episode 229: Dinner Parties and Wavy Lines

513

Episode 228: Hat is Like a Dice Game

514

Episode 227: Engine Failure and Philosophic Escape

515

Episode 226: GrandCon 2016

516

Bonus Episode 56: Unreal Estate Kickstarter Part 1

517

Episode 225: No Poke Calls and Wedding Planning

518

Episode 224: Waiting and Estating

519

Episode 223: Stealing and Fyres

520

Episode 222: Decisions and Weather

521

Episode 221: Voicemails and Storms

522

Episode 220: Gencon 2016 Recap

523

Episode 219: Gencon 2016 Live Show!!!

524

Episode 218: Gencon 2016 Pre Show Special

525

Episode 217: Lotsa Players and Anime Farming

526

Episode 216: Dexterity and Shoguns

527

Episode 215: We Go Places In This One!

528

Episode 214: Thematic Complexity and Scottish History

529

Bonus Episode 55: Football Contest Winners

530

Episode 213: Fiddly Bits and Breakfast Clubbing

531

Episode 212: Driving Home From Origins 2016

532

Episode 211: Origins Prep and Gas Giants

533

Episode 210: Tardiness and Books

534

Bonus Episode 54: 2016 Iron Design Challenge Pre-Show Part 2

535

Episode: 209 We’re Sorry About This

536

Bonus Episode 53: 2016 Iron Design Challenge Pre-Show Part 1

537

Episode 208: Larping and Battling

538

Episode 207: No Eliminations and Trapping Flies

539

Episode 206: Builder Questions and Treasure Trouble

540

Episode 205: Flip Florey and One Great Game

541

Episode 204: Announcements and Football

542

Episode 203: Driving Home From Unpub 2016

543

Episode 202: Driving to Unpub 2016

544

Episode 201: Hella Umbrella and a Final Unpub Update

545

Episode 200: Lightning Pitch Extravaganza!!!

546

Episode 199: Vacuum Ideas and Stringy Sails

547

Bonus Episode 52: Saloon Tycoon Kickstarter Ends

548

Episode 198: Info Tracking and Programming Atmo

549

Episode 197: Blizzard Warning and Galactic Scrappers

550

Bonus Episode 51: Saloon Tycoon Kickstarter Part 3

551

Episode 196: Turtle Trivia and Building the Band

552

Episode 195: Evan Derrick and Graphic Design

553

Bonus Episode 50: Saloon Tycoon Kickstarter Part 2

554

Bonus Episode 49: Saloon Tycoon Kickstarter Part 1

555

Episode 194: Tone Mood and Pressure

556

Episode 193: Evergreens and Phone Booths

557

Episode 192: Proto Processing and the Astrogate

558

Episode 191: Contest Woes and Drafting Drafters

559

Episode 190: Bad Sound and the Emergency Room

560

Bonus Episode 48: Smithereens Playtest 2

561

Episode 189: Reviews and Delivery Beasts

562

Episode 188: Stealing and Grandfather Axe

563

Episode 187: BTG 2015 Year in Review

564

Episode 186: Contractual Stress and Unpub Checkup

565

Episode 185: Helping Noobs and Elder Warriors

566

Episode 184: Boards and Smithers

567

Episode 183: Altered Reality and Bridging Bridges

568

Episode 182: One More Thing and Stick Fighting

569

Episode 181: Not Movement and Shipwrecks

570

Episode 180: Comments and Humours

571

Episode 179: Travel and Masks

572

Episode 178: Kids and Turtles

573

Episode 177: A Look Back

574

Episode 176: Replayability and Like Mario Kart But Not

575

Bonus Episode 47: GrandCon 2015 Pitches

576

Episode 175: GrandCon Recap and a Broken Tower Game

577

Episode 174: GrandCon 2015 Live!!!

578

Episode 173: Copyright Infringement and Robut Cowpokes

579

Episode 172: Deadline Stress and Marakesh

580

Episode 171: Groovin’ and Gamin’

581

Episode 170: Game Shows and the Penguin Mythos

582

Bonus Episode 46: Playtesting Grids and Graves

583

Episode 169: Dropin’ It And Cubin’ It

584

Episode 168: Trailing Thoughts and Marching to Death

585

Episode 167: Gencon 2015 Recap and Gamer Gardening

586

Episode 166: Gencon 2015 Live Show

587

Episode 165: GenCon Prep and Sound Effects

588

Episode 164: Listen Sometimes This Is Difficult

589

Episode 163: Jason is sick so this happened

590

Episode 162: Builder Response and Swagger Dag

591

Episode 161: Builder Response and Delicious fish

592

Episode 160: Kittens and Communications

593

Episode 159: Winning Headlines and Carnival Grids

594

Episode 158: Reality and Failure

595

Episode 157: Trolling and Trees

596

Bonus Episode 45: BTG CCG Playtest

597

Episode 156: Rippin’ Rules and Robbin’ Forts

598

Episode 155: Croquet and Molemen

599

Episode 154: Topic Problems and More Cubes

600

Bonus Episode 44: BTG CCG Design Session

601

Episode 153: VanRyder Tycoon and Baby Board Venturers

602

Episode 152: Epic Monster News and Tricking Heroes

603

Episode 151: Penny Press and a Tabloid Party

604

Bonus Episode 43: Moshi Moshi 2nd Playtest

605

Episode 150: HOLY CRAP 150 SHOWS OMG!!!

606

Episode 149: Restrictions and a Grab Bag

607

Bonus Episode 42: 5th Street Bankruptcy

608

Episode 148: More Players and Speedy Ghosts

609

Bonus Episode 41: Moshi Moshi Playtest

610

Episode 147: Poison Players and Mushy Moshi

611

Bonus Episode 40: Smithereens Playtest

612

Episode 146: You Can Skip This One

613

Episode 145: Kick Shippers and River Mighties

614

Episode 144: Pinchback and Riddle

615

Episode 143: Boob Cats and Smithereens

616

Episode 142: UNPUB 5 LIVE!!!

617

Episode 141: Builder Comments and Kid Logic

618

Episode 140: Balancing Spreadsheets and Speedy Records

619

Bonus Episode 39: Gencon 2015 Housing Registration

620

Episode 139: Unpub Prep and Fantasy Racing

621

Episode 138: Moles and Hats

622

Episode 137: New Resolutions and the Wolves Return

623

Episode 136: Sexy Bits and Bigger Fish

624

Episode 135: 2014 Year in Review

625

Episode 134: Perfecter Games and an Impressive Display

626

Episode 133: Kicked Starts and Micro Fights

627

Episode 132: Gold Bricks and Bob’s Bodega

628

Bonus Episode 38: Finish It Finished

629

Episode 131: Two Three Four and Custard Pie

630

Episode 130: A Political Struggle and 4 Doors

631

Episode 129: Making Amends and Pilgrim Tailors

632

Episode 128: Trading and it went downhill from there

633

Episode 127: Probabilities and Human Sacrifice

634

Episode 126: Depression and a Dinner Party

635

Episode 125: Time Crunch and a Fast Pitch

636

Episode 124: Voicemail Extravaganza

637

Episode 123: Grandcon Recap and Cutting Keys

638

Episode 122: Cutting and Cyber Cybers

639

Episode 121: Happy Endings and Turning Tricks

640

Episode 120: Pay to Win and a Rip-Off Dice Game

641

Episode 119: Engagement and CENSORED

642

Episode 118: Iron Brunos and Deep Crevasses

643

Episode 117: Gencon 2014 Recap and Fjorded Fords

644

Episode 116: Live at Gencon 2014

645

Bonus Episode 37: Gunslingin’ Publishers

646

Episode 115: Gencon 2014 Preshow Special

647

Episode 114: Travel Games and Soda Kings

648

Episode 113: Rob Returns and Beavers are Dammed

649

Episode 112: Chris Copac and Igloo Warfare

650

Episode 111: Jason Kotarski and Pool Parties

651

Episode 110: More Questions and Bombed Beets

652

Episode 109: Questions and Magic

653

Episode 108: Origins Recap with Andy Lenox

654

Episode 107: The Road to Origins 2014

655

Episode 106: Selling Stuff and Idiots at the Museum

656

Episode 105: Recycling and Zoo Animals

657

Episode 104: Emergent Stuff and Booboos

658

Episode 103: Packaging and Valiance

659

Episode 102: Addiction and Hunchbacks

660

Episode 101: Rocket Wreckers Memorial and Card Game Simulation

661

Episode 100: 100 Episodes and ALL THE PITCHES

662

Bonus Episode 36: In A Hail Of Bullets Playtest

663

Episode 99: Contest Winners and Bendy Critters

664

Bonus Episode 35: Epic Monster Tea Party Playtest

665

Episode 98: Jason Tagmire and Z-Mankeyz

666

Episode 97: Water Balloon Postmortem and Spinner Challenge

667

Bonus Episode 34: Picking Up Water Balloon Washout

668

Episode 96: Milwaukee Blues and Another Hailstorm

669

Bonus Episode 33: And Out Come The Wolves Playtest

670

Episode 95: Scales and Tea

671

Episode 94: Being Done and Punk Inspiration

672

Bonus Episode 32: Gunslingin’ Ramblers Playtest

673

Episode 93: Tactical Maneuvers and Medieval Innkeepers

674

Bonus Episode 31: Train Heist Playtest

675

Episode 92: Dumb Days and Donut Dollies

676

Bonus Episode 30: Rocket Wreckers Playtest

677

Episode 91: Pretty Buttons and Graphic Design

678

Episode 90: Scott King and Bountiful Tableaus

679

Episode 89: Rumplebum PostMortem and Plowing Snow

680

Bonus Episode 28: UNPUB 4 Interviews

681

Episode 88: UnPub Recap and a Pretty Placemat

682

Episode 87: Co-Designs and Zombie Racers

683

Episode 86: Phil Kilcrease and his Kickstarter Wisdom

684

Episode 85: Sick Beats and Solo Experiences

685

Episode 84: 4X Beavers and No Zombies

686

Episode 83: BTG 2013 Year in Review

687

Episode 82: Legacies and ParaTroopers

688

Episode 81: Prototypes and Toy Stores

689

Episode 80: EXPLODING BEER and Other Stuff

690

Episode 79: Humor and Palindromes

691

Bonus Episode 27: Geeta Games Live Show

692

Episode 78: Personal Reflection and Burning Bridges

693

Episode 77: New Perspectives and Camp Blood

694

Episode 76: The Circus and The Battle Box

695

Episode 75: Depth and Elevators

696

Episode 74: Expectations and Guns Dot Blazin’

697

Episode 73: Feedback and Freefall

698

Episode 72: Mitigation and Megadz Monsters

699

Episode 71: Split2nd Games and Clandestine

700

Bonus Episode 26: GrandCon 2013 Game Design Panel

701

Episode 70: Sparks Games and Loopty Loops

702

Episode 69: Interlopers and Troll Cakes

703

Episode 68: Open Dreams and Perpetual Drafting

704

Bonus Episode 25: Maelstrom Playtest

705

Episode 67: WBW Kickstarter Postmortem and Maelstrom

706

Bonus Episode 24: Gencon 2013 Podcasting 101 Panel

707

Episode 66: Gencon 2013 Recap and Fortress

708

Bonus Episode 23: Gencon 2013 Designers Round Table Part 2

709

Episode 65: Game Designer Workshop GenCon 2013

710

Bonus Episode 22: Gencon 2013 Designers Round Table Part 1

711

Episode 64: Live at Gencon 2013

712

Bonus Episode 21: DEATHMATCH

713

Episode 63: GenCon 2013 Pre-Show Special

714

Episode 62: Breakdancing Battles and Toilet Warfare

715

Episode 61: Trading Time and Transylvanians

716

Episode 60: Custom Pieces and Mood Altering Dice

717

Episode 59: Stock Options or a Weak Challenge

718

Episode 58: Custom Dice and Dead Salesmen

719

Episode 57: Danny Devine and Grotesque Genetic Aberrations

720

Episode 56: Epic Subjects and Ancient Aztecs

721

Episode 55: Pointless Goals and Wreckin’ Rockets

722

Bonus Episode 20: Sandbox Showdown Playtest

723

Episode 54: Miniature Ideas and Sandy Boxes

724

Episode 53: Leveling Up and Pegasuseses

725

Episode 52: Hands Eyes and Explorers

726

Episode 51: Shave and a Haircut and Jason Kotarski

727

Episode 50: Changing Phases and Messed Up Chess

728

Bonus Episode 19: Grant Wilson Interview

729

Episode 49: Last Words and Terrifying Tikis

730

Episode 48: Hidden Agendas and Fractured Arms

731

Episode 47: Brian Liberge and Ante

732

Bonus Episode 18: Grandcon Interview

733

Episode 46: Newbie Variants and Grand Goats

734

Bonus Episode 17: Frankenstein’s Legacy Playtest 2

735

Episode 45: Scenarios and Surprises

736

Bonus Episode 16: Snowball Fight Playtest

737

Episode 44: AJ Porfirio and Wing Leader

738

Bonus Episode 15: Frankenstein’s Legacy Playtest

739

Episode 43: Wealthy Tricks and Balls of Snow

740

Bonus Episode 14: Jeremiah Lee Interview

741

Episode 42: Upkeep and Tyrannosuars

742

Bonus Episode 13: Potent Potions Playtest

743

Episode 41: Magical Potions and Pure Hate

744

Episode 40: Scrapyard Catz and Frankenstein Reborn

745

Episode 39: Chevee Dodd and Smart Drafting

746

Episode 38: Pencils and Hay

747

Episode 37: Escalated Tensions and Hibachi Mystery

748

Bonus Episode 11: John Moller Interview

749

Episode 36: In a Hail of Grids and Noir Based Movement

750

Episode 35: Pushed Luck and Tricksy Bigfeet

751

Bonus Episode 10: Splitters Playtest

752

Episode 34: Annisa Jones and We Are The Robots

753

Bonus Episode 9: Augmenters Development

754

Episode 33: Pretty Patterns and Augmenters

755

Episode 32: Odd Men and Splitters

756

Episode 31: BTG 2012 Year in Review

757

Episode 30: Grant Rodiek and Insurrection

758

Bonus Episode 8: Cardboard Edison Interview

759

Episode 29: Dirty Money and Standing in Line

760

Episode 28: Theme Free and a Conspiracy

761

Episode 27: Sand Timers and Filth

762

Episode 26: Building Patterns and Robotic Probes

763

Bonus Episode 7: Ross Payton Interview

764

Episode 25: Teamwork and Slenderness

765

Episode 24: Board Modularity and Pinball Wizardy

766

Bonus Episode 6: Cops VS Mafia Development

767

Episode 23: Secrets and Frankensteins

768

Episode 22: Cops and Robbers and Aliens

769

Bonus Episode 5: Tower Building Game Playtest

770

Episode 21: Electric Gimmicks and Tall Towers

771

Episode 20: Ain’t No Shame in a Contest

772

Bonus Episode 4: Playtest: Conservator VS Developer

773

Episode 19: Tree Huggers and Counting Cards

774

Episode 18: Second Winners and Fair Food

775

Episode 17: Interview with Flip the Table

776

Episode 16: Deadly Combat and Summer Camp

777

Episode 15: House Rules and Tattoos

778

Episode 14: Abrupt Changes and Wild Frontiers

779

Bonus Episode 3: Gencon Interviews Part 3

780

Episode 13: No Wins and Severed Fingers

781

Bonus Episode 2: Gencon Interviews Part 2

782

Episode 12: Gencon Interviews Part 1

783

Episode 11: Gencon 2012 Pre-Show Special

784

Episode 10: Whiskey Shots and a Tragic Loss

785

Bonus Episode 1: Playtest: Damsels in Distress

786

Episode 9: Perfect Information and Distressed Damsels

787

Episode 8: Interview with Chris Kirkman from Dice Hate Me

788

Episode 7: A Season of Love and Zesty Breakfast Burritos

789

Episode 6: Beautiful Monsters and the Barter System

790

Episode 5: Sandboxes and Mini Golf

791

Episode 4: Interstellar Wormholes and Delicious Fudge

792

Episode 3: Bike Messengers and Diggin’ Graves

793

Episode 2: Action Movies and Outlaws

794

Episode 1: Pilot and Zombies