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The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast

Ananda Guneratne, Charlie McCarron, Trevor Muller-Hegel

Join game designers Ananda Guneratne, Charlie McCarron, and Trevor Muller-Hegel as they analyze published games from a game developer"s perspective. Each month, they pick a new game mechanic and three games to play in that genre. Each episode is 20 minutes of pure game design nerdiness!

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19:51

39. Machi Koro

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/07/31

How can take-that mechanics benefit from randomness? What other dimensions can you add to a simple number line? Charlie, Trevor, and Ananda roll dice and take coins in Machi Koro.

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26:16

38. CATAN: Cities and Knights

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/07/24

What makes progress cards feel better than development cards? How do you get opponents to work together for the good of all? Ananda, Charlie, and Trevor settle the score in Catan: Cities and Knights.

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23:49

37. Hidden Movement Games

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/07/17

What should happen when a hider is found? Should hiders have a goal besides avoiding capture? Trevor, Ananda, and Charlie talk about Hidden Movement.

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27:05

36. Captain Sonar

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/07/10

How can you use attacks to reveal information? Do players need complex roles on a team? Charlie, Trevor, and Ananda listen for the enemy in Captain Sonar.

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20:41

35. The Stifling Dark

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/07/03

What does hidden movement look like when the hider is also the seeker? How can light be used as terrain? Trevor, Ananda, and Charlie shine a light on The Stifling Dark.

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21:23

34. Scotland Yard

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/06/26

How much information do players need to find a player that is hiding? What should you reveal? Ananda, Charlie, and Trevor search for Mister X in Scotland Yard.

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54:06

33. Live at Protospiel Twin Cities

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/06/19

Ananda, Charlie, and Trevor hold their first-ever live episode as a panel at Protospiel Twin Cities, discussing three prototypes.

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22:18

32. Storytelling

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/06/12

What makes storytelling games different from role-playing games? Why are stories so memorable? Charlie, Trevor, and Ananda talk about Storytelling games.

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21:31

31. In This World

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/06/05

Can games be creative tools? Do games always need a winner? Trevor, Ananda, and Charlie craft realities that never were in "In This World".

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13:30

30. Wing It

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/05/29

Do goals need to be unambiguous? How do card combinations encourage creativity? Ananda, Charlie, and Trevor ad-lib silly solutions to ridiculous problems in Wing It.

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20:21

29. Once Upon a Time

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/05/22

How do interrupts keep players engaged? What do goals look like in a game about telling a story? Charlie, Trevor, and Ananda struggle to control the narrative in Once Upon a Time.

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19:21

28. Pattern Recognition

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/05/15

What skills are transferable across pattern recognition games? What makes a competitive puzzle different than a solo puzzle? Ananda, Charlie, and Trevor review pattern recognition games in this bonus episode.

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16:39

27. Factory Funner

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/05/08

Do hex-based tile placement games actually need hexagonal tiles? Should players be penalized for recognizing patterns the fastest? How do you make players care about other players' boards? Ananda, Charlie, and Trevor talk about Factory Funner.

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13:57

26. Ricochet Robots

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/05/01

How much room is there for special rules cases in real-time games? How do you create complex interactions from simple rules? Join Charlie, Trevor, and Ananda for Ricochet Robots.

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19:23

25. Set

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/04/24

What sorts of puzzles work well for pattern recognition games? How do you introduce perception-based catchup mechanics? Do skill-based games need progression? Trevor, Ananda, and Charlie draw lessons from Set.

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25:59

24. Deckbuilding Games

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/04/17

Do deckbuilders need any choices besides which cards to add? What are the differences between drawing from a deck and drawing from a bag? In this bonus episode, Trevor, Ananda, and Charlie talk about deckbuilding games.

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21:08

23. Paperback

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/04/10

Do victory point cards need to be useless? How can you reward players for helping each other to spell words? Ananda, Charlie, and Trevor take a look at Paperback.

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21:36

22. Clank!

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/04/03

What are the benefits of having a card market? How does forcing players to play all their cards change the dynamics of a deckbuilding game? Trevor, Ananda, and Charlie discuss Clank!

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24:02

21. Dominion

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/03/27

What are the advantages and disadvantages of untargeted attacks? How do you teach new players lessons that might be counterintuitive? Is it more fun to gain something good or eliminate something bad? Charlie, Trevor, and Ananda talk about Dominion.

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30:58

20. Social Deduction

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast ·

2024/03/20

What can you do to make games less stressful for the evil team? How do you structure interesting puzzles when information is not trustworthy? Learn about social deduction with Ananda, Charlie, and Trevor on this bonus episode!

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