Player Lair Podcast
In the Player Lair podcast, we delve into the process of making games and interview various game designers, publishers and people involved in the gaming community.
Episodes
43 episodes
42: Designing Complex and Successful Games with Dávid Turczi
You can watch this episode with video on YouTube! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paxJFQ90qAYI sat down with David Turczi to talk about his approach to game des...
41: Making an EPIC 4X game with Preben Møller
Danish game designer and publisher Preben Møller joins me to talk about the long road of creating and publishing his ambitious 4X board game
40: Finding your game's hook FAST with Renato Simões
Brazilian designer and publisher Renato Simões (FlipToons,
39: Co-Design, Pitching, and Elegant Mechanics with David Gordon
I chat with designer David Gordon (Floristry, Finspan, Making Monsters) about co-designing, filtering feedback, pitching...
38: Creating Simple-to-Play Games with Cole Smith
In this episode of the Player Lair Podcast, we sit down with Cole Smith, designer of Tanuki, 3 Mag...
37: Publishing and Pitching with Zev Shlasinger
Zev Shlasinger has been in the hobby game industry for almost 30 years. He founded Z-Man Games in 1999, sold it in 2011, then worked for the new owners until mid-January 2016. At the end of January, he took the position of Director of Board Gam...
36: Finding Your Board Game's Superfans with Ori Kagan
Ori Kagan is the creative force behind Kagan Productions, a renowned agency specializing in high-quality animated trailers for board games. With a proven track record of helping campaigns raise over $19 million, Ori collaborates with both estab...
35: Andrew Bosley
Andrew Bosley is one of the co-designers of Planecrafters by Paisley Board Games and the artist behind Everdell, The River, Mission: Red Planet, and Citadels. He is a freelance illustrator, game designer, and writer working primarily in the boa...
34: Richard Garfield
Richard Garfield is a game designer and mathematics professor known for creating the immensely popular card game Magic: The Gathering.In our conversation, we d...
33: Andrew Stiles
Andrew is an American game designer and co-host of the Tabletop Submarine podcast. His new game Wine Cellar is coming to Ki...
32: Daniel Piechnick
Daniel is a former Magic: The Gathering external developer and designer of Radlands.He also writes illuminating board game design articles, which can be found at
31: Chris Backe
Chris Backe (rhymes with hockey) is the founder of Entro Games. His games typically play in under 30 minutes, feature a wide variety of player counts, and a diverse range of themes. The thing they all have ...
30: Daryl Andrews
Daryl is a game designer and a member of the Game Artisans of Canada (GAC).He has published over 30 board games, actively visits conventions, offers consultations, and much more!Twitter:
29: Brett J. Gilbert and Trevor Benjamin
Brett and Trevor are both board game designers, who have an amazing portfolio of gam...
28: Joe Slack
Check out Mayan Curse on Kickstarter!Joe Slack is the designer and publisher of Relics of Rajavihara and the Montalo's Revenge expansion, the designer of King ...
27: Scott Rogers
Scott Rogers has helped design many successful video games including: Pac-Man World, the Maximo series, God of War, Drawn to Life series and Darksiders. A former Disney Imagineer and VR designer, Scott currently teaches game design at the New Y...
26: Adrian Adamescu
Adrian Adamescu has been designing games for the last decade! He is known for designing light-to-midweight games with clean mechanics. He co-designed
Episode 25: Sandy Petersen
Sandy Petersen has been creating RPGs, video games, and board games for over 40 years! He's been on the team of successful video games like Age of Empires, Civilization, Doom, a...
Episode 24: Megapulse with Nicolas Fournier
We talk to Nicolas Fournier about game design, loss aversion, player interaction, racing and his debut board game -
Episode 23: Circadians: Chaos Order with Sam and Zach
Zachary Smith and Sam Macdonald tell us about their upcoming game -
Episode 22: Renegade Legion with Budgie Smuggler Games
Matt and Josh from Budgie Smuggler Games tell us about their upcoming project Renegade Legion: Centurion. We talk...
Episode 21: Micro Games with Ben Downton
Ben is the creator of Micro Dojo and Prometheus Game Labs. We talked about his process run...
Episode 20: Making Artwork with The Mico
Mihajlo Dimitrievski shares his experience making artwork for board games, comic books, animated movies and more! He's worked on games like
