Board Game Design Lab By cover art

Board Game Design Lab

By: Gabe Barrett
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • Helping You Design Great Games People Love
    2023
    Show more Show less
Episodes
  • The design process of one of the world’s best designers, Corey Konieczka

    The design process of one of the world’s best designers, Corey Konieczka
    Feb 26 2024

    In this BGDL rewind from June of 2020, Corey Konieczka breaks down his entire design process. Corey has several games ranked in the top 100 games of all time, and it was incredibly insightful to learn about how he brings a game to life. We chat about his path into the industry, his prototyping process,...

    The post The design process of one of the world’s best designers, Corey Konieczka appeared first on Board Game Design Lab.
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 8 mins
  • How to Design an Engine Building Game with Elizabeth Hargrave

    How to Design an Engine Building Game with Elizabeth Hargrave
    Feb 19 2024

    In this BGDL rewind from May of 2019, Elizabeth Hargrave dives into all the ins and outs of designing an engine-building game. We chat about her personal design process and all the interesting obstacles she encountered when designing Wingspan. We also talk about how to layer concepts on top of each other, balancing winning strategies,...

    The post How to Design an Engine Building Game with Elizabeth Hargrave appeared first on Board Game Design Lab.
    Show more Show less
    54 mins
  • How to Design Games that Tell Stories with Ignacy Trzewiczek

    How to Design Games that Tell Stories with Ignacy Trzewiczek
    Feb 11 2024

    In this BGDL rewind from April of 2020, Ignacy Trzewiczek, founder of Portal Games and designer of Robinson Crusoe, discusses his company’s motto: Games that tell stories. We go in-depth into Ignacy’s design process, talk about his most popular games, and get to the heart of what it looks like to create games that have players leaving...

    The post How to Design Games that Tell Stories with Ignacy Trzewiczek appeared first on Board Game Design Lab.
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 3 mins
Show more Show less

What listeners say about Board Game Design Lab

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    4
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    4
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    4
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com reviews

Amazon reviews
Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for nadan zur

My favourite game design podcast

Great conversations with great ideas. I admire the endless bucket of topics and ideas brought here.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for I Ate Your Pug For Lunch and It was Tasty

love it.

love it. it spews all kinds of info I crave. so valuable. what else can I say?

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!