Game Design Deep Dive
Dan Bullock interviews game designers with a focus on the challenges of historical board game design.
Podcasting since 2022 • 37 episodes
Game Design Deep Dive
Latest Episodes
Come Out Fighting with John Carnahan
Our guest is designer John Carnahan. His latest, Come Out Fighting will be on Kickstarter on November 30th. I am not sure how many listeners have dipped their toe in miniature games, but I had to invite John to discuss his latest design, becaus...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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27:25
Live from SD HistCon: Narrative in Solitaire Games
Recorded live at SD HistCon, our esteemed panel was comprised of designers John Butterfield (RAF, Enemy Action Series, D-Day Omaha, Ambush), David Thompson (Valiant Defense Series, War Story, Undaunted), and Jeremy White (Skies Above Series, En...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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1:01:59
Radical Rulebooks with Greg Loring-Albright, PhD
Greg Loring-Albright is the designer of Ahoy, Keep the Faith, and co-designed Bloc by Bloc: Uprising with T.L. Simmons. Moreover, he teaches Game Studies and Game Design at Harrisburg University. We discuss his recent zine RULEBOOKS FOR RADICAL...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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46:50
Trench Raid with Lisa Smedman
Lisa Smedman is a best-selling author, journalist, and designer of many RPG games and modules. We discuss Trench Raid, her first solitaire tabletop wargame for Compass, the tactical approach to the topic of WW1, and the relationship between ser...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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53:02
Interview with Fred Serval
In this episode, a proper interview with Fred Serval, designer of A Gest of Robin Hood, Red Flag Over Paris, and A Very Civil Whist. Fred is also the host of an excellent channel dedicated to historical tabletop gaming, Homo Ludens. We discuss ...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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1:00:42