Game Design Deep Dive

Interview with Betsy Joslyn

December 15, 2022 Dan Bullock Season 2 Episode 4
Interview with Betsy Joslyn
Game Design Deep Dive
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Game Design Deep Dive
Interview with Betsy Joslyn
Dec 15, 2022 Season 2 Episode 4
Dan Bullock

For this episode, I chat with Betsy Joslyn, a Research Associate for the Joint Advanced Wargaming Division at the Institute for Defense Analysis. Her recent design TURNING TIDES is a microgame demonstrating competing interests between nations to reduce global greenhouse gases at a geopolitical level. We discuss her design approach to great power competition and the virtues of micro-gaming heavy topics.

You can download Turning Tides here


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For this episode, I chat with Betsy Joslyn, a Research Associate for the Joint Advanced Wargaming Division at the Institute for Defense Analysis. Her recent design TURNING TIDES is a microgame demonstrating competing interests between nations to reduce global greenhouse gases at a geopolitical level. We discuss her design approach to great power competition and the virtues of micro-gaming heavy topics.

You can download Turning Tides here


Climate Change and International Security
Microgame Design
Knizia's Lord of the Rings
Stegmaier's Scythe
Betsy and Dan are nerds about medical history