Interviews
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2.6KThe world behind Moss — an E3 interview with Polyarc’s Chris Alderson
It was only a few short months ago that we fell in love with a mouse named Quill, the signing protagonist of...
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2.3KIt’s time to slam, man! Compton Technology director on POGs AR development, crowdfunding
From Tamagotchis to Lunchables, the 90s were a nostalgic time for many young adults, and a big trend of that decade were...
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1.9KCrazy Eights: Lance Hill of Funhill Games on Wisdom of Solomon
Often when games are reprinted, they keep the same figures, artwork, and pieces as the previous addition. Sometimes the rulebook may get...
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2.0KCrazy Eights: Ryan Lesser of Wild Power Games on Streets of Steel
While there have been plenty of board games that have some form of fighting in them, it's generally in a dungeon crawler...
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4.3KCrazy Eights: Martin Cirulis answers questions about The Pit: The Board Game
It's not unusual for board game companies to get different licenses to enhance the theme of the game. Computer games like Fallout,...
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3.2KCrazy Eights: Mel Primus answers questions on Penny Lane
Worker placement games can be tricky. Many have a problem with the player going first having a huge advantage. Other one can...
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4.2KGROWL and the next phase of social deduction games–Joey Vigour Interview
There is something so compelling about the paranoia and unpredictability of a social deduction game. GROWL, in its final days on Kickstarter...
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5.7KBlood, music, and cardboard–we interview American Murder Song on the Donner Party Boardgame
Horror has historically been a sorely neglected genre. Luckily, a few people have made it their work to keep the genre not...
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3.5KCrazy Eights: Julie Ahern answers questions on Helios Expanse
It seems like typical 4X games are huge endeavors that last for hours with diplomacy, politics, and combat mixed together in an...
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7.0KCrazy Eights: Nicolas Raoult answers eight questions about Zombicide: Invader
When Kickstarter became available for funding, board game designers flocked to it. While several board games were successful there, Zombicide became a...
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3.4KWhen the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore! New York Slice Legacy designers on development
We’re busy people, and sometimes we don’t have time to play games after we eat. It seems that Bézier Games has caught...
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2.9KCrazy Eights: Alexandre Aboud answers questions about Arena: The Contest
Dungeon crawlers have seen a resurgence in the past several years. With Descent Second Edition and the D&D Adventure Games, it seemed...
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2.5KCrazy Eights: Stacy Vanorman answers questions on World’s End
Many games play off of monsters chasing after the protagonists. Running away from the menace or shooting your way through them are...
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3.6KCrazy Eights: Jon Cohn answers questions on Munchkin TMNT
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have gone through several iterations over the past couple of decades. From the television and movie screen,...
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2.1KCrazy Eights: Adam Rehberg from Adam’s Apple Games on Swordcrafters
Kickstarter is a great way for new designers to get their board games funded. However, often those games are sequels or don't...
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5.0KFar Cry 5 – Interview with The Father and The Writer
At a recent event for Far Cry 5, we sat down with Greg Bryk who plays Jacob Seed, better known as "The...
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5.5KLiving the Hero’s Journey — Ewan Johnson discusses the creative drive behind The Way of Kings VR Experience
I groaned audibly as the world of Roshar faded to black before my eyes, returning me to reality. Adrenaline still sang in...
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3.5KCrazy Eights: John Clair answers questions on Edge of Darkness
In 2016 AEG introduced the concept of card crafting in Mystic Vale. The deck-building concepts we had seen in other games were...
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1.7KFor the love of war — Thrones of Britannia interview with James Given
After an hour and a half of unsupervised exploration in the first playable build of A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia,...
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2.4KHow Hearthstone’s esports leads learned from the World Series of Poker
This year Blizzard took its Hearthstone Championship Tour on the road, and it's never looked better. Since last year, the Hearthstone esports...
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9.2KCrazy Eights: Jared Miller from CMON answers questions about HATE
CMON is known for having record-breaking Kickstarter board game campaigns with large minis and tons of stretch goals. HATE is their most...
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3.7KThe sweet smell of success (and Stroopwafels) – Douglas Bogart on Limited Run Games, Switch publishing
While it was announced last year that Limited Run Games would publish Nintendo Switch titles, the publisher just recently said that one...
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4.0KTactical Monsters Rumble Arena — Interview with Michael Tseng
What is your name and position with Camex? I’m Michael Tseng, in my role as COO for Camex I oversee everything from...
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7.3KCrazy Eights: James Wilson on Everdell
Publishing a game from a new designer is often a risky proposition. However, even Richard Garfield, Eric Lang, and Reiner Knizia had...
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4.0KDecemberists, Phoenixes, and Action Cats–Twogether Studios and how a two person team has one of the most diverse portfolios in gaming
Twogether Studios is something special in the gaming world. Keith Baker and Jenn Ellis manage to balance married life with game design,...
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4.2KMaking the Right Choices — Life is Strange: Before the Storm Interview
In Life is Strange: Before the Storm, you play as Chloe Price, a rebellious teenager who is struggling with her father’s death...
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6.6K“The game takes place in autumn and it’s pretty weird,” Interview with Alec Holowka on Night in the Woods: Weird Autumn Edition
Earlier this year, Infinite Fall released Night in the Woods, a charming and sometimes too-real adventure game that was well-received by a...
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4.7KCrazy Eights: Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle answer questions about Sorcerer
I still remember being lucky enough being asked to try out a prototype of a deck-building game one day before Origins at...
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2.7KCrazy Eights: Jon Gilmour and the disappearing Dinosaur Island prototype
This year's Gen Con was one of busiest ever since it was the 50th Anniversary and completely sold out for the entire...
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Crazy Eights: Jon Gilmour answers questions on Dinosaur Island
Dinosaurs have an amount of mystery to them, as no living human being has seen one for real. Jurassic Park made us...
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3.5KCrazy Eights: Doug Hettrick on the superhero dice building game Kapow!
At Origins a publisher wanted to make sure that I checked out a game that he was working on with a new...
