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Have you ever thought about designing a tabletop game? Do you have 10 minutes to spare? Join Chris Kingsnorth, founder of 10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk, and Rob Sparks, Creative Director at Board Game Bud, for laid-back discussions about tabletop game design and the board game community. We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at [email protected]. ________________________________ Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/ Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/ Follow us on Instagram: @tabletopapprentice (Chris) / @boardgamebud (Rob)

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Episode 39: Picking Up and Putting Down Game Design

2022/06/21

Welcome back! In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss what’s been going on over the past few months; new jobs, busy lives and new (totally genuine) sponsorship deals...

Episode 38: Music (with Omari Akil)

2021/12/08

In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris are joined by Omari Akil, musician and co-designer of Rap Godz, to discuss music as a theme and source of inspiration for game designs.

Episode 37: Party Games

2021/11/29

In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss party games! What makes something a party game? Is it the player count, the mechanics, the rowdiness of the participants or something else?

Episode 36: Becoming a Board Game Geek

2021/11/22

In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss their tabletop origin stories and how they ended up hosting a podcast together.

Episode 35: Abstract Games

2021/11/15

In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris try not to get too confused as they discuss abstraction in games, and how temporarily removing themes during development can liberate your designs.

Episode 34: Surprise!

2021/10/24

In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss surprises in games, and how you can incorporate the unexpected into your designs to create memorable moments.

Episode 33: The Life Cycle of a Game Idea

2021/10/10

In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss the life cycle of a game design. How do ideas germinate, grow and reproduce? What happens when a design dies, and how is the demise of an idea an essential and positive part of the cycle?

Episode 32: Urban Planning

2021/10/04

In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss games that encourage players to plan and build towns, cities, hospitals, theme parks and more. They discuss the variable scale of ‘urban planning’ games and what aspects of the genre they find most engaging.

Episode 31: Toxic Productivity

2021/09/26

In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss toxic productivity, why creative minds are prone to it, and how ‘brain breathers’ can help keep it at bay.

Episode 30: Exploration (with Gabe Barrett)

2021/08/22

In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris are joined by Gabe Barrett; game designer, publisher and host of the Board Game Design Chat podcast, to discuss exploration and discovery in games. How do you bring the excitement and wonder of an open world to the tabletop, and can you make ‘saving’ an analog game a fun and intuitive process?

Episode 29: Fantasy

2021/08/15

In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss fantasy, one of the tabletop industry’s most tried-and-tested themes. They discuss how well-understood genres can flatten out your game’s learning curve, and how to jazz up fantasy games with a fresh twist. -Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/ -Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/ -Follow us on Instagram! @tabletopapprentice (Chris) and @boardgamebud (Rob) -We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at [email protected].

Weekly Design Challenge #5

2021/08/14

Flex your design muscles with this week's 10 Minute Design Challenge! In these extra-short episodes, we'll provide a game theme, component and mechanism; what ideas can you come up with in 10 minutes? We'd love to hear about your creations; just use the hashtag #10minutedesignchallenge to share them with the community! Generate more design ideas using the 10 Minute Design Challenge game idea generator at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/

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Zenthropologist 2021/04/02

New favorite game design pod

Love the little sound bites on topics to listen to while I work. Going up there with my other board game podcasts and also a sucker for a good British...

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