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Rating

★★★★★

4.9

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51 reviews

Description

Join Jason Slingerland and his fellow game design friends as they discuss the ins and outs, and ups and downs of being tabletop game designers in a documentary style. The Building the Game Podcast is published every week.

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from Building the Game podcast

Episode 751: It Starts With Chili Peppers

2026/10/19

Jason Chats with Jamie Sabriel and Connor Wake

Episode 750: Stop Gatekeeping the Avengers

2026/10/11

Jason chats with Matthew Hocker and Xoe Allred.

Episode 749: A Little More Stabby

2026/10/05

Jason chats with Emily Vincent

Episode 748: Onion Baby

2026/09/27

Jason chats with Emily Vincent and David Masnato

Be The Good

2026/09/20

Jason chats with Rosco Schock

Episode 746: Wendy Wargamer VS Gary Gateway

2026/09/14

Jason chats with Emily Vincent.

Episode 745: Definitely Three, Maybe Four

2026/09/07

Jason Chats with Rosco Schock, Gray Detrick, and Ian Prizepig.

Episode 744: Days of Yore

2026/08/31

Jason chats with Shoe.

Episode 743: Gotta Have a Toolbook

2026/08/24

Jason chats with Rosco Schock.

Episode 742: It’s Like Walking Around in an Armpit

2026/08/17

Emily Vincent chats with Sabrina Culyba.

Episode 741: 22 Minutes of Updates

2026/08/10

Jason chats with Emily Vincent.

Episode 740: Teachers Need Dopamine Too

2026/08/02

Jason chats with Eric Dittmore.

Episode 739: Variable Player Topics

2026/07/26

Jason Chats with Emily Vincent.

Episode 738: Texas Death Cribbage Demands That You Always Take The Pudding

2026/07/19

Jason chats with Jonathan Chaffer and Chris Michaud.

Episode 737: Heartbreak and Hyper Hill

2026/07/13

Jason Chats with Maia Valdez.

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4.9 out of 5

51 reviews

★★★★★

Gray Detrick 2023/11/29

Stellar Podcast!

This podcast delivers the Death Star plans with waaaay fewer dead Bothans. Would highly recommend if you’re interested in the hobby board game design ...

★★★★★

AMKELL23 2023/11/27

Lovely Game Design Discussions

Each week, one or more folks from the community join Jason and talk about applicable topics in game design.

★★★★★

rosco.schock 2022/02/07

Great board game design resource!

Great podcast for people just starting out in their board game design journey. I do wish they talked about shapes more, especially rectangles!!

★★★★★

Hrm_rob 2022/02/07

Fun, approachable, inclusive, supportive

Come for the game design advice and interviews and stay for the sick burns. This is an insightful yet laidback podcast with a diverse and supportive c...

★★★★★

Berz83 2022/02/07

Great podcast for anyone who designs board games

If you have an interest in designing board games I highly recommend this “documentary style” podcast. It is an honest look as all aspects of the hobby...

★★★★★

Brad Bachelor 2019/02/28

Great Podcast

These guys are consistently entertaining. A podcast that's both hillarious and insightful, I recommend it for anyone going through the game design pro...

★★★★★

Puppy Shogun 2019/02/17

Episode 350 was a Gem!

Really love the new direction the show has gone in the last few episodes and by last few episodes, I mean the last episode, number 350 hosted by Matt ...

★★★★★

natedarty 2019/02/12

Episode 350

I’m so happy with the new hosts, Josh and Matt. I hope this change is permanent! :P

★★★★★

J Fry in OKC 2018/05/01

Game theory, design philosophy, wit, charm and also Jason Slingerland!

This show is a fantastic look into game design and concept development from two gents who are genuinely fun to listen to. They blend the right mix of...

★★★★★

A. Arencibia 2017/05/02

Great fun, ideas, variety, and depth

I just started the podcast and I am only to mid-2013 and slowly working my way up to date. Guys are fun and easy to listen to. If you start in the mid...

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