Lyn Phillips, Josh Bowman, and Mark McGee get together to discuss what value games offer, and whether games should exist. It’s not nearly as Nihilistic of an episode as that sounds! We also discuss how to pitch games to Allplay.2:48 – What are

Episode 80: Farmers/Diaries/Humanity

Jan 10th, 2024 44m 43s

Kevin Ude (@UdeGames and udeudeude), Josh Bowman, and Mark McGee (@mmark40) get together to discuss Designer Diaries, Carcassonne farmers, and look into why Josh doesn’t like Humanity (the board game, he like humanity just fine in general).1:20

Episode 79: Iterative Podcasting

Dec 1st, 2023 56m 43s

Isaac Shalev (@kindfortress), Josh Bowman, and Mark McGee (@mmark40) get together to try new things on this episode of the Game Designers of North Carolina Podcast.5:55 – Iterative Design26:40 – Do Games Offer Choice?44:29 – Eclipse and DiceDis

Episode 78: Your New Favorite Brassica Based Publisher

Feb 18th, 2023 54m 51s

Mark McGee (@mmark40) and Kevin Ude (@UdeGames) join Matt Wolfe (@mattwolfe) to talk about starting a new publishing company How To Steam Broccoli.Tell Me Something GoodMain Topic - Designers Becoming PublishersDiscuss this episode in our guild

Episode 77: Talking About The Wolves

Dec 8th, 2022 44m 18s

Ashwin Kamath (@BoardGameGhee) and Clarence Simpson (@stoichamster) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about their journey designing their game The Wolves.1:02 – Getting to know Ashwin8:15 – Main topic: Talking About The WolvesDiscuss this epis

Episode 76: Designing Games Across Multiple Genres

Jul 18th, 2022 47m 15s

Matt Wolfe (@mattwolfe) joins Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about designing games in different genres.-- Tell Me Something Good-- Main topic: Designing Games in Different GenresDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com. Follow us

Episode 75: PAX Unplugged

Jan 6th, 2022 49m 52s

Clarence Simpson (@stoichamster) and Mitch Wallace (@MitchWgames) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about PAX Unplugged.0:37 – First Timer Palooza with Mitch6:54 – Tell Me Something Good10:10 – Main topic: PAX UnpluggedDiscuss this episode in

Episode 74: Mentoring

Oct 5th, 2021 34m 54s

Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall from the Tabletop Mentorship Program (Tabletopmentorship.org and @tabletopmentor) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about their mentorship program.-- First Timer Palooza-- Main topic: Tabletop Mentorship ProgramD

Episode 73: Why Are Board Games Bad?

Jul 5th, 2021 1h 1m

Ian Phillips (@crunchwrapgames) joins Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about inherent properties of board games.1:01 -- Tell Me Something Good 3:30 -- Main Topic: Inherent Weaknesses of Board GamesDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofn

Episode 72: Get Zanged

Apr 19th, 2021 58m 49s

Ian Zang (@IanZangDesign, @GravGames, and gravitation.games) joins Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about all sorts of things that Ian Zang likes.2:30 -- Tell Me Something Good19:32 -- Main Topic: ZangedDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcas

Episode 71: What Is It About Board Games?

Mar 25th, 2021 58m 12s

TC Petty III (@PuppyShogun) joins Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about inherent properties of board games.1:37 -- Tell Me Something Good7:49 -- Main Topic: Inherent Strengths of Board GamesDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com.

Episode 70: Player Expectations

Mar 10th, 2021 1h 8m

Isaac Shalev (@KindFortress and www.kindfortress.com) and Josh Mills (@JoshuaJMills) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about Player Expectations.00:56 First Timer Palooza with Isaac Shalev11:22 Tell Me Something Good18:25 Main topic: Player E

Episode 69: Post Mortem - The Silver River

Feb 12th, 2021 52m 13s

Nate Bivins (@natebivins) joins Mark McGee (@mmark40) to go into a deep design dive about his game The Silver River.1:46-- First Timer Palooza with Nate Bivins8:51-- Tell Me Something Good11:52-- Main topic: The Silver RiverDiscuss this episode

Episode 68: Simultaneous Design Inspiration

Nov 30th, 2020 1h 8m

Kevin Ude (@UdeGames and udeudeude) and Tony Miller (@beardedrogue) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about Redcap Ruckus and Kabuto Sumo, two games that share a similar inspiration but wound up being significantly different.1:59 -- Tell Me So

Episode 67: First Time Experiences

Nov 11th, 2020 1h 12m

Josh Mills (@JoshuaJMills) and T.C. Petty III (@PuppyShogun) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about designing for the first-time experience.1:14 -- Tell Me Something Good9:21 -- Main topic: First Time ExperienceDiscuss this episode in our gui

Episode 66: Codesigning Games (Again)

Oct 28th, 2020 1h 5m

Kevin Ude (@UdeGames and udeudeude), Emilia Zywot, and David Marron (@emdadesign) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about codesigning games.0:57 -- Double Time First Timer Palooza7:28 -- Tell Me Something Good12:42 -- Main topic: Codesigning G

Episode 65: Avatars

Sep 30th, 2020 1h 5m

Josh Mills (@JoshuaJMills) and Seth McCormick (@CardboardProf and cardboardprofessor.com) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about avatars and how they relate to games.1:18 -- Tell Me Something Good8:37 -- Main topic: Avatars in GamesDiscuss th

Episode 64: Fiddly Games

Sep 3rd, 2020 1h 2m

James Meyers (@apollocontinuum), Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme), and Chris Faulkenberry (@ccfaulkenberry) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about fiddly games.0:57 -- Tell Me Something Good6:15 -- Main topic: FiddlinessDiscuss this episode in our

Episode 63: Designing in a Virtual World

Aug 18th, 2020 1h 1m

Matt Wolfe (@mattwolfe), Julio Nazario (@Junazaru), and Clarence Simpson (@stoichamster) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about designing, testing, and pitching games virtually.01:12 - First-Timer-Palooza with Clarence06:55 - Tell Me Somethin

Episode 62: Mean Games

Apr 20th, 2020 1h 16m

Ian Phillips ([email protected]) and Kevin Ude (@UdeGames and udeudeude) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about Mean Games.01:17-- First Timer Palooza with Ian Phillips08:33-- Tell Me Something Good15:22-- Main topic: Mean GamesDiscu

Episode 61: Different Designer Scenes

Apr 1st, 2020 1h

Jeff Allers (@JeffreyAllers and jeffinberlin) and Alex Cutler (@alexcutler89 and DoubleAlexGames) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about Different Designer Scenes.1:05 -- First Timer Palooza with Jeff Allers9:05 -- Tell Me Something Good14:11

Episode 60: What Mechanics Mean

Mar 10th, 2020 1h 17m

TC Petty III (@PuppyShogun) and Chris Faulkenberry (@ccfaulkenberry) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about what mechanics mean.1:02 -- Tell Me Something Good6:59 -- Main topic: What Mechanics MeanDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.

Episode 59: Mechanical Corollaries

Feb 21st, 2020 1h 16m

Matt Wolfe (@mattwolfe) and Alex Cutler (@alexcutler89 and DoubleAlexGames) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about mechanical corollaries (game mechanisms that are similar to others, but perhaps more suited to certain settings).1:27 -- First

Episode 58: Booster Rockets

Jan 20th, 2020 1h 2m

Daniel Solis (@DanielSolis) and TC Petty III (@PuppyShogun) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about games that helped them get to where they are as a designer. 1:24 -- Tell Me Something Good 5:37 -- Main topic: Booster RocketsDiscuss this epis

Episode 57: Solo Games

Nov 8th, 2019 52m 33s

Matt Haberfeld (@MattHaberfeld) and James Meyers (@apollocontinuum) join Mark McGee (@mmark40) to talk about solo games.1:18 -- Tell Me Something Good4:18 -- Main topic: Solo GamesDiscuss this episode in our guild at podcast.gdofnc.com. Follow