The Cardboard Herald

Jamey Stegmaier is the cofounder & owner of Stonemaier games, as well as designer of many of their hits like Viticulture, Scythe and Tapestry.
00:00 - Why release 2 new expansions at once?
03:22 - Do you buy expansions for your games?
07:11 - How have your views on expansions changed over time?
12:23 - Do you think about expansion potential when publishing a game?
15:48 - Simultaneous release expansions
20:14 - Why not repackage expansions into Tokaido?
23:03 - What metrics do you consider on if it's worth it?
25:00 - Balancing release schedule?
26:39 - Expansions that could have been?
31:48 - Types of expansions (Jamey's question for Jack)
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Pat Race & Aron Suring are the co-owners / co-founders of Alaska Robotics Gallery among many other businesses and projects in Juneau, Alaska, and are just all around great dudes.
00:00 - Intro "what is this shop?"
01:41 - When did games come along?
03:57 - Selling expansions
06:24 - Encouraging buying local
08:50 - Stale product
11:11 - Are expansions a boon or bane
14:12 - Closing out with favorite games
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Nick Murray, coowner of Bitewing Games and host of "The Bits with Joe and Nick" comes to talk Gold Country and Bitewing's work with Reiner Knizia, spanning hits from Zoo Vadis to Illiad.
00:00 - Intro
01:46 - Gold Country Excitement
07:08 - Did Bitewing set out to work with Knizia?
12:57 - Reiner's self awareness of current resurgence?
19:18 - Is there a Knizia bubble?
26:25 - Challenges with Gold Country
32:24 - Why doesn't Bitewing do expansions?
35:35 - The games that got away?
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Trevor Benjamin is co-designer of numerous hit games including Undaunted, Warchest, Resist and Mandela, frequently collaborating with David J. Thompson and Brett J. Gilbert.
00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Getting involved with Bitewing
02:26 - Approach to following up Iliad & Ichor
06:29 - Intentionally subverting genre?
07:52 - Late addition of solo & coop
09:47 - Why always codesigning?
14:47 - Approach to Azure
18:11 - State of the hobby trending to more shallow experiences
21:50 - Historical accuracy vs. practical game design
25:09 - Expanded scope of Undaunted
29:01 - How do you know when a game is done?
31:51 - Recent inspirations
37:35 - Next up, For the Gods
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It’s time to butt heads and create enemies that will last a lifetime! That’s right, we’re talking about conflict, baby, and the different ways conflicts are represented in board games.
0:00 - Introductions and What We’ve Been Playing This Week!
34:22 - Conflict in Board Games
1:13:10 - Outro!