The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast

How do you determine who goes first? Should you place workers one at a time or all at once? Ananda, Charlie, and Trevor publish or perish in Alchemists.

How many turns does a player actually need? Should personal actions be less efficient than public ones? Trevor, Ananda, and Charlie cross the bridge in The White Castle.

Do workers need to block each other? How do you limit exponential growth? Charlie, Trevor, and Ananda free their workers in Architects of the West Kingdom.

How do you identify genre-defining mechanics? When does replayability matter? Trevor, Ananda, and Charlie talk about Gateway Games.

What makes unique abilities legible to other players? When should victory points be spent as currency? Ananda, Charlie, and Trevor go into decline in Small World.