Welcome back to my dinner with Ignacy. The food has arrived, and I have been endlessly entertained by tales of an early gaming industry in Poland. Our waiter, however, seems a bit more concerned that Ignacy is barely eating. Little does he know, Ignacy sustains himself with storytelling, potatoes, and onions.
Welcome back to another edition of dinner with Ignacy. The food is arriving, and Ignacy is on a roll talking about creating an industry in the wake of the fall of communism. Today – creating a user base through conventions.
Welcome back to a lovely Indian feast with game designer and philosopher Henry Audubon. The food has arrived, and we are relaxed and rambling. Henry has started discussing his method for creativity, which is a bit different from the standard “create, iterate, edit” method in gaming.
Welcome back to a dinner interview with Henry Audubon, designer of Parks and Cosmoctopus. We met up on the last day of Rage Con 2022, in beautiful Sparks, Nevada. Yes, I know – 2022. Not a typo. This interview is much delayed. I am a horrible person. I have even exceeded the jurisprudence statute of …
We are nearing the end of a fantastic lunch at Oceana in Reno. Eminent designer Eric Lang and I are talking through the designer’s transition from the early days of Fantasy Flight, into Cool Mini or Not and beyond. The food is nearly gone, and satiety evolves into nostalgia.
Welcome back to an extended lunch/dinner with Donald X Vaccarino, designer of Dominion, Kingdom Builder, and many others. In this segment, Donald X discusses Dominion development, changes, and design choices. And I nearly let the poor designer eat some of his food in between stories.
Welcome back to dinner with Donald, Dining with Dominion, Dishing about deck building. This week, we are talking about how Infiltration came to be, some publishing and contract stories, and of course Dominion.
Welcome back to dinner with the Remarkable Red Raven Resident Renaissance Raconteur, Ryan Laukat. We are having a lovely meal at Log Haven in Salt Lake City, Utah, and conversation has turned towards … well, new games.
And so we unfortunately come to the final part of dinner with Phil Walker-Harding, Sushi master, Gizmologist, and Bärentrainer. Today we bounce around the subject of newer games, roll-and-writes, and legacy-style games.