TomCardGames: Recent Episodes
Thomas Cardwell
Interviews with game designers, discussions on game design, playtesting, publishing, and the occasional shenanigan or two.
Hosted by indie board game designer Thomas Cardwell.
'Leigh Jones and Peter Norton are game designers in Seattle publishing their debut board game, a tile-placement adventure called Favor: Gods of Oethera (favorthegame.com).
We discuss how they got into game design as well as Favor, playtesting, and manufacturing advice. We also manage to find some time to laugh about coconuts playing D&D.
Garth Avery is a board game designer in Seattle, WA working on his LUCI-award-winning debut game, “Primordial Secrets”, a 2-4 player deckbuilding game about the dawn of time.
We also chat about trading card games, kickstarters, and one thousand playtests!
Courtney Shernan is a board game designer in Seattle, WA working on her debut game, “Treat, Please!”. Players take up the role of a spoiled dog that knows how to get their human to give them anything they want by being cute.
We also chat about what it was like designing games during the pandemic, desert island games, Courtney's process for pitching to publishers, and more.
An introduction to the TomCardGames podcast by Thomas Cardwell with a very special guest appearance.