Hatched This Way: Recent Episodes
Maxwell Freud
A limited audio series where Maxwell Freud, a queer, Minneapolis-based board game designer, sits down with other queer folx in the industry to learn about their unique identities and how they contribute to the hobby by being their authentic selves.
Meet Carrie Linden (she/they), the bisexual, disabled Communications Manager at Snowbright Studio, an LGBTQ+ game studio focused on making heartwarming, family-friendly games.
Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!
Meet Dr. Nersi Nikakhtar, MD (he/him), an internist and board game content creator who talks me through the nuances of sex, gender, and Blood on the Clocktower.
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Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!
Meet Maia Thomas (she/her), a lesbian, trans woman who works in the tabletop industry as a game designer, graphic designer, and illustrator.
Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!
Meet Bez Bonnie-Beth Shahriari (she/her), a Glaswegian, pansexual, graysexual, trans woman with autism, likely ADHD, and a history of depression. Bez is an author, artist, and game designer who makes the world a little more fun, one game at a time.
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Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!
Meet Jamie Sabriel (they/them), the queer, nonbinary game designer at Triple Rainbow Games, a moderator for Break My Game and Protospiel Online, and rotating co-host of the board game documentary podcast Building the Game.
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Building the Game
Check out Vicious Gardens, the new release from our friends at Pops & Bejou.
Meet Isaac Vega (he/him), the gay, Latinx, co-founder of Rose Gauntlet Entertainment and designer of Dead of Winter, Forgotten Waters, and Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn.
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Rose Gauntlet Entertainment
Check out Vicious Gardens, the new release from our friends at Pops & Bejou.
Meet Connor Alexander (he/him), the queer, Indigenous publisher of the Coyote & Crow roleplaying game.
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Check out Vicious Gardens, the new release from our friends at Pops & Bejou.
Meet James Kniffen (he/him), a gay, Senior Game Designer for Fantasy Flight Games whose published titles include Star Wars: Armada, Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn, Forbidden Stars, and Twilight Inscription.
Check out Vicious Gardens, the new release from our friends at Pops & Bejou.
Meet Aaron Vanderbeek (he/him), a gay game designer living in Germany whose games include Castell and Extravaganza.
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Extravaganza: The Board Game
Check out Vicious Gardens, the new release from our friends at Pops & Bejou.
Meet Alara Cameron (fay/fae/she), a trans fem, non-binary, lesbian game designer and developer.
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Meet Bree Horstkamp (she/they), the pansexual, asexual, aromantic, polyamorous, nonbinary, trans female founder and game designer of Mako Games.
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Meet Theo Strempel (he/him), the gay, disabled tabletop content creator known as Geeky Gaymer Guy.
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Instagram: @geekygaymerguy
Twitter: @geekygaymerguy
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Meet Nikki Valens (they/them), a non-binary, polyamorous, asexual, lesbian and board game designer
Meet Leona Neelam Maple (she/her), a South Asian, queer, pansexual, demiromantic and founder of Maple Intersectionality Consulting
Meet Crystal Dax (she/her), a bisexual, polyamorous content creator and co-host of the Board Game Blitz podcast
Meet Nersi Nikakhtar (he/him), a Persian, gay, sometimes doctor and board game reviewer for Nersi Games
Meet Omari Akil (he/they), a black, demi, polyamorous musician, game designer, and the founder of Colorway Game Labs
Meet Seppy Yoon (he/him) a biracial, gay, game designer and publisher with Fight in a Box. Contains some mature content
Meet Xoe Allred (it/its), an aromantic, neurodivergent, trans mom and game designer for Kife Bunny Games
Meet Maggie (she/her), Megan (she/her), and Chris (he/him), the queer content creators of We're Playing Games
Meet Matt Molandes (he/him), a queer, polyamorous marketing manager for Kolossal Games, community manager for Brotherwise Games, and social media manager for Grail Games and Maple Games
Meet Grace Kendall (they/them), a non-binary, asexual, panromantic game designer and co-founder of the Tabletop Mentorship Program
Meet Maxwell Freud (he/him), a gay, Minneapolis-based, board game designer and the host of Hatched This Way as he is interviewed by his friend and co-designer, Joel Bodkin (him/him) of Featherstone Games.