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Fun Problems

AJ Brandon and Peter C. Hayward

Board game design is a deep and often challenging pursuit. We explore all aspects of game design and the fun problems (and solutions) that come with it.

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Episodes

113 episodes

  1. #110 Are Board Game Conventions Important? 34:24
  2. #109 The Final Episode 1:27:26
  3. #108 Zones of Play 1:24:05
  4. #107 The Best Design Advice on the Internet – Part 13 1:10:48
  5. #106 The Problems with Victory Points – Grab Bag 1:03:52
  6. #105 The Best Design Advice on the Internet – Part 12 1:02:08
  7. #104 Would Stonemaier Publish This? 24:13
  8. #103 The Best Design Advisor on the Internet – Part 4 (Daniel Piechnick) 1:07:09
  9. #102 The Best Design Advisor on the Internet – Part 3 (Daniel Piechnick) 1:05:55
  10. #111 How to Design Framework Games (Jon Perry and Christian Kudahl) 1:18:45
  11. #101 The Best Design Advisor on the Internet – Part 2 (Daniel Piechnick) 1:10:15
  12. #100 The Best Design Advisor on the Internet – Part 1 (Daniel Piechnick) 1:05:18
  13. #99 The Best Design Advice on the Internet – Part 11 1:19:11
  14. #98 Designing Solo Games 1:23:52
  15. #97 The Best Design Advice on the Internet – Part 10 1:16:09
  16. #96 The Upsides of Downsides – Grab Bag 1:11:44
  17. #95 Decisions vs Calculations – Grab Bag 1:34:01
  18. #94 Generating Infinite Content 1:24:39
  19. #93 Would Bitewing Publish This? 1:20:57
  20. #92 Complexity – Grab Bag 48:08
  21. #91 Ideas We Won't Touch – Grab Bag 38:02
  22. #90 Audience Sell-Sheets 4 (Guest Joe Wiggins) 1:54:36
  23. #89 Party Games (Guest Alex Cutler) 1:36:54
  24. #88 Ludonarrative Assonance (Guest Alex Cutler) 1:34:55
  25. BONUS: Rolling Deep interview 3:11:53
  26. #87 The best design advice on the internet - Part 9 55:30
  27. #86 Careers in Board Games - Grab bag 1:15:09
  28. #85 The best design advice on the internet - Part 8 37:07
  29. #84 Board Game Fragility - Grab bag 57:48
  30. #83 The Three Pillars of Game Design 57:59
  31. #82 It took me a decade to get this interview with Elan Lee 1:06:26
  32. #81 Board Game Contracts 1:41:58
  33. #80 Peter's Board Game Design Finances 2025 1:12:30
  34. #79 Would Exploding Kittens Publish This? 1:25:31
  35. #78 The Levels of Designer 1:13:11
  36. #77 Hooks and Introversion 1:39:00
  37. #76 The Best Design Advice on the Internet – Part 7 1:08:40
  38. #74 - How to Find, Build, and Run Playtest Groups 1:21:18
  39. #73 - Regretisode 1:19:05
  40. #72 - Types of Fun 1:39:58
  41. #71 - The problem with end game scoring (Game Feedback) Minisode 31:00
  42. #70 - An entire episode about taking an action 1:18:40
  43. #69 - Why We Are Ending the Podcast 42:53
  44. #68 - Listener Questions 1:10:17
  45. #67 - Grab Bag Minisode 2 45:29
  46. #66 - The Best Design Advice on the Internet – Part 6 1:11:37
  47. #65 - How to make a (DEEP) Childishly Simple Game 1:29:09
  48. #64 - Helpful Advice with Tim Armstrong 1:27:46
  49. #63 - A Week in the Life of a Game Designer 1:01:21
  50. #62 - Audience Sell-Sheets 3 1:11:47