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b"We are at yet another board game convention, recording at CanCon 2016. We take some time to take stock of what we've achieved in our game design journeys in 2015 and look ahead to what excites us in 2016. Kim Brebach - @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 2:30 The impact of timing and the lag between designing and publishing games 9:40 Designing with the constraint of an existing IP (Sye\\u2019s been working on a board game design tying in to Rule & Make\\u2019s Rise to Power) 11:00 Playtesting games at a general board gaming event, managing expectations of prototypes 15:40 Planning ahead and setting output goals for making board game design a career 19:20 Connecting with the board game community and building networks 21:20 Global Game Jam 29:00 The importance of board game communities and conventions for designers 33:30 Good Games Publishing to bring Unfair to Kickstarter in 2016 36:00 Being a game designer vs a game developer 41:10 Learning about global distribution, retail and attending events overseas 43:30 Taking successfully Kickstarted games to retail 49:10 Portal Games announced The First Martians; app integration in board games 53:00 Hoping for cross-pollination of board game and video game creators 54:40 Tabletopia and online virtual tables, for playtesting and promotion 56:30 Legacy games and narrative design in board games; meta-Legacy games Links to what we talked about CanCon in Canberra Good Games Publishing Art & Graphic Design for Tabletop Games Global Game Jam Concentric Games (September 2016) PAX Australia (4 \\u2013 6 November 2016) BorderCon (10 \\u2013 13 June 2016) Looking for Gamers (9 \\u2013 10 July 2016) MeepleCon (9 \\u2013 11 December 2016) Malaysian Table Top Game Designers Games Laboratory Incubator Playtesting Meetup Tabletopia VASSAL Tabletop Simulator Games we mentioned Monstrous Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Robots & Rockets Rise to Power Just Chocolate Giant Snail Will Not Prevail Unfair Camel Up First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 XCOM: The Board Game Alchemists World of Yo-Ho Wits & Wagers Cards Against Humanity Jackbox Party Pack Tharsis Battlestar Galactica A Game of Thrones Ophir Chronicles: Origins Explorers of the North Sea and The North Sea Runesaga Guns & Steel Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co"