Victory Pointers 014 - BorderCon with Joel Finch and David Harding

Published: June 27, 2016, 11:20 a.m.

b"We were just in Albury for BorderCon, an annual board game convention that attracts plenty of board gamers from the surrounding states.\\xa0 While we were there, we caught up with fellow game designers/publishers Joel Finch and David Harding to chat about what they've been up to.\\xa0 We also talk about games that we played at the con, setting up consecutive playtests and other conventions coming up where you might find us. Joel Finch - joelfinch on BGG / Unfair David Harding - @grailgames / Grail Games Kim Brebach \\u2013 @secretbasegames / Good Games Publishing Aaron Lim - @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson - @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 1:14 - Chatting with Sye about BorderCon and games we played there 10:38 - How the presentation of a game affects the expectations of the game length/weight 14:03 - Interview with Joel Finch, designer of Unfair 23:00 - Interview with David Harding, game designer and publisher at Grail Games 24:45 - Upcoming games from Grail Games 44:48 - Three types of playtesters, and playtesting consecutive games 55:00 - Promotional cards for playtesters 56:55 - Upcoming conventions Links to what\\xa0we talked about Spiel des Jahres 2016 Nominees The Obligatory $1 Pledge Level Board Game Cheapass Games Gen Con 2016 LFG 2016 at Bankstown PAX Aus 2016 The Lamont Brothers of Fragor Games PandaCon, July 1-3 2016 ConCentric Games Games we mentioned Between Two Cities Monarch Karuba Imhotep Grand Austria Hotel Tiny Epic Galaxies Unfair The Gallerist Paperback Elevenses Medici Medici: The Card Game Rome: Imperium Guns & Steel: Renaissance Cat Box Circus Flohcati Elevenses for One + Bowling Solitaire One Zero One IKI Cuisine a la Card Pictomania Mombasa Matcha Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King COGZ Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co"