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The Periscope: Nestlings

Bryan Brammer from Tangerine Games joins us to talk about their flagship product Nestlings! Play as one of four unique feathered species and compete to gain priority across four vastly different biomes each teeming with an array of unique resources to collect.As the game progresses, the tension builds, and every decision becomes crucial. Will you play it safe and stay within your biome to feed your Nestlings, or compete for foreign resources to secure one of the elusive public Gathering Goals or private Nest Goals? 
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Can’t Stop Trash Talking with Daryl Andrews

The legend himself Daryl Andrews join us on the submarine! Daryl is an accomplished designer who has titles under his belt such as Sagrada. He is also Head of Talent at Maestro Media and is currently developing many projects with amazing IP's there for all of us gamers to enjoy. In this episode we talk trash talking in games, Sid Saxon, famous designers, and meatloaf! All this and more on today's voyage.
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Puns Partners with Kevin McAlexander

The Pun Peg himself Kevin McAlexander joins us on the Submarine! Kevin is a comedian and podcaster who is featured on shows such as  Blue Peg Pink Peg and Uncle Doug's DVD Bin. Amidst the slew of fantastic puns we discuss gaming with our spouses and all sort of hilarious hi jinks. We also talk Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Darwin's Journey, and Mansions of Madness! 
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THE PERISCOPE: Conquest Princess: Fashion is Power

Welcome to The Periscope! Where we take a closer look at crowdfunding projects! On our maiden voyage we are talking Conquest Princess: Fashion is Power with designer and CEO of Fight in a Box games Seppy Yoon! This is a cooperative bag builder where you play as 4 time agents fighting to overcome classic space problems, invaders, giants monsters, and galactic despots. Sharing a single bag of destiny, players manipulate probability and dress for battle! Wanna know if this if for you? Give it a listen!
Link to Conquest Princess: Fashion is Powerhttps://gamefound.com/projects/fight-in-a-box/conquest-princess-fashion-is-power#/section/project-story
 
Fight in a Boxhttps://www.fightinabox.com/
 

Ion the Prize with Aaron Kempkes

Ion Award winner Aaron Kempkes joins us on the Submarine. Aaron is the designer of the 2023 Light Game winner for the Ion Awards Contest, the largest design contest in United States. He talks about what it is like to win the award and his journey to that point and what his plans are for his games. We also talk about the perfect competitive game night and POOP trophies! We also discuss Las Vegas, Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar, Bluebeards Bride, and hamster's diving on sandwiches...yeah. All this and more on today's voyage!

Iowa Mud Water with Scott Brady

BOOP! We welcome designer Scott Brady to the submarine! Scott is the designer of megahits like boop. and Hues and Cues which pretty much makes him legendary at this point. We talk about so many aspects of his games but also share how the games can bring us together to make special experiences with both friends and family. We also discuss portable games and swim meets. All this and more on today's voyage!
Support Scott!https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/117420/scott-brady
 

Portals that Tell Stories with Ignacy Trzewiczek

The ever so great Ignacy Trzewiczek has joined us on the Submarine. Ignacy has been in the industry for a very long time and has become and Titan and Champion for Tabletop Games. He is the founder of Portal Games and is responsible for some of their best designs. Today he shares a story about playing against the game Nemesis and we discuss how board games can bring out stories and bring in players. We also talk Three Sisters, Everdell, and Portal's newest crowdfunding project Throgal! All this and more on today's voyage.
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Tricky Tic Toc Taking with Grant Lyon

Comedian and Tik Tok creator Grant Lyon joins us on the submarine! Grant has been doing stand up comedy for many years and uses his talents to further people's interest in gaming. He has a whole stand up special about board games and has even used his know how to design some games as well. He also runs a Tik Tok about games! In this episode he discusses a disastrous play of Mountains of Madness and we dive into a lot of different topics. All this and more on another tiktastic voyage!
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Puzzlesmith’s and Passion with Rita Orlov

On this voyage we have the head of PostCurious puzzle and games Rita Orlov. Rita is a puzzlesmith and game designer who has brought unique experiences to the hobby with her storytelling puzzle games. We talk about puzzle games and it's ever expanding market and she shares her story about how PostCurious became what it is today. All this and more on today's voyage!
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White Bearded Wisdom with Mike Hinson

Mike Hinson from Elf Creek Games joins us on the Submarine! If you ever wanna hear what the secret sauce is to making a beautiful game Mike dishes on some of those secrets. Mike is Head Developer at Elf Creek and gives the low down on what goes into the development, art, production, and feel of a game. He also gives great advice about the convention circuit that goes along with a crazy story about his first trip to Essen Spiel. All this and more on this voyage!
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