Test Coast Games

  We speak to Quinn Brander, Vancouver-based designer of the forthcoming boardgame 'Rebuilding Seattle,' a polyomino engine-builder seven years in the making. Quinn tells us about his journey into game design, how his role as a mobile game designer informs his board game designs and the approaches that have helped him through ups and downs on the road to publication. He also invites digital playtesters to connect with him. TestCoastGames-030-quinn-brander.mp3 Twitter: @QuinnBrander   Centre for Digital Media article . 'History of Rome' podcast   'History of Philosophy' podcast  

Representatives from Meeple Leaf , Rain City Games , Test Coast Games , and Vancouver Playtest Group discuss the topic of How To Build A Crowd. Twitch Panel Featuring: Andrea Robertson, Glen Dresser, Mark Ellis, Mark Yuasa, Nick Angiers, and Noe Escobar. TestCoastGames-029-Panel-How-To-Build-A-Crowd.mp3

In "Indie Spotlight" we speak to designers who are taking the first steps towards publication.   Glen Dresser is a Calgary, Alberta-based designer behind the upcoming boardgame 'The TransContinental.' Watch for the Kickstarter campaign coming in the Fall of 2020. IS-006-glen-dresser.mp3 https://wheelhousegames.com/

We speak to Tony Miller, an Oregon-based tabletop game designer who is one-third of the Breaking Into Board Games podcast. Tony tells us how he broke into board games, with his first game Fire in the Library from Weird Giraffe Games . He tells us the origin story behind his highly-anticipated follow-up, K a b u t o S u m o . Tony explains his philosophy behind his partnership, N e w M i l l I n d u s t r i e s , a self-described punk-rock publisher of the forthcoming Science and Seance Society . TestCoastGames-027-tony-miller.mp3 https://twitter.com/beardedrogue https://twitter.com/breakingintobg

  We speak to Cody Thompson, founder of Jellyfish Game Studios (formerly Gold Nugget Games) whose debut game 'Vamp on the Batwalk' funded on Kickstarter in 2019. Cody tells us how he got inspired to launch a publishing company, what he learned from his first Kickstarter campaign and what the future has in store for Jellyfish Game Studios. TestCoastGames-026-cody-thompson-jellyfish-game-studios.mp3 h t t p s : / / t w i t t e r . c o m / J e l l y f i s h _ G S h t t p s : / / w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m / J e l l y f i s h G a m e S t u d i o s / h t t p s : / / w w w . k i c k s t a r t e r . c o m / p r o j e c t s / g o l d n u g g e t g a m e s / v a m p - o n - t h e - b a t w a l k / d e s c r i p t i o n

  We speak to Dan Goodman, founder of Robotic Arm Software and creator of Cocktail design software. Cocktail is a highly accessible tool that tabletop designers can use to create card layouts. Dan explores what Cocktail can do for designers and he tells us about his growing community on Discord, the exciting projects where Cocktail has been put to use and his plans to develop the tool even further. TestCoastGames-025-Dan-Goodman.mp3 https://twitter.com/cocktail_inc h t t p s : / / w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m / c h a n n e l / U C D h 1 u C G 6 G w - F C U B h c 8 7 Z O A Q h t t p s : / / c o c k t a i l . s o f t w a r e /