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Tony Miller, of 'Breaking Into Board Games'

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, Kabuto Sumo.
Tony explains his philosophy behind his partnership, New Mill Industries, a self-described punk-rock publisher of the forthcoming Science and Seance Society.

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