28: Joe Slack

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Joe Slack is the designer and publisher of Relics of Rajavihara and the Montalo's Revenge expansion, the designer of King of Indecision and Zoo Year's Eve, and the co-designer of Four Word Thinking, and Kingdom's Candy: Monsters.

Many of his current designs are on display at www.crazylikeabox.com.

Joe is also a game design instructor and author of 4 books on game design, including the #1 best-seller, The Board Game Designer's Guide. He previously taught at Laurier University in the Game Design & Development Program and now runs his own online course for new game designers, The Board Game Design Course.

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Rise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 2024

Chapters

1. 28: Joe Slack (00:00:00)

2. Mayan Curse Kickstarter Campaign (00:00:46)

3. What Makes a Good Puzzle? (00:01:55)

4. Playtesting and Development (00:06:45)

5. Publishing a Board Game (00:13:29)

6. Teaching and Learning Game Design (00:23:37)

7. Co-designing Board Games (00:35:09)

8. Solo Mode Design (00:49:19)

9. Advice for Game Designers (00:53:57)