Ludology 218 - Building Games, Bit By Bit

Feb. 9, 2020

Emma and Gil welcome Geoff Engelstein and Isaac Shalev back to the show to discuss their new book Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design. This is a reference of board game mechanisms that any designer, new or experienced, can use to look up different tools they can use to solve problems in game design.

Games and other things mentioned in this episode:

19m30s: 

• Kraftwagen
• Glen More
• Francis Drake
• Egezia
• High Rise

19m39s:

• Opinionated Gamers article on time track vs. one-way track 
• Patchwork
• Thebes
• Tokaido
• Tutankhamen

22m13s:

• Impulse

23m11s:

• Great Western Trail

33m55s:

• Empire Builder

35m22s:

• Monopoly
• Sushi Go
• Advanced Squad Leader

41m07s:

• BoardGameGeek official mechanism page 

51m30s:

• Diplomacy

52m10s:

• Republic of Rome 
• Cutthroat Caverns

53m07s:

• Prisoner's Dilemma

54m27s:

• Catan

55m55s:

• Interview with Donald X. Vaccharino about theme, mechanism, and data 

1h04m54s:

• Drop Geoff a BGG GeekMail
• Drop Isaac a BGG GeekMail
• Encyclopedia of Mechanisms Guild on BGG