Cardboard Creations

About Cardboard Creations

Candice Harris of BoardGameGeek interviews a variety of game designers to discuss the process, techniques, and inspiration for designing board games. Each episode features the backstory for a particular board game, from the initial inspiration to the finished product.

Publisher

Candice Harris

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Feb 2024

Latest episode

17 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

1 of 10 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   17 Sept 2025

   Dragons Down, with Scott DeMers

   In this episode, Candice talks with Scott DeMers about Dragons Down – a sandbox adventure game from Mr. B Games. Find out how the game came to be. Interview recorded in July 2025. Cardboard Creations on YouTube Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek

2. 

   4 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Spirit Island, with R. Eric Reuss

   Host Candice interviews R. Eric Reuss about the origin and development of the board game Spirit Island.

3. 

   26 Aug 2025

   Mystic Vale, with John D. Clair

   Host Candice interviews game designer John D. Clair about the creation and mechanics of the board game Mystic Vale, offering insights into its development.

4. 

   25 Aug 2025

   Guards of Atlantis II, with Arty Nichipurov

   Host Candice interviews game designer Arty Nichipurov about the creation and development of Guards of Atlantis II.

5. 

   3 Aug 2025

   A Gest of Robin Hood, with Fred Serval

   Host Candice interviews Fred Serval about the creation of GMT Games' "A Gest of Robin Hood," revealing its development journey.

6. 

   5 Mar 2025

   Clans of Midgard, with Travis Chance

   Host Candice interviews game designer Travis Chance about the creation and mechanics of the board game Clans of Midgard.

7. 

   27 Feb 2025

   Sammu-ramat, with Besime Uyanik

   Host Candice interviews Besime Uyanik about the creation of the game Sammu-ramat from Ion Game Design.

8. 

   24 Jan 2025

   Monkey Palace, with David Gordon & TAM

   Host Candice interviews David Gordon and TAM about the creation and development of the board game Monkey Palace.

9. 

   12 Mar 2024

   Lost Ruins of Arnak, with Mín & Elwen

   Host Candice interviews game designers Mín & Elwen about the creation and mechanics of the board game Lost Ruins of Arnak.

10. 

    28 Feb 2024

    Apiary, with Connie Vogelmann

    Host Candice Vogelmann interviews game designer Connie Vogelmann about the creation and inspiration behind the board game Apiary.

Inside a recent episode

Spirit Island, with R. Eric Reuss

Published 4 Sept 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And that's been especially true with Spirit Island because it was very popular. So we did as much fine tuning as we could. We felt like, yes, the game is in a great place. But at some point you actually have to ship the product because, you know, a perfect game that never ships is way worse than a like mostly great game, which has some flaws, which actually makes it to people and gets played. Right, right. Yeah. In terms of the actual tables, like my timetables were all being set by my kids. Greater than games timetables, I don't know exactly what their things were, but they like they know the games industry. […]

Who has been a guest on Cardboard Creations

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• R Eric Reuss
• John D Clair
• Arty Nichipurov
• Fred Serval
• Travis Chance

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5.0 / 5

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