The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast

The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast

Hosted by Ananda and Charlie and Trevor · Ananda Guneratne, Charlie McCarron, Trevor Muller-Hegel

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160
Episodes
54
Transcribed
31
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2023
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About The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast

Join game designers Ananda Guneratne, Charlie McCarron, and Trevor Muller-Hegel as they analyze published games from a game developer's perspective. Each month, they pick a new game mechanic and three games to play in that genre. Each episode is 20 minutes of pure game design nerdiness!

Publisher
Ananda Guneratne, Charlie McCarron, Trevor Muller-Hegel
Category
arts · leisure
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
29 Nov 2023
Latest episode
7 Oct 2026
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54 of 160 episodes have a transcript.

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    151. Distilled

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153. Cannes

Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But only one player can control each connection between two tiles, so there is a fair bit of blocking going on. Like if I have a connection between two tiles, you will have to find another way to get to that tile. You can't go through that same connection. The game also has a couple other mechanics, like there's the old boys network, where you can place these cigar-shaped tokens between tiles, which are effectively connections that everybody can use. So obviously you want to place these somewhere where you're the only one who can benefit from them, but probably later in the game other people will be able to use them as well. […]

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