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Have you ever thought about designing a tabletop game? Do you have 10 minutes to spare? Join Chris Kingsnorth, founder of 10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk, and Rob Sparks, Creative Director at Board Game Bud, for laid-back discussions about tabletop game design and the board game community. We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com. ________________________________ Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/ Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/ Follow us on Instagram: @tabletopapprentice (Chris) / @boardgamebud (Rob)
Episodes
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss the life cycle of a game design. How do ideas germinate, grow and reproduce? What happens when a design dies, and how is the demise of an idea an essential and positive part of the cycle?
-Find show notes at https://linktr.ee/10MDChat
-Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/
-Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/
-Follow us on Instagram! @tabletopapprentice (Chris) and @boardgamebud (Rob)
-We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com.
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss games that encourage players to plan and build towns, cities, hospitals, theme parks and more. They discuss the variable scale of ‘urban planning’ games and what aspects of the genre they find most engaging.
-Find show notes at https://linktr.ee/10MDChat
-Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/
-Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/
-Follow us on Instagram! @tabletopapprentice (Chris) and @boardgamebud (Rob)
-We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com.
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss toxic productivity, why creative minds are prone to it, and how ‘brain breathers’ can help keep it at bay.
-Find show notes at https://linktr.ee/10MDChat
-Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/
-Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/
-Follow us on Instagram! @tabletopapprentice (Chris) and @boardgamebud (Rob)
-We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com.
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris are joined by Gabe Barrett; game designer, publisher and host of the Board Game Design Chat podcast, to discuss exploration and discovery in games. How do you bring the excitement and wonder of an open world to the tabletop, and can you make ‘saving’ an analog game a fun and intuitive process?
-Find show notes at https://linktr.ee/10MDChat
-Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/
-Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/
-Follow us on Instagram! @tabletopapprentice (Chris) and @boardgamebud (Rob)
-We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com.
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss fantasy, one of the tabletop industry’s most tried-and-tested themes. They discuss how well-understood genres can flatten out your game’s learning curve, and how to jazz up fantasy games with a fresh twist.
-Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/
-Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/
-Follow us on Instagram! @tabletopapprentice (Chris) and @boardgamebud (Rob)
-We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com.
Saturday Aug 14, 2021
Saturday Aug 14, 2021
Flex your design muscles with this week's 10 Minute Design Challenge! In these extra-short episodes, we'll provide a game theme, component and mechanism; what ideas can you come up with in 10 minutes? We'd love to hear about your creations; just use the hashtag #10minutedesignchallenge to share them with the community!
Generate more design ideas using the 10 Minute Design Challenge game idea generator at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss one of the tabletop community’s favourite themes; Dinosaurs! Whether it’s their evolution, conservation or destruction, these prehistoric creatures can provide a wealth of inspiration for your designs.
-Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/
-Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/
-Read the show notes at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zbyl9PegeN-ZYgCzXFi7C8Ptcn6BZlLX?usp=sharing
-Follow us on Instagram! @tabletopapprentice (Chris) and @boardgamebud (Rob)
-We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com.
Saturday Aug 07, 2021
Saturday Aug 07, 2021
Flex your design muscles with this week's 10 Minute Design Challenge! In these extra-short episodes, we'll provide a game theme, component and mechanism; what ideas can you come up with in 10 minutes? We'd love to hear about your creations; just use the hashtag #10minutedesignchallenge to share them with the community!
Generate more design ideas using the 10 Minute Design Challenge game idea generator at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/
Saturday Jul 31, 2021
Saturday Jul 31, 2021
Flex your design muscles with this week's 10 Minute Design Challenge! In these extra-short episodes, we'll provide a game theme, component and mechanism; what ideas can you come up with in 10 minutes? We'd love to hear about your creations; just use the hashtag #10minutedesignchallenge to share them with the community!
Generate more design ideas using the 10 Minute Design Challenge game idea generator at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
In this special Thursday episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss how to prepare for a convention, how to get the most out of the event, and how to make the most of meeting other members of the tabletop community.
-Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/
-Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/
-Follow us on Instagram! @tabletopapprentice (Chris) and @boardgamebud (Rob)
-We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com.