37 episodes

Becca Scott and Jake Michels are obsessed with board games. Becca's the host of How to Play and Game the Game, and now she's podcasting with Jake to talk about board games. They interview board game developers, artists, publishers, and other board game fanatics, to find out what they're playing, why they love games, and why gaming is important to them.

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Becca Scott and Jake Michels are obsessed with board games. Becca's the host of How to Play and Game the Game, and now she's podcasting with Jake to talk about board games. They interview board game developers, artists, publishers, and other board game fanatics, to find out what they're playing, why they love games, and why gaming is important to them.

    News Bomb and Bread Crumbs: Farewell Episode

    News Bomb and Bread Crumbs: Farewell Episode

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    • 3 min
    100 Games in 100 Days w/ David Guthrie

    100 Games in 100 Days w/ David Guthrie

    Anything is possible if you just start doing it. That's what Jake and Becca learn when they chat with David Guthrie aka "gameylannister" who recently achieved the lofty goal of playing BGG's top 100 games in 100 days. Sure, it sounds insane, but if you really stop and think about what it means to play a complex strategy game every single day for 3+ months... It sounds EVEN MORE insane. 
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    • 59 min
    Meeple People w/ Dean Donofrio & Erinrose Widner

    Meeple People w/ Dean Donofrio & Erinrose Widner

    Becca sits down with Dean Donofrio and Erinrose Widner, the co-creators of Meeple People, a webseries about a group of friends that love to board game. They discuss the goals of the series, the stereotypes about gamers, and how big a collection is too big a collection. 
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    • 40 min
    Taboo and Teburu w/ Patrick Kapera

    Taboo and Teburu w/ Patrick Kapera

    Patrick Kapera, co-founder of Crafty Games, joins us to discuss the process of developing Mistborn House Wars (and Becca nerds out about Brandon Sanderson's fiction). We also talk about how hard it is for a game to become a breakout star at GenCon, and what the future of gaming trends may hold. 
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    • 58 min
    Moonrakers and Showmakers w/ Mark Streed

    Moonrakers and Showmakers w/ Mark Streed

    Mark of the Dice Tower joins Becca & Jake to talk about what it's like to review often unpolished prototypes as well as Mark's big leap to making DT videos full time. We also discuss our play-through of the new deck builder Moonrakers from IV Studio, and what a potential Hollywoodization of tabletop might look like.   
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    • 1 hr 7 min
    The Bigger Picture w/ Scott Gaeta

    The Bigger Picture w/ Scott Gaeta

    The ultimate outlaw, Scott Gaeta, stopped by the studio to talk to Becca & Jake about his storied career in the industry, from game shop owner to marketing expert to groundbreaking publisher. They discuss what it takes to make a studio soar, how to choose the best games for your brand, and why it's important to have a vision.
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    • 1 hr 5 min

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