619 episodes

Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, and discusses game history, game design and game players.

Ludology is part of The Dice Tower Network, the premier board game media network.

Ludology Erica Hayes-Bouyouris, Sen-Foong Lim

    • Leisure

Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, and discusses game history, game design and game players.

Ludology is part of The Dice Tower Network, the premier board game media network.

    Ludology 323 Sounds Like A Real Winner!

    Ludology 323 Sounds Like A Real Winner!

    Sen and Erica welcome Nat Delaney-John and Cam Jasson, creators and publishers of That Sound Game - a noisy game for weird people to Ludology to talk about how they connected with their audience in order to take a different road to publication than what it typically done these days.

    • 47 min
    Ludology 322 Digital Dice

    Ludology 322 Digital Dice

    Erica and Sen welcome Mandi Hutchinson from Salt & Sass to talk about trends in videogames using tabletop gaming mechanisms as well as ports from the console to the tabletop.

    • 1 hr 11 min
    TTRPGKids Ep 12

    TTRPGKids Ep 12

    Special Guest Host Steph Campbell gives several suggestions on how to keep a good pace for younger players through using story and shifting focus from player to player while playing TTRPGs at home or in the classroom.

    • 11 min
    Ludology 321 Once Upon A Puzzletale

    Ludology 321 Once Upon A Puzzletale

    Sen and Erica interview Rita Orlov, the mind behind the enchanting and challenging Postcurious line of puzzle games, or puzzletales as she calls them. Find out more about how Rita conceptualizes, designs, and tests her games and what's so intriguing about them.

    • 47 min
    Pros and Cons Ep 5

    Pros and Cons Ep 5

    Sen talks with the always awesome Omari Akil at Origins 2023. They talk about making games, making music, and making authenticity the goal for the next year. 

    • 56 min
    Thinking Beyond Mechanisms Ep 10

    Thinking Beyond Mechanisms Ep 10

    In her 10th installment, special guest host Sarah Shipp lends her insights into how thematic win condition not only drive play, but allow for better immersion.

    • 6 min

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