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Welcome to episode 25 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there.

In this episode, we talk with Juliana, a tabletop game designer and founding member of the Wild Optimists who specialises in puzzle games. We talk about her experiences self publishing and her insights into the tabletop games industry plus she provides some amazing advice for people wanting to follow in her footsteps.

Here's some more information about the Wild Optimists in their own words:
The Wild Optimists began when Juliana Moreno Patel & Ariel Rubin, combined their theatre degrees and writing backgrounds with their lifelong love of gaming to create the Kickstarter sensation Escape Room In A Box: The Werewolf Experiment, the first game in the tabletop Escape Room genre and winner of Game of the Year at the Mattel Inventor Awards.
Since then The Wild Optimists have created immersive gaming experiences for a wide variety of clients including Sony, Fox, Universal, the CW, AEG, and http://vampire.pizza. Their goal is to design new ways to play, creating memorable interactive experiences for tabletop games, virtual games, family entertainment centres, theme parks, music festivals, historical sites, marketing activations, and more.

You can follow the links below to see more from The Wild Optimists:
Twitter: @EscapeRoomInBox
Website: https://www.wildoptimists.com

It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there.

In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer.

Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs.

If you're interested in finding out more about Bez and her work, check out these links!
https://twitter.com/stuffByBez
https://twitter.com/ell_deck
http://www.stuffbybez.com/
https://www.twitch.tv/stuffbybez/
https://www.youtube.com/stuffbybez
https://www.instagram.com/stuffbybez/
https://www.instagram.com/categorick.ell/
https://www.facebook.com/thingsbybez/
www.stuffbybez.bigcartel.com/
http://stuffbybez.com/streams


Music from filmmusic.io (incompetech.com):

"The Show Must Be Go" by Kevin MacLeod

“Happy Boy End Theme” by Kevin MacLeod

Licence: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

In this episode, Sophie is catching up with James Naylor. James is a London based board game designer and publisher who is passionate about product design and its role in creating game experience. His first game is Magnate: The First City, a midweight city building/property game. After a successful Kickstarter and a very positive critical reception, it will be coming to game retailers in the middle of 2021.

James' Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/naylorjames
Naylor Games website: https://naylorgames.com/
Magnate Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Magnateboardgame
Magnate website: https://magnategame.com/"
Producing Fun Podcast: https://anchor.fm/naylorgames

Sophie's Links:
Terrain making on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sophiemakesterrain
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/sophiemakesterrain

Music from filmmusic.io (incompetech.com):
"The Show Must Be Go" by Kevin MacLeod
“Happy Boy End Theme” by Kevin MacLeod
Licence: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)