6 episodes

A podcast about making a board game company making a board game!

The Misplay The Misplay

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 34 Ratings

A podcast about making a board game company making a board game!

    The Supermarket Game

    The Supermarket Game

    We welcome Ryan as a special guest commentator for our first run through of our supermarket board game! We navigate the bustling aisles, search for store managers, and resist the temptation to pick up last minute lib balm and sweets. Also, Ryan is funny.

    • 35 min
    MMA Gauntlet: The Auto Battler

    MMA Gauntlet: The Auto Battler

    Are you ready to rumble? We run the first play test for our MMA auto battler board game concept. It is a simple prototype that packs a punch! We talk about its strengths, share our reactions, and consider what the next version might look like.

    • 37 min
    Building Biome

    Building Biome

    We're thrilled to have game designer Leonie Grundler from Lioness Games join us. With her game Biome currently live on Kickstarter, Leonie shares the fascinating story behind its creation, her inspiration, and offers insights and advice to kickstart our own board game journey.

    • 29 min
    Pitching Ideas

    Pitching Ideas

    What kind of game are we making? The golf game? A trick taking game for tricksters? Maybe a board game to chase away the nightmares. We don't know yet, but listen in on our discussion as we talk about our early concepts and weigh theme vs. mechanics as a starting point.

    • 28 min
    Getting Down to Business

    Getting Down to Business

    Go behind the scenes to see what goes into creating a podcast and a board game company. You know, the business stuff. We talk about our partnership agreement and share our roadmap to become board game designers.

    • 26 min
    Making a Board Game

    Making a Board Game

    The Misplay is breaking into board game design. What's the best way? Make a game, of course. We created and play tested two PnP games that you can download and play. Join our journey as we take a game from nothing to crowdfunding.

    • 30 min

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