Firaxis designer David McDonough joins the show to talk strategy game design with Dirk and David. Topics in their discussion include: player stories vs game stories, the spectrum between full sandbox games and historical simulations, and how immersion in player stories can be encouraged. Along the way many games are covered, including both the Civilization series and the XCOM series.
#218 Geoff Engelstein and Isaac Shalev: Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design
#217 Soren Johnson and his 4X Game: 10 Crowns
#216 Playtest Groups and Guilds with Tony Tran
#215 Tabletop RPGs and Streaming with Adam Koebel
#214 Game Themes with Will Thompson
#213 Carla Kopp, Kickstarter and Big Easy Busking
#212 Tabletop Prototyping Highlights
#211 Slay The Spire - A Designers Deep Dive with Anthony Giovannetti
#210 Listener Questions from SaltCON with Skye Larsen
#209 Kevin Kulp - Swords of the Serpentine
#208 Game Designer Jennifer Scheurle
#207 Emily Grace Buck
#206 Jon Shafer of Conifer Games - At the Gates
#205 Deep Dive - Root: A Game of Woodland Might and Right
#204 Listener Questionnaire Results and the Future of TGDRT
#203 TL Simons - Bloc by Bloc
#202 Listener Questions - Accessibility and Get-Back Mechanics
#201 Tim Burrell-Saward and Smart Speakers
#200 Reflections on 200 Episodes of TGDRT
#199 Tabletop Game Designer - Scott Almes
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