Design Diary show

Design Diary

Summary: Board game designer / publisher Jason Tagmire looks at a new featured word each day from a design perspective. Sometimes it'll be mechanics, sometimes theme or tone, and sometimes the inspiration for a full game.

Podcasts:

 038: Frolic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "frolic". 1 : to amuse oneself : make merry 2 : to play and run about happily : romp http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD038-Frolic.mp3

 037: Nuts | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "nuts".  1 : enthusiastic, keen 2 : insane, crazy http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD037-Nuts.mp3

 036: Adust | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "adust".  : scorched, burned http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD036-Adust.mp3

 035: Recuse (with special guest Jason Glover) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today special guest Jason Glover (Four Tribes, Dig Down Dwarf, Stew) looks at board game design based on the word "recuse". Definition: : to disqualify (oneself) as judge in a particular case; broadly : to remove (oneself) from participation to avoid a conflict of interest http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD035-Recuse.mp3

 034: Insaturation (with special guest Jason Glover) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today special guest Jason Glover (Four Tribes, Dig Down Dwarf, Stew) looks at board game design based on the word "insaturation". Definition: 1 : restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation 2 : an act of instituting or establishing something http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD034-Insaturation.mp3

 033: Mnemonic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "mnemonic".  1 : assisting or intended to assist memory; also : of or relating to a technique of improving the memory 2 : of or relating to memory http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD033-Mnemonic.mp3

 032: Embargo | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "embargo".  1 : an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports 2 : a legal prohibition on commerce 3 : stoppage, impediment; especially : prohibition 4 : an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight transportation http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD032-Embargo.mp3

 031: Carp | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "carp".  : to find fault or complain querulously http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD031-Carp.mp3

 030: Logomachy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "logomachy" and pose the relevant and always topical question "what is a game?" 1 : a dispute over or about words 2 : a controversy marked by verbiage http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD030-Logomachy.mp3

 029: Spavined | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "spavined".  1 : affected with swelling 2 : old and decrepit : over-the-hill http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD029-Spavined.mp3

 028: Blench (with special guest Rob Cramer) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today special guest Rob Cramer (Turbo Drift) looks at board game design based on the word "blench". Definition: : to draw back or turn aside from lack of courage : flinch http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD028-Blench.mp3

 027: Tucket (with special guest Rob Cramer) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today special guest Rob Cramer (Turbo Drift) looks at board game design based on the word "tucket". Definition: : a fanfare on a trumpet http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD027-Tucket.mp3

 026: Divest | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "divest".  1 a : to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title b : to undress or strip especially of clothing, ornament, or equipment c : rid, free 2 : to take away from a person http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD026-Divest.mp3

 025: Preternatural | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "preternatural". Definition: 1 : existing outside of nature 2 : exceeding what is natural or regular : extraordinary 3 : inexplicable by ordinary means; especially : psychic http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD025-Preternatural.mp3

 024: Irrupt | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "irrupt".  Definition: 1 : to rush in forcibly or violently 2 : (of a natural population) to undergo a sudden upsurge in numbers especially when natural ecological balances and checks are disturbed 3 : to become active or violent especially suddenly : erupt http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD024-Irrupt.mp3

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