The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast

Can supply limits define a game? How do you define spatial relationships without a board? Ananda, Charlie, and Trevor destroy stars in Homeworlds.

How do you design zero level heuristics for abstract strategy games? What are the benefits of limiting how many actions a player can perform? Charlie, Trevor, and Ananda break the ice in Hey, That's My Fish!

What is better, strategy or tactics? How does attack-left benefit multiplayer games? Trevor, Ananda, and Charlie manipulate nature in Element.

Trevor, Ananda, and Charlie run the 2025 Iron Designer Challenge, a game jam event.

How do you get players to value things differently? What styles of auction are there? Trevor, Ananda, and Charlie talk about Auction games.