Welcome!
Welcome to Ludology, an analytical dialogue of the hows and whys of the world of board video games. Moderately than information and critiques, Ludology explores quite a lot of matters about video games from a wider lens, in addition to talk about sport historical past, sport design and sport gamers.
We put up a brand new Ludology episode each different week. In these episodes, hosts Erica Bouyouris and Sen-Foong Lim deep-dive right into a single subject inside sport design, typically with a well-regarded visitor from the sport trade. We typically concentrate on tabletop sport design (primarily board video games and RPGs), however we regularly pull in consultants from all types of video games, from video video games to flee rooms to fit machines.
On weeks the place there is no such thing as a flagship Ludology episode, we’ll alternate between two smaller mini-sodes. Erica and Sen are blissful to announce that Sarah Shipp of Shippboard Video games and Stephanie Campbell of TTRPGKids will likely be becoming a member of us for the subsequent yr, offering extra content material between our longer episodes.
Sarah’s section, Considering Past Mechanisms, is a month-to-month function that dives deeper into the opposite facets of video games past the cube and playing cards we’re all acquainted with.
Stephanie’s section, TTRPGKids, explores how mother and father and academics can use function taking part in video games with youngsters within the residence and within the classroom.
We hope you benefit from the extra content material!
Our Historical past
We intention for many Ludology episodes to be timeless, so you’re welcome to discover our total catalog. Most of it ought to age fairly effectively. The podcast was began in 2011 by Geoff Engelstein and Ryan Sturm, with Mike Fitzgerald taking up for Ryan in 2015. Gil and Scott joined the present in 2017 when Mike stepped apart, and Emma joined in 2019 when Geoff ended his tenure as host. Emma left in 2021, and Erica and Sen joined us. Since then, Scott stepped down in 2022 and Gil will likely be hanging up his mic in 2023, leaving Erica and Sen to hold on this wonderful legacy.
Erica and Sen are working to convey new voices to Ludology and have some nice issues to announce as gaming expands to incorporate much more individuals!
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Ludology is made doable via the help and donations of listeners such as you.
We at the moment have 3 “First Hear” collection that may exit to Patrons effectively upfront of the audio being launched to the broader viewers.
- The Recollections that Made Us (month-to-month) – recollections about gaming experiences that helped form the people who convey fashionable video games to life
- Tales from the Designer Toolbox (month-to-month) – suggestions and methods from trade professionals discovered from each success and failure
- Ludology Dwell – recordings from conventions world wide
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