A Bit of Board Games: A Board Game Design Journey
*Podcast is on a hiatus*
A casual podcast by Bit Waffle Games documenting our journey in designing and publishing board games. We talk about a bit of our lives, a bit of our design process, and a bit of board games. Bit Waffle Games is an independent board game studio made up of two friends, Ralph and Stephen. We've been playing video games and board games for years, and wanted to tell our own stories through games. With Ralph's extensive experience in design and illustration, and Stephen's experience in UX design and graphic design, they have a strong foundation to be successful in this industry that they love.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 105
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2024
[85] Another Lost Episode
This week, Stephen lost the recording of his audio.... So enjoy some clips from the past and we'll be back as normal next week!
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[84] Retro Games & Sketching
This week, Stephen and Ralph reminisce about the games of their childhood, talk about the holidays, and items/companions that Stephen has been sketching.
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[83] Holiday Busyness
This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about working retail jobs during the holidays, plans for the holidays, and a bit of world-building.
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[82] Printing Specifications
This week, Stephen and Ralph talk Lord of the Rings games, future design challenges, and solving some issues with file specs for printing.
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[81] Moonlighter as a Board Game
This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about cardamom, mice, and do a full game design workshop of how we would turn the indie video game, Moonlighter, into a board game!
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[80] November Plans
This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about Halloween and what we're working on in November. Also, Design Challenge livestream on November 7th at 6:30pm MT (8:30pm ET) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/U…
[79] More About The Art
This week, Stephen and Ralph talk through refining the art process, stretching our art skills, and an upcoming Design Challenge livestream!
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[78] A Bit of Progress
This week, Stephen and Ralph finish talking about Starfield (we're done, I promise), update our Drawtober progress, and talk about getting an initial quote for manufacturing Foundry!
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[77] Designing Towards a Goal
This week, Stephen, Ralph, and Trevor talk about fun fall things, designing towards a goal, and have a mini design session for a space exploration board game!
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[76] Drawtober Process
This week, Stephen and Ralph go over the beginnings of Drawtober (a drawing challenge throughout October), the process for the new illustrations, and have a mini design session about turning the indi…
[75] Refining Foundry & Art Prep
This week, Stephen, Ralph, and Trevor talk about the parts of the game that we're refining, prepping for Drawtober (to crank out art for Foundry), and do a mini design session for what a real-time st…
[74] Convention Takeaways
This week, Stephen and Jesse talk about the recent playtests of Foundry at B-Con, meeting publishers, and the main takeaways that we'll apply for the next convention.
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[73] Play It Your Way
This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about Starfield, player agency in video and board games, and art progress on Foundry.
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[72] Corruption Conversation
This week, Stephen, Ralph, and Trevor talk about yellow jackets, the corruption mechanic in Foundry, and whether content should be in the main game vs. an expansion.
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[71] TactiCon Recap
This week, Stephen and Trevor talk about networking and testing the game at TactiCon in Colorado. We go over the feedback and changes that we're working through.
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[70] Satisfying Synergy
This week, Stephen, Ralph, and guest, Jesse, talk through the results of our first Tabletop Simulator playtest. Some great results with gratifying gameplay, great card synergy, and fun systems to pla…
[69] Making the Most of Small Games
This week, Stephen and Ralph talk about making friends, small games with big impacts, and the details of the art process for our cards.
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[68] Design Decisions & Tabletop Simulator
This week, Stephen, Ralph, and Trevor talk about sports games, getting Foundry onto Tabletop Simulator, and talk through some game design decisions.
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[67] Scope Creep & The 6-Player Playtest
This week, Stephen, Ralph, and Trevor talk about bee stings, results and changes after the 6-player playtest, and how the scope creep is real.
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[66] Simply Simplifying
In this episode, Stephen and Ralph talk about more playtests, adjusting rules, and simplifying the gameplay for Foundry.
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