DIY Boardgames
Button Shy is the little guy in a big world. A small board game publisher trying to make an impact on a fast paced industry with thousands of new games a year. Without being able to compete with low prices or large print runs, Button Shy is simply just doing things it’s own way.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Episodes
- 8
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2016
Episode 008: Josh Mills Makes The Cut
The Cult Film postcard game continues with Josh Mills and his Edward Scissorhands inspired dexterity game, Scissorcards. Josh joined the project just as we were about to fill up and thankfully the re…
Sat 16 Apr 2016
Episode 006: Jason Slingerland Ties The Room Together
Continuing with our Board Game of the Month Club Cult Film Postcards, we have Jason Slingerland (Building the Game Podcast, Water Balloon Washout) and his The Big Lebowski-inspired card game, It Real…
Mon 07 Mar 2016
Episode 005: Board Game Road Trip With Benny Sperling
A few episodes ago, we started the Board Game Road Trip. Ben Begeal (PA) and Jason Tagmire (NJ) took a stab at making a game and passing it down the line. Well the first in line is Benny Sperling all…
Fri 12 Feb 2016
Episode 004: Ben Begeal Dares You To Say What Again
Button Shy's very first Cult Film Postcard Game is out as part of our Board Game of the Month Club. The push-your-luck card game Say What Again was designed by Ben Begeal and was obviously inspired b…
Sat 30 Jan 2016
Episode 003: The Board Game Road Trip Kickoff
Ben Begeal is heading up the Board Game Road Trip, a design project where one designer starts a game and then another designer picks it up where they left off. Ben will travel with the current versio…
Wed 27 Jan 2016
Episode 002: Buying Art With Stolen Credit Cards
Jason Tagmire and Ben Begeal (designer of Say What Again, developer of many Button Shy Games) run through setting up 12 different artists for 12 postcard games, and the struggles involved. as well as…
Tue 12 Jan 2016
Episode 001: Two Wild and Crazy Cats
A dual interview between Jason Tagmire and Marty Cobb. Marty asks Jason questions about the origins of Button Shy, his gaming background, first designs and more. Then Jason interviews Marty on the sa…
Tue 08 Dec 2015
Episode 000: State of the Button
Jason Tagmire (Designer / Publisher / Button Shy owner-operator) goes through the ins and outs of running a do-it-yourself board game company. You'll hear the how's and why's of Button Shy's overall …
Mon 07 Dec 2015
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