Gamestorm
Gamestorm is a podcast all about tabletop game design! Join us for our first season as we bring on guests from here in the Chicago area, spin a random prompt and design a game based off of it over the course of an episode!
Logo by CapacityForWonder and music by Reece E Ryan.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 83 minutes
- Episodes
- 5
- Years Active
- 2025
A Game with a Bingo Board - Erica Bridges
Join us again as we dive into building a game with bingo as a core mechanic. We'll explore medieval lore and games with freeform resolution mechanics!
As always you can find the game that accompanie…
Repurposing Physical Media - Adelheid Sigfridsdottir
In our fourth episode of the season, I'm joined by Adelheid as we explore ideas around building games that repurpose physical media as an element of play. Come follow along as we build a VERY differe…
Pools of Dice as Clocks - Sean Foer
In our third episode Sean and I dive into a mechanic this time! We discuss games that use dice pools as clocks for events in-game and we build a fun, chaotic superhero game that leans into the Villai…
Co-opt Existing Board Game Pieces - Jesse B. Miller
In our second episode Jesse and I tackle the idea of co-opting the pieces of existing games to build an RPG, similar to games like Dread and its iconic use of a Jenga tower. Join us as we talk about …
A Game for Whoever can Make it - Collin Ryan
Join us for our first episode of Gamestorm as we dive deep on our first prompt, a game for whoever can show up! Follow along as we tease out different ideas and talk through the design of our game. I…