Welcome!
Welcome to Ludology, an analytical dialogue of the hows and whys of the world of board video games. Rather than information and evaluations, Ludology explores quite a lot of matters about video games from a wider lens, in addition to talk about recreation historical past, recreation design and recreation 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 matter inside recreation design, typically with a well-regarded visitor from the sport trade. We typically deal with tabletop recreation design (primarily board video games and RPGs), however we regularly pull in specialists from all types of video games, from video video games to flee rooms to fit machines.
On weeks the place there isn’t a flagship Ludology episode, we’ll alternate between two smaller mini-sodes. Erica and Sen are glad to announce that Sarah Shipp of Shippboard Games and Stephanie Campbell of TTRPGKids will probably be becoming a member of us for the subsequent 12 months, offering extra content material between our longer episodes.
Sarah’s phase, Thinking Beyond Mechanisms, is a month-to-month function that dives deeper into the opposite points of video games past the cube and playing cards we’re all accustomed to.
Stephanie’s phase, TTRPGKids, explores how dad and mom and academics can use position enjoying video games with youngsters within the residence and within the classroom.
We hope you benefit from the extra content material!
Our History
We intention for many Ludology episodes to be timeless, so you might be welcome to discover our complete catalog. Most of it ought to age fairly properly. The podcast was began in 2011 by Geoff Engelstein and Ryan Sturm, with Mike Fitzgerald taking on 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 probably be hanging up his mic in 2023, leaving Erica and Sen to hold on this superb legacy.
Erica and Sen are working to deliver new voices to Ludology and have some nice issues to announce as gaming expands to incorporate much more folks!
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Ludology is made doable by means of the help and donations of listeners such as you.
We at present have 3 “First Listen” collection that may exit to Patrons properly prematurely of the audio being launched to the broader viewers.
- The Memories that Made Us (month-to-month) – recollections about gaming experiences that helped form the those who deliver trendy video games to life
- Tales from the Designer Toolbox (month-to-month) – suggestions and methods from trade execs realized from each success and failure
- Ludology Live – recordings from conventions world wide
Patrons may even get additional consideration for any giveaways that we would have!
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