Welcome to Ludology, an analytical dialogue of the hows and whys of the world of board video games. Rather than information and opinions, 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 publish a brand new Ludology episode each different week. In these episodes, hosts Erica Bouyouris, Gil Hova, Scott Rogers, and Sen-Foong Lim deep-dive right into a single matter inside recreation design, typically with a well-regarded visitor from the sport business. We typically concentrate on tabletop recreation design (primarily board video games and RPGs), however we frequently pull in specialists 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.

GameTek is a long-running function from the Dice Tower podcast by Ludology co-founder Geoff Engelstein that explores the mathematics and science behind video games.  GameTek Classic episodes have been as soon as broadcast on The Dice Tower podcast, whereas different GameTek episodes have been recorded specifically for Ludology.

Biography of a Board Game is a sequence hosted by Scott Rogers that explores the historical past behind basic and fashionable board video games. It was as soon as on The Dice Tower, however has since moved full-time to Ludology.

We goal for many Ludology episodes to be timeless, so you might be welcome to discover our complete 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 on for Ryan in 2015. Gil 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.

Have your individual ideas about our matters? We encourage you to go to us at our guild on Boardgamegeek to get entangled in a unbroken dialogue.

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