Welcome!
Welcome to Ludology, an analytical dialogue of the hows and whys of the world of board video games. Slightly than information and opinions, Ludology explores a wide range of matters about video games from a wider lens, in addition to focus on sport historical past, sport design and sport gamers.
We submit a brand new Ludology episode each different week. In these episodes, hosts Erica Bouyouris and Sen-Foong Lim deep-dive right into a single subject inside sport design, typically with a well-regarded visitor from the sport trade. We typically deal with tabletop sport design (primarily board video games and RPGs), however we frequently pull in consultants 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 completely satisfied to announce that Sarah Shipp of Shippboard Video games and Stephanie Campbell of TTRPGKids might be becoming a member of us for the following yr, offering further content material between our longer episodes.
Sarah’s phase, Pondering Past Mechanisms, is a month-to-month function that dives deeper into the opposite elements 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 function enjoying video games with kids within the house and within the classroom.
We hope you benefit from the further content material!
Our Historical past
We goal for many Ludology episodes to be timeless, so you might be welcome to discover our total catalog. Most of it ought to age fairly nicely. 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 might be hanging up his mic in 2023, leaving Erica and Sen to hold on this wonderful legacy.
Erica and Sen are working to carry new voices to Ludology and have some nice issues to announce as gaming expands to incorporate much more individuals!
Contact 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 seamless dialogue.
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Ludology is made potential by the help and donations of listeners such as you.
We at the moment have 3 “First Pay attention” sequence that may exit to Patrons nicely prematurely of the audio being launched to the broader viewers.
- The Recollections that Made Us (month-to-month) – recollections about gaming experiences that helped form the folks that carry trendy video games to life
- Tales from the Designer Toolbox (month-to-month) – ideas and tips from trade execs realized from each success and failure
- Ludology Dwell – recordings from conventions world wide
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