Welcome!
Welcome to Ludology, an analytical dialogue of the hows and whys of the world of board video games. Quite than information and evaluations, Ludology explores a wide range of matters about video games from a wider lens, in addition to talk about 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 matter inside sport design, typically with a well-regarded visitor from the sport business. We typically give attention to 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 any flagship Ludology episode, we are going to alternate between two smaller mini-sodes. Erica and Sen are pleased to announce that Sarah Shipp of Shippboard Video games and Stephanie Campbell of TTRPGKids shall be becoming a member of us for the following 12 months, offering further content material between our longer episodes.
Sarah’s section, Considering Past Mechanisms, is a month-to-month characteristic that dives deeper into the opposite elements of video games past the cube and playing cards we’re all acquainted with.
Stephanie’s section, TTRPGKids, explores how mother and father and academics can use position enjoying video games with youngsters within the house and within the classroom.
We hope you benefit from the further content material!
Our Historical past
We intention for many Ludology episodes to be timeless, so you might be welcome to discover our whole 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 shall be hanging up his mic in 2023, leaving Erica and Sen to hold on this superb legacy.
Erica and Sen are working to convey new voices to Ludology and have some nice issues to announce as gaming expands to incorporate much more folks!
Contact Us
Have your personal ideas about our matters? We encourage you to go to us at our guild on Boardgamegeek to become involved in a unbroken dialogue.
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Ludology is made attainable via the assist 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 Reminiscences that Made Us (month-to-month) – reminiscences about gaming experiences that helped form the folks that convey trendy video games to life
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- Ludology Dwell – recordings from conventions around the globe
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