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 quite a lot of subjects about video games from a wider lens, in addition to focus on sport historical past, sport design and sport gamers.
We publish 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, usually with a well-regarded visitor from the sport business. We usually give attention to tabletop sport 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 isn’t a flagship Ludology episode, we’ll alternate between two smaller mini-sodes. Erica and Sen are joyful to announce that Sarah Shipp of Shippboard Video games and Stephanie Campbell of TTRPGKids can be becoming a member of us for the subsequent yr, offering further content material between our longer episodes.
Sarah’s phase, Considering Past Mechanisms, is a month-to-month characteristic that dives deeper into the opposite facets 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 kids within the house and within the classroom.
We hope you benefit from the further content material!
Our Historical past
We purpose 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 up 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 can 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 subjects? We encourage you to go to us at our guild on Boardgamegeek to become involved in a unbroken dialogue.
You can too e mail us at hey@ludology.web.
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Ludology is made doable via the help and donations of listeners such as you.
We at the moment have 3 “First Pay attention” sequence that may exit to Patrons properly upfront of the audio being launched to the broader viewers.
- The Recollections that Made Us (month-to-month) – reminiscences about gaming experiences that helped form the those that carry trendy video games to life
- Tales from the Designer Toolbox (month-to-month) – suggestions and tips from business execs realized from each success and failure
- Ludology Reside – recordings from conventions all over the world
Patrons may even get additional consideration for any giveaways that we’d have!
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