Ep. 43 - Why Theme? Why No Think?

Ever said, “I should design a board game,” then done absolutely nothing? Daryl Andrews talks getting started, finding collaborators and turning ideas into something people can actually play. Find Daryl Andrews online:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/darylandrews/BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/67502/daryl-andrewsBest in Play - https://thebestinplay.com/"Send us a love letter"Find the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGamesOur podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/

We’re talking board games conventions travel, food and friendship with game designer Daryl Andrews. From all-you-can-eat hot pot to late-night tiki bars, we discover that the real win condition might be friendship.Find Daryl Andrews online:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/darylandrews/BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/67502/daryl-andrewsBest in Play - https://thebestinplay.com/"Send us a love letter"Find the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGamesOur podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/

Board games inspire video games, video games inspire board games, those board games get digital versions, it's like a snake eating its own tail...or meeple. What are some of your favorite conversion games? "Send us a love letter"Find the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGamesOur podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/

Convention season is upon us, so naturally we’re discussing Gen Con, PAX, Essen Spiel, including artist alleys, LitRPG obsessions, convention food, and whether selling your house or kidney is worth to get that Sonic painting."Send us a love letter"Find the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGamesOur podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/

We have Maggie back! Maggie from ThinkerThemer explains why theme can turn mechanisms into a world you care about, while we discuss trains, Dracula dying embarrassingly early, and murderous inheritance schemes.Find Maggie via ThinkerThemer YouTube here - https://www.youtube.com/c/thinkerthemerFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastFind the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGames"Send us a love letter"Our podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/"Send us a love letter"Find the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGamesOur podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/

Maggie from ThinkerThemer gives us genuinely useful advice about Tokyo Game Market: tiny indie games, pre-orders, language barriers and where to stay. Naturally, we repay her expertise by interrogating her about second-hand underwear vending machines. Find Maggie via ThinkerThemer YouTube here - https://www.youtube.com/c/thinkerthemerFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastFind the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGames"Send us a love letter"Our podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/"Send us a love letter"Find the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGamesOur podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/

Tony Boydell returns to reveal how his board game collection evolved into an actual museum - The Museum of Boardgames - we guess the difference between an obsession and 'cultural preservation' is a public opening schedule😆. Jokes. It's great, Stella's been there. Twice. Tony's BoardGameGeek blog site - https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/344/everyone-needs-a-shedTony's BGG profile - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/1086/tony-boydellThe Museum of Boardgames - https://www.patreon.com/themuseumofboardgamesFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastFind the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGames"Send us a love letter"Our podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/"Send us a love letter"Find the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGamesOur podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/

Travis Deverell aka. Shirtaloon is back and shares why weekly deadlines prevent professional procrastination, on riding Matt Dinniman's coattails (don't know if we agree), and the plotter, the pantser and the board games pile of shame.Find us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastFind the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGames"Send us a love letter"Our podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/"Send us a love letter"Find the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGamesOur podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/

Travis Deverell aka. Shirtaloon joins us to put his own protagonist on trial from his well-loved LitRPG books, He Who Fights with Monsters, how Clive's wife survived the series and became cosplay, and book tour including Gen Con 2026! Ps. so super excited to have him in our podcast! Find us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastFind the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGames"Send us a love letter"Our podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/"Send us a love letter"Find the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGamesOur podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/

 What goes on inside the mind of one of Britain’s best-known board game designers? Tony Boydell shares his love of books, board games, and a blog he has somehow kept alive since 2011.  Along the way, we discuss British games, unusual books, incorrect maps, and why starting a “small personal project” is how lifelong obligations are born. Tony's BoardGameGeek blog site - https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/344/everyone-needs-a-shedTony's BGG profile - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/1086/tony-boydellFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastFind the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGames"Send us a love letter"Find the episode through your favorite podcast listening app, search for #LifeBeyondBoardGamesOur podcast link - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2441648.rssFind us on Facebook Group and drop us a line, love letters, rate/write us review to help us create more contents, chat about the topics you hear - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifebeyondboardgamespodcastStella - Meeple University - https://www.youtube.com/MeepleUniversityEric - What's Eric Playing - https://whatsericplaying.com/Candice - Kickin' It Creative - https://www.kickinitcreative.com/