Ludology Podcast

Ludology: Ludology 352 Making the Game Sen and Erica speak with Liqin Gu and Mitch Zhang from Longpack Manufacturing to delve into the ins and outs of how boardgames are made and why they're predominantly made in China.

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@ericabouyouris.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social speak with Liqin Gu and Mitch Zhang from Longpack Manufacturing to find out how games are made and why so many are made in China.

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Sen is travelling, so this week’s episode maaaay be a bit delayed. Thanks for your patience!

Ludology Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, as ...

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@senfoonglim.bsky.social and @ericabouyouris.bsky.social talk to Heather O'Neill and Hunter Johnson about @unpub.org Festival 2026 (March 12-15 in Maryland).

*Note* This episode is out of order; we will resume regular numbering next episode!

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Ludology Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, as ...

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@senfoonglim.bsky.social speaks with @kristenmott.bsky.social at Gen Con 2024. We talk scouting, game design, and horses, of courses.

Sen and @ericabouyouris.bsky.social will be back with the regular show in Feb, so be on the lookout!

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Ludology Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, as ...

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*New Episode!*

Recorded at Gen Con 2024, @senfoonglim.bsky.social interviews @astrafauna.bsky.social, author/illustrator of Astra Fauna: Expeditions, about her use of comparative anatomy in creating some of the coolest monsters to ever grace the tabletop.

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Ludology Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, as ...

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*New Episode!*

Recorded at Gen Con 2024, @senfoonglim.bsky.social interviews @astrafauna.bsky.social, author/illustrator of Astra Fauna: Expeditions, about her use of comparative anatomy in creating some of the coolest monsters to ever grace the tabletop.

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Ludology Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, as ...

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@senfoonglim.bsky.social and @ericabouyouris.bsky.social talk to Dr. Joe Macisco from @wrightstateu.bsky.social about the hows and whys of designing serious games to effect pro=social and pro-health behaviour changes.

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Ludology Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, as ...

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@senfoonglim.bsky.social and @ericabouyouris.bsky.social welcome guest host, Sarah Shipp, to discuss how theme can be measured and how that impacts game design.

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I had a great time talking with these two! Check it out if you’re interested in game dev deep dives!

You rocked!

Ludology Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, as ...

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@senfoonglim.bsky.social and @douglevandowski.bsky.social talk to @eatenbypotchky.bsky.social about the storytelling game based on @patrickhorvath.bsky.social's Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees (@huntersent.bsky.social / @idwpublishing.com)

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Ludology: Ludology 349 Reindeer Games Erica and Sen welcome Jordan Goddard of Indy Game Lab to talk about his company's newest product - family games that are packaged inside of Christmas ornaments. Currently on Kickstarter, Jordan discus...

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@ericabouyouris.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social discuss holiday-centric game and product design with Jordan Goddard from the Indy Toy Lab.

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The hope is to get a session in next time I'm in Vancouver! Maybe for TCTC... ~ Sen

Ludology: Ludology 348 Only Murders in the Script This episode, Sen welcomes Pete, Felix, and Daniel from Zed9 Mystery Club (www.zed9jubensha.com) in Richmond, BC to talk all about Jubensha (a.k.a. Murder Script Games). Originally developed in Chines...

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@senfoonglim.bsky.social speaks with the team at Zed9 Mystery Jubensha Club (zed9jubensha.com) about Chinese murder script games and their effort to bring them to English-speaking gamers in British Columbia, Canada.

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Ludology: Thinking BEyond Mechanisms Ep 23 Sen and Erica welcome Sarah Shipp as she hosts her Thinking Beyond Mechanism series. In this episode, she discusses the permissions that games and their rules give us to break social conventions withi...

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@senfoonglim.bsky.social and @ericabouyouris.bsky.social
welcome Sarah Shipp. In this episode of Thinking Beyond Mechanisms, Sarah discusses how games give players permission to break social conventions within the so-called "Magic Circle".

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Ludology: Thinking BEyond Mechanisms Ep 23 Sen and Erica welcome Sarah Shipp as she hosts her Thinking Beyond Mechanism series. In this episode, she discusses the permissions that games and their rules give us to break social conventions withi...

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*New Episode!*

@senfoonglim.bsky.social and @ericabouyouris.bsky.social
welcome Sarah Shipp. In this episode of Thinking Beyond Mechanisms, Sarah discusses how games give players permission to break social conventions within the so-called "Magic Circle".

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Ludology: Thinking BEyond Mechanisms Ep 23 Sen and Erica welcome Sarah Shipp as she hosts her Thinking Beyond Mechanism series. In this episode, she discusses the permissions that games and their rules give us to break social conventions withi...

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*New Episode!*

@senfoonglim.bsky.social and @ericabouyouris.bsky.social welcome Sarah Shipp. In this episode of Thinking Beyond Mechanisms, she discusses how games give permission for players to break social conventions within the so-called "Magic Circle".

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Ludology: Ludology 347 Sail Away Erica and Sen welcome designers of the award-winning Endeavor: Deep Sea, Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray, along with their publishers, Helaina and Josh Cappel (Burnt Island) and Marc Specter (Grand Ga...

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@ericabouyouris.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social welcome @qarl.bsky.social, Jarratt Gray, @burntislandgames.bsky.social and @grandgamersguild.bsky.social to discuss the past, present, and future of SdJ Winner, Endeavor: Deep Sea.

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Fascinating!

@senfoonglim.bsky.social helped me distill the whole thesis of my documentary into a 35 second sound bite. So, thanks, Sen! And thank you, @ludologypod.bsky.social for this wonderful chat!

Ludology: Ludology 345 Out of the Dungeon Sen is back after a short hiatus, this time speaking with fellow podcaster, Kristin Vermilya, about her endeavour to document the 50+ year history of role playing games in her forthcoming audio docume...

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@senfoonglim.bsky.social talks with Kristin Vermilya about her forthcoming audio documentary series, Out of the Dungeon, that takes a look at the history of roleplaying games - from before D&D to the modern era of Actual Plays and beyond!

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Ludology: Pros and Cons Ep 15 Once again, Sen catches a wild game designer at Origins 2024! This time, he captures Josh Derksen of Lynnvander Games and gets the chance to talk about Josh's work. In particular, Sen is interested in...

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@senfoonglim.bsky.social talks with Josh Derksen of @lynnvander.bsky.social at @originsgamefair.bsky.social 2024 about making campaign modes for X-Wing, Star Trek: Dominion, and Battletech: Alpha Strike in this episode of Pros and Cons.

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Ludology: Pros and Cons Ep 14 Sen met with new designer but veteran writer Nathan Long (several Warhammer novels, the screenplay for Guyver: Dark Hero, and the scripts for the Wastelands and Bardstale video games) at Origins 2024....

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This Pros and Cons, @senfoonglim.bsky.social talks with @nathanrlong.bsky.social (Warhammer novelist, Guyver screenplay writer, and script writer for Wastelands/Bard's Tale) at @originsgamefair.bsky.social 2024 about his game Shanghai Noir.

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Ludology: Pros and Cons Episode 13 Sen speaks to David Gordon at Origins 2024 before all of his games hit shelves in 2025. From Monkey Palace to Floristry, we chat about David's entry into game design and what the future holds for this...

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@senfoonglim.bsky.social speaks to David Gordon at Origins 2024 before all of his games hit shelves in 2025. From LEGO Monkey Palace from to Floristry, we chat about his entry into game design and what the future holds.

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Ludology: Pros and Cons Ep 12 In this episode of Pros and Cons (where we talk to game industry professionals at conventions), we go back to AnimeNorth 2024 where Sen chats with TTRPG designer and writer, Daniel Kwan about anime, w...

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For Pros and Cons Ep 12, @senfoonglim.bsky.social talks to @danielhkwan.itch.io at @animenorthcompass.bsky.social back in 2024 about anime, wuxia, martial arts, and his TTRPG, Wandering Blades that *JUST* funded on @kickstarter.com

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Sen is in Montreal at FLIM (Festival Ludique International en Montreal) so he’s recording some episodes of Pros and Cons for you all!

Ludology: Ludology 344 Indie Games Night Market While Erica is on vacation, Sen takes the opportunity to speak with Daniel Newman about how his love of trick-taking games lead to the inception of the Indie Games Night Market. If you're interested ...

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While @ericabouyouris.bsky.social is away, @senfoonglim.bsky.social speaks with @dnlnwmn.bsky.social about the trick-taking games to Indie Games Night Market pipeline.

Apply for the IGNM at PaxU 2025 here: newmillindustries.com/ignm

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Festival Ludique International de Montréal 2025 Festival Ludique International de Montréal is a board game festival in Montréal.

Ok, there’s a few and probably more on their way as travel to the US becomes more and more fraught.

FLIM is at the end of the July in Montreal - a world class city.

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Agreed!

Ludology: Thinking Beyond Mechanisms EP 21 Erica and Sen welcome Sarah Shipp, guest host of the Thinking Beyond Mechanisms segment, to give her take on how we can combat anti-intellectualism using games with intentional design. Sarah has star...

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@ericabouyouris.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social welcome guest host Sarah Shipp to discuss combating anti-intellectualism using intentional design on Thinking Beyond Mechanisms.

Transcripts available at shippboardgames.blogspot.com

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