31: Jerry Hawthorne (Mice and Mystics) talks world-building, plus kid-friendly family games, how game design taps into dopamine, and leftover legacy game content

Nov 7, 2019

Jerry Hawthorne (Mice and Mystics, Stuffed Fables) talks about how he world-builds for his story-rich adventure games. Also: kid-friendly family games, dopamine (and how game design taps into it), and what we do with the content we never see in adventure/legacy games.

Intro:

Mice & Mystics

Stuffed Fables

Comanauts

Aftermath

Battlelands

 

Christina's topic: How do we feel about the content we might not see in campaign/legacy games?

Pandemic Legacy

 

Mike's topic: Game recommendations for kids of different ages

Penguin Trap

Don't Break the Ice

Bugs in the Kitchen

Loopin' Louie

Buckaroo!

Jenga

Pie Face

Celestia

Fireball Island

Mysterium

Dixit

Muse

Snake Oil

Apples to Apples

 

Jerry's topic: Dopamine and board games

Agricola

 

Final Thoughts:

Pret-a-Porter

Tussie Mussie

Betrayal Legacy

Betrayal at House on the Hill

Horrified

Skulk Hollow