10 Minute Design Chat

By: Chris Kingsnorth and Rob Sparks
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  • Summary

  • Have you ever thought about designing a tabletop game? Do you have 10 minutes to spare? Join Chris Kingsnorth, founder of 10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk, and Rob Sparks, Creative Director at Board Game Bud, for laid-back discussions about tabletop game design and the board game community. We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com. ________________________________ Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/ Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/ Follow us on Instagram: @tabletopapprentice (Chris) / @boardgamebud (Rob)
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Episodes
  • Episode 43: The Deck

    Episode 43: The Deck
    Sep 6 2022

    In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss the card deck. They discuss how it’s not just a pile of cards, and how altering the Size, Placement and Access attributes of a deck can change the feel, length and difficulty of your game.

    -Find show notes at https://linktr.ee/10MDChat

    -Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/

    -Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/

    -Follow us on Instagram! @tabletopapprentice (Chris) and @boardgamebud (Rob)

    -We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com.

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    16 mins
  • Episode 42: Drawing a Card

    Episode 42: Drawing a Card
    Aug 16 2022

    In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss the ‘card draw’. Is this the simplest mechanism? Is it actually a sub-mechanism? They talk about the Trigger, Action, Destination breakdown of drawing cards and the simple changes you can make to each step that will change the feel of your game.

    -Find show notes at https://linktr.ee/10MDChat

    -Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/

    -Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/

    -Follow us on Instagram! @tabletopapprentice (Chris) and @boardgamebud (Rob)

    -We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com.

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    15 mins
  • Episode 41: Mechanism (Mechanics?) -Based Design

    Episode 41: Mechanism (Mechanics?) -Based Design
    Jul 6 2022

    In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss the functional units of a game, what to call them and how using them as a starting point for game design can be clever, but not always fun.

    -Find show notes at https://linktr.ee/10MDChat

    -Find the 10 Minute Design Challenge at http://10minutedesignchallenge.co.uk/

    -Learn more about Board Game Bud at https://www.boardgamebud.com/

    -Follow us on Instagram! @tabletopapprentice (Chris) and @boardgamebud (Rob)

    -We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com.

    We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for the show; you can contact us any time at 10minutedesignchat@gmail.com.

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    14 mins

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