About this episode

Ashwin Kamath discusses his journey as a BIPOC game inventor and his involvement in various game design projects.

Ashwin Kamath is a BIPOC Game Inventor from Seattle, Washington who is a community leader, part of the team that Runs PlaytestNW, and a soon to be instructor of game design for the youth. Part of the new Publishing House, Urban Professional Games as well as developer for Flatout Games as part of the Colab team, and former Designer for Funko Games and The Uzzle. CoDesigner of The Wolves with Clarence Simpson, and has been part of development/testing teams for companies such as AEG, Allplay, and Brieger Creative. Loves architecture, music, and good food. To check out the campaign for Chicken Fried Dice on Kickstarter, click here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/urban-pro-games/chicken-fried-dice FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamebinge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebingepodcast/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/boardgamebinge WHERE TO FIND OUR PODCAST: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RJbdkguebb3MSLAatZr7r iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-board-game-binge-72500104/ Tune In: https://tunein.com/embed/player/p1344218/ Google Podcasts…

People in this episode

Host: James Staley

Guest: Ashwin Kamath

Topics covered

• game design
• BIPOC game inventor
• community leadership
• board games
• Kickstarter campaigns

Keywords

• game inventor
• urban professional games
• PlaytestNW
• board game design
• Kickstarter

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PlaytestNW, Urban Professional Games, Flatout Games, Funko Games, The Uzzle, AEG, Allplay, Brieger Creative

Products: Chicken Fried Dice

Places: Seattle, Washington

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