About this episode

AJ finally interviews Elan Lee about the design of Exploding Kittens after a decade of waiting.

Exactly 10 years ago AJ sent a message asking questions about the design of Exploding Kittens. Today he finally gets some answers from the LEGENDARY Elan Lee! Discord: https://discord.gg/BjerXtQ3Me Email: funproblemspodcast@gmail.com AJ's favourite artist: https://www.instagram.com/nicolettabaldari/ Big thanks to Eduard Matei for our theme song!

People in this episode

Host: AJ

Guest: Elan Lee

Topics covered

• game design
• interview
• Exploding Kittens
• board games
• creativity
• persistence

Keywords

• Elan Lee
• Exploding Kittens
• game design
• interview
• AJ Brandon
• board games
• creativity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Exploding Kittens, Eduard Matei, Nicoletta Baldari, Discord, Instagram

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