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Ludology 356 Put A Little English On It
May 5, 2026
Unknown duration
Pros and Cons Ep 18
Apr 8, 2026
31m 06s
Ludology 354 Like A Dagger In My Heart
Mar 25, 2026
1h 14m 51s
Ludology 353 The Power of Play
Mar 9, 2026
1h 05m 27s
Ludology 352 Making the Game
Feb 26, 2026
1h 12m 05s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/5/26 | Ludology 356 Put A Little English On It | Sen and Erica interview George and Jack Furnival, the couple behind Carrooka - the tabletop snooker game. To see exactly what we're talking about on the podcast, check out pictures on their website: www.carrooka.com Be sure to listen to the companion episode about Crokinole featuring Jeremy Tracey on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ludology | — | ||||||
| 4/8/26 | Pros and Cons Ep 18✨ | game designinterview+3 | Chris Chung | BreakoutConLanterns+1 | TorontoOntario, Canada | LanternsMy Little Pony+5 | — | 31m 06s | |
| 3/25/26 | Ludology 354 Like A Dagger In My Heart✨ | tabletop role-playing gamesgame design+3 | Spenser Starke | Daggerheart | — | Daggerhearttabletop games+3 | — | 1h 14m 51s | |
| 3/9/26 | Ludology 353 The Power of Play✨ | tabletop experiencesnon-profit organizations+3 | Peter Williamson | barometerxp.comgamegenius.org | — | tabletop gamesnon-profit+3 | — | 1h 05m 27s | |
| 2/26/26 | Ludology 352 Making the Game✨ | board game manufacturingChina+3 | Liqin GuMitch Zhang | Longpack Manufacturing | China | board gamesmanufacturing+3 | — | 1h 12m 05s | |
| 2/9/26 | Ludology 355 Rub a Dub Dub Let's Go To Unpub!✨ | Unpub Festivalgame design+3 | Heather O'NeillHunter Johnson | Unpub Board of Directors | Maryland | Unpub Festivalgame design+3 | — | 1h 07m 11s | |
| 1/27/26 | Pros and Cons Ep 17✨ | game designhomeschooling+3 | Kristen Mott | — | — | game designGen Con+4 | — | 32m 02s | |
| 1/13/26 | Pros and Cons Ep 16✨ | creature creationmonster art+3 | Sarah Dahlinger | Cephalophair GamesMonte Cook Games+1 | — | creature creatormonster art+3 | — | 39m 42s | |
| 12/15/25 | Ludology 351 Better Health Through Gaming✨ | healthgaming+3 | Dr. Joe Macisco | Wright State UniversityBoonshoft School of Medicine+1 | — | health gamespublic health+3 | — | 58m 52s | |
| 12/8/25 | Thinking Beyond Mechanisms Ep 24✨ | game designtheme measurement+3 | Sarah Shipp | Thinking Beyond Mechanisms | — | game designtheme+3 | — | 6m 51s | |
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| 12/1/25 | Ludology 350 Beneath The Trees✨ | storytelling gamesgame mechanisms+3 | Doug LevandowskiNoxweiler Ignatius Berf | Beneath The Trees Where Nobody SeesBeneath The Trees+1 | — | storytelling gameBeneath The Trees+4 | — | 1h 03m 08s | |
| 11/16/25 | 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 discusses why he chose to create games that might only come out once a year. | — | ||||||
| 11/2/25 | 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 Chinese-speaking countries, Jubensha have been making their way to wherever the Chinese diaspora has settled and now English speakers can partake in these immersive murder mystery role playing experiences as well! The Zed9 team explains what these games are, how they're designed, hosted, and played. | — | ||||||
| 10/19/25 | 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 within the construct of the so-called "Magic Circle". | — | ||||||
| 10/19/25 | 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 Gamers Guild) to talk about the past, present, and future of the game. What has changed over the years and what does the future hold for this excellent exploration system? | — | ||||||
| 10/5/25 | Ludology 346 That Seems Familiar | It's the return of Erica! Sen got to goof off most of the summer without her, but now she's back and she has a great topic to start off Q3-Q4 of 2025 - Familiarity. Erica and Sen discuss how designers and publishers may want to think about familiarity when producing games. While the saying usually goes something like "familiarity breeds contempt," Erica and Sen argue that a little familiarity goes a long way to increase a game's approachability. *Audio note* Sen's mic was acting up during recording; please excuse the subtle phasing you may hear. | — | ||||||
| 9/21/25 | 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 documentary series, Out of the Dungeon. For more information on Kristin's work, check out: https://www.kristinvermilya.com/dungeon We look forward to Erica's return in 2 weeks for a whole new season of Ludology! | — | ||||||
| 9/14/25 | Thinking Beyond Mechanisms Ep 22 | Sen and Erica welcome Sarah Shipp as the host of the Thinking About Mechanisms segment. This episode, Sarah talks about social distance as one of the main differentiators between video games and tabletop games. | — | ||||||
| 9/7/25 | 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 the campaign modes that Josh has devised for several miniature battle systems. What started out as a fan mod (Heroes of the Aturi Cluster for X-Wing) has lead Josh to design campaign modes for Star Trek Dominion and BattleTech Alpha Strike alongside the other projects Lynnvander has their hands in. | — | ||||||
| 8/24/25 | 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. Sen had the opportunity to play Nathan's game, Shanghai Noir prior to this so he wanted to discuss how to build narrative in games. | — | ||||||
| 8/10/25 | Pros and Cons Ep 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 international man of mystery. Did any of it come true one year later? | — | ||||||
| 7/27/25 | 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, wuxia, martial arts, combat and his project that JUST FUNDED on Kickstarter in 2025 - Wandering Blades! | — | ||||||
| 7/13/25 | 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 in selling your games at this year's IGNM at PaxU 25, please check apply at www.newmillindustries.com/ignm | — | ||||||
| 7/6/25 | 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 started to provide transcripts for her segment on her blog, available at https://shippboardgames.blogspot.com | — | ||||||
| 6/29/25 | Ludology 343 It's Alive! | Erica and Sen discuss some of the games from their childhoods that featured electronic components heavily and wonder if, in this day and age when smartphones are ubiquitous, the hobby is ripe for another wave of games that are facilitated by quirky little bespoke electronic devices. | — | ||||||
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8 placements across 7 markets.
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8 placements across 7 markets.