About this episode

Tom shares his travel experiences in The Philippines and discusses the challenges of parallel game design.

Tom tells us about his adventures in The Philippines before we spark some discussion from a Tale of Boardgaming Horror: What do you do when you learn your game design is similar to a game that already exists? Plus, we dive into the bag of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops and pull out some winners. 00:00 - Introduction 00:51 - Senior Slacking Revisited 02:05 - Tom's Journey - Travel Woes 04:07 - All aBOARD EXPO 18:35 - Focusing on Dice Tower East 19:36 - Language Issues 20:19 - Discussion of Horror: Parallel Game Design 35:16 - Grow Sky 38:51 - Deep Sea Divers of Jeju 42:21 - Flamenco 47:15 - Stratego Quick Battle 50:41 - My Book Nook 54:38 - Cloud City Flamenco Ad (Dancing Cats): https://youtu.be/mz7Qh79K8GA?si=JpknJaXuh22wgE5J Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom Vasel, Julie Ahern, Eric Summerer

Topics covered

• game design
• travel experiences
• board gaming horror
• game similarities
• Dice Tower East
• game reviews

Keywords

• game design
• board games
• travel
• Dice Tower
• game reviews
• horror stories
• game similarities

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Grow Sky, Deep Sea Divers of Jeju, Flamenco, Stratego Quick Battle

Books & works: A Tale of Boardgaming Horror, My Book Nook, Cloud City Flamenco Ad

Places: The Philippines

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