About this episode

The episode features an interview with board game designer David Thompson discussing his career and design process.

I've got a special treat for you The Cabal today: one of the most respected board game designers working today, and a true OG Cabalist, David Thompson! You know Dave from his work on the Undaunted series, War Chest, Sniper Elite: The Board Game, Resist!, The Valiant Defense series, and many others. Today, Dave and I talked about his origin story as a gamer, tabletop role-playing games, how he got his start in board game design, his design process, his collaborations with other designers, and much, much more. It's a great conversation, and I hope you all enjoy it!

People in this episode

Guest: David Thompson

Topics covered

• board game design
• game development
• tabletop role-playing games
• designer collaborations
• gaming origin stories

Keywords

• David Thompson
• board game design
• Undaunted
• War Chest
• gaming
• tabletop games
• design process

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Undaunted series, War Chest, Sniper Elite: The Board Game, Resist!, The Valiant Defense series

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