127. Challengers
From The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast by Ananda Guneratne, Charlie McCarron, Trevor Muller-Hegel
April 8, 2026 · 28 min
About this episode
The hosts discuss scaling the strength of automa opponents and the implications of scoring random amounts of points in board games.
How do you scale the strength of an automa opponent? Is it okay to score random amounts of points? Charlie, Trevor, and Ananda fill up the bench in Challengers.
People in this episode
Hosts: Charlie, Trevor, Ananda
Topics covered
- board game design
- game mechanics
- automated opponents
- scoring systems
- game balancing
Keywords
- board games
- game design
- automa
- scoring
- game mechanics
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