Head First with OSWOR (ft. Nikita Lapkov)

About this episode

Nikita Lapkov shares his experience of designing his first game and presenting it at a major tabletop convention.

Check out OSWOR and Nikita's work: https://coppershaman.com/ What happens when you design a game for the first time? What happens when you bring that game to one of the biggest tabletop conventions in the UK, and it goes really well? Here to answer these questions, and tell the story of how he designed his first game, is Nikita Lapkov of Copper Shaman. He's a London-based game deisgner, and we met at Dragonmeet, where he eagerly handed me a copy of his game fresh off the printer. ...

People in this episode

Guest: Nikita Lapkov

Topics covered

• game design
• tabletop conventions
• Nikita Lapkov
• Copper Shaman
• first game experience

Keywords

• game design
• tabletop games
• Nikita Lapkov
• Copper Shaman
• Dragonmeet
• UK conventions
• first game

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Copper Shaman

Places: London, UK

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