Playing With the Past
Playing With the Past
Ali Kocho-Williams
Playing With the Past takes a dive into historical games. Looking at how games represent and help understand the past, through conversations with deisgners and players and talking about the history behind the games, expect lively discussion of games as part of the way we can understand the past.
Kevin Bertram Talks Game Design and the Publishing Proceas
Kevin Bertram, owner of Fort Circle Games talks with students in Clarkson University’s Wargaming course about game design and the publishing process.
Nov 21, 2023
50 min
Volko Ruhnke on How to Design a Historical Simulation Board Game
(video version)
Volko Ruhnke talks with students at Clarkson University about historical game design. This version includes the video of the slides Volko used to accompany the talk.
Nov 9, 2023
53 min
Volko Ruhnke on How to Design a Historical Simulation Board Game
Volko Ruhnke, designer of the Coin Series and other games talks historical board game design with students at Clarkson University.
Nov 9, 2023
54 min
Jason Matthews talks about Historical Game Design
Jason Matthews, designer of Twilight Struggle, 1989: Dawn of Freedom, 1960: Making of the President, and others speaks with students in Clarkson University's Wargaming course.
Oct 26, 2023
54 min
Cole Werhle talks Game Design and the Production Process
In this episode, Cole Werhle talks with the wargaming class at Clarkson University about game design and the production process of a game. What he has to say is fascinating, and he spoke with us on the morning of the launch of his new project Molly House.
Oct 24, 2023
57 min
David Thompson talks Historical Game Design and Lanzerath Ridge
David Thompson talks with class about historical game design, focussing in particular on his game in the Valiant Defense Series Lanzerath Ridge. This is the audio only version, so if you want to see David's slides, hop on over to that and check it out here - https://podcasters.spotify.com/alypv1/episodes/David-Thompson-talks-Historical-Game-Design-and-Lanzerath-Ridge-e2ar6ds
Oct 20, 2023
54 min
David Thompson talks Historical Game Design and Lanzerath Ridge
David Thompson talks with class about historical game design, focussing in particular on his game in the Valiant Defense Series Lanzerath Ridge
Oct 20, 2023
53 min
Playing with the Past Ep. 0 - Trailer
A brief trailer to explain what to expect from the podcast. Up next, a conversation with designer David Thompson, focussing on his design for the Valiant Defense Series game Lanzerath Ridge.
Oct 12, 2023
36 sec