Keep in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/greatgamepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the conversation on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack sat down with Andy (Non-Breaking Space games) to talk about the John Company inspired megagame, The Company Archives.Read a player's experience of the game here.You can find more of NBS' work online at www.nbsp1618.games and check out the latest release, Cross Bronx Expressway.The Great Game theme is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing OrchestraThe Great Game logo was made by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Keep in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/greatgamepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the conversation on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack and Pat talk with James (Sydney Megagamers) on how he came to designing Raising Spirits, a mini-megagame based on the renowned social deduction game Blood on the Clock Tower.The Great Game theme is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing OrchestraThe Great Game logo was made by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Keep in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/greatgamepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the conversation on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠An experiment with the rambling, longer form, Patrick sits down with Ciaran (of The Generalissimo is Dead fame) to talk about what makes a megagame designer. This is the first 'background briefing' and looks at getting a deeper understanding of the people behind the megagame world.We did inevitably have a few audio bumps and bomps throughout, so apologies for those.The Great Game theme is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing OrchestraThe Great Game logo was made by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Keep in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/greatgamepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the conversation on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack talks with Trenton (Megagame Coalition) and Scott (West Coast Megagames, certified 'megagame crazy') to talk about the crossover event of their Gencon 2025 Megagames Deephaven and Goblin City.The Great Game theme is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing OrchestraThe Great Game logo was made by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Keep in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/greatgamepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the conversation on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack talks with Dave, Sydney Megagamers, about his 2025 Megagame The Lighthouse.Check out the game (and buy it to run yourself) here: https://littlemegagames.itch.io/the-lighthouseThe Great Game theme is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing OrchestraThe Great Game logo was made by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Keep in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/greatgamepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the conversation on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We finally got to sit down with some passionate Megagame aficionados (Justin from Adelaide Megagames and Sam from Basenti Games) and get to the bottom of Last Turn Madness - the good, the bad and the ugly!The Great Game theme is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing OrchestraThe Great Game logo was made by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Keep in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/greatgamepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the conversation on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The gang talks to Chris from Melbourne Megagames about This City Sucks - a game about vampires, turf wars, real estate and auctions... and figuring out what the hell happened to the mayor!The Great Game theme is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing OrchestraThe Great Game logo was made by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Keep in touch:⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/greatgamepod⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the conversation on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack and Pat delve into the dire archives for designs and concepts that landed in their scrapheap - not gone, not forgotten, but long-abandoned ideas that just didn't make it.The Great Game theme is⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing OrchestraThe Great Game logo was made by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with Ben⁠⁠Bound by Desire⁠

Keep in touch: ⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/greatgamepod⁠⁠⁠ Join the conversation on ⁠⁠⁠⁠our Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠ We regroup with the Architect of Megagames, Ben of BKGameDesign, to tackle the romance-inspired megagame Bound by Desire. We talk about the secret to getting megagamers to a megagame, why Lady McStuffin' Face is so insidious, and just how dangerous romantic polyhedrons can be. Episode Links: Connect with Ben Attend Bound by Desire The Great Game theme is ⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing Orchestra The Great Game logo was made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Keep in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/greatgamepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the conversation on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For the inaugural session of Team Time, Jack, Pat, Ben and Ciaran hash out what's going on with councils in megagames and ask the question - do we really need 'em? Find Ciaran and Trenton over at the Megagame Coalition and True North megagame servers (and of course, at the Great Game server)! The Great Game theme is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing Orchestra The Great Game logo was made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠