Design Diary show

Design Diary

Summary: Board game designer / publisher Jason Tagmire looks at a new featured word each day from a design perspective. Sometimes it'll be mechanics, sometimes theme or tone, and sometimes the inspiration for a full game.

Podcasts:

 161: Exigent (with co-host Rob Cramer) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "exigent". 1 : requiring immediate aid or action 2 : requiring or calling for much : demanding http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD161-Exigent.mp3

 160: Taciturn (with co-host Rob Cramer) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "taciturn". : temperamentally disinclined to talk http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD160-Taciturn.mp3

 159: Nonchalant (with co-host Rob Cramer) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "nonchalant". : having an air of easy unconcern or indifference http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD159-Nonchalant.mp3

 158: Debunk (with co-host Rob Cramer) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "debunk". : to expose the sham or falseness of http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD158-Debunk.mp3

 156: Behemoth (with co-host Rob Cramer) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "behemoth". 1 often capitalized : a mighty animal described in Job 40:15-24 as an example of the power of God 2 : something of monstrous size, power, or appearance http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD156-Behemoth.mp3

 155: Salvo (with co-host Rob Cramer) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "salvo". 1 a : a simultaneous discharge of two or more guns in military action or as a salute b : the release all at one time of a rack of bombs or rockets (as from an airplane) c : a series of shots by an artillery battery with each gun firing one round in turn after a prescribed interval d : the bombs or projectiles released in a salvo 2 a : a sudden burst b : a spirited attack http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD155-Salvo.mp3

 152: Pyrotechnics (with co-host Rob Cramer) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "pyrotechnics". 1 singular or plural in construction : the art of making or the manufacture and use of fireworks 2 a : a display of fireworks b : a spectacular display (as of extreme virtuosity) http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD153-Pyrotechnics.mp3

 152: Benevolent | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "benevolent". 1 a : marked by or disposed to doing good b : organized for the purpose of doing good 2 : marked by or suggestive of goodwill http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD152-Benevolent.mp3 

 151: Transmogrify | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "transmogrify". : to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD151-Transmogrify.mp3

 149: Asseverate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "asseverate". : to affirm or declare positively or earnestly http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD149-Asseverate.mp3

 148: Bedizen (with co-host Rob Cramer) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "bedizen". : to adorn gaudily http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD148-Bedizen.mp3

 147: Regardless | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "regardless". :despite everything http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD147-Regardless.mp3 

 146: Canicular | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "canicular". :of or relating to the period between July and early September when hot weather occurs in the northern hemisphere.  http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD146-Canicular.mp3

 145: Meritorious (with special guest Greg Loring-Albright) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today Greg Loring-Albright (Leviathan) looks at board game design based on the word "meritorious". : deserving of honor or esteem http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD145-Meritorious.mp3

 144: Balmy (with co-host Rob Cramer) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we look at board game design based on the word "balmy". 1 a : having the qualities of balm : soothing b : mild, temperate 2 : crazy, foolish http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD144-Balmy.mp3

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