Listen now (41 min) | After playing a game with the three-headed dragon, and dreaming that night of LARPing, our heroes wake to find an old man Matthew Visyak who says, "It's dangerous to go alone!" Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 04:13 Final Fantasy 06:01 Breath of Fire 4 06:28 The Last Ninja 06:40 Simon's Quest 12:33 Dice Invasion 12:49 It's Kind of a Fun Story 13:39 Gloomhaven 23:57 The Outlast Trials 34:40 Resident Evil 4 35:22 Diablo 4 35:53 Hogwarts Legacy 37:26 Jedi Survivor 37:51 Final Fantasy XVI 38:22 Tears of the Kingdom 38:40 Sons of the Forest 39:30 Spider-Man 2 Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (19 min) | Design Thinking LARPing is a fully immersive, fully cast, tongue-in-cheek radio play about LARPers taking over a gaming convention. Join Tim, Michael, and Rapid Protobot on this adventure. Read the transcript. Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (61 min) | Heeding the warning from the space wizard, our heroes make camp for the night in a nearby cave. They soon discover that the cave is inhabited by a three-headed dragon named PopHaus, who just wants to play a new game called It's Kind of a Fun Story! Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 02:44 Final Fantasy VII 03:30 Crash Bandicoot 04:06 Dream Phone 05:22 Mouse Trap 09:06 Animal Crossing 15:11 Codenames 15:30 It's Kind of a Fun Story 20:01 Cards Against Humanity 31:29 Gloomhaven 39:41 Spot It 41:37 Betrayal at House on the Hill 42:34 Secret Hitler 45:49 Skippo 46:46 Dragula 49:01 Final Fantasy XIV 51:39 Big Brother 55:04 Monikers Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthink

Listen now (53 min) | After parting ways with their old friend, our heroes travel until they encounter Connor Wake, a tabletop game wizard from outer space! Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: The Mind Roads & Boats Scythe Framework Into the Breach Herbacious Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (62 min) | On their epic quest our heroes encounter an old friend, Aaron H., and they talk about his recent gaming conquests in Stillfleet. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: Stillfleet The Rain Thieves Dune Float City Fun City Podcast Strings Roll 20 Malinger Robot Factory The Art of Game Design: Book of Lenses The Game Design Workshop Candyland Moats in the Eye Splendor Galaxy Trucker Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (48 min) | Bidding the family of designers good morrow, our heroes find respite, a cozy moment to decompress with Scalisco Games founder Dan Scalise and talk about their new game: Corgi's Cozy Hike. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 00:59 Dog Gone Seattle. Lots: Corgis Cozy Hike 1:26 Candy Crush 02:53 Final Fantasy 03:11 Game of Thrones board game 03:11 Avalon 03:11 Resistance 03:28 Among Us 03:37 One Night Werewolf 03:50 Blood on the Clock Tower 04:15 Donkey Kong Country Lots: Banjo Kazooie 10:13 Mario 64 15:12 Rock Miner 22:53 Elden Ring 22:53 Tears of the Kingdom 22:53 Zelda (The Legend of Zelda series) Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (54 min) | As our heroes sneak their way past the battlefield, they encounter a small family of game designers. Laura Rodriguez and daughter Adriana Bailey discuss the making of their new game Dice Invasion. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 01:53 Theater LARP 07:18 Designing a LARP 10:13 Aspire SRD 11:00 Caltrop Core 16:24 Her Odyssey 19:35 Solo-Journaling RPGs 21:47 Galatea 25:07 Diversity Saves 33:09 Mass Effect 33:54 Knights of the Old Republic 34:51 Tyranny 37:01 Magic the Gathering 40:19 Vampire Survivors 42:10 Tunic 45:06 Root 46:07 Dragon Quest Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (57 min) | With the Forest of Trees behind them, we stumble upon a battle - but a mysterious game designer on the periphery explains that it's just a Boffer LARP. S. Kaiya J. discusses game design, the Aspire SRD, Diversity Saves, and the complexity of LARP design. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 01:53 Theater LARP 07:18 Designing a LARP 10:13 Aspire SRD 11:00 Caltrop Core 16:24 Her Odyssey 19:35 Solo-Journaling RPGs 21:47 Galatea 25:07 Diversity Saves 33:09 Mass Effect 33:54 Knights of the Old Republic 34:51 Tyranny 37:01 Magic the Gathering 40:19 Vampire Survivors 42:10 Tunic 45:06 Root 46:07 Dragon Quest Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (60 min) | As our heroes just set out on their new gaming quest, they encounter Nick Finck, "The Director of the Forest of Trees." Nick discusses being a UX professional, advisor, mentor, coach, speaker, and founding Craft & Rigor. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 15:25 Dungeons & Dragons: First Edition 19:37 Mazes and Monsters 21:02 The Real Housewives of D&D 21:39 Digital D&D 21:51 D&D Beyond 28:34 Craft and Rigor 32:23 NickFinck.com 41:17 Trailer Park Wars 49:39 Cards Against Humanity Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (45 min) | Our heroes kick-off season 3 of the podcast discussing changes to the podcast, what they've been playing, the Devil In Me, and the Season Challenge: Outlast Trials! Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 02:44 What we've been playing since last season 02:56 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within 03:21 Titanic: Adventure out of Time 03:54 Regency Call of Cthulhu 04:27 Flourish 05:34 Gears of War 5 05:49 The Stick of Truth and the Fractured But Whole 05:55 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch 10:41 The Devil In Me 28:18 The Season Challenge: Outlast Trials Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (2 min) | Our fantastic and new season 3 intro for the Design Thinking Games podcast! Read the transcript. Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (51 min) | The big fish is revealed to be Sophia Prater, Chief Evangelist of OOUX. Our heroes learn about the history of object-oriented UX and the design of Sophia's new game. We finally review the results of this season's great challenge: Moonlighter! Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 01:10 Sophia Prater 02:15 Axure 09:14 Object Orientated UX (OOUX) 13:17 Atomic Design 14:52 Thinking in Services 16:31 UX Magic 19:14 Object Map 27:05 Lords of Waterdeep 29:28 OOUX.com 34:03 Moonlighter 38:10 Cult of the Lamb 38:48 Rollercoaster Tycoon 39:38 Monster Hunter Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (24 min) | Having overcome the collective horde, our heroes are confronted with their greatest challenge: a really big ****ing space fish. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 3:05 Elden Ring 4:06 Resident Evil Village 9:00 It Takes Two 12:48 Mad Max 13:18 God Of War 15:27 Stray 17:32 Simon's Quest 17:51 Dying Light 21:46 Breath of the Wild Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (34 min) | After having an allergic reaction to the sci-fi feline, our heroes return to space and are immediately confronted by a gamer collective armada! Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 2:11 Dragula 4:42 PopCon 7:22 LPGWV 17:21 Motown Tilt 17:47 Mortal Kombat 19:16 Pac-Man 20:51 PewDiePie 21:19 Pokemon Go 23:14 Okami 24:41 Evil Within 27:07 Sailor Moon R 28:48 Pittsburgh Dad Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (33 min) | Surviving the asteroid field, our heroes pass a nearby planet, and run into a friendly sci-fi feline and his robot companion. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 0:53 Stray 5:44 Death Stranding 17:53 Elden Ring 24:24 Horizon Forbidden West 25:41 Splatoons 3 27:09 Tunic 27:36 Evil Dead 27:47 Ghostwire Tokyo 28:06 Bioshock 29:02 Moonlighter 29:15 Cult of the Lamb Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (34 min) | After communing with the game designer, our heroes blast through a dense asteroid field made up of simulator, voice chat, collaboration, totaling, karma, and other game mechanic rocks. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:33 Stray 2:21 Goat Simulator 2:35 Maneater 4:20 Fly Simulator 7:34 Hell Let Lose 9:40 Battlefield 4 10:39 Friday the 13th 13:14 Dead by Daylight 15:48 Spy Vs. Spy 16:28 Oregon Trail Card Game 16:47 Munchkin 17:33 ROBOT RISE! 19:34 Vampire the Masquerade 24:35 Ticket To Ride 25:57 Settlers of Catan 27:32 Lords of Waterdeep 28:05 Call of Cthulu 30:21 Marvel Superheroes RPG Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (37 min) | After leaving summer camp, our heroes have a chance encounter with a game designer of some renown. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:53 AEGIS Combining Robots 12:15 Magic the Gathering 12:42 Warhammer 40K 20:02 Gloomhaven 23:15 Protospiel Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (36 min) | After exploring heroic tropes and struggles, our adventurers receive an urgent distress signal. Tracing the origins of the signal, our heroes travel to a strange and unknown mining planet, where the source of the signal is coming from a summer camp. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:33 The Quarry 9:23 House of Ashes 10:32 Until Dawn 27:34 The Devil in Me 31:23 Detroit: Become Human 32:22 Little Hope 33:56 Pick-a-Path Book Series Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (32 min) | Bidding the space adventurers a good journey, our heroes explore what it is about last stands and struggles against oppressive forces that makes a great hero.

Listen now (32 min) | Narrowly escaping the asteroid field, our heroes are joined by space adventurers Christopher Kincaid and Jared Kaplan of Lonely Hero Games. The four explore designing games and starting a game design studio. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 17:44 Codenames 17:48 5 Minute Mystery 18:21 Bank Heist 18:45 Hungry for Humans Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/