DIY Boardgames

Episode 008: Josh Mills Makes The Cut

jtagmire@gmail.com (Jason Tagmire) — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 02:54:00 +0000

The Cult Film postcard game continues with Josh Mills and his Edward Scissorhands inspired dexterity game, Scissorcards. Josh joined the project just as we were about to fill up and thankfully the remaining films were right up his alley. Jason Tagmire interviews Josh about being mortal enemies, his surprising film background (that's two now!) and they touch on Scissorhands a bit.

DIRECT LINK: http://www.buttonshy.com/bs/diy/DIYBG008.mp3

Episode 006: Jason Slingerland Ties The Room Together

jtagmire@gmail.com (Jason Tagmire) — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 03:25:00 +0000

Continuing with our Board Game of the Month Club Cult Film Postcards, we have Jason Slingerland (Building the Game Podcast, Water Balloon Washout) and his The Big Lebowski-inspired card game, It Really Ties The Room Together. Jason Tagmire interviews him about the movie, his surprising background in film, and more.

DIRECT LINK: http://www.buttonshy.com/bs/diy/DIYBG006.mp3

Episode 005: Board Game Road Trip With Benny Sperling

jtagmire@gmail.com (Jason Tagmire) — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 03:13:00 +0000

A few episodes ago, we started the Board Game Road Trip. Ben Begeal (PA) and Jason Tagmire (NJ) took a stab at making a game and passing it down the line. Well the first in line is Benny Sperling all the way in Texas. Ben and Benny met up and made drastic changes to the game. It's now called Paint The Roses Red, with an all new theme and a whole bunch of new mechanics.

DIRECT LINK: http://www.buttonshy.com/bs/diy/DIYBG005.mp3

(To download the Board Game Road Trip game, visit https://www.patreon.com/buttonshy)

Episode 004: Ben Begeal Dares You To Say What Again

jtagmire@gmail.com (Jason Tagmire) — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 00:42:00 +0000

Button Shy's very first Cult Film Postcard Game is out as part of our Board Game of the Month Club. The push-your-luck card game Say What Again was designed by Ben Begeal and was obviously inspired by the cult classic, Pulp Fiction. In this long form interview Jason Tagmire interviews Ben about the film and its inspiration for the game.

DIRECT LINK: http://www.buttonshy.com/bs/diy/DIYBG004.mp3

Episode 003: The Board Game Road Trip Kickoff

jtagmire@gmail.com (Jason Tagmire) — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 05:18:00 +0000

Ben Begeal is heading up the Board Game Road Trip, a design project where one designer starts a game and then another designer picks it up where they left off. Ben will travel with the current version of the game, meeting up with designers, developers, and playtesters across the country. In this episode we learn about the initial design that Ben (PA) came up with and then Jason Tagmire (NJ) makes the first changes.

DIRECT LINK: http://www.buttonshy.com/bs/diy/DIYBG003.mp3

(To download the first two versions of the Board Game Road Trip game, visit https://www.patreon.com/buttonshy)

Episode 002: Buying Art With Stolen Credit Cards

jtagmire@gmail.com (Jason Tagmire) — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:18:00 +0000

Jason Tagmire and Ben Begeal (designer of Say What Again, developer of many Button Shy Games) run through setting up 12 different artists for 12 postcard games, and the struggles involved. as well as the struggles of working with artists with a language barrier. They also discuss doing a small local convention and having to leave an hour into it due to Jason's business credit card being stolen. The episode wraps with some thoughts on Avignon’s current Kickstarter success.

DIRECT LINK: http://www.buttonshy.com/bs/diy/DIYBG002.mp3

Episode 001: Two Wild and Crazy Cats

jtagmire@gmail.com (Jason Tagmire) — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 02:24:00 +0000

A dual interview between Jason Tagmire and Marty Cobb. Marty asks Jason questions about the origins of Button Shy, his gaming background, first designs and more. Then Jason interviews Marty on the same and more. It runs for a little less than an hour.

DIRECT LINK: http://www.buttonshy.com/bs/diy/DIYBG001.mp3

Episode 000: State of the Button

jtagmire@gmail.com (Jason Tagmire) — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 23:28:00 +0000

Jason Tagmire (Designer / Publisher / Button Shy owner-operator) goes through the ins and outs of running a do-it-yourself board game company. You'll hear the how's and why's of Button Shy's overall plans and goals as well as day to day operations. There's also a standard night's to do list and world building discussion with Marty Cobb (co-designer of Wild Cats, artist of Wild Cats, Fever Chill, Pixel Lincoln and more).

DIRECT LINK: http://www.buttonshy.com/bs/diy/DIYBG000.mp3