30 Best Game Design Podcasts

1. Designer Notes

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Why do we make games? Every designer has a different and very personal answer to that question. Soren Johnson, founder of Mohawk Games, sits down with noted designers to find out by examining their careers as a whole.MORE Hosts Soren Johnson, Adam Saltsman
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2. The Board Game Design Lab

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The Board Game Design Lab was created for one purpose: to help you design great games people love. To accomplish that goal, this podcast interviews designers, publishers, and board game insiders on specific topics related to game design. I don't waste time talking about recently played games or pop culture. Instead, the show does a deep dive into subjects that I hope you'll find extremely valuable as you progress through your game design journey.MORE Host Gabe Barrett
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 283Twitter 2.9K Avg Length 68 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. The Game Design Round Table

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Covering the full breadth of digital, tabletop, and role playing games, The Game Design Round Table inspires and educates aspiring and experienced game designers.
Hosts Dirk Knemeyer, David V. Heron
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 238Twitter 1.7K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Since Nov 2012 Get Email Contact

4. Building the Game

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Join Jason Slingerland and his fellow game design friends as they discuss the ins and outs, and ups and downs of being tabletop game designers in a documentary style. The Building the Game Podcast is published every week.MORE Host Jason Slingerland
Producer/Network Jason Slingerland
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 59Facebook 248Twitter 1.4K Avg Length 65 min Format Long form Since Jun 2012 Get Email Contact

5. Deep Listens

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A bi-weekly video game book club that takes a deep look at one game every episode. We discuss the literary elements, philosophical ideas, and game design decisions that make games great while keeping things funny and friendly. Tune in for some close readings of your favorite games! Email us at deeplistenspodcast@gmail.comMORE Hosts Gino Grieco, Braden, Chris
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 21Twitter 25 Avg Length 95 min Format Extended Since May 2015 Get Email Contact

6. Design Doc

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Come along with Hannah and Evan in a living documentation of the game design process, from the first spark of an idea, to every disastrous surprise. It's not an instruction manual, but a travel guide, with lots of unexpected stops along the way.MORE Hosts Hannah Shaffer, Evan Rowland
Producer/Network Hannah Shaffer and Evan Rowland
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 29Twitter 315 Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Since Oct 2017 Get Email Contact

7. RPG Design Panelcast

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The best recorded panels and seminars about analog game design and publishing
Producer/Network Jason Pitre
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 30Facebook 91Twitter 2.6K Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Since Nov 2012 Get Email Contact

8. Yes Indie'd Pod

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Do I like game design? Yes, indie'd! A podcast of bitesize interviews with indie tabletop roleplaying game creators about their work and game design theory & practice. Releases every two weeks.MORE Producer/Network Thomas M
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9. Level Design Lobby

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The Level Design Lobby, breaks down game and level design techniques, showing how they are used within games, as well as how we can improve upon them. It also shares reading material to its audience, while providing interviews with industry professionals. Please Subscribe----Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaxpearsWebsite: http://www.maxpears.com/MORE Host Max Pears
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 49Twitter 10.5K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2017 Get Email Contact

10. Nerdlab Podcast

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If you want to design your own games, this podcast is for you. We will dive deep into topics like development tools, game mechanics, card design, marketing and discuss everything you need to know to start your first Kickstarter campaign. To analyse these topics, we will be looking at existing card games and board games and take a deeper look at their core mechanics in order to use them as inspiration for our own games. Everything we discuss will be applied to a fantasy adventure card game we develop in parallel to the podcast...MORE Producer/Network Marvin Hegen
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 37Facebook 104Twitter 92 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

11. Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication

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Game Design Unboxed features interviews with tabletop game designers on specific games or series of games they have created. Listeners will learn where the initial idea for the game came from, how the game developed over time and where the game is now after being published.MORE Host Danielle Reynolds
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12. Knox Game Design

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Knox Game Design is a monthly discussion by game creators in the Knoxville, Tennessee area. We share our ideas, show off projects, and discuss current topics related to video game development. Our group explores the many facets of the game design process, such as coding, graphics, modeling, animation, story, and promotion. You can find out more information on the group including future meeting dates at knoxgamedesign.orgMORE Hosts Dylan Wolf, Levi D. Smith
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 7Twitter 67 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Since Jan 2016 Video Podcast YouTube
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13. Game Dev With a Shot of Jameson

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Hello! I'm Jameson Durall, a professional video game designer with 20 years of experience who loves helping up and coming game developers learn about the industry. I'm currently Advanced Senior Game Designer at Insomniac Games, and formerly with EA, Oddworld Inhabitants, and Deep Silver Volition. Each week I have game industry professionals on to talk about how they got into games, lessons they've learned, and answer questions from viewers in the live Twitch stream. Join us live every Wednesday at 7pm ET: https://www.twitch.tv/jamesondurallGameDev #gamedev Game Design #gamedesignMORE Producer/Network Jameson Durall
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 106 min Format Extended Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

14. Level Design Podcast

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The Level Design podcast is your view into the world of game development through the lens of Level Design!Every two weeks we come at you with a great interview or discussion about games, the process of making games or game development adjacent topics.MORE Producer/Network Mark Drew
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3Facebook 20Twitter 3.4KInstagram 67 Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Since Apr 2019 Video Podcast YouTube
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15. Game Designers of North Carolina Podcast

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The Game Designers of North Carolina is a guild of tabletop game designers who, shockingly, reside in North Carolina. We've been meeting regularly since April 2013 and when we started most of us did not have a lot of exposure or experience in tabletop game design. We've learned a lot as a group since we started and this podcast is a way to share some of that knowledge. Our goal for the podcast is to present a lot of information pertinent for new designers but hopefully also offer content that any designer can find useful...MORE Hosts Matt Wolfe, Mark McGee
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 10Facebook 384Twitter 967 Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Since Sep 2015 Get Email Contact

16. GABBIN & GAMES

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Podcast from DAVID JAFFE GAMES from Game Designer David Jaffe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Host David Jaffe
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 30Twitter 72.3KInstagram 1.8K Avg Length 135 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

17. Indie Board Game Designers

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Learn from independent board game designers how they got where they did and what they learned along the way.
Producer/Network Patrick Rauland
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 16Twitter 3K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. The Who, What, Why? Game Design Podcast

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On Who, What, Why? I discuss game design with those who make games and try to learn more about the game design process. Each episode I interview a designer, publisher, developer, artist, etc. of tabletop games such as card, board, or role playing. Some episodes discuss big ideas in design rather than individual games. I have both mainstream and independent developers as guests.MORE Host Michael Bonet
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 10Facebook 185Twitter 1.4K Avg Length 62 min Format Long form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

19. Board Game Bros

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BOARD GAME BROSWe are Jeffrey Craig and Matthew Craig - brothers in real life and board game designers in real life. This is our board game hobbyist/design podcast where we talk about our favorite games. We start every episode talking about how the game is played, and then we examine how game design was used to assist the player and enhance the gameplay.Follow us on twitter @BGBroscast (https://twitter.com/BGBroscast)Follow us on facebook @BGBroscast (https://www.facebook.com/BGBroscast/)MORE Producer/Network Board Game Bros
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 21Facebook 63Twitter 64 Avg Length 63 min Format Long form Since Jan 2018 Get Email Contact

20. Pretentious Game Ideas

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The monthly game design podcast that you haven't been waiting for! Join us as we discuss, explore, and get out of our depths in a new game design topic every episode.
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 13Twitter 110 Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

21. The Sweaty The Farmer & The Game Design

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Lucho(The Farmer) and The Long Name Gamer(The Sweaty) discuss Game Design
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22. Game Design Critics

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We take deep looks into the design of games.Our goal is to find a mobile game and play it for about a week more or less, and then discuss the design of the game. We talk about what we liked, what stood out to us, what we didn't like, and how we think we could make it better. Here's our website for our podcast!https://thecrancher.wixsite.com/gamedesigncritics/podcastThank you so much for listening!MORE Hosts TheCrancher, Kritz, James
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Apple Rating 3/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 66 min Format Long form Since Dec 2019 Get Email Contact

23. The Game Design Hacks

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Two developers discuss, diagnose and design video and table-top games.Tune in as Dale and Tom breakdown design decisions on all kinds of games, prototype designs live, and discuss game development.MORE Producer/Network The Game Design Hacks
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Apple Reviews 1Facebook 32 Avg Length 71 min Format Long form Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

24. A Nominal Game Design Podcast

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'Game designer' Chris Bissette fools around with synths and talks about stuff for an indefinite period of time. Is it a podcast? Is it ASMR? Is it good? Nobody actually knows.
Producer/Network Chris Bissette
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Twitter 9K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since Nov 2020 Get Email Contact

25. The Clockwork Game Design Podcast

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The Clockwork Game Design Podcast is a functional strategy game design podcast hosted by game designer and author Keith Burgun. Featuring interviews with some of the biggest and most interesting names in game design and related fields.MORE Host Keith Burgun
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Apple Rating 3.8/5Apple Reviews 34Facebook 273Twitter 888 Avg Length 62 min Format Long form Since Oct 2015 Get Email Contact

26. The GM's Guide

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In-depth podcast on how to improve your campaign, focusing on the adventure, world and character design. We apply proven and practical game design techniques to the world of running pen and paper campaigns. There's a lot to get into, so let's get started.MORE Producer/Network Dan Felder
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 73 Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Since Nov 2015 Get Email Contact

27. The Board Game Workshop

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Discussions about board game design.
Host Chris Anderson
Producer/Network The Board Game Workshop
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