30 Best Game Design Podcasts

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1. Designer Notes

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Website Apple Spotify YouTube
Hosts Idle Thumbs, Soren Johnson
Producer/Network Idle Thumbs
Email ****@idlethumbs.net
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 2.2KTwitter 53.4K Avg Length 143 min Since Oct 2014 Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.

2. Deep Listens

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Website Apple Spotify
Producer/Network Deep Listens
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9/5Twitter 28 Avg Length 80 min Since May 2015 Get Email Contact

3. The Game Design Round Table

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Website Apple Spotify
Hosts Dirk Knemeyer, David V. Heron
Producer/Network Dirk Knemeyer & David V. Heron
Email ****@knemeyer.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 1.7K Avg Length 55 min Since Nov 2012 Get Email Contact

4. Building the Game

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Website Apple
Host Jason Slingerland
Producer/Network Jason Slingerland
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 248Twitter 1.4K Avg Length 69 min Since Jun 2012 Get Email Contact

5. RPG Design Panelcast

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Website Apple Spotify
The best panels and seminars about analog game design & publishing.
Producer/Network Jason Pitre
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 91Twitter 2.9K Avg Length 56 min Since Nov 2012 Get Email Contact

6. Level Design Podcast

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Website Apple Spotify
Producer/Network Mark Drew
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 20Twitter 3.4KInstagram 69 Avg Length 55 min Since Apr 2019 Video Podcast YouTube
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7. Design Doc

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Website Apple Spotify
Welcome to Design Doc, a podcast documenting the process of analog game design. Game designers guide you through their process from concept to product.
Hosts Hannah Shaffer, Evan Rowland
Producer/Network Hannah Shaffer and Evan Rowland
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 371 Avg Length 48 min Since Oct 2017 Get Email Contact

8. Yes Indie'd Pod

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Website Apple Spotify
Producer/Network Thomas M
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 645 Avg Length 56 min Get Email Contact

9. Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication

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Website Apple
Topics covered Games
Producer/Network Danielle Reynolds
Apple Rating 4.2/5 Avg Length 46 min Get Email Contact

10. Level Design Lobby

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Website Apple Spotify
Host Max Pears
Producer/Network Max Pears
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 10.5K Avg Length 25 min Since Sep 2017 Get Email Contact

11. Knox Game Design

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Website Apple Spotify
Hosts Dylan Wolf, Levi D. Smith
Producer/Network Knox Game Design
Email ****@dylanwolf.com
Apple Rating 3.8/5Twitter 67 Avg Length 30 min Since Jan 2016 Video Podcast YouTube
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12. The Clockwork Game Design Podcast

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Website Apple YouTube
Host Keith Burgun
Producer/Network The Clockwork Game Design Podcast
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 3.8/5Facebook 273Twitter 888 Avg Length 63 min Since Oct 2015 Get Email Contact

13. The Board Game Workshop

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Website Apple Spotify
This podcast consists of discussions about board game design.
Host Chris Anderson
Producer/Network The Board Game Workshop
Email ****@theboardgameworkshop.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 804Twitter 1.3K Get Email Contact

14. The Board Game Design Lab

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Website Apple Spotify
Host Gabe Barrett
Producer/Network Gabe Barrett
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 2.9K Avg Length 59 min Get Email Contact

15. Game Dev With a Shot of Jameson

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Website Apple Spotify
Producer/Network Jameson Durall
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 104 min Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

16. Game Designers of North Carolina Podcast

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Website Apple
Hosts Matt Wolfe, Mark McGee
Producer/Network GDofNC
Email ****@gdofnc.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 374Twitter 967 Avg Length 58 min Since Sep 2015 Get Email Contact

17. GABBIN+GAMES

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Website Apple Spotify
Host David Jaffe
Producer/Network spidey99
Email ****@yahoo.com
Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 72.7KInstagram 1.7K Avg Length 135 min Get Email Contact

18. Indie Board Game Designers Podcast

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Website Apple Spotify
In this podcast, the host talks about board game design. Learn from independent board game designers how they got where they did and what they learned along the way.
Producer/Network Patrick Rauland
Apple Rating 4.9/5Twitter 3.1K Avg Length 36 min Get Email Contact

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

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Website Apple
Host Michael Bonet
Producer/Network Mike Bonet
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 108Twitter 1.4K Avg Length 62 min Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

20. Nerdlab Podcast

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Website Apple Spotify
Producer/Network Marvin Hegen
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 104Twitter 89 Avg Length 48 min Get Email Contact

21. Board Game Bros

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Website Apple Spotify
Producer/Network Board Game Bros
Email ****@bgbcast.com
Apple Rating 4/5Facebook 63Twitter 64 Avg Length 63 min Since Jan 2018 Get Email Contact

22. Pretentious Game Ideas

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Website Apple
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.
Producer/Network Ruddy Games
Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 122 Avg Length 48 min Get Email Contact

23. The Sweaty The Farmer & The Game Design

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Website Apple Spotify
Lucho(The Farmer) and The Long Name Gamer(The Sweaty) discuss Game Design
Producer/Network The Sweaty and The Farmer
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 94 min Get Email Contact

24. Game Design Critics

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Website Apple Spotify
Hosts TheCrancher, Kritz, James
Producer/Network TheCrancher
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 3/5 Avg Length 66 min Since Dec 2019 Get Email Contact

25. The Game Design Hacks

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Website Apple Spotify
Producer/Network The Game Design Hacks
Email ****@dalejwilliams.com
Facebook 32 Avg Length 71 min Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

26. A Nominal Game Design Podcast

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

27. The GM's Guide

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Website Apple
Producer/Network Dan Felder
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 48 min Since Nov 2015 Get Email Contact

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Podcaster Name Email Role Podcast Link Total Episodes Twitter Handle Twitter Followers
Idle Thumbs Producer And Host idlethumbs.net/designernotes 4 @idlethumbs 54.4K
Soren Johnson Host idlethumbs.net/designernotes 4 @sorenjohnson 11.9K
Dirk Knemeyer Co Host thegamedesignroundtable.com/series 1 @dknemeyer
David V. Heron Co Host thegamedesignroundtable.com/series 1 @davidvheron
Jason Slingerland Host buildingthegamepodcast.com 31
Hannah Shaffer Co Host oneshotpodcast.com/category/podcasts/design-doc 12
Evan Rowland Co Host oneshotpodcast.com/category/podcasts/design-doc 12 @adrawnnovel
Max Pears Host leveldesignlobby.libsyn.com/website 18 @maxpears
Dylan Wolf Co Host knoxgamedesign.org 7
Levi D. Smith Co Host knoxgamedesign.org 7 @levidsmith 24
Keith Burgun Host keithburgun.net/category/podcast 2
Chris Anderson Host theboardgameworkshop.com/podcast 3 @bluecubebgs
Gabe Barrett Host boardgamedesignlab.com
Matt Wolfe Co Host feeds.buzzsprout.com/48513 1 @mattwolfe
Mark McGee Co Host feeds.buzzsprout.com/48513 1 @mmark40
David Jaffe Host gabbinandgames.podbean.com 2 @davidscottjaffe
Michael Bonet Host whowhatwhycast.tumblr.com 3
TheCrancher Co Host thecrancher.wixsite.com/gamedesigncritics/podcast 17
Kritz Co Host thecrancher.wixsite.com/gamedesigncritics/podcast 17
James Co Host thecrancher.wixsite.com/gamedesigncritics/podcast 17
Ryan Costello knowdirectionpodcast.com/category/podcasts/game-design-unboxed 32
Deep Listens deeplistens.libsyn.com 32 @deeplistenspod 28
Gabe Barrett boardgamedesignlab.com/episodes 18
Jason Pitre genesisoflegend.podbean.com 15 @genesisoflegend 2.9K
Justin Gary thinklikeagamedesigner.com/podcast 13
Jameson Durall podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesondurall 2
John yesindiedpod.com 1
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