Building the Game
By: Jason Slingerland
Language: en-US
Categories: Leisure, Games
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.
Episodes
Episode 707: Factoring Forms
Dec 15, 2025Jason Chats with Emily Vincent.
Duration: 01:01:34Episode 706: Is It Cereal, Joe?
Dec 07, 2025Jason Chats with Joe Kell
Duration: 01:13:25Episode 705: The Spirit of the Market
Nov 30, 2025Jason chats with Eric Dittmore.
Duration: 01:03:30Episode 704: PAXU WAS NUTS
Nov 24, 2025Jason Chats with so many awesome people!
Duration: 01:12:55Episode 703: Building the Pyramid
Nov 16, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent and Rosco Schock.
Duration: 00:59:53Episode 702: Should You Even Germany?
Nov 09, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent
Duration: 01:09:17Episode 701: Idea Smash
Nov 02, 2025Jason chats with Rosco Schock
Duration: 00:58:24Episode 700- A Guided Journey
Oct 26, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent AND Chris Michaud.
Duration: 01:02:10Episode 699: Trading Topics
Oct 19, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 698: Technically, It Is Debt
Oct 14, 2025
Jason chats with Emily Vincent and Jack Rosetree.
Duration: 01:02:26Episode 698: Technically, It is Debt
Oct 13, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent and Jack Rosetree.
Duration: 01:02:26Episode 697: Take a Park and Put it in Your Pocket
Oct 05, 2025Jason chats with Jason Wong.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 696: Adulting is Six Seven
Sep 29, 2025Jason chats with Eric Dittmore.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 695: Jason Misses Puns
Sep 21, 2025Jason chats with Jack Rosetree.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 694: Purposely Seeking Inspiration
Sep 14, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 693: Martyrdom is Never Expected but is Appreciated
Sep 07, 2025Jason chats with Maia Thomas Valdez
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 692: Lessons From Rogue Jokers
Aug 31, 2025Jason chats with Rosco Schock
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 691: Honestly, We Talked Way More About Hills Than I Expected
Aug 25, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 690: Emily and the J-Squad go to JenCon
Aug 17, 2025Emily chats with Jonathan Chaffer, Joseph Frederick, Jeff Grisenthwaite, Jack Rosetree, and JC Wolfslayer.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 689: Joetospiel
Aug 10, 2025Jason chats with Joe Kell.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 688: Loosey Boothy
Aug 03, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent and Sabrina Culyba and JC Wolfslayer.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 687- Love is a Personalized Axe
Jul 27, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent and Nicole Amato
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 686- Is It Rich or Is It True
Jul 21, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 685: How to Let it Go
Jul 12, 2025Jason chats with Rosco Schock
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 684: Audience Agency
Jul 07, 2025Jason chats with Zach Morris.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 683: Another Greek Word
Jun 29, 2025Jason chats with Jonathan Chaffer.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 682: You Can Just Be Friends with a Magician
Jun 22, 2025Jason chats with Heather Newton and Jack Rosetree.
Duration: 00:00:00Epsiode 681: Runaway Conversation About Runaway Inspiration
Jun 15, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 680: Lines in the Sand
Jun 08, 2025Jason chats with Julio Nazario.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 679: Building the Product: Part 4 of…
Jun 01, 2025Emily Vincent chats with Sabrina Culyba and Kirsten Lunde.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 678: Pitching in Reverse
May 25, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 677: Youtube Thinks You Want to be a Plumber
May 18, 2025Jason chats with Connor Wake.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 676: Nicolas Cage Shenanigans
May 11, 2025Jason chats with Jamie Sabriel, Zach Morris, and Xoe Allred.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 675: Animals On Trial
May 04, 2025Jason chats with Brooks Barber and Xoe Allred.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 674: This Episode Might Be Intelligence
Apr 27, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent and Laura Mariano.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 673: This Episode Might Be Artificial
Apr 20, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent and Laura Mariano.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 672: Necesisititatary
Apr 13, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 671: What if Your Junk is Good for the Environment
Apr 06, 2025Jason chats with Carol Mertz.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 670: Simple is Not Simple
Mar 30, 2025Jason chats with Rosco Schock
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 669: If it Would Confuse Your Grandma, it’s Probably for the Hardcore Audience
Mar 23, 2025Jason chats with Jonathan Chaffer and JC Wollslager.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 668: It Neither Rolls Nor Writes
Mar 17, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent and Jonathan Chaffer.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 667: In the End It’s Probably a Skill Issue
Mar 09, 2025Jason chats with Xoe Allred and Zach Morris
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 666: The Advocate
Mar 03, 2025Jason chats with Chris Michaud.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 665: So You Wanna Be a Game Designer, Again
Feb 23, 2025Jason chats with Julio Nazario
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 664: Uh Oh, Lessons Learned
Feb 16, 2025Jason chats with Sabrina Culyba
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 663: It Ends With Starfish
Feb 10, 2025Jason chats with Emily Vincent
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 662: Approximately a Yearish
Feb 02, 2025Jason chats with Vicki Langer and Brooks Barber
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 661: Orange You Glad
Jan 26, 2025Jason chats with Joe Kell
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 660: Decentivizing is Not a Word
Jan 20, 2025Jason chats with Johnathan Chaffer
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 659: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Jan 12, 2025Emily Vincent chats with Rosco Schock.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 658: The Coping Saw
Jan 05, 2025Emily Vincent chats with Ashwin Kamath and Rob Newton.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 657: Tactically Retreating
Dec 30, 2024Jason chats with Emily Vincent
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 656: A Fateful Night Market
Dec 23, 2024Jason chats with Connor Wake, Tony Tran, Amelie LaRoche, and Jamie Sabriel.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 655: It Might Be a Cult
Dec 15, 2024Jason Chats with Maia Thomas
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 654: Everybody Cries at PAXU
Dec 09, 2024Jason Chats with a lot of people who all got credit for this episode, so calm down.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 653: Victorless
Dec 02, 2024Jason chats with Matthew Hocker
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 652: A Pun, Scissors, and a Dream
Nov 25, 2024Emily Vincent Chats with JC Wolfslayer
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 651: When Your Game is Fun but You Hate it
Nov 17, 2024Jason chats with Emily Vincent
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 650: We’ve Coming a Long Way
Nov 10, 2024Jason chats with AJ Porfirio
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 649: Building the Product: Part 3 of…
Nov 03, 2024Emily Vincent chat with Sabrina Culyba and Kirsten Lunde.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 648: It Devolves Into an Odd Conversation About Cooking and Dreams
Oct 27, 2024Jason chats with Emily Vincent.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 647: Somewhere in the Timeline
Oct 20, 2024Jason chats with Jamie Sabriel.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 646: Game Design is a Garbage Dump
Oct 13, 2024Jason chats with Connor Wake.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 645: Lessons Learned From Years of Escaping
Oct 06, 2024Jason chats with Jonathan Chaffer.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 644: Feedback on Flashlights
Sep 30, 2024Jason chats with Emily Vincent and Matthew Hocker.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 643: The Wolfslayer Teaches
Sep 22, 2024Jason chats with JC Wollslager.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 642: Come Back Like a Dirty Sock
Sep 15, 2024Jason chats with Emily Vincent.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 641: Partying With Mass
Sep 08, 2024Jason chats with Danielle Reynolds.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 640: Grandcon 2024 Live
Sep 02, 2024Jason chats with Gray Detrick, Nate Daugherty, Kelly Hougland, Jonathan Chaffer, and Rosco Schock.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 639: A Night Market
Aug 25, 2024Jason chats with Connor Wake, Tony Tran, and Amelie LaRoche.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 638: Keep Your Thinking Forward
Aug 18, 2024Jason chats with Julio Nazario
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 637: Gencon Live: Scoot to the Hoot Part Twoot
Aug 11, 2024Jason chats with Emily, Nicole, and JC.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 636: Building the Product: Part 2 of…
Aug 05, 2024Emily chats with Sabrina Culyba, and Kirsten Lunde.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 635: Definition Extravaganza
Jul 29, 2024Jason chats with Emily Vincent and Jonathan Chaffer.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 634: Jason Doesn’t Understand What Solo Playtesting is
Jul 21, 2024Jason chats with Joe Kell and Robbie Bergstrom
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 633: Half Year Recap
Jul 14, 2024Emily chats with Rosco Schock.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 632: Taste the Rainbow
Jul 08, 2024Jason Chats with Joe Kell.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 631: Building the Shoe
Jun 30, 2024Emily Chats with Rosco Schock, David Masnato, Ashwin Kamath, Tony Tran, and Rob Newton.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 630: It’s a Trap
Jun 23, 2024Jason Chats with Rosco Schock
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 629: Along the Golden Path
Jun 16, 2024Jason Chats with Isaac Shalev
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 628: Chanceszar: The Probability Mage
Jun 09, 2024Jason Chats with Jamie Sabriel.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 627: Socializing With the Medias
Jun 02, 2024Jason Chats with Emily Vincent and Xoe Allred
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 626: Organization and Other Impossible Tasks
May 26, 2024Jason Chats with Nicole Amato
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 625: Building the Product: Part 1 of…
May 19, 2024Emily chats with Sabrina Culyba, and Kirsten Lunde.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 624: Money and Publishing and Time and Work and Creativity
May 12, 2024Jason Chats with Nicole Fende
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 623: No More Math
May 05, 2024Jason Chats with Connor Wake
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 622: Schrodinger’s Euro
Apr 28, 2024Jason Chats with Emily Vincent and Jonathan Chaffer.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 621: For 2 Players Only
Apr 21, 2024Jason Chats with Jamie Sabriel and Rosco Schock
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 620: Emily Has a Tiny Pirate Hat
Apr 14, 2024Jason Chats with Emily Vincent
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 619: Not Your Mom’s Watercolor
Apr 07, 2024Jason Chats with Corinne Roberts
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 618: Jamie Wants You to Know They Threw Coffee at YMC
Mar 31, 2024Jason Chats with Jamie Sabriel and Chris Michaud.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 617: RIP Horse Hotel
Mar 24, 2024Emily Chats with David Masnato, Xoe Allred, Rosco Schock, Robbie Bergstrom, Tony Tran, and Matthew Hocker.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 616: YO GAMA GAMA
Mar 17, 2024Emily Chats with Sabrina Culyba, Rosco Schock, and Clarence Simpson
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 615: 2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back
Mar 10, 2024Jason Chats with Julio Nazario.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 614: Oops All Play to Win
Mar 03, 2024Jason Chats with Mattie Schraeder.
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 613: The Definition of a Park
Feb 25, 2024Jason Chats with Jamie Sabriel and Xoe Allred
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 612: No Notes
Feb 18, 2024Jason Chats with Emily Vincent and Clarence Simpson
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 611: One Donkey in Four Forests
Feb 11, 2024Jason Chats with John Jewell. You can email John at: johnny.jewell@gmail.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/goldsealgames/four-forests?ref=discovery&term=Four%20forests
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 610: A Check Engine Light For Your Beeble Bop
Feb 04, 2024Jason Chats with Jack Rosetree, Robbie Bergstrom, and Steve Cacciola. https://jackrosetree.wixsite.com/editing/the-game-design-self-diagnostic
Duration: 00:00:00Episode 609: A Brain Fire is Not Cozy
Jan 28, 2024Jason Chats with Emily Vincent.
Duration: 00:00:00