Nerdlab Podcast

Nerdlab Podcast


Latest Episodes

095 – Designer Diary for Mindbug Beyond with Richard Garfield, Christian Kudahl & Skaff Elias
April 21, 2023

In this episode, I discuss with Richard Garfield, Skaff Elias []

094 – Mindbug Kickstarter Lessons Learned
January 02, 2023

Hello everyone and happy new year. Today we have January []

093 – A Working Day as a Games Publisher
May 27, 2022

Marvin talks about a typical day in his role as a game designer and publisher of Mindbug

092 – Mindbug – Officially Announced
October 05, 2021

A lot has happened in the last couple of months []

091 – The Journey of AracKhan Wars with Robert Palmer
July 29, 2021

Today we have a great guest on the show and []

090 – Designing Slay the Spire – The Boardgame – with Gary Dworetsky
July 20, 2021

Today we have a great guest on the show. Gary []

089 – The Design Philosophy of Riftforce with Carlo Bortolini
June 01, 2021

This week I had the chance to talk to Carlo Bortolini, a fellow game designer (Memoarr and Riftforce). Riftforce is a dueling card game that involves factions, drafting, combos, and different strategies. All the good stuff I love so much about card games.

88 – The Game Design Process of Bruno Cathala
May 20, 2021

This week I have the incredible honor of hosting one of the best game designers in the world. He has designed countless games and it doesnt seem like he is going to stop :-) And the majority of them are incredibly successful. For example he designed King

87 – Victory Points and Player Agency with Tom Lehmann
May 13, 2021

This week I have the honor of hosting Tom Lehmann, []

086 – How to Start an E-Mail List as a Game Designer
May 06, 2021

This week follow up on the topic of E-Mail Listbuilding as a Game Designer. Last week I talked about why you should start an E-Mail List. This week the focus is on how to do it. In the podcast, I cover the high-level process of: Creating a Lead Magnet and