Hi folks,

David Alexander and Peter Evans here with an announcement for a new podcast series that may be interesting to followers of GMT Games, covering the first ever “ConSim Game Jam” sponsored by GMT that took place last October.

If you’re unfamiliar with the Consim Game Jam, this 72-hour event challenged teams to create a board game from scratch using only the components found in one of the published games from GMT’s COIN series.

In this podcast series we interviewed the founders of the ConSim Jam (“young guns” Fred Serval and Joe Dewhurst); the Judges of the event (the venerable Volko Runhke, Morgan Gouyon-Rety, and Jason Carr); and the three teams whose games secured themselves a podium finish, including the designers behind current P500-listed designs In the Shadows and Vijayangara (the other placing design on Boudicea’s revolt may join them soon as well, albeit in another form).

These interviews covered what the Jam was like from a variety of perspectives; as well as a wide range of board game related topics, including design and development, building a narrative, the COIN system, how to know when a design is viable, and many more besides!

We had a wonderful time chatting with folks to create this, and hope you enjoy listening to these interviews as much as we had in putting them together!

Finally – this podcast series also inaugurates the launch of our new Podcast: The Spicy Fish Board Games Podcast. We would love to hear your feedback as well as suggestions. If you like what you hear, or would like to hear more from us or request content please contact us at spicyfishpodcast@gmail.com.

We hope to see you at the gaming table!

Dave & Peter

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