63: Fave game names, tech in games, and conventions (guests: Rose Gauntlet)

Isaac Vega (designer of Ashes Reborn, co-designer of Dead of Winter and Forgotten Waters) and Lindsey Rode (designer of Labyrinthos) take a quick break from managing their new company, Rose Gauntlet Entertainment, to discuss gaaames!

Our topics: our favorite board game names, mixing technology with tabletop, and how we feel about attending conventions this year.

The games discussed in this episode:

Intro:

• Dead of Winter
• Forgotten Waters
• Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn
• Keystone: North America
• Countdown: Action Edition
• Labyrinthos

Christina's topic: Your favorite names for board games

• So, You've Been Eaten
• Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn
• Dead of Winter
• Abyss
• Terra Mystica
• Above and Below
• Roam
• Alice is Missing
• Gravwell
• Bärenpark
• A Fake Artist Goes to New York
• Campy Creatures
• Curious Cargo
• Pipeline
• The Quacks of Quedlinburg
• Frenemy Pastry Party

Lindsey's topic: Technology in board games...what are you excited about and what don't you want to see

• Forgotten Waters
• The Search for Planet X
• Chronicles of Crime
• Life After Dungeon
• Dread

Isaac's topic: Conventions in a post-COVID world

• Atheneum: Mystic Library

Final thoughts:

• Keystone: North America