#216 Playtest Groups and Guilds with Tony Tran

Dirk Knemeyer – @DKnemeyer

Skye Larsen – @robthesky_games

Tony Tran – @tonymakesgames

Episode Outline

– 00:31 Tony’s and Skye’s experience with tabletop game design

– 02:48 Tony’s game design guild in Nashville

– 04:14 Tony’s experience with a larger game design group in Boston

– 05:47 Skye shares his experience with his guild in Utah

– 07:35 The key benefits of playtesting your games with a guild

– 12:05 Avoiding “group think” when playtesting with the same people

– 17:24 The contrast between Tony’s and Skye’s guilds’ approaches to first playtests

– 20:38 Coming to a tabletop group with a video game design perspective

– 24:06 The biggest personal benefit of joining a game design group

– 27:38 Benefits of meeting face-to-face for playtesting

– 29:55 How could Tony’s and Skye’s guilds do better?

– 33:23 Some tips for better feedback from fellow designers