COIN Collectors #18: Interview with Saverio Spagnolie & Cory Graham (Vijayanagara)

Welcome to a special episode of Dads on a Map: COIN Collectors! Today, we're thrilled to be joined by two incredible designers behind the COIN Collector favorite, Vijayanagara: The Deccan Empires of Medieval India. Join us as we dive deep into the fascinating creation of this game, gaining insights from the people who brought it to life.

Our guest designers for this episode are Saverio Spagnolie and Cory Graham.

Vijayanagara is currently available on the GMT P500 pre-order system, with a scheduled release in Q4 2023.

00:44 - Guest Introductions
03:15 - Origins of Vijayanagara: Consim Game Jam
05:40 - COIN Title: Gandhi as inspiration
07:15 - Theme/Setting/Time Period Choice
09:00 - 3 Player Design
13:00 - Historical Modeling of Medieval India
16:50 - Game Visuals
18:20 - Shipping Status
20:30 - Previous COIN Collector Podcast
23:30 - Advice for first time designers
25:30 - Design goals for the game
31:30 - Battle Mechanics
40:00 - Favorite Card/Favorite Mechanic
42:53 - ICS series
46:50 - "Whats on the table?"
48:36 - Outro

This podcast episode uses these sounds from https://freemusicarchive.org/:
The Circle of Fifths - Bus Window Clap
freesound.org/s/509526/ licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

For a full playthrough of the game. We recommended checking out our friend's channel Guerric Samples Games. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS7mLj_eU7k&t=6s
https://www.twitch.tv/GuerricSamplesGames

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