Nicole Amato of Cardboard Fortress - co-creator of Lazer Ryderz, Resistor_, and Atari's Centipede - joins our chat! We discuss licensed board games, social deduction (without the lies), what it's like to co-design, and what themes we'd like to see more of.

Games we discussed:

Intro:
Lazer Ryderz
Atari's Centipede
Resistor

Shoe's topic:  Social Deduction Games without Bluffing

Werewolf
Hail Hydra
Secrets
Moneybags
Coup
Grifters
Cryptid
The Mind
Growl
The Grimm Masquerade
Spyfall
Insider
A Fake Artist Goes to New York
Werewords

Christina's topic: Board Game Theme Wishlists

Tokyo Series Games
Food Chain Magnate
Dune
Imperius
Planetarium
Starfall
Seikoro
And Then There Were Stars
Photosynthesis
Caterpillar Fungi
Beluga
Mayfly
Fog of Love
First Martians
Terraforming Mars

  Nick's topic: Co-designing Board Games

Nicole's topic: Licensed Games

Tiny Tina's Robot Tea Party Borderlands Card Game The Tea Dragon Society Card Game Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game XCOM: The Board Game The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game Star Wars: Rebellion A Game of Thrones: The Board Game War of the Rings Chocobo's Crystal Hunt Uncharted: The Board Game BioShock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia Fallout Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle Villainous

Final thoughts:  

Lord of the Rings: The Card Game Concordia Venus Nine Tiles PANIC Rocky Road a la Mode Inhuman Conditions