Mindful Games Lab
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsMindful Games Lab is a podcast about discovering fun games! You’ll learn strategy tips to win more and realize how to improve your life with board games and video games. Host Clay is a lifelong gamer who believes games can change the world. With over ten years of game industry experience the conversation is always passionate and inspiring. Each show Clay brings you an inspiring guest or features a game to talk about how games have a positive impact on our world. For questions, comments or inquires: clay at mindfulgameslab dot com
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Episodes
Meeples On The Ground with Sarah Trager
June 25, 2021 20:43 - 40 minutes - 38.1 MBClay visits with Sarah Trager from Meeples On The Ground. We talk about some amazing games for you to check out and important game convention advice that is not easy to follow.
Gift of Tulips with Carla Kopp
March 09, 2021 15:14 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBClay visits with Carla Kopp from Weird Giraffe Games. We talk about Gift of Tulips and the amazing team of women who worked on it. We dive into what to do if you’re stuck on a game design and what you must know if you want to pitch a design to a publisher.
Electric Orchard
February 21, 2021 19:03 - 50 minutes - 45.4 MBClay talks with Ryan Schneider from Saint Paul Games about Electric Orchard. Find out the most important skill you need to go from idea to Kickstarter launch.
Dune Imperium
February 13, 2021 17:05 - 32 minutes - 30.4 MBClay talks about the board game Dune Imperium by Dire Wolf. Find out what it's like to play and get some strategy tips to give you an edge.
Bunkers & Badasses
January 22, 2021 21:23 - 40 minutes - 38.2 MBClay visits with designer Ian Moss and developer Marshall Britt of Bunkers & Badasses published by Nerdvana Games. Find out why it's the Coolest est game in the world. Based on the game-within-a-game from Gearbox Entertainment’s Borderlands series, Bunkers & Badasses is a tabletop roleplaying game!
Don't Starve Together
January 08, 2021 22:27 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBClay and special guest talk about Don't Starve Together by Klei Entertainment. Find out what it's like to play and why it's a great game for couples.
Ed Linder Episode
November 19, 2020 23:43 - 39 minutes - 37.4 MBClay visits with Minnesota-based award-winning filmmaker, actor and game industry fan Ed Linder. During this episode you will learn: What makes a good story? Qualities that make a great film director A list of excellent games to introduce new people to Great advice for getting starting making video content Find out which Star Wars movie is the best one Timestamps 1:48 TMJ Productions 4:15 Zipperman 5:50 Martin Scorsese, The Coen Brothers, Terry Gilliam 6:53 The Greatest Movie D...
Bye, Felicia!
November 12, 2020 21:21 - 13 minutes - 14.4 MBIn this November 2020 Episode Clay talks about the party game Bye, Felicia! Find out what it's like to play Bye, Felicia You can even play along right during the podcast! 1:03 Zapotec Publisher Board&Dice 2:36 Star Wars™: Squadrons https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/squadrons 3:11 Endless Winter - Paleoamericans https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fantasiagames/endless-winter-paleoamericans?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=endless%20winter 3:58 Blood Bowl 3 https://www.bloodb...
Girl Meets Nerd
October 21, 2020 22:01 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBIn this October 2020 Episode Clay visits with Megan and Tristan from the "Girl Meets Nerd" Podcast. Find out all about the Nerdverse Find out Megan’s favorite part of the Nerdverse You will learn about the best game to play as a couple as well as a great video game to play as a couple Find out what valuable life skills you can gain from playing video games Find out what makes Star Wars amazing is it laser swords? Learn how to get someone into gaming for the first time If you enjoy ...
Fort
October 08, 2020 20:43 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBClay talks about the deck building game Fort by Leder Games where kids collect pizza, toys and build the coolest fort. 1.09 Bonfire 2.48 Fantastic Factories: Manufactions 4.14 Prince of Persia The Sands of Time 5.04 Fort 5.28 SPQF 6:00 Fort Theme 6:27 Macaroni Sculpture 7:00 What's a deck builder game 7:56 Iconography 10:20 Fort cards breakdown 12:53 Fort player boards 14:10 Lookout 15:55 Made up rules 17:00 Perks 19:27 Strategy Tip 20:50 Best Friends 21:36 Girl meets nerd p...
Breakdancing Meeples with Ben Moy
October 06, 2020 20:53 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBBen Moy on Clay’s Mindful Games podcast September 2020 Clay interviews Ben Moy designer of Breakdancing meeples published by Atlas games. Learn the best thing you can do to start a game design. Find out the most important skill for a game designer to focus on! https://claycapra.com/ https://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG1460 Board Game Blueprint https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKVKd4HlOVD_tcPfuVl7-uFd--vwGfU2c https://www.thegamecrafter.com/ https://www.dmrcreative...