Interview

Interview with David Chott

Grant Rodiek | January 31, 2014

As I often do, I encountered David Chott via Twitter and its growing game design community. David and I hit it off and began exchanging emails with some regularity. We even met at a small cafe near my home when he came to visit SF.

An Interview with Ty Franck

Grant Rodiek | January 22, 2014

James S.A. Corey is the writer of The Expanse trilogy of sci-fi books, beginning with Leviathan Wakes, continue with Caliban's War (my personal favorite of the trilogy), and ending with the recent Abaddon’s Gate.

An Interview with Colby Dauch

Grant Rodiek | January 15, 2014

Colby Dauch is the owner and chief game designer of Plaid Hat Games, one of my favorite companies that has created two of my favorite games: Summoner Wars and Mice and Mystics. In just a few years, Plaid Hat has grown from a single game company to one with a huge booth at GenCon, two games in Barnes and Nobles, and a legion of fans, err, Dougs.

Interview/Kickstarter Promotion Policy

Grant Rodiek | September 02, 2013

Policy by: Grant Rodiek If you create a blog that has more than 3 readers, you start receiving monthly emails from this really shady advertising company that wants to pay you $40 yearly to post full page ads about Disney Cruises and such.

Interview with Cardboard Edison

Grant Rodiek | August 30, 2013

I've been friends with AJ Porfirio, the guy behind Van Ryder Games, for a few years now. He's one of my longest running friends in the board game space and also my perennial GenCon roommate. I was delighted when he picked up Tessen by Cardboard Edison for publication.

Interview with Gil Hova

Grant Rodiek | July 18, 2013

Gil Hova is an incredibly smart, outspoken, twice-published designer who is quite active in our online community. I recently played his second game, Battle Merchants, which is currently funding via Kickstarter.

Interview with Byron Collins

Grant Rodiek | June 06, 2013

I have a lot of respect for Byron Collins and I saw his recent Kickstarter project as an opportunity to interview him. Byron is the type of scrappy entrepreneur I would like to be myself. He sets high standards, goes above and beyond to support his community (check out all the post-release content!), and has great ambition.