4 amazing (and useful) examples of board game design theory | Geoff Engelstein

In this episode, Geoff Engelstein and I chat about design theory and break down Geoff's favorite examples and how they relate to designing games.

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0:00 Intro
0:39 Value of game design
9:47 Definition of design theory
14:33 Never the same deck twice
24:57 Colonoscopies and end games
40:12 Loss aversion
59:36 The Caribbean Cup and player incentives
1:10:31 Low probability events
1:22:49 Outro

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