Aug 8, 2021

Erica and Scott welcome game design legend Mike Elliott, creator
of innumerable Magic: the Gathering and Pokémon cards, designer of
Thunderstone, and co-designer of Quarriors and the Dice Masters
series. And of course, of DuelMaster and Charm Angel, which were
both huge hits in Japan. Mike also runs the Academy of Adventure
Gaming Arts & Design Hall of Fame, commemorating the work of
legendary tabletop game designers.

SHOW NOTES

1m22s: NeoPets, Hecatomb,

The Harry Potter Trading Card Game.

1m41s: Game designer and friend of the show Eric
Lang. Gil and Geoff chatted with Eric in
Ludology 175 – Auld Lang Design. , Also, Wiz Kids is a publisher that should not
be confused with Hasbro-owned D&D and Magic: the Gathering
publisher Wizards of the
Coast (aka WOTC, often referred to as “WHAT-see”). Wiz Kids and
WOTC are two unrelated companies, although Wiz Kids publishes some
D&D-related products under license from WOTC.

3m24s: Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson are the credited designers
behind the first version of D&D. Richard Garfield designed
Magic: The Gathering, King of Tokyo, and Robo Rally. Jordan Weisman
founded legendary RPG publisher FASA before starting WizKids.
Reiner Knizia has designed hundreds of games, including Tigris &
Euphrates, Medici, Ra, and Lost Cities. Vlaada Chvatl designed
Through the Ages and Galaxy Trucker.

3m58s: Uwe Rosenberg designed Agricola, Le Havre, A Feast for
Odin, and Bohnanza. Bruno Cathala designed 5 Tribes, Kingdomino,
and 7 Wonders Duel. Maureen Hiron has been in the industry for
decades, with games like 7 Ate 9, Cosmic Cows, and Qwitch.

4m31s: The Strong Museum
of Play, in Rochester, New York, is a museum dedicated to play,
toys, and games. If you’re ever in Rochester, make an appointment
with their archivist to look at Sid Sackson’s meticulously-kept
diaries; they are amazing. GAMA
is the Game Manufacturer’s Association, a trade organization of
tabletop game publishers and retailers. GAMA runs the industry
convention GAMA Expo (formerly the GAMA Trade Show), and the public
convention Origins.

5m26s: Little Wars, by
novelist H.G. Wells (author of War of the Worlds, The Time
Machine, and The Island of Doctor Moreau),
was a rulebook for playing with toy soldiers. That sort of
formalized ruleset for a wargame was rather novel in 1913. Note the
cringeworthy full title: Little Wars: a game for boys from
twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more
intelligent sort of girl who likes boys’ games and books.

7m39s: Here’s the website
Mike mentions. Note that Mike is in the middle of the
photograph on the front page, in the black short-sleeved shirt.

8m31s:
Here’s the Biography of a Board Game for Pass-out.

9m43s:
And here’s the Biography of a Board Game for Quarriors.

10m22s: Del Mar,
California.

15m44s: Hearthstone

21m34s: If you want to know more about the intersection of
gaming and improv, check out our episode of Improv for Gamers author Karen
Twelves, Ludology 237 –
Improv-ing Games.

28m22s: Halo
ActionClix,
Star Wars PocketModel TCG,
DC HeroClix: Batman (Alpha)

34m00s:
The Dice Masters family of games.

35m04s:
Duel Masters Trading Card Game, from WOTC and Takara Tomy (both of which
are part of Hasbro), part of the Duel Masters
franchise.

38m44s:
Battle Spirits: Trading Card Game

45m27s:
More information about Target halting sales of trading cards,
including Pokémon.

46m01s: Thunderstone,
published by Alderac
Entertainment Group. Alderac is usually abbreviated as AEG, but
is unrelated to the massive sports/music promoter Anschutz Entertainment Group,
which is also abbreviated as AEG. Alderac is run by John
Zinzer.

47m25s: Kingdom of
Loathing  

50m45s: Card Jitsu was
originally part of Disney’s MMO Club Penguin,
which has since been replaced by Club Penguin Island.

54m08s: Quarriors

58m25s:
Yahtzee: Doctor Who edition, and its TARDIS dice cup.

1h00m26s: The
Quacks of Quedlinburg, The Mind

1h05m17s: AR games, or Augmented Reality games, utilize
technology like phones or tablets to augment real-world locations
with computer-generated enhancements. The most successful AR game
at the moment is Pokémon Go.

1h07m53s: Mark Rosewater
is the head designer for Magic: The Gathering.

1h15m15s: The film American
Pie.