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  • In this episode, host Eduard Gafton is joined once more by Althingi designer Joshua Gillingham as he makes a triumphant return to the show and talks about the challenges of making and releasing the expansion Saga Heroes. 

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    โ—‹ 00:00:00 - Intro 

    โ—‹ 00:06:03 - When did Joshua realise that Althingi was worth expanding on? 

    โ—‹ 00:22:39 - How much can we trust the sagas as historical sources? 

    โ—‹ 00:33:38 - Althingi as a trans-media, cross-projects endeavour 

    โ—‹ 00:39:21 - Joshua's advice for those wanting to get into game design

     โ—‹ 00:47:00 - Outro 

    ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž 

    โ—‹ Althingi: Saga Heroes pre-launch page on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joshuagillingham/althingi-saga-heroes

    โ—‹ Althingi: One Will Rise: https://outlandentertainment.com/work/althingi-one-will-rise/

    โ—‹ Althingi: The Crescent & The Northern Star: https://outlandentertainment.com/work/althingi-the-crescent-and-the-northern-star/ 

    โ—‹ The Gatewatch: https://www.crowsnestbooks.com/product/the-gatewatch/ 

    โ—‹ The Everspring: https://www.crowsnestbooks.com/product/the-everspring/ 

    โ—‹ Old Norse for Modern Times: https://outlandentertainment.com/work/vikingverse-old-norse-for-modern-times/ 

    โ—‹ Ranโ€™s Daughters by Kaitlin Felix: https://katifelix.com/announcement-althingi/ 

    โ—‹ The Far Traveler by Nancy Marie Brown: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1631447.The_Far_Traveler?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=BsESHGt8d8&rank=1

    โ—‹ The Saga of Heidrik the Wise - translated by Christopher Tolkien: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/6583457-the-saga-of-king-heidrek-the-wise

    โ—‹ Saga Thing Podcast: https://sagathing.podbean.com/ 

    โ—‹ Return to Dark Tower: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256680/return-dark-tower 

    โ—‹ Jorvik Viking Museum: https://www.jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk/ 

    โ—‹ Capital City Comic Con: https://capitalcitycomiccon.ca/ 

    โ—‹ SHUX 2022: https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/shux22/

    โ—‹ Find Joshua on his website: www.joshuagillingham.ca 

    โ—‹ Find Joshua on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshMGillingham 

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐”๐ฌ 

    If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at [email protected]

    โ—‹ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/ 

    โ—‹ Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh

    โ—‹ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab 

    ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ 

    Intro/Outro Music: Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod 

    Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/~/Call_to_Adventure

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensee

  • In this episode, University of Edinburgh graduate Eric Wood joins host Eduard Gafton to talk about his game The Last Samurai Rebellion and how students can get started with the world of wargaming.

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    โ—‹  00:00:00 - Intro

    โ—‹  00:03:15 - How did The Last Samurai Rebellion begin?

    โ—‹ 00:12:58 - How did Eric start designing his game?

    โ—‹ 00:23:01 - How is The Last Samurai Rebellion different from The Men Who Would Be Kings?

    โ—‹ 00:39:21 - What would Eric tell other students/graduates about the game creation process?

    โ—‹ 00:51:16 - Outro

    ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž

    โ—‹  Extra Creditsโ€™s playlist on the End of the Samurai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmRm--vRHCg&list=PLg1JFVHWaJX4Gf-pVYWA7h09rBdeddDA9

    โ—‹ Men Who Would Be Kings Rule Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3BW7zUGNy0

    โ—‹  Lion Rampant: A Viking In The Sun: https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=15779

    โ—‹  Lion Rampant: The Crusader States: https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=15035

    โ—‹  Find Eric on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/armchair_hobbyist/

    โ—‹  Find Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricWoo19308311

    โ—‹ Special thanks to Oshiro Models for their support with Eric's project: https://www.instagram.com/oshiromodels/

    โ—‹ Special thanks to Bac Nihn Miniatures for their support with Eric's project: https://www.instagram.com/bacninh_miniatures/

    ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐จ

    โ—‹ Through Anchor, we are available on Spotify, Google Podcasts and most main podcast services: https://anchor.fm/handglab

    ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

    โ—‹ We have been on hiatus for a few months, but we are back with more episodes of the podcasts as well as new seminars for you to enjoy.

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐”๐ฌ

    If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at [email protected].

    โ—‹ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/

    โ—‹ Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh

    โ—‹ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab

    ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ

    Intro/Outro Music:  Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensee

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  • In this episode, award-winning game designer Brian Train joins host Eduard Gafton to talk about his game Brief Border Wars and using a card-driven system to model the chaotic, stop-and-start nature of impromptu wars.

    ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ  

    โ—‹  00:00:00 - Start  

    โ—‹ 00:08:01 - How did Brian get into games?  

    โ—‹ 00:33:17 - How does asymmetry make for interesting match-ups?  

    โ—‹ 00:43:40 - Should games be historically accurate?

    ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž  

    โ—‹  Brian gives a lecture on Game Design & Self-Publication at Georgetown University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtky8WgsyyA 

    โ—‹  Brianโ€™s website: https://brtrain.wordpress.com/ 

    โ—‹  Cole Wehrleโ€™s essay: Affective Networks At Play: Catan, Coin, And The Quiet Year: https://analoggamestudies.org/2016/05/affective-networks-at-play-catan-coin-and-the-quiet-year/ 

    โ—‹  Zones of Control: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/zones-control 

    โ—‹  Brianโ€™s game, Colonial Twilight, on Tabletop Simulator: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2090550457 

    โ—‹ Brian and Volko Ruhnkeโ€™s game, A Distant Plain, on Tabletop Simulator: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=870116466

    โ—‹ Brianโ€™s game, Kashmir Crisis, on Tabletop Simulator: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2421971111 

    โ—‹ Andean Abyss (first GMT COIN system game): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/91080/andean-abyss 

    โ—‹ Tactics II (first wargame) : https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1574/tactics-ii 

    โ—‹ The Little War (Slovakia vs. Hungary, March 1939): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/223436/ukrainian-crisis-little-war 

    โ—‹ Simulations Publications: http://www.costik.com/spicom/ 

    โ—‹ BCT Command: Kandahar: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/126708/bct-command-kandahar 

    โ—‹ Nights of Fire: Battle for Budapest: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/236125/nights-fire-battle-budapest 

    โ—‹ Vassal game system: https://vassalengine.org/ 

    โ—‹ Zenobia Award finalists: https://zenobiaaward.org/finalists/ 

    โ—‹ Europe Divided: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260147/europe-divided 

    โ—‹ An Infamous Traffic: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206490/infamous-traffic 

    ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐จ  

    โ—‹ Through Anchor, we are available on Spotify, Google Podcasts and most main podcast services: https://anchor.fm/handglab

    ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ  

    โ—‹ The launch event to mark the release of our brand-new wargame, Lion Rampant: A Viking in the Sun, was a huge success! To buy, access this link: www.linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab.  

    โ—‹ The History and Games Society is meeting on 11 October! This meeting is a great opportunity to speak with the committee, meet other HGS members and contribute ideas to future society events.  The Zoom link will be sent to all members of the society. Register for the society here: https://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/activities/view/historyandgames.

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐”๐ฌ  

    If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at [email protected].  

    โ—‹ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/ 

    โ—‹ Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh 

    โ—‹ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab 

    ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ  

    Intro/Outro Music:  Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod 

    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensee

  • In this episode, game designer and professor James Coltrain joins host Eduard Gafton to talk about his game, Blackhaven, and how it explores racism, slavery and Americaโ€™s past.  

    ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ  

    โ—‹  00:00:00 - Start  

    โ—‹ 00:02:30 - How did Blackhaven start?  

    โ—‹ 00:23:10 - How does a 3D environment change how we interact with history?  

    โ—‹ 00:43:41 - Which games would James recommend?  

    ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž  

    โ—‹  Historiated Gamesโ€™ website: https://www.historiated.com/ 

    โ—‹  Historiated Gamesโ€™ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl9ifpyJUe9FitIPx6V-qhA/videos 

    โ—‹  Blackhaven on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1668610/Blackhaven/ 

    โ—‹  Digital Media and Design at the University of Connecticut: https://dmd.uconn.edu/ 

    โ—‹  Department of Media Communications at the Xavier University of Louisiana: https://www.xula.edu/department/department-of-mass-communications 

    โ—‹  Follow James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamesColtrain 

    โ—‹  Donate to The Whitney Plantation: https://www.whitneyplantation.org/ 

    โ—‹  Gone Home: https://store.steampowered.com/app/232430/Gone_Home/ 

    โ—‹  The Stanley Parable: https://store.steampowered.com/app/221910/The_Stanley_Parable/ 

    โ—‹ Everybodyโ€™s Gone to the Rapture: https://store.steampowered.com/app/417880/Everybodys_Gone_to_the_Rapture/ 

    โ—‹ Moss: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846470/Moss/ 

    โ—‹ Firewatch: https://store.steampowered.com/app/383870/Firewatch/ 

    โ—‹ Oxenfree: https://store.steampowered.com/app/388880/Oxenfree/ 

    โ—‹ What Remains of Edith Finch: https://store.steampowered.com/app/501300/What_Remains_of_Edith_Finch/ 

    โ—‹ Sayonara Wild Hearts: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1122720/Sayonara_Wild_Hearts/ 

    โ—‹ Super Mario 3D World: Bowserโ€™s Fury: https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch/Super-Mario-3D-World-Bowser-s-Fury-1832228.html 

    โ—‹ The Forgotten City: https://store.steampowered.com/app/874260/The_Forgotten_City/ 

    โ—‹ Minit: https://store.steampowered.com/app/609490/Minit/ 

    โ—‹ Deathloop: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1252330/DEATHLOOP/ 

    โ—‹ Returnal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Returnal_(video_game) 

    โ—‹ Lemnis Gate: https://www.lemnisgategame.com/ 

    โ—‹ Blood, Sweat and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34376766-blood-sweat-and-pixels 

    ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐จ 

    Podcasts are also now available on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPoemU_CP8tkXVpyU240LpbiXlTnBS2Zf 

    ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ 

    Join us on the 25th September at the Royal Armouries in Leeds to mark the release of our brand-new wargame: Lion Rampant: A Viking in The Sun! For more information and tickets: https://royalarmouries.org/event/the-vikings-are-coming/

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐”๐ฌ  

    If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at [email protected].  

    โ—‹ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/ 

    โ—‹ Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh 

    โ—‹ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab 

    ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ  Intro/Outro Music:  Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventureLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensee

  • In this episode, award-winning game designer Volko Ruhnke joins host Eduard Gafton to talk about his game Labyrinth - The War on Terror and how it presents guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency.

    ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ

    โ—‹  00:00:00 - Start

    โ—‹ 00:04:38 - How does Labyrinth anticipate the future of 'The War on Terror'?

    โ—‹ 00:26:25 - Is it difficult to convince people to use games in order to better understand what's going on in the world?

    โ—‹ 01:00:39 - How is the transition from making a board game to making a video game? How has the transition between mediums changed how you think about games in general?

    โ—‹ 01:05:17 - Which games would Volko recommend?

    ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž

    โ—‹  Volko discussing the origins of Labyrinth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9jCUoxAW9o&t=1s

    โ—‹  Volko discussing the convergence of Intelligence Analysis and Board Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJFtpwcU1f0

    โ—‹  Volko giving a lecture on the COIN series at Georgetown University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbfLZE_NTRI

    โ—‹  Which COIN game is best for you?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFchyQkjH2I

    โ—‹  Follow Volko on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Volko26

    โ—‹  Zenobia Award: https://zenobiaaward.org/who-we-are/

    โ—‹  Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/289247/verdun-1916-steel-inferno

    โ—‹  Empires of Middle Ages: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/911/empires-middle-ages

    โ—‹  Men of Inferno: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/14683/men-iron

    โ—‹  Levy & Campaign Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/bbUzb8ZA (In case this has expired, do please DM Volko on Twitter!)

    ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐จ

    โ—‹ Podcasts are also now available on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPoemU_CP8tkXVpyU240LpbiXlTnBS2Zf

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐”๐ฌ

    If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at [email protected].

    โ—‹ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/

    โ—‹ Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh

    โ—‹ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab

    ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ

    Intro/Outro Music:  Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensee

  • In this episode, game creator Tomislav ฤŒipฤiฤ‡ joins host Eduard Gafton to talk about his game Brotherhood & Unity and how it portrays the Bosnian War. 

    ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ  

    โ—‹  00:00:00 - Start  

    โ—‹ 00:01:55 - How did Tom come up with Brotherhood & Unity?  

    โ—‹ 00:17:03 - Did the theme/setting of the game, i.e the Bosnian War, come first?  

    โ—‹ 00:41:21 - How is the transition from making a board game to making a video game? How has the transition between mediums changed how you think about games in general? 

    โ—‹ 00:50:51 - Which games would Tom recommend?  

    ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž  

    โ—‹  Brotherhood & Unityโ€™s Successful Kickstarter Campaign Page from 2020: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/compassgames/brotherhood-and-unity 

    โ—‹  Promotional Video for Brotherhood & Unity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw9zQYT30Ps 

    โ—‹  An video introduction to Brotherhood & Unity by Tom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUqmZv6eAew 

    โ—‹  Tomโ€™s Developer Blog for Brotherhood & Unity on BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2048852/brotherhood-unity-designer-blog-part-1-introductio?fbclid=IwAR0z6pcJfHqyXEQ5YMQJbddlQ-4tvnu2k8U7M8Hdq0VqQ3QxnjI9DnaHErs 

    โ—‹  Tabletop Simulator Mod for Brotherhood & Unity: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2264317557 

    โ—‹  A Brief History of Card-Driven Wargames: https://www.meeplemountain.com/articles/a-brief-history-of-card-driven-wargames/ 

    โ—‹  Tomโ€™s Video Game, Attack at Dawn: North Africa: https://www.attackatdawn.com/ 

    โ—‹ Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/pz_div_games โ—‹  Ted Raicer on BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/484/ted-raicer 

    โ—‹  Mark Herman on BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/152/mark-herman 

    โ—‹  Brian Train on BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/1678/brian-train 

    โ—‹ Mike Rinella on BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/2269/michael-rinella 

    โ—‹  Volko Ruhnke on BoardGameGeek: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/772/volko-ruhnke 

    โ—‹  Cole Wehrle on BoardGameGeek: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition 

    โ—‹ Dean Essig on BoardGameGeek:https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/406/dean-essig 

    ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐จ  

    โ—‹ Podcasts are also now available on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPoemU_CP8tkXVpyU240LpbiXlTnBS2Zf

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐”๐ฌ  

    If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at [email protected].  

    โ—‹ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/ 

    โ—‹ Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh 

    โ—‹ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab 

    ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ 

     Intro/Outro Music:  Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod 

    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensee

  • In this episode, game creator Dave Beck joins host Eduard Gafton to talk about Distilled and how this upcoming spirited strategy game started with a sabbatical spent in Dalkeith.  

    ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ 

    โ—‹00:00:00 - Start  

    โ—‹ 00:02:20 - How did Dave come up with the idea for Distilled? How has being in Scotland influenced him? 

    โ—‹ 00:14:03 - Is Distilled historically accurate? 

    โ—‹ 00:40:53 - How has the pandemic impacted development on Distilled?  

    โ—‹ 00:53:20 - Which games would Dave recommend?  

    ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž  

    โ—‹  Distilled on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paversongames/distilled/?ref=bggforums 

    โ—‹  Distilled Website: https://distilledgame.com/ 

    โ—‹  Distilled Playtest Live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrvX916jU_8 

    โ—‹  Distilled Game Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtdRyphLMzo 

    โ—‹  Distilled on Tabletop Simulator: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2065918654 

    โ—‹  Distilled on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/distilledgame

    โ—‹  Distilled on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/distilledgame/ 

    โ—‹  Daveโ€™s video game, Tombeaux: https://www.tombeauxgame.com 

    โ—‹  Paverson Gamesโ€™ Twitter: https://twitter.com/paverson 

    โ—‹  Dave Beckโ€™s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paverson/ 

    โ—‹  Dave Beckโ€™s website: https://www.davebeck.org/ 

    โ—‹  Tabletopia: https://tabletopia.com/ 

    โ—‹  Unforgiven: The Lincoln Assassination Trial: http://www.greenfeetgames.org/unforgiven-the-trial-of-mary-surratt 

    โ—‹  Imhotep - Builder of Egypt: https://www.board-game.co.uk/product/imhotep/ 

    โ—‹  7 Wonders Duel: https://www.board-game.co.uk/product/7-wonders-duel/ 

    โ—‹  Freedom: The Underground Railroad: https://www.academygames.com/pages/freedom 

    โ—‹  Spirit Island: https://www.board-game.co.uk/product/spirit-island-core-game/ 

    ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐จ  

    โ—‹ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwdVGtsNMxk

    ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

      

    On June 5th we have planned and scheduled a stream of our latest game project: Lion Rampant: A Viking in the Sun. However we ran into technical difficulties on the day and are now looking forward to record a demo of the game in the near future. Thank you for your patience and stay tuned for more information.  

    In other news, the lab and the student society will both continue to be active throughout the summer so please stay tuned for more information on future events.  

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐”๐ฌ  

    If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at [email protected] and/or at [email protected]  

    โ—‹ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/ 

    โ—‹ Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh 

    โ—‹ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab 

    ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ  

    Intro/Outro Music: 

    Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod 

    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensee

  • In this episode, game designer Cole Wehrle joins host Eduard Gafton to talk Pax Pamir, John Company and Wehrlegig Gamesโ€™ mission to โ€˜strive to publish beautiful games with historical themes that treat their subjects and their players seriously.โ€™

    ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ

    โ—‹  00:00:00 - Start

    โ—‹ 00:02:24 - How did Pax Pamir start?

    โ—‹ 00:17:14 - What is there to learn from playing Pax Pamir?

    โ—‹ 00:32:18 - How do you market a historical game such as John Company?

    โ—‹ 00:51:38 - How has academic experience helped the creation of the two games?

    ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž

    โ—‹ Pax Pamir Reprint Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1243243962/pax-pamir-reprint

    โ—‹ Pax Pamir Second Edition Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1243243962/pax-pamir-second-edition

    โ—‹ John Company Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1243243962/john-company-second-edition?ref=2jf6sd

    โ—‹ John Company Second Edition Teach and Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2g-vBp3UO8 

    โ—‹ Buy Marrying Mr Darcy: http://www.marryingmrdarcy.com/blog/buying-marrying-mr-darcy-outside-the-united-states

    โ—‹ Cole Wehrleโ€™s Twitter: https://twitter.com/colewehrle

    โ—‹ Coleโ€™s essay โ€œGoing into Empireโ€: https://wehrlegig.com/blogs/essays/going-into-empire

    โ—‹ Wehrlegig Games Website: https://wehrlegig.com/

    โ—‹ Wehrlegig Games Twitter: https://twitter.com/wehrlegig

    โ—‹ Wehrlegig Games Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/wehrlegiggames

    โ—‹ State and Tribe in 19th Century Afghanistan: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/state-and-tribe-in-nineteenthcentury-afghanistan-the-reign-of-amir-dost-muhammad-khan-18261863-by-christine-noelle-pp-xxiv-439-london-curzon-press-1997/A20452F3B71CD6DC9838747F6CC49038

    โ—‹ The Mission: Early Christianity from the Crucifixion to the Crusades: https://www.whitedoggames.com/the-mission-1

    โ—‹ Little Women (2019): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Women_(2019_film)

    โ—‹ Pax Viking: https://ionsmg.com/products/pax-viking

    โ—‹ Atlantic Chase: https://www.gmtgames.com/p-706-atlantic-chase.aspx

    ๐…๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ 

    โ—‹  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/st...

    ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐จ

    โ—‹ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgfxqAbSuvQ

    ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

    A recording of the talk 'Gaming The Divine Comedy: A History' given by game designer Andrea Angiolino on 25 May is available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFfaC...

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐”๐ฌ

    If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at [email protected] and/or at [email protected]

    โ—‹ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/

    โ—‹ Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygames...

    โ—‹Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab

    ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ

    Intro/Outro Music:

    Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensee

  • In this episode, game designer Erika Svanoe and illustrator Erik Evensen join hosts Eduard Gafton and Hannah Weaver to talk Marrying Mr. Darcy and the process of adapting Jane Austen's most beloved novel.

    ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ

    โ—‹ 00:00:00 - Start

    โ—‹ 00:02:29 - How does a game like Marrying Mr. Darcy come to be?

    โ—‹ 00:05:22 - Adapting Pride &Prejudice to a card game

    โ—‹ 00:27:50 - The art design for the game

    โ—‹00:34:23 - The demographic for the game

    โ—‹ 00:43:20 - Producing and (crowd)funding Marrying Mr. Darcy

    โ—‹ 00:55:15 - What do you strive for in your game(s)? Beyond having fun?

    ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž

    โ—‹ Marrying Mr. Darcy Twitter: https://twitter.com/marryingmrdarcy

    โ—‹ Marrying Mr. Darcy Website: http://www.marryingmrdarcy.com/ 

    โ—‹ Marrying Mr. Darcy Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1898617831/marrying-mr-darcy-the-pride-and-prejudice-card-gam 

    โ—‹ How to play Marrying Mr Darcy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDDq9509YGo&t=1s 

    โ—‹ Buy Marrying Mr Darcy: http://www.marryingmrdarcy.com/blog/buying-marrying-mr-darcy-outside-the-united-states

    โ—‹ Erika Svanoeโ€™s Website: http://www.erikasvanoe.com/

    โ—‹ Erik Evensenโ€™s Website: http://www.erik-evensen.com/

    โ—‹ Erik Evensenโ€™s Twitter: https://twitter.com/eevensen

    โ—‹ Presenting Your Games Through Research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5If8dDZ9q_c

    โ—‹ Jane Austen, Game Theorist: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/chwe/austen/

    โ—‹ Pride & Prejudice 1995 BBC Adaptation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_(1995_TV_series)

    โ—‹ Gods of Asgard, by Erik Evensen: http://www.godsofasgard.com/

    โ—‹Distilled, A Spirited Strategy Game, which takes place in Edinburgh: https://distilledgame.com/

    ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐จ

    โ—‹ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6CW0bEuZznOyMLvKodgEA

    ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

    โ—‹ A recording of the talk Presenting Your Research Through Games by our friends and fellow lab colleagues Giuseppe Colico, Francesco Migliazzo and Jacob Morley on 27 April is available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5If8dDZ9q_c&t=2s

    โ—‹ That's Edutainment: History, Pedagocy and the Video Game Industry is a talk by Tristan Craig from the University of Edinburgh which will focus on the relationship between history, pedagogy, and the video game industry, starting with the and its Discover Tour mode. The seminar will take place on Zoom on 11 May. Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thats-edutainment-history-pedagogy-and-the-video-game-industry-tickets-152506177081

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐”๐ฌ

    If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at [email protected] and/or at [email protected]

    โ—‹ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/

    โ—‹ Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh

    โ—‹Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab

    ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ

    Intro/Outro Music:

    Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensee

  • Interview with Roberta Taylor

    In this episode, veteran game designer Roberta Taylor (Octopusโ€™ Garden, Creature Comforts) joins host Eduard Gafton to discuss cozy and historical games alike, the role of history in making games and the compromises made between historical accuracy and game design.

    Time Stamps

    00:00:00 โ€“ Start

    00:01:25 โ€“ How does a game like Creature Comforts come to be?

    00:03:53 โ€“ A game shaped around coziness

    00:22:39 โ€“ How and why Roberta got into game design

    00:28:30 โ€“ What is the role of history in making games

    00:37:31 โ€“ Where do you compromise? Historical accuracy or fun?

    Mentioned in this Episode

    Creature Comfortsโ€™ Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kidstablebg/creature-comforts-0

    Learn more about Creature Comforts: https://www.kidstablebg.com/creature-comforts

    Learn more about Octopusโ€™ Garden: https://www.valleygames.ca/archive/our-games/octopus-garden/

    Robertaโ€™s Website: https://robertataylor.ca/

    Robertaโ€™s Twitter: https://twitter.com/infiniteroberta

    Find our Podcasts Elsewhere Too

    Podcasts are also now available on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPoemU_CP8tkXVpyU240LpbiXlTnBS2Zf. We are also exploring ways to record video as well.

    Seminar and Events

    A recording of the seminar โ€œAll hail the Stormcloaks, the true sons and daughters of Skyrimโ€: White Nationalism in Neo-Medieval Tropes in Bethesda Games delivered by Thomas Lecaque from Grand View University on 26 March is available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPoemU_CP8tniXBy6Vj0uiwKHiH5_meqz

    Contact Us

    If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at [email protected] and/or at [email protected]

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/

    Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab

    Copyright Disclaimer

    Intro/Outro Music:

    Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod
    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure
    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

  • In this episode, game designer and author Joshua Gillingham (Althingi, The Gatewatch) joins new podcast host and producer Eduard Gafton to discuss the making of Althingi, working with crowdfunding platform Kickstarter and share advice for game creators everywhere.

    Mentioned in this Episode

    Althingiโ€™s Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joshuagillingham/althingi-a-viking-game-of-strength-and-influence

    Althingi on Outland Entertainment: https://outlandentertainment.com/work/althingi-one-will-rise/

    Joshuaโ€™s website: https://www.joshuagillingham.ca

    Joshuaโ€™s book, The Gatewatch: https://www.crowsnestbooks.com/product/the-gatewatch/

    Dr Jackson Crawfordโ€™s Youtube Channel, one of the lead historical consultants on Assassinโ€™s Creed Valhalla: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXCxNFxw6iq-Mh4uIjYvufg

    Seminar and Events

    Our next seminar: 26 February at 5pm British Time: Deus Vult Ex Machina: The Crusades in Strategy Computer Games by Robert Houghton from the University of Winchester: https://historyandgames.shca.ed.ac.uk/seminars-and-events/

    Contact Us

    If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at [email protected] and/or at [email protected]

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/

    Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh

    Copyright Disclaimer

    Intro/Outro Music:

    Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod
    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure
    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

  • In this episode, veteran game designer Lew Pulsipher (Britannia, Stalingrad Besieged, Dragon Rage and many more) joins James and Gianluca to discuss creating historical games, how gamers have changed over the decades, and how creating games is as much about what you leave out as what you include.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    Pulsipher Games website: http://pulsiphergames.com/

    Lew's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/LewGameDesign

    Britannia from PSC Games: http://www.pscgames.co.uk/portfolio-item/britannia-classic-and-new-duel-edition/ 

    History and Games Lab Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh

  • Wargaming has deep roots in history, but how does historical research inform wargames design? In this episode, host James Holloway talks to Giacomo Santopietro of Sir Chester Cobblepot Games and Gianluca Raccagni of the Edinburgh University History and Games Lab to talk about The Fall of the King (currently on Kickstarter), the first games project to come out of the History and Games Lab.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    The Fall of the King on Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/tophatgames/the-fall-of-the-kingtm
    Gianluca Raccagni's blog posts about The Fall of the King: tophat.games/blog
    Cobblepot Games website: cobblepotgames.com
    Top Hat Games website: tophat.games History and Games Lab Facebook page: facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh

  • Although there are very few purely historical role-playing games, history still plays an important part in their design. In this episode, hosts James Holloway and Gianluca Raccagni spoke with Jon Hodgson of Handiwork Games and Davide Mana of Acheron Books about their work on upcoming historically-inspired role-playing projects: Handiwork's Beowulf: Age of Heroes and Acheron's Brancalonia: The Spaghetti Fantasy RPG. Both games are now successfully funded on Kickstarter.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    Brancalonia Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SpaghettiFantasyRPG/
    Brancalonia Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acherongames/brancalonia-the-spaghetti-fantasy-rpg
    Handiwork Games:  https://handiwork.games
    Beowulf Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonhodgsonmaptiles2/beowulf-age-of-heroes

    This episode's music is "Iris Hence Away" from Semele by Handel, performed by the MIT Symphony Orchestra and used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.