Interview: Richard Garfield, Designer of Magic: The Gathering and King of Tokyo
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The best stories take the reader on a journey.
Who better to tell stories about board games than the people who create them?
This page contains interviews with board game designers and publishers.
Here you will them talk about how their games travelled from inspiration to publication.
Read them to learn from others’ experiences on your own board game journey or read just them for fun.
Either way, I hope you enjoy them.
Any articles originally posted elsewhere have links at the end of the post.
Interview: Ted Alspach, designer of Suburbia and the One Night series
Ted Alspach, the founder of Bezier Games and the designer…
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Interview: Shem Phillips, founder of Garphill Games
This week Diagonal Move is joined by Shem Phillips, the…
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Interview: Morten Monrad Pedersen founder of Automa Factory
Automa Factory founder and lead designer, Morten Monrad Pederson joins…
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Interview: Tom Russell, Co-founder of Hollandspiele and Designer of Irish Gauge.
Tom Russell, co-founder of independent publisher Hollandspiele, joins Diagonal Move…
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Interview: Phil Walker-Harding, designer of Sushi Go and Barenpark
Phil Walker-Harding, designer of Sushi Go, Barenpark and Gizmos joins…
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Interview: Gemma Newton, Plotalot Designer and Founder of Moonstone Games
Gemma Newton, designer of Plotalot and founder of Moonstone Games,…
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COIN Series
Interview: Volko Ruhnke, creator of the COIN series
This week, Volko Ruhnke, designer of Nevsky, Labyrinth: The War…
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Interview: Cameron Art, on Real Time Word Games and Publishing Online Magazines
Cameron Art, publisher of online magazine The Board Game Bulletin…
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Interview: Brian Train, Designer of Colonial Twilight and Brief Border Wars
Brian Train, designer of A Distant Plain, Colonial Twilight, and…
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Interview: David Turczi on Complex Game Design (Part 2/2)
In part 2 of our interview with David Turczi, he…
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Interview: David Turczi talks about Anachrony, Kitchen Rush and his career so far (Part 1/2)
David Turczi, creator of Anachrony, Kitchen Rush and many more…
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Interview: Richard Breese, ‘Key’ series creator and founder of R&D Games
Richard Breese, designer of Keydom, one of the first games…
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Interview: Rita Modl on Men at Work
Rita Modl joins Diagonal Move to discuss the development and…
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Interview: Matthew Dunstan, designer of Monumental
Matthew Dunstan, designer of Monumental and co-creator of the Adventure…
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So you want to design a board game?
During a recent interview with Hermann Luttman, the creator of…
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Interview: Hermann Luttmann, designer of Dawn of the Zeds & At Any Cost
Hermann Luttmann, designer of At Any Cost, Attack of the…
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Interview: Tristan Hall, designer of Gloom of Kilforth
Tristan Hall, designer of the Kilforth series and 1066, Tears…
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Interview: Frank West, Designer of The Isle of Cats
Frank West, from City of Games, joins Diagonal Move to…
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Survive! 30th Anniversary Edition
Interview: Julian Courtland-Smith, Designer of Survive, Escape from Atlantis!
Survive! Escape from Atlantis designer joins Diagonal Move to discuss…
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Interview: Tony Boydell, Designer of Snowdonia, Alubari and Guilds of London
Tony Boydell, designer of Snowdonia, Alubari and Guilds of London,…
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Interview: Salvo Guastella of StarSeeker Games
Salvo Guastella, founder and lead designer of StarSeeker Games joins…
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Interview: Behrooz ‘Bez’ Shahriari – Stuff by Bez
Today Diagonal Move, is joined by Bez Shahriari from Stuff…
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Interview: Alan Paull, co-founder of Surprised Stare Games
Alan Paull joins Diagonal move to discuss the 20 year…
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Interview: Scott Moore, designer of This War Without an Enemy
This War Without an Enemy designer, Scott Moore joins Diagonal…
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Interview: Joseph Norris, Adversity Games
For today’s interview Diagonal Move is joined by Joseph Norris,…
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Interview: Ayden Lowther, designer of Solar Storm
Ayden Lowther, co-founder of Dranda Games, joins Diagonal Move today…
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Interview: Paul Grogan, Host of Gaming Rules!
For today’s interview, Diagonal Move is joined by Gaming Rules!…
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