Kim’s game, Monstrous, is now being shipped to backers! We also chat about shipping games, dexterity games and designing games with kids and families in mind. In the second half of the show, we are joined by ex-Melbourne based designer Peter C Hayward about his (just finished) first Kickstarter for Scuttle!, designing with kids in mind, and the benefits of networking when making board games.

Also, we have our own iTunes feed now!

(Huge apologies for the lateness of this episode. Aaron’s hard drive suffered a catastrophic failure and we couldn’t get this episode out in time while Peter’s Kickstarter was still running. Sorry!)

Peter C Hayward – @peterchayward / beard.blue / jellybean-games.com / scuttlegame.com

Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com

Aaron Lim – @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com

Sye Robertson – @syelon / syelon.com

Episode link below or on iTunes, and feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com (for now). You can also follow us on Twitter as @victorypointers.

Victory Pointers 012 – Designing for Kids and Networking with Peter C Hayward

What we talked about

1:16 – Monstrous is being delivered to backers!

2:48 – Early bird shipping vs early bird discounts

4:55 – Shipping games with Send From China

10:52 – Sye’s issues with the loose structure of dexterity games

19:05 – Being bad at dexterity games

22:19 – Designing games with and for kids and families

35:33 – Playing games while out camping

39:14 – Interview with Peter C Hayward, Kickstarting Scuttle!

49:13 – The amazing story of how Scuttle! found its artist

50:40 – Networking and making friends in board games

54:42 – Being in Australia vs being in the US

57:30 – Next steps after Kickstarter i.e. distribution, more Jellybean Games

Links to what we talked about

• Dirk Knemeyer’s Tesla vs Edison Kickstarter campaign
• Send From China
• Scuttle! on Kickstarter
• The Dice Men Cometh
• HABA
• HABA USA
• Gamewright
• Green Couch Games
• The Saga of Erik the Viking
• Kelly Jo at idleafternoon.com
• Greater Than Games
• Games Laboratory Incubator
• Unpub
• Cardboard Edison
• Cardboard Edison Awards
• Rule & Make
• Tomb of Doom aka Enemy Anemone
• Freeplay

Games we mentioned

• Monstrous
• Snow Tails
• Robots & Rockets
• The Resistance: Avalon
• Munchkin
• Sushi Go!
• Scuttle!
• Cuttle
• Story War

Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co