http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:43:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 ©2010-2011 Games With Garfield, Three Donkeys info@threedonkeys.com (Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys) info@threedonkeys.com (Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys) Games 1440 http://www.threedonkeys.com/images/GWGItunes2.jpg http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog 144 144 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?feed=podcast Richard Garfield discusses various gaming topics with special guests. Richard Garfield (creator of Magic: the Gathering) and veteran game designer Skaff Elias discuss various gaming topics with special guests. Jessica Price (associate producer with Harebrained Schemes) hosts and Javier Garavito (game design director with Microsoft) produces. Richard, Garfield, Games, Skaff, Elias, Jessica, Price, Magic Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys info@threedonkeys.com no clean http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/334 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/334#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:51:42 +0000 Jessica http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=334 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/334/feed 2 0:39:31 This week, Richard, Skaff and Jessica chat with Marc LeBlanc, a video game designer and educator.  Marc talks about the games he’s worked on and his framework for analyzing game design. LINKS: Oasis | Mind Control Software &#[...] This week, Richard, Skaff and Jessica chat with Marc LeBlanc, a video game designer and educator.  Marc talks about the games he’s worked on and his framework for analyzing game design. LINKS: Oasis | Mind Control Software | 8 Kinds of Fun EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Special thanks to our audio engineer, Javier Garavito. Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys clean no http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/330 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/330#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:29:07 +0000 Jessica http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=330 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/330/feed 6 0:28:49 Skaff and Richard discuss their new expansion to Spectromancer.  Richard tries to do a Belorussian accent and the crew ponders the need for more fart jokes. Also, Skaff wants you to visit www.spectromancer.com. LINKS: Spectromancer | Astra[...] Skaff and Richard discuss their new expansion to Spectromancer.  Richard tries to do a Belorussian accent and the crew ponders the need for more fart jokes. Also, Skaff wants you to visit www.spectromancer.com. LINKS: Spectromancer | Astral Tournament EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys clean no http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/324 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/324#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 23:32:14 +0000 Jessica http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=324 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/324/feed 7 0:38:43 Surprise!  Skaff and Richard introduce the new host of the Games With Garfield podcast, Jessica Price, and everyone muses on how to fix puzzle hunts. LINKS: MIT Mystery Hunt | Microsoft Puzzle Hunt EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Surprise!  Skaff and Richard introduce the new host of the Games With Garfield podcast, Jessica Price, and everyone muses on how to fix puzzle hunts. LINKS: MIT Mystery Hunt | Microsoft Puzzle Hunt EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys clean no http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/312 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/312#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:22:13 +0000 Skaff http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=312 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/312/feed 8 0:17:23 The first Games With Garfield audio game review harvests a popular board game called Agricola. From zero level strategy to the passive aggressive German player interaction, game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield cover it all.[...] The first Games With Garfield audio game review harvests a popular board game called Agricola. From zero level strategy to the passive aggressive German player interaction, game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield cover it all. Oh, and there’s a pig of indeterminate European origin. Listen now! LINKS: Agricola | Race for the Galaxy | Puerto Rico | Dominion Settlers of Catan EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys clean no http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/261 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/261#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:47:00 +0000 Skaff http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=261 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/261/feed 5 0:39:53 Level up with game designers Tyler Bielman, Richard Garfield and Skaff Elias as they discuss the Ding. Is this podcast skill-based? Why are undead the only real enemy? When is persistent chunkiness a good thing? And how is karate like frequent flier[...] Level up with game designers Tyler Bielman, Richard Garfield and Skaff Elias as they discuss the Ding. Is this podcast skill-based? Why are undead the only real enemy? When is persistent chunkiness a good thing? And how is karate like frequent flier miles ? Listen now and feel yourself get more powerful in one quick session as Games with Garfield gets down with the Ding! LINKS: Doing! | Dungeons & Dragons | War Games | Original Chainmail | Re-released Chainmail | Runequest | Call of Cthulu | GURPS | Warhammer Quest | Hero Quest | Descent | Titan | Talisman | Axis & Allies | Promotion (chess) | King me! | Monopoly | Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour | Frequent flier miles | Borderlands | World of Warcraft | Poker | Jonathan Tweet | Mafia Wars | Facebook EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys clean no http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/252 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/252#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:03:05 +0000 Skaff http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=252 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/252/feed 9 0:48:23 We’re back and sounding better than ever! Join game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield for an in-depth exploration of “nerfing.” When is something “broken?”  Which is more imp[...] We’re back and sounding better than ever! Join game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield for an in-depth exploration of “nerfing.” When is something “broken?”  Which is more important, power level or player perception? And what is the secret of the “magic spreadsheet?” It’s a hard-hitting episode about a soft-sounding practice when Games with Garfield takes on the nerf. LINKS: Corey Macourek new media design | Giant | Chicken Blood Soup | Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer | Arcane Legions| Ultima Online | George Mikan | Wham! | Carcassonne | Cosmic Encounter | Magic: The Gathering | MTG Pro Tour | Moxes, Black Lotus & “Power Nine” | Wall of Wood | Rush (Zergling) | Zendikar “treasures” | Rochester draft | Netrunner | World of Warcraft EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys clean no http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/232 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/232#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:47:25 +0000 Skaff http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=232 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/232/feed 2 0:54:05 NOTE: Due to technical difficulties beyond our understanding, the audio quality of this podcast is not up to our usual high standards. We’ve elected to post the podcast despite the slight audio problems and we hope you can enjoy the show. A specia[...] NOTE: Due to technical difficulties beyond our understanding, the audio quality of this podcast is not up to our usual high standards. We’ve elected to post the podcast despite the slight audio problems and we hope you can enjoy the show. A special guest joins the podcast as James Ernest discusses Cheapass Games, poker and the wonders of self-publishing. Usual suspects Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield question the prolific designer about his amazing portfolio of games and the processes that went into them. It’s an in-depth look into both design and production this week on the show. Oh, and check out this link to James’ comic: Brian and John LINKS: Cheapass Games | Button Men for iPhone | Kill Doctor Lucky | Wizards of the Coast | Mtg-L| Reality Twist | XXXenophile | Cheapass big list of games | Essen | Diceland | Falling extra cards | Lunch Money | Icehouse | Sealtest ice cream | Before I kill you Mr. Bond | James Ernest’s Totally Renamed Spy Game | Martin Wallace’s Totally Renamed Train Game | Carbonated Games | Amazing Society | Marvel Super Hero Squad MMO | Mayfair Games (publisher of the forthcoming “Dust and Sin” board game) | Contact Juggling | Game Table Online | Dominion | Agricola | Stonehenge | The Art of Texas Hold’em | Dealer’s Choice | Rules of Play EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys no no http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/219 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/219#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:34:08 +0000 Skaff http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=219 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/219/feed 4 0:38:41 NOTE: Due to technical difficulties beyond our understanding, the audio quality of this podcast is not up to our usual high standards. We’ve elected to post the podcast despite the slight audio problems and we hope you can enjoy the show. Word fr[...] NOTE: Due to technical difficulties beyond our understanding, the audio quality of this podcast is not up to our usual high standards. We’ve elected to post the podcast despite the slight audio problems and we hope you can enjoy the show. Word freaks rejoice! For the first time, Games With Garfield is doing a podcast devoted to a single game. And the name of the game is Scrabble! Join game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield as they sift their way through the history, variants and yes, even “Garfield Garbage.” Join us for a celebration of the world’s favorite word game. LINKS: Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer | Scrabble | World Scrabble Championship | Word Freak | Carcassonne | Speed Scrabble | Bananagrams | Scrabble Variants | Upwards | Boggle | Alphablitz | Quiddler | ‘Doing!’ | OSPD | Clabbers EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys clean no http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/172 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/172#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:17:35 +0000 Skaff http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=172 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/172/feed 7 0:41:43 Randomness, indeterminacy and Richard doing a French accent! All this can be yours as game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and of course, Richard Garfield delve into one of the most important characteristics of games. The discussion covers the [...] Randomness, indeterminacy and Richard doing a French accent! All this can be yours as game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and of course, Richard Garfield delve into one of the most important characteristics of games. The discussion covers the role of the roll of the dice and unearths the secrets of “rando-chess.” Think you hate luck in games you play? This podcast just might change your mind. Notes: Replace the words “Preston Poulter” with “Tom Guevin” in you head and make sure to listen to the bitter end! LINKS: Elo Chess Rating System | Euchre | Pitch | Monopoly | Club House Games| Bejeweled | Diner Dash 2 | Life | Small World | Team Fortress 2 | The chicken heart that ate New York | Magic: The Gathering | Wa-hoo | The billionth digit of Pi | Hidden Object Games | Lode Runner | Dominos | Backgammon EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys no no http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/148 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/148#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:43:20 +0000 Skaff http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=148 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/148/feed 5 0:29:13 What was your first game? Did you ever change the rules or even make up your own? Join game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield as they discuss their humble beginnings and what they have learned about games from watching their [...] What was your first game? Did you ever change the rules or even make up your own? Join game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield as they discuss their humble beginnings and what they have learned about games from watching their own children play and grow with games. The discussion touches on all the kids’ classics, like kickball, Candyland and of course, Schizoid. Tell us your, or your kids’, personal “first game” stories in the comment area below. LINKS: Netrunner | Dungeons and Dragons | Dungeon (board game) | Monopoly | Parcheesi| Schizoid | The Great Dalmuti | Bartok | Candyland | Hangman | Civilization | Titan Quest EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys no no http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/81 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/81#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:38:37 +0000 Skaff http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=81 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/81/feed 8 0:37:12 The third installment of Games with Garfield opens with humorous stories from GDC, extolling the virtues of analog presentations and <Start Riot>. But after the giggling subsides, game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard[...] The third installment of Games with Garfield opens with humorous stories from GDC, extolling the virtues of analog presentations and <Start Riot>. But after the giggling subsides, game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield get into the topic of tabletop games being converted into digital environments.  Why are there so many people online and yet nobody to play with? Why would someone want to add walking around to a perfectly good tabletop game?  And what classic game trains kids around the world to cheat?  Tune in and find out. LINKS: Settlers of Catan | Dominion | Dungeons and Dragons | Magic: The Gathering | Spectromancer | Game Developers Conference | Zork | Pitch | Carcassonne | Lost Cities | Acquire | Call of Duty: World at War | Brettspielwelt | Archon | Knightmare Chess | Kung Fu Chess | Blitzkrieg (kriegspiel) Chess | Quadradius | Starcraft | Electronic Battleship | Guts EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys no no http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/21 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/21#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 06:15:54 +0000 Richard http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=21 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/21/feed 3 0:29:25 Listen in on game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield as they talk about the many differences between games that have the same setup every time (like chess) versus games where the setup changes vastly from game to game (like Ma[...] Listen in on game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield as they talk about the many differences between games that have the same setup every time (like chess) versus games where the setup changes vastly from game to game (like Magic: The Gathering). But how do “meta-rules” develop for games with this much difference from session to session? And what about Tiger Woods playing miniature golf? Tune in for answers to these questions as the second Games with Garfield podcast rolls out. LINKS: Settlers of Catan | Cosmic Encounter | Dominion | “Damn 7” t-shirts | Historical miniatures games | Race for the Galaxy | Agricola | Chainmail | Dungeons and Dragons | Magic: The Gathering | Civilization | Spectromancer EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys no no http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/16 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/16#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 06:03:51 +0000 Richard http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/?p=16 http://www.threedonkeys.com/blog/archives/16/feed 5 0:39:55 The first Games with Garfield podcast is like your first glass of scotch; a little rough at first but then it smoothes out and eventually you just can’t get enough. A touch of tabletop industry news is followed by a rousing discussion of Dungeons [...] The first Games with Garfield podcast is like your first glass of scotch; a little rough at first but then it smoothes out and eventually you just can’t get enough. A touch of tabletop industry news is followed by a rousing discussion of Dungeons & Dragons as a cooperative game. The conversation evolves into a detailed examination of cooperative games. Join game designers Tyler Bielman, Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield as they dig into concepts like time pressure, team dynamics and the always enigmatic “fuzz-o-rama” communication rules. LINKS FROM THE NEWS: Yu-Gi-Oh | Huntik Tutorial | Battle Spirits | DuelMasters | Fight Klub LINKS FROM THE SHOW: Dungeons & Dragons | Shadows over Camelot | Pandemic | Arkham Horror (referred to as Call of Cthulhu) | World of Warcraft | Schizoid | Break the Safe | Werewolf / Mafia | Battlestar Galactica EMAIL: info@threedonkeys.com Podcasts Richard Garfield/Three Donkeys no no