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The Play to Win Podcast from Aconyte Books – Series 1: Everybody Wins by James Wallis

The Play to Win Podcast from Aconyte Books – Series 1: Everybody Wins by James Wallis

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This is the Play to Win Podcast from Aconyte Books. This first series of the podcast accompanies the book Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis, charting the rise of the modern board game over the past forty years. In this accompanying podcast series, James chats with some of the people who were there to see it happen.
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Episode 6 – Everybody Wins

The Play to Win Podcast from Aconyte Books – Series 1: Everybody Wins by James WallisMar 06, 2023

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Episode 6 – Everybody Wins

Episode 6 – Everybody Wins

This is the Play to Win Podcast from Aconyte Books. This first series of the podcast accompanies the book Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis. In this episode, James wraps up a look at the last four decades of board games with guests Tim Harford, Christopher John Eggett and Holly Nielsen. 

Mar 06, 202358:53
Episode 5 – A New Direction

Episode 5 – A New Direction

This is the Play to Win Podcast from Aconyte Books. This first series of the podcast accompanies the book Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis. In this episode, James discusses party games, co-op games and more with Jenga creator Leslie Scott and Pandemic designer Matt Leacock.

Feb 20, 202301:00:11
Episode 4 – Identity Crisis

Episode 4 – Identity Crisis

This is the Play to Win Podcast from Aconyte Books. This first series of the podcast accompanies the book Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis. In this episode, James is joined one of the world's best-known games designers, Reiner Knizia, as well as author and board game reviewer Tim Clare, to discuss the era when board games went mainstream. 

Feb 06, 202354:14
Episode 3 – The Golden Age

Episode 3 – The Golden Age

This is the Play to Win Podcast from Aconyte Books. This first series of the podcast accompanies the book Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis. In this episode, James discusses tabletop gaming's Golden Age of the 1990s with two of its central figures – Peter Adkison, founder of Wizards of the Coast and the man who first published Magic: The Gathering, and John Kovalic, designer of Apples to Apples, creator of Dork Tower, and illustrator of the legendary Munchkin card game. 

If you enjoyed this podcast, visit www.aconytebooks.com for more information on Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis.

Jan 23, 202301:01:51
Episode 2 – Settlers & Co

Episode 2 – Settlers & Co

This is the Play to Win Podcast from Aconyte Books. This first series of the podcast accompanies the book Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis. In this episode, James chats with two of the most significant figures in the British games industry from the 1980s onwards – legendary Games Workshop games designer Jervis Johnson and Fighting Fantasy editor and founder of Black Library Marc Gascoigne.

If you enjoyed this podcast, visit www.aconytebooks.com for more information on Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis.

Jan 10, 202301:29:29
Episode 1 – Opening Moves

Episode 1 – Opening Moves

This is the Play to Win Podcast from Aconyte Books. This first series of the podcast accompanies the book Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis. In this first episode, James chats with two giant figures from the gaming world of the 1970s – Sir Ian Livingstone, founder of Games Workshop, and David Parlett, designer of Hare & Tortoise, the first game ever to be awarded the prestigious Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) Award. 

If you enjoyed this podcast, visit www.aconytebooks.com for more information on Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis.

Dec 19, 202255:05