BGB Volume 37 - Stories of Self-Publishing, Part 1 - High School Drama with Bo Radakovich and jim pinto

Boardgame Babylon is back with a show recorded at Orccon 2007 with Origins award-nominated game designer Bo Radakovich and noted art director jim pinto. Bo is the man behind the riotous new game High School Drama, which is nominated for an Origins award in the card game category this year. jim has hundreds of credits in the game industry and is also just a funny guy.

The subject of our conversation is game design and self-publishing, as Bo started up his own company in order to put out the game, and we hear about some of the trials and tribulations of striking out on your own in the crazy hobby game business. Along the way Bo tells us a bit about High School Drama, including some interesting design and production notes. And we just have some good laughs since both Bo and jim are terrific guys.

This is the start of a new series called "Stories of Self-Publishing" and I have at least two more lined up but - as to when they will come out - we'll have to see. There is still the Demise and Rise to finish up and one more series on the way.

I should also note that this is the first volume of Boardgame Babylon supported by our new sponsor, Tanga.com. I'm a big fan of the site and its wacky retail model so I encourage you all to check it out via the link on the side if you are new to the site or by clicking www.tanga.com.

Thanks for downloading and listening to Boardgame Babylon.

Show Notes

Games mentioned:

High School Drama   Illuminati   Lunch Money

Ingenious   Escalation!   Wiz-War  

Other links:

Shifting Skies Games  (buy HSD there or at your FLGS)

Knightime Studios (jim pinto - yes, he's capital-challenged, like e.e. cummings or k.d. lang)