Life Beyond Board Games
A podcast every second Friday about exploring fun and challenges we have as board gamers, yes, sometimes talking about the board game we play too. We're in Australia (Stella and Melissa) and USA (Candice and Eric) and want to connect with you, no matter who and where you are. Drop as a line, or message, find us in podcast directories, and this Facebook group.
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Life Beyond Board Games
Latest Episodes
Episode 34 - Grief, Glitches, and a Website No One Asked About
What begins as a conversation about website updates and friendship updates quickly becomes a deeply honest chat about grief, losing loved ones, and why emotions refuse to follow our schedules. And Eric's 2 hours website update. Sorry Eric! ...
Episode 33 - Work-Life Balance? What's that?
Phil Walker-Harding is back! We dive head-first into the magical world of freelancing—where you’re your own boss… and your boss is terrible. From working till late because “your boss said so,” to valuing your time somewhere between $10 and $100...
Episode 32 - Rejected again. And again. And again. I guess now we can talk about how to handle rejections.
Well known board game designer Phil Walker-Harding and we dive into the glamorous world of… getting told “no.” A lot. Turns out even designing 30+ hit games doesn’t unlock the “immune to rejection” achievement. From pitching to the wrong publis...
Episode 31 - Matt Dunstan's Life Beyond Board Games. Lego, Potential Financial Ruins, and Frogs.
Does Matt Dunstan, a prolific Australian board game designer, have fun outside of designing award-winning board games… or is it just more tiny plastic pieces? Spoiler, it's Lego. Lego pieces. We dive into Matt's secret as a Lego restorer. Conte...
Episode 30 - Moving House with Board Games, a.k.a. What the Heck Is a Removalist? Feat. Matt Dunstan
We bravely tackle the true final boss of adulthood: moving house (Australian/British). Alright, for our American friends, it is relocation or moving. Complete with removalists (What is removalist??), undersized tea chest boxes, shrink-wrapped i...
