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#2 - Common Mistakes New Designers Make (Part 1)

82 min • 12 december 2020

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#2 - Common Mistakes New Designers Make (Part 1)

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#58 - Audience Sell-Sheets 2

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#43 Co-designing

#42 BONUS Holiday Special

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#39 - The Best Design Advice on the Internet – Part 1

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#37 - Fidelity

#36 - Rethinking Rethinking Genres

#35 - The Third Type of Coop Games

#34 - Unhelpful Advice

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#25 That Time You Killed Me Design Diary

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# 11 Elegance and Cognitive Load

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#7 - Board Game Terminology (Part 2)

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#2 - Common Mistakes New Designers Make (Part 1)

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