Episode 91 - Ashwin Kamath and Rob Newton - The Journey to hatch Chicken Fried Dice - Favorite Blank and Writes - Good food, cute heavy game, and a trip to Japan

Designers and owners of Urban Professional Games, Ashwin Kamath and Rob Newton joins me to talk about the journey of getting Chicken Fried Dice from inspiration to crowdfunding. We then talk about 15+ Blank and write games that we enjoy. And share some happy moments with good food, good friends, good games, and a trip to Japan.

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:17 Meet the Designers: Ashwin and Rob

• Urban Professional Games
• Coin Flip Games

00:06:24 The Journey of Chicken Fried Dice

• Chicken Fried Dice

00:28:57 The Importance of Community and Mentorship

00:37:36 Key Tips for Aspiring Game Designers

00:39:56 5 Blank and Write

00:41:35 Next Station: London

00:44:30 Let's Make a Bus Route

00:46:15 Three Sisters

00:49:49 Cartographers

00:52:45 Welcome To

00:55:17 Dice Cards

01:00:13 Silver and Gold

01:00:27 Tempus Imperium from Chris Anderson

01:02:32 Merchants of Magick: A Set a Watch Tale

01:06:18 Wok and Roll

01:11:10 Corinth

01:14:54 Cascadia: Rolling Rivers

01:19:24 Twice As Clever!

01:21:20 (Honorable Mention) Draft & Write Records

01:23:37 Moments of Positivity and Community

• Washington State Tabletop Game Alliance at the  Tokyo game market
• Tantrum con and Clarence Simpson
• Sweetlands

01:28:46 Where can you find Ashwin and Rob

•  Ashwin: BoardGameGhee on Bluesky and most socials 
• Rob: Coinflipgames on Bluesky 

01:30:35 Outro 

(Please note that these time stamps might not be accurate due to the use of dynamic ads.)

Carnuta is now available for purchase!

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