Oct 13, 2016
Description Dirk and David are joined by Rick Ernst and Chris
Cantrell of Riot Games to talk about their upcoming board game
Mechs vs. Minions. Riot Games is best known for their wildly
successful PC game League of Legends. Riot is taking that universe
and condensing a part of it down into a board game that focuses on
team play and cooperative strategy. Rick and Chris talk about how
the game came about and what it’s like to capture the MOBA magic on
the tabletop.--------------------- Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer,
www.artana.com, dirk@artana.com David Heron - @DavidVHeron Rick
Ernst Chris Cantrell www.mechsvsminions.com ---------------------
Episode Outline 0:00:51 - Mechs vs. Minions 0:04:30 - League of
Legends 0:07:30 - Condensing a MOBA to tabletop 0:14:27 - Handling
quarterbacking 0:18:34 - The early game 0:24:30 - Complexity vs.
accessibility 0:28:13 - Build quality 0:37:37 - How the game came
about 0:43:30 - Playtesting 0:47:31 - The design process