Happy Oceania month! This week, Adrian and Lauren are joined by Jay Bendixen, designer of Surfs up and fellow Aussie as we talk about his design philosophy and upcoming games. Jay also gives his tips and insights into pitching games to publishers and going from prototype to published for small or even first time designers. We also chat about some of his upcoming designs and he plants some seeds of sweet excitement for some games about succulents and bees. 

You can find out more about Jay's designs and works here: https://littlebriefcase.com/  

New Question of the Pod: What's a unique board game mechanism that you've experienced and why did you like it?

Timestamps:

Interview with Jay [2:23 ]

Games we've been playing [42:14 ]

Flip 7 [57:50 ]

Timber Town[1:08:02 ]

Question of the Pod: [1:19:28 ]

Fired Up: [1:36:40 ]



Check out our Eventbrite page for all of our upcoming Game Days: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/board-game-bbq-32833304483 



Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/384213/fromage 

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/373600/cthulhu-death-may-die-fear-of-the-unknown 

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367517/la-famiglia-the-great-mafia-war 

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367220/sea-salt-and-paper 

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420087/flip-7 

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436561/timber-town 

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Our podcast is proudly sponsored by Advent Games. Advent Games (http://www.adventgames.com.au/) are an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW. Their core values are integrity, customer satisfaction, and providing a wide range of products including those hard-to-find board games.

More Than Meeples is an Australian retail and online game store based in Brisbane, QLD. They have been strong supporters of, not only our Brisbane Game Days, but the broader Brisbane community. https://morethanmeeples.com.au/



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