Jessica Hancock

If you're playing... I don't, I don't, I never want to have fun. I hate fun.

I think that is all the news. I think all we have left to do is to let Mark in because he's there knocking at the door and he's been knocking at the door for the last half an hour and I'll be going, no, no, no, Mark, go away. You can't come in yet. But now he can come in and talk about... Split the board.

I think that is all the news. I think all we have left to do is to let Mark in because he's there knocking at the door and he's been knocking at the door for the last half an hour and I'll be going, no, no, no, Mark, go away. You can't come in yet. But now he can come in and talk about... Split the board.

so we have a special guest joining us this week some of you may already know him because mark has worked with us in various capacities over the years um so our guest is mark kenobi mark tell us well don't tell us tell the listeners because we know um what what well you know what what capacities you know what what have you worked with us over the years on

so we have a special guest joining us this week some of you may already know him because mark has worked with us in various capacities over the years um so our guest is mark kenobi mark tell us well don't tell us tell the listeners because we know um what what well you know what what capacities you know what what have you worked with us over the years on

Yes, yeah, yeah.

Yes, yeah, yeah.

We had to cut that monster, unfortunately. But anyway, that's not why you're here. You're here because you are a board game designer also.

We had to cut that monster, unfortunately. But anyway, that's not why you're here. You're here because you are a board game designer also.

And your first game to be published, somehow we ended up being the people publishing it. Who'd have expected something like that to happen? But tell us...

And your first game to be published, somehow we ended up being the people publishing it. Who'd have expected something like that to happen? But tell us...

And there's always that one player that you suddenly realise has five times more treasure accumulated over the years than everybody else. Yep.

And there's always that one player that you suddenly realise has five times more treasure accumulated over the years than everybody else. Yep.

No one ever noticed that that one player was just taking a little bit more each time until you add it up. Just a little extra.

No one ever noticed that that one player was just taking a little bit more each time until you add it up. Just a little extra.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. My version of that is you each basically take things from the treasure pile and then take turns to negotiate or bluff or whatever with the other players. And then at the end, you know, you see what treasure you've got, what you managed to acquire, what treasure you managed to sort of like negotiate to get off the other players. And you basically score victory points, points.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. My version of that is you each basically take things from the treasure pile and then take turns to negotiate or bluff or whatever with the other players. And then at the end, you know, you see what treasure you've got, what you managed to acquire, what treasure you managed to sort of like negotiate to get off the other players. And you basically score victory points, points.

Yeah. And see who's won, who's the best treasure grabber.

Yeah. And see who's won, who's the best treasure grabber.

um my process has always been to start with a blank page start typing something will come out and then just go from there and i doubt very much that that's the same as everybody else's process i think everybody has their own processes that's mine it's very much a sort of like just start doing something see what comes out and then and then go and then go from there