Episode 262: Special Guest: John D Clair! plus Lorenzo il Magnifico, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Empire’s End

The Board Game BBQ Podcast

In this episode we are joined by BGBBQ Award-winning designer John D Clair. He shares with us his unique approach to kinetic design, fills us in on the recent World Series of Board Gaming, and we even find out what the D stands for in his name!

In Sizzling Games, Conor is simply magnifico in Lorenzo il Magnifico, Dana is red-lining with excitement over Heat: Pedal to the Metal, and John is happy to watch everything burn to the ground in Empire's End.

There's also the Question of the Pod, Swear an Oath, and all of the usual shenanigans you've come to expect from the Board Game BBQ Podcast.

New Question of the Pod: What small part of this hobby gives you great satisfaction?

Sizzling Games:

Lorenzo il Magnifico (46:51)

Heat: Pedal to the Metal (1:02:05)

Empire's End (1:15:20)

Question of the Pod Recap: (1:24:40)

Swear An Oath: (1:45:08)

Follow John on X here: https://twitter.com/JohnDClair

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

Space Base (2018), Mystic Vale (2016), Dead Reckoning (2022), Ready Set Bet (2022), Lorenzo il Magnifico (2016), Ark Nova (2021), Heat: Pedal to the Metal (2022), Empire's End (2023), Disney Lorcana (2023), Framework (2022), Too Many Bones: Unbreakable (2023), Aeon's End: Past and Future (2023), Underwater Cities (2018), Sleeping Gods (2021)

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