Hatched This Way

Hatched This Way

A limited audio series where Maxwell Freud, a queer, Minneapolis-based board game designer, sits down with other queer folx in the industry to learn about their unique identities and how they contribute to the hobby by being their authentic selves.

Episodes

September 27, 2024 76 mins

Meet Carrie Linden (she/they), the bisexual, disabled Communications Manager at Snowbright Studio, an LGBTQ+ game studio focused on making heartwarming, family-friendly games.

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Meet Dr. Nersi Nikakhtar, MD (he/him), an internist and board game content creator who talks me through the nuances of sex, gender, and Blood on the Clocktower.

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September 14, 2024 53 mins

Meet Maia Thomas (she/her), a lesbian, trans woman who works in the tabletop industry as a game designer, graphic designer, and illustrator.

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Meet Bez Bonnie-Beth Shahriari (she/her), a Glaswegian, pansexual, graysexual, trans woman with autism, likely ADHD, and a history of depression. Bez is an author, artist, and game designer who makes the world a little more fun, one game at a time.

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March 22, 2024 72 mins

Meet Jamie Sabriel (they/them), the queer, nonbinary game designer at Triple Rainbow Games, a moderator for Break My Game and Protospiel Online, and rotating co-host of the board game documentary podcast Building the Game.

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Building the Game

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March 1, 2024 56 mins

Meet Isaac Vega (he/him), the gay, Latinx, co-founder of Rose Gauntlet Entertainment and designer of Dead of Winter, Forgotten Waters, and Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn.

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Rose Gauntlet Entertainment

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February 7, 2024 49 mins

Meet Connor Alexander (he/him), the queer, Indigenous publisher of the Coyote & Crow roleplaying game. 

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Meet James Kniffen (he/him), a gay, Senior Game Designer for Fantasy Flight Games whose published titles include Star Wars: Armada, Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn, Forbidden Stars, and Twilight Inscription.

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December 18, 2023 42 mins

Meet Aaron Vanderbeek (he/him), a gay game designer living in Germany whose games include Castell and Extravaganza.

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Extravaganza: The Board Game

Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

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August 15, 2022 57 mins

Meet Alara Cameron (fay/fae/she), a trans fem, non-binary, lesbian game designer and developer.

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Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

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August 8, 2022 62 mins

Meet Bree Horstkamp (she/they), the pansexual, asexual, aromantic, polyamorous, nonbinary, trans female founder and game designer of Mako Games.

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Ko-Fi

Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign ...

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Meet Theo Strempel (he/him), the gay, disabled tabletop content creator known as Geeky Gaymer Guy.

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Instagram: @geekygaymerguy
Twitter: @geekygaymerguy
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Meet Crystal Dax (she/her), a bisexual, polyamorous content creator and co-host of the Board Game Blitz podcast

Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

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Meet Matt Molandes (he/him), a queer, polyamorous marketing manager for Kolossal Games, community manager for Brotherwise Games, and social media manager for Grail Games and Maple Games

Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here...

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Meet Grace Kendall (they/them), a non-binary, asexual, panromantic game designer and co-founder of the Tabletop Mentorship Program

Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

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Meet Nersi Nikakhtar (he/him), a Persian, gay, sometimes doctor and board game reviewer for Nersi Games

Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

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Meet Brenna Noonan (she/her), a pansexual developer for Quillsilver Studio

Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

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June 7, 2022 51 mins

Meet Seppy Yoon (he/him) a biracial, gay, game designer and publisher with Fight in a Box.  Contains some mature content

Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

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Meet Leona Neelam Maple (she/her), a South Asian, queer, pansexual, demiromantic and founder of Maple Intersectionality Consulting

Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

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June 7, 2022 63 mins

Meet Justin (he/him) and Austin (he/him), two queer designers at Pops & Bejou

Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

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