Podcast Episode 102: A Conversation With Jackson Pope and Paul Willcox about FlickFleet

I sit down with Jackson Pope and Paul Willcox from Eurydice games to talk about their gaming journey and the design and (handmade!) production of FlickFleet, which is about to launch on Gamefound with its fourth expansion.

Links: 

Website: www.eurydicegames.co.uk
Gamefound: https://gamefound.com/projects/eurydice-games-ltd/flickfleet-xeno-wars
Jack on twitter: twitter.com/jackson_pope
Paul on twitter: twitter.com/paulwillcox10

0:45 – Paul and Jackson’s history with board games
5:07 – The origins of FlickFleet
9:35 – The perils of trying to get a d10 to roll in a straight line
13:45 – Fun in failure with dexterity games
17:19 – Handmade production
24:33 – The expansions
26:23 – A fiery inferno
29:00 – Transitioning to Gamefound
33:39 – Deluxification
41:29 – Building a community
46:43 – The future for FlickFleet and Eurydice Games

Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction

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