Jacob Fryxelius Interview WSBG
53The World Series of Board Gaming interviews Jacob Fryxelius!
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Interview with Jacob Fryxelius Timestamps
00:00 Interview with Jacob Fryxelius
02:43 Introducing Jacob
03:20 What got you into designing board games?
11:00 Jacob Fryxelius’s first game
14:00 The start of Terraforming Mars
15:45 Theme first, then figuring out the mechanics
19:00 Graphic design working in tandem with the game intent
20:40 Cards that didn’t make the cut
21:30 Spreadsheets or feeling it out?
24:04 How to balance expansions
27:30 New expansions and promo cards
32:16 Prelude cards and corporations34:00 Merging corporations promo card
35:18 Fan variants of Terraforming Mars
39:00 The Terraforming Mars brand
42:00 The Fryxelius family’s roles in Fryx Games
47:00 How does Fryx Games work?
49:26 After The Virus
57:15 Balancing Terraforming Mars with other projects
01:01:10 Does production cost come into the design process?
01:07:30 The release and selling cycles
01:08:43 Advice to anyone going into desiging/publishing?
01:14:00 Favourite games/designers?
01:17:20 Wrapping up – Juicy upcoming projects
01:23:10 Brian’s connection to one of Jacob’s inspirations
01:24:20 WIN a copy of Terraforming Mars or After the Virus!
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