Legendary game designer Steve Jackson comes to the 20-Sided Gamified Podcast to share a treasure trove of knowledge about all things games.

Play facilitator certification? Why would play need a facilitator? You just pick a game, read the rules, and hop to it, right?

Wrong. Here’s why you should get certified as a play facilitator.

The 20-Sided Gamified Podcast team talks with Dr. Erik Ellis of Hillsdale College and Greg Wagman of Little Wars TV about creating games to teach Viking sagas to students at all levels.

“Everything in gaming is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.” Clausewitz didn’t write that, but maybe he should have? Jared talks with Dr. Nicholas Murray, author, wargamer, and teacher about game design, strategic thinking, and what Dead Carl actually wrote.