Today we look at board game design based on the word "tchotchke".: knickknack, trinkethttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD177-Tchotchke.mp3

Design Diary

177: Tchotchke (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "perennial".1 : present at all seasons of the year 2 : persisting for several years usually with new herbaceous growth from a perennating part 3 a : persistent, enduring b : continuing without interruption : constant, perpetual c : regularly repeated or renewed : recurrenthttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD176-Perennial.mp3 

176: Perennial (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "dossier".: a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subjecthttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD175-Dossier.mp3

175: Dossier (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "noisome".1 : noxious, harmful2 a : offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell b : highly obnoxious or objectionable http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD173-Noisome.mp3

173: Noisome (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "malinger". : to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)http://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD172-Malinger.mp3

172: Malinger

Today we look at board game design based on the word "tomfoolery". : playful or foolish behaviorhttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD171-Tomfoolery.mp3

171: Tomfoolery (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "derring do". : daring action : daringhttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD170-DerringDo.mp3

170: Derring Do (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "lycanthropy"1 : a delusion that one has become a wolf2 : the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft or magichttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD169-Lycanthropy.mp3

169: Lycanthropy (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "indoctrinate". 1 : to instruct especially in fundamentals or rudiments : teach2 : to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principlehttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD168-Indoctrinate.mp3

168: Indoctrinate (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "acceptation".1 : acceptance; especially : favorable reception or approval2 : a generally accepted meaning of a word or understanding of a concepthttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD167-Acceptation.mp3

167: Acceptation (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "weltschmerz". 1 often capitalized Weltschmerz : mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state2 often capitalized Weltschmerz : a mood of sentimental sadnesshttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD166-Weltschmerz.mp3

166: Weltschmerz (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "Luddite". : one of a group of early 19th-century English workmen destroying laborsaving machinery as a protest; broadly : one who is opposed to especially technological changehttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD165-Luddite.mp3

165: Luddite (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "atone". 1 : to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome — usually + for2 : to make reparation or supply satisfaction for : expiate — used in the passive voice with forhttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD163-Atone.mp3

163: Atone (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "enigmatic". : of, relating to, or resembling an enigma : mysterioushttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD162-Enigmatic.mp3

162: Enigmatic (with co-host Rob Cramer)

Today we look at board game design based on the word "exigent". 1 : requiring immediate aid or action2 : requiring or calling for much : demandinghttp://buttonshy.com/designdiary/DD161-Exigent.mp3