Welcome to interviews by an optimist, a special edition of the Dice Tower hosted by Tom Vassal. Interviews by an optimist is a continuation of the award-winning written interviews online, now done an audio format. Each interview is done with a notable in the gaming industry, including designers,

publishers, and enthusiasts.

And now here's your host, Tom Vassal.

All right folks, welcome to the D'Dice Hour. This is Tom Vassal.

I'm glad to have you with us. Today we have a special guest Richard Board who has

designed many games including Pig Pile, Liar's Dice, Heron Zeus, but he's probably best well known for designing

the commands and colors series, Battle Cry, Memoir 44, commands and colors ancients,

and the battle lore.

Welcome to the show Mr. Borg.

Well thank you, Tom.

And you've designed a variety of games, but lately the big games that you designed is the commands and color system.

Of all the games you've designed, which one are you the most proud of?

Right now it's commands and colors of course.

It seems to be the most popular of anything.

We did have a number of other successes, but you know currently that's the hot thing commands and colors and

we got it in all forms and flavors well before we get too much into commands

and colors I was I was wondering about some of your earlier games, specifically Liar's Dice.

Liar's Dice is one of the most popular filler games in the world.

Where did you get the idea for this game? Actually, that game originated because we were, at one time I was a pretty good softball player and we would get together and

softball game, go and have a commitment.

Liars, a poker with dollar bills was a hot thing and

everybody seemed to be enjoying that quite a bit and I kind of took that liar's poker with the dollar

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