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There has never been a better time to go make a game.

The first time you get to hold something you make in your hands, that's the best feeling.

These are Scott's book of great ideas.

I think I'm up to about 30 now.

We're in the middle of a tabletop renaissance. It's a $3 billion industry and every year it grows.

My dad was always inspired by stories and that gave birth to the game.

When I realized that I can live from Catan, my family can live from Catan,

it was freedom for me. There's conventions and awards and now independent designers can get

into the action without game publishers because of the invention of things like crowdfunding.

And I looked at that whole ecosystem and I thought, oh man, I want to play too.

Originally our goal on Kickstarter was, okay, let's try to raise $10,000.

That will be our goal.

We hit that in seven minutes.

The worst thing you can do as a game designer is fall in love with one of your designs which do not work.

I'm in the unenviable position of people coming to me and saying,

this is my grandchild. And I say, well, let me tell you about your grandchild.

I would say we went through hundreds of versions of exploding kids. And every time,

we test it out and find another three things that we messed up.

You know, I'm like a 14, 15-year-old kid playing D&D with like some 50-year-old lady, really colorful characters of all sexes, all backgrounds, all nationalities.

There was always the expectation that as a young Pakistani girl, I would get married by the time I'm 20.

That's why I'm always trying to create work that can make the world a better place.

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