Chris is joined by Eric Zimmerman, the keynote speaker for the upcoming Board Game Academics Conference. Eric Zimmerman is a game designer who invents new ways to play on and off the computer. His tabletop projects include Quantum, The Metagame, and RATS: High Tea At Sea. As a videogame designer, Eric co-founded Gamelab, a studio in New York City that made games with LEGO and created original online hits like Diner Dash. Eric co-founded The Institute of Play, a nonprofit that designed schools with a curriculum based on play as the model for learning. With architect Nathalie Pozzi, he designed installations for MoMA and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Eric is an Arts Professor at the NYU Game Center, a program he helped to design in Tisch School of the Arts. His books include Rules of Play (MIT Press, with Katie Salen), The Rules We Break (Princeton Architectural Press), and The Green Games Guide, a best practices guidebook for sustainable tabletop publishing and design.
Learn more about the Board Game Academics Conference taking place on October 4-5, 2025, in Rochester, New York, at the Strong National Museum of Play. Register to attend: https://boardgameacademics.com/register/
Learn more about Eric and his work: https://ericzimmerman.com/
Music: Love Of My Life by BoxCat Games (Free Music Archive)