Designing Games FOR and WITH Young Kids with Elan Lee

Board Game Design Lab by Gabe Barrett

Oct 21, 20231:08:43Games & Hobbies

In this episode, Elan Lee, the creator of Exploding Kittens, talks about his venture into creating games for small children. Elan has been designing the games alongside his four-year-old daughter, and we talk about the p...

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