Design Talk - Buried Giant with Cole Werhle

Join hosts Dirk Knemeyer and David Heron as they welcome back Cole Werhle, the designer of hits like Root and Oath. In this episode, Cole details his major career move from Leder Games to founding Buried Giant Studios. He explains his unique business philosophy of making "fewer games more slowly" to focus on dense games and sustainable creative infrastructure. The conversation explores how digital playtesting revolutionized his design process, the development of his massive project Arcs, and his insights on why the board game industry should remain "small and homey" compared to the volatile video game market

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Design Talk - Buried Giant with Cole Werhle is an episode from The Game Design Round Table by Dirk Knemeyer, David V. Heron.

This episode is 51:42 long.

This episode was published on Apr 21, 2026.

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