Jam-packed with creative-thinky things, this episode dissects the traits of board game developers and all the depth, faux-depth, context, and contextless crazy logic trains that run through our "brains". We ponder quickly if these are good things (and decide: they totally are). Things then turn to a broader discussion on the struggles and agonies (excuse us, "nuances") of being a creative team. The standard array of weird tangents surface as well.

How Many Mummies Should You Own? / How Much Are You All Just Winging It? / What Are Some Of The Weird Little Things You Love About Your Craft?

05:03 - Tom's thoughts on optimal mummy quantity 07:32 - An answer filled with Neb-Soul 10:58 - Main Topic - Weird Little Things We Love 21:26 - Tom on Jared presenting ideas in a meeting

What Would You Do If You Knew You Could Do It? / What's The Worst Creature To Give Wings To / Fantasy Vs. Sci-fi 00:58 - What Lacey Would Do If She Could 08:40 - Tom's apt research 10:50 - Main Topic - Fantasy Vs. Sci-fi 23:41 - Subdividing The Two

How Do You Make Your Work Feel Like Play? / What Is Your Coffee Order? / What Are Ghosts That Haunt Your Creative Mind? 02:18 - How Krista Adds Objects To Her Work & Process 08:00 - Marc's Coffee Order 12:51 - Main Topic - Ghosts That Haunt Your Creative Mind 24:52 - Krista's Thoughts On Creative Ghosts Relating To Our

Obstacles You Wrestled With Early In Your Career? / How Would You Like To Die Vs. How You Think You're Going To Die? / How Does Media's Portrayal Of Your Artistry Effect You? CONTENT WARNING: This episode of the Outpost contains descriptions of ways someone could die. The context is playful, but if this is a subject you’d like to avoid, we recommend skipping the segment between minutes 13 and 17. We care about you. Thanks for listening. 03:18 - Marc's obstacles early in his career 13:29 - How Krista thinks she will die 17:15 - Main Topic - Media's Portrayal Of Your Artistry 31:46 - Lacey's feelings on how media portrays her role as a marketer

What Is An Old Reliable Muse? / What Is The State Of Your House? / Fail Share 04:07 - Jared's musical musings 17:43 - Tom's major fixer-upper 20:16 - Main Topic - Fail Share 36:26 - Approaching repeated failures

What's Your Favorite Way To Consume Media? / If You Could Be A Music Genre, What Would You Be? / What Does Your Work Day Look Like? 02:03 - Derick describes his preferred environment for media consumption 06:59 - Krista has an existential crisis as to her music-genre personification 10:00 - Main Topic - What Does Your Work Day Look Like? 17:50 - Derick describes the merits of switching between tasks