Play Creators Festival

Reiner Knizia – the prolific game designer behind over 700 games, including Lost Cities, Modern Art and new Kosmos title My City – discusses how he got started in game design, shares his top tips for fuelling creativity and reveals the game he wishes he came up with!

Panellists include Pixar Animation Studios’ Jen Tan, Roald Dahl’s Stephanie Griggs and SRL Consulting’s Susie Lecker.

The session will be chaired by Erik Quam, Director of Product Development at Fat Brain Toys.

The session will delve into how Ben Butcher – SVP of Creative at Funko – and his team tackle toy design, as well as exploring his own thoughts on fuelling creativity.

The session will explore how Elan and the Exploding Kittens team approach game design, including looking at their work with the inventor community.

During this one hour session Joanna will pinpoint the trends that have accelerated as a direct consequence of the pandemic.

“The Last Gameboard is thrilled to sponsor and participate at Mojo Nation’s Play Creators Conference,” said Shail Mehta, CEO and Founder of The Last Gameboard.

The ‘No Characters, No Vehicles, No Problem!’ session will be chaired by Start Licensing’s Ian Downes.

Chaired by Big Ideas’ Simon Skelton, the session will welcome Spin Master’s David Winter, PlayMonster’s Adam Hocherman and Rubik’s Brand’s Hayley Woodward.

The session will go out in a special daily Mojo Nation newsletter during the first week of September.