
Jonathan Chaffer
Full-stack software engineer at Hightouch; game designer and puzzle constructor known for 18-card escape room series.
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Jul 19, 2026
Episode 738: Texas Death Cribbage Demands That You Always Take The Pudding
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Jonathan ChafferGUEST
So to put a button on all this, since we're getting on in time, um, I had a broad question.

Jonathan ChafferGUEST
Uh, so it was what lessons can we learn from these and how do we apply them to our designs? So I'm going to try to pull that into, um, How can we look at...

Jonathan ChafferGUEST
What strategies can we use to look at what house rules people use and use that to inform design decisions? And the first thing that comes to mind for me is...

Jonathan ChafferGUEST
I'm going to sit with the rubric that Chris came up with for the motivations.
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69:27JasonHOST
Mr. Chaffer.
Episode 734: Original Snapshots
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I thought you were going to be like, you get to say, I can give you this badge or you're going to have to buy this game first.

Jonathan ChafferGUEST
And the same kind of, uh, has been working with, um, when I've had some cameo time in the grand gamers guild booth because, um, there's a, there's a scavenger hunt there with that is organized by, um, the tabletop gamers, where people are specifically coming around to queer-identified game designers.

Jonathan ChafferGUEST
And so Danielle Reynolds has the Pride Pursuit, which is part of the 18 Escape line that I curate.

Jonathan ChafferGUEST
And people tend to be very excited about that when they come to the booth.
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