Episode 7: Interview with Cole Wehrle (Pax Pamir, John Company)

Interview with Cole Wehrle

In this episode, game designer Cole Wehrle joins host Eduard Gafton to talk Pax Pamir, John Company and Wehrlegig Games’ mission to ‘strive to publish beautiful games with historical themes that treat their subjects and their players seriously.’

Time Stamps

• 00:00:00 – Start
• 00:02:24 – How did Pax Pamir start?
• 00:17:14 – What is there to learn from playing Pax Pamir?
• 00:32:18 – How do you market a historical game such as John Company?
• 00:51:38 – How has academic experience helped the creation of the two games?

Mentioned in this Episode

• Pax Pamir Reprint Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1243243962/pax-pamir-reprint
• Pax Pamir Second Edition Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1243243962/pax-pamir-second-edition
• John Company Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1243243962/john-company-second-edition?ref=2jf6sd
• John Company Second Edition Teach and Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2g-vBp3UO8 
• Buy Marrying Mr Darcy: http://www.marryingmrdarcy.com/blog/buying-marrying-mr-darcy-outside-the-united-states
• Cole Wehrle’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/colewehrle
• Cole’s essay “Going into Empire”: https://wehrlegig.com/blogs/essays/going-into-empire
• Wehrlegig Games Website: https://wehrlegig.com/
• Wehrlegig Games Twitter: https://twitter.com/wehrlegig
• Wehrlegig Games Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/wehrlegiggames
• State and Tribe in 19th Century Afghanistan: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/state-and-tribe-in-nineteenthcentury-afghanistan-the-reign-of-amir-dost-muhammad-khan-18261863-by-christine-noelle-pp-xxiv-439-london-curzon-press-1997/A20452F3B71CD6DC9838747F6CC49038
• The Mission: Early Christianity from the Crucifixion to the Crusades: https://www.whitedoggames.com/the-mission-1
• Little Women (2019): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Women_(2019_film)
• Pax Viking: https://ionsmg.com/products/pax-viking
• Atlantic Chase: https://www.gmtgames.com/p-706-atlantic-chase.aspx

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