“Keep the foot on the gas, and don’t get complacent!”: Wyrmspan designer Connie Vogelmann on making the jump to full-time board game design
Few board game designers score the kind of rapid success that has come to Connie Vogelmann – with her debut design Apiary from 2023 flying high in the BoardGameGeek rankings, and follow-up creation Wyrmspan selling “far beyond the wildest dreams” of publisher Stonemaier Games’ founder Jamey Stegmaier following its high-profile release last year. That double success – and the “destruction” Donald Trump’s administration has had on her work as a grants law attorney – has seen Vogelmann decide to take the plunge into full-time board game design. She spoke to BoardGameWire about navigating freelance design, branching out beyond worker placement, and the challenges that face full-time designers in the current economic climate.
