Names are powerful. The Spiel des Jahres means "game of the year" simpliciter, but for years we know that the juries have been casting a narrower and narrower net of what games thay would consider. It has become more of a specialized imprint, which is fine--but it's strange that the name still inspires such cachet. Anything with rules in excess of 3 or so pages seems now to be firmly beyond the pale as far as the SdJ is concerned. Ah, well, times change, and we are prone to fits of curmudgeonly behavior. We do at least give our rundown of the 3 nominated games.
AYURIS: The City of Kings 1m02s (Frank West, The City of Games, 2018)
Games Played Last Week: -Trick Shot 2m35s (Nikita Krylov &Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2019) -LAMA aka Wrath of the Appliances: Rise of the Killer Kameras 4m50s (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2019) -Just One 8m01s (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Productions, 2018) -Red Alert: Space Fleet Warfare 10m03s (Richard Borg, PSC Games, 2019) -Fireball Island: The Curse of Vol-Kar 13m51s (Rob Daviau, JR Honeycutt, Justin D. Jacobson, Chuck Kennedy, & Bruce Lund, Restoration Games, 2018) -Hansa Teutonica 15m38s (Andreas Steding, Z-Man Games, 2010) -SpaceCorp 17m03s (John H. Butterfield, GMT Games, 2018) -Rayguns and Rocketships 19m33s (Scott Rogers, IDW Games, 2017)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -The tangled webs Kickstarter weaves (and then pulls) 26m23s (Correction: During this segment we mistakenly conflated Travis Worthington of Indie Boards and Cards and Travis R. Chance of Kolossal Games. They have both had projects canceled by Kickstarter. We apologize for the error.) -Endeavor: Age of Expansion Expansion 30m30s -Pandemic Targets real-time 31m51s
Mandi and Suzanne discuss Doppelt So Clever, Imperial Settlers The Roll and Write, Ohanami, Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Dice Throne, and Kodama 3D. They also revisit two older games in Shelf Staple, and get your input on conventions you want to attend in Victory Points.
Reviews of Taverns of Tiefenthal, Twice as Clever, Futuropia, Tichu, Road to Enlightenment, and more. Featured review: Gentes by Tasty Minstrel Games. Reroll Trajan. Board game discussion starts 31:11. https://www.bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep147
Everyone likes to get the most out of their hard-earned cash, but what is a board game worth? Maybe it doesn't matter what's inside the box, maybe the real value is the friends we made along the way? Haha, just kidding, it's totally all about the miniature total. Before we count components, we also talk about Aerion, Overbooked, Dinosaur Island, and Lancaster. 03:15 - Aerion 05:40 - Overbooked 11:36 - Dinosaur Island 25:08 - Lancaster 34:37 - Value for money 36:50 - A Feast for Odin 38:16 - Scythe 41:09 - Escape Plan 41:36 - Gloomhaven 41:54 - Mechs vs. Minions 42:55 - Terraforming Mars
Geert Sillevis, founder of Mystery City Games, discusses how to design an outdoor escape room type of game.
Geert’s game, “A Secret Sender,” is designed to help tourists experience Amsterdam while also enjoying a mystery game. (And it has a 5-star rating on Trip Advisor.)
In episode 49 of the Secret Cabal Express, Jamie welcomes Honorary Founders Rodnedy Smith of Watch It Played and Marty Connell of Rolling Dice and Taking Names to talk about Origins Game Fair 2019 in Columbus Ohio, the shenanigans they plan to get into and the food and games they're looking forward to. Then The Three Amigos discuss fandom (spoiler free) including Game Conventions, board games, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Twin Peaks, Lord of the Rings, Games Workshop, Privateer Press and more. Please check out Rodney's channel, Watch It Played at https://www.youtube.com/watchitplayed and Marty's podcast at https://www.rolldicetakenames.com/ and also the Rolling Dice and Taking Names fundraiser at https://www.podpledge.com/project/458/Rolling-Dice-Taking-Names-19-20/home.
Credibility, like a butterfly, is a fragile and beautiful thing. Mark is fundamentally opposed to subtlety and ephemeral joy, so he naturally seeks to destroy either whenever he encounters it. When it comes to credibility he does this by routinely making gross over-generalizations. This time he has managed to make an instant replay-esque correction, at least. As for what he does to butterflies, let's just say he manages to make garden parties awkward.
Games Played Last Week: -Bios: Megafauna 2nd Edition 3m08s (Andrew Doull, Phil Eklund, & Jon Manker, Sierra Madre, 2017) -Brook City 6m37s (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2019) -Rayguns and Rocketships 12m06s (Scott Rogers, IDW Games, 2017) -A Game of Thrones: Catan--Brotherhood of the Watch 15m45s (Klaus Teuber & Benjamin Teuber, Fantasy Flight, 2017)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Walker expands what he no longer has 22m00s -Wherefore art thou, journalism? Round 1: Tariffs vs. Gamers 22m31s (Polygon article: http://bit.ly/polygontariffs) -Space Invaders 27m16s -Round 2: Stonemaier vs. Gaming Goat 28m01s -Papillon rises again? 30m41s
In this show, we review My First Castle Panic, Duelosaur Island, Transformers TCG,Dice of Pirates, and Mice and Mystics: Downwood Tales. Eric talks about going to Pip's Island, and we answer a slew of questions, including our favorite foldable boards, optional Kickstarter buys, and more! Finally, we end the show talking about our favorite games that start with the letter "D"!
This week I welcome designer of A tale of Pirates, Copenhagen and Flamme Rouge, Asger Granerud. We talk about growing up in Africa, being a competitive game player and making money as a designer...but which games did he choose? Schotten Totten Hanabi Flamme Rouge Commands and Colours: Ancients Root Twitter Facebook Support the show here.
In Egizia, players sail ships carrying workers and stone to build mighty monuments for the Pharaoh. The river offers great rewards and abilities as it flows ever Northward to the sea. And therein lies the challenge!
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