In this show, we talk about Passtally, Rheinlander, a couple of Unlock games, Isle of Cats, Oceans, and the new Time Stories: the Hadal Project! Geoff talks about choices, and we talk about Pokemon board games, rules of game nights, and box conditions. Finally, we end the show with our top ten games that start with the letter "L"!
Eventually a charge becomes so tired and rote that it becomes accepted without critical thought--but so often these hackneyed claims are false. Knizia games are themeless is a good example. Canadians are polite is another. The one that rears its ugly head this week is Walker's insistence that he is bullied, which has definitely got to count as attempted gaslighting at this point. On the plus side, a New Year's resolution is made and then immediately fulfilled in the same episode! That is efficiency.
AYURIS: Gaslands 5m23s (Glenn Ford & Mike Hutchinson, Osprey Publishing, 2017)
Games Played Last Week: -Blue Moon 8m32s (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2004) -Barrage 11m08s (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019) -Corporate America 14m54s (Teale Fristoe, Nothing Sacred Games, 2013) -Papillon 16m34s (J.B. Howell, Kolossal, 2019) -Secret Hitler 20m53s (Mike Boxleiter, Tommy Maranges, & Max Temkin, Goat Wolf & Cabbage, 2016) -Reavers of Midgard 22m40s (J.B. Howell, Grey Fox Games, 2019) -Cthulhu: Death May Die 29m49s (Rob Daviau & Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -Repos Productions Swallowed by Asmodee 32m43s -Smooth Rollout for CMON's Time Machine 33m06s -From the Root Team, Oath 34m04s -Foundations of Rome 34m40s -Breakout in TO: March 20-22 35m19s -Star Realms Goes Huge 35m49s -Société des Auteurs de Jeux on Bernard v. Mythic Games 36m48s
This week's guest is the president of Stronghold Games, Stephen Buonocore. We talk about LARPs, the state of the industry and the unbearableness of living in Florida...but which games did he choose? Listen to the show Download the show Support the show here. Betrayal at House on the Hill Codenames Flamme Rouge Terraforming Mars War of the Ring
Ringing in the new year with a podcast recorded *checks notes* ... last year, Matt and Quinns are coming right at you from PAX Unplugged, with a plethora of exciting games to chat about. If you'd rather watch this episode and pretend you were there, we've got you covered with a lovely "YouTube Video". It'll never catch on.
If you've been missing the podcast over the last few months, don't be alarmed - we'll be back in regular action very soon. Thanks all!
We're in a post top-fifty world, and it's about time we take this whole 2020 thing seriously. No more looking back, we've got to start looking to the year ahead, and what better way than making promises to ourselves that we're totally going to keep. It's board game resolutions time!
01:33 - Deep Sea Adventure 05:13 - Point Salad 08:48 - Sushi Go! 10:37 - Atelier: The Painter's Studio 14:52 - We're Doomed! 15:22 - The Menace Among Us 16:04 - Wavelength 23:25 - Board Game Resolutions for 2020 24:36 - Neilan's Resolution 26:45 - Fury of Dracula 31:46 - Mark's Resolution 36:17 - Kellen's Resolution 41:48 - The Contest 2020 46:11 - Sanctum 46:40 - BGB Meetups
In today’s episode Elaine and Efka discuss:
The burgundiest castles from The Castles of Burgundy - ( 02:32 )
Get in tune with each other via Wavelength - ( 18:47 )
And conduct a conversation on their favourite mode of transportation via Bus - ( 30:16 )
For this episode, I’m doing another design diary, and this time I’m talking about my monster-themed football game Dungeon Ball.
I talk about how the game came to be and what went into its design process. I also go into the business side of things and talk about the highs and lows of its Kickstarter campaign.
In episode 35, Jesko talks about his first time Dungeon Mastering a game of Dungeons and Dragons, Jamie talks about his Christmas Presents, we take questions from listeners regarding Eberron and campaign settings from the past they would like to see make a return and finish the episode by talking about Wizards and magic, roleplaying wizards and their favorite magic users from movies, TV, comics and books.
In today's short show, we talk about Tribes Dawn of Humanity and Mandala. We cover two apps (6 Nimmt/6 Takes and Two Spies) and have a brief and personal chat about health and gaming.
Better late and wrong than never wrong, am I right? Wait, that doesn't make sense. Suffice to say that we wanted to be as certain as we could this year, as past years offered rather significant asterisks on our best-of lists--but this year, with only minor exceptions, we're pretty confident we played the games most likely to make the cut. I'm sure this sense of certainty and comprehensiveness will last perhaps as long as late January.
Games Played Last Week: -Blood Rage 2m09s (Eric Lang, CMON, 2015) -It's a Wonderful World 4m40s (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2019) -Battle for Biternia 8m03s (Chris Faulkenberry, Stone Circle Games, 2018) -Istanbul 12m58s (Rudiger Dorn, Pegasus Spiele, 2014) -Marvel Champions: The Card Game 15m30s (Michael Boggs, Nate French, & Caleb Grace, FFG, 2019) -Codenames: The Simpsons 16m06s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -Kemet 2.0: Blood and Sand Updates 19m01s -Mixlore and Prospero Hall 20m13s -Cosmic Encounter Two-Player? 21m01s -FFG's RPG Last Gasp: KeyForge 22m07s -Traintopia: All Trains, All the Time Is Back! 22m45s -Pascal Bernard v. Mythic Games 23m27s -Kolossal Games' Ongoing Eclipse Shenanigans 24m25s -Riot Games to Publish New Boardgames 29m31s -Patreon News: Presents! 30m16s
Topic: 2019 in Review Extravaganza Personal Top 10s 32m12s SVWAG Game of the Year 2019 54m34s Other Categories 56m42s
ime Segment 01:02 Intro 05:38 Irish Gauge09:18 Little Devils11:25 Letterpress15:32 Town Builder: Coevorden20:47 Moisturize22:43 CBD23:51 The Broken Token24:40 Restoration Games26:23 Cooking with Rob 29:12 We are getting older32:00 Return to […]
Shelley and I talk through a couple of lighter games from Djeco that she can't wait to get into her classroom, as well as a MASSIVE and popular Essen 2019 title.
Chop! Chop! by Alexandre Droit from Djeco
Tulum by Hartmut Kommerell from Djeco
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Maracaibo by Alexander Pfister from Capstone Games, Super Meeple, Game's Up, dlp Games, and others.
Here it is, the episode you've all been waiting for, the grand finale, the culmination of five weeks of episodes. These are our top ten favourite board games of all-time, games that we absolutely adore, and would happily play at a moment's notice. Heck, we'd even play the games on each others' lists ... on, you know, birthdays and special occasions. That's how good they are.
08:41 – Mark #10 – The Estates 11:29 – Neilan #10 – Pictomania 13:46 – Kellen #10 – Coloretto 15:23 – Mark #9 – The Voyages of Marco Polo 17:39 – Neilan #9 – Guards of Atlantis 22:26 – Kellen #9 – Inis 25:26 – Mark #8 – Time's Up! 26:33 – Neilan #8 – Scythe 30:04 – Kellen #8 – The Resistance 32:17 – Mark #7 – Brass: Birmingham 34:24 – Neilan #7 – Times Up! 35:54 – Kellen #7 – Troyes 37:59 – Mark #6 & Kellen #6 – El Grande 40:28 – Neilan #6 – Through The Ages: A New Story of Civilization 44:25 – Mark #5 – 1830: Railways & Robber Barons 46:34 – Neilan #5 – Codenames 49:44 – Kellen #5 – Time's Up! 51:17 – Mark #4 – Francis Drake 53:39 – Neilan #4 – Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar 57:20 – Kellen #4 – Cosmic Encounter 1:00:50 – Mark #3 – Hansa Teutonica 1:04:00 – Neilan #3 – A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians 1:06:43 – Kellen #3 – Cthulhu Wars 1:09:18 – Mark #2 – Arboretum 1:11:31 – Neilan #2 – Gloomhaven 1:15:16 – Kellen #2 – Archipelago 1:18:31 – Mark #1 – Biblios 1:21:39 – Neilan #1 – The Resistance 1:23:29 – Kellen #1 – Innovation