This week's guest is the editor of Tabletop Gaming UK, Christopher Egget. We talk about literature, editing the UK's premier gaming magazine and being my boss... but which games did he choose? Support the show here Carcassonne Oh My Goods! Dungeon Degenerates Oath Mork Borg
Remember Halloween? We do, and we recored a halloween bonus show for you all. We hope you enjoy it!
This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below.
This Game is Broken is eternally thankful to our Sponsors Restoration Games Find them at https://restorationgames.com/
December 30, 2021 There were enough good feelings about the previous episode (both my own directly, plus your feedback) that I felt compelled to squeeze in one more episode before the year is out. So this podcast "season" can claim multiple episodes! It's just me this time, rambling on about the year that's just passed. It's not exactly a recap of my games played, though there's some of that. Nor is it about the pandemic we're still living through, though there's some of that, too. It's just what my own 2021 was like for boardgaming. A lot of online gaming before the vaccinations meant we could game together, in-person again...but then some disappointment that we still aren't gaming across a real table as often as before. Perhaps 2022 will be better yet. We shall see. Nonetheless, between online and in-person plays again, I really did get in some good totals this year. My quick numbers are 80 different titles a total of 126 times...and that's only counting in-person plays. I used to include online plays, which would bump that up to 135 & 291, very similar to the 100/300 numbers I would typically get in the years before the pandemic. So while it feels to me like I did less gaming in 2021 than I'd like, the numbers say that I'm doing as well as ever. -Mark
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including System Gateway and Escape Room in a Box: Time Drifters - Isabel's Story and Kira's Story. We then talk about our top 5 games we haven't played yet that are currently (as of when we recorded this episode) in the top 100 of Board Game Geek!
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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'BGBLITZ21' (or 'GFGBLITZ2022' after the New Year) for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/
What better way to send off the year than part three of the party to end all parties, the BGB Top 50! We're adding thirty more incredible games to the list, with our 30th to 21st favourite picks. This week, we have the Black Tank, Mike Walker of So Very Wrong About Games tearing apart our choices from the peanut gallery!
01:57 - Kellen #30 - Taj Mahal 03:32 - Mark #30 - Modern Art 05:48 - Neilan #30 - Deception: Murder in Hong Kong 09:11 - Kellen #29 - Race for the Galaxy 11:27 - Mark #29 - Francis Drake 13:02 - Neilan #29 - Gaia Project 16:33 - Kellen #28 - Krass Kariert / Dealt! / SCOUT 18:33 - Mark #28 - The Gallerist 20:37 - Neilan #28 - Twice as Clever! 22:33 - Kellen #27 - Rumble Nation 25:12 - Mark #27 - Panic on Wall Street! 27:30 - Neilan #27 - Azul 30:00 - Kellen #26 - Startups 32:49 - Mark #26 - A Question of Scruples 34:34 - Neilan #26 - Werewords 37:44 - Kellen #25 - Keyflower 40:09 - Mark #25 - Lancaster 43:23 - Neilan #25 - Spirit Island 46:33 - Kellen #24 - Smartphone Inc. 48:42 - Mark #24 - Pax Pamir: Second Edition 50:41 - Neilan #24 - The Quest for El Dorado 53:01 - Kellen #23 - Codenames 55:34 - Mark #23 - Container 57:13 - Neilan #23 - Blue Lagoon 59:24 - Kellen #22 - Babylonia 1:01:52 - Mark #22 - Pictomania 1:03:05 - Neilan #22 - Inis 1:06:11 - Kellen #21 - Deception: Murder in Hong Kong 1:07:57 - Mark #21 - City of the Big Shoulders 1:09:51 - Neilan #21 - The Oracle of Delphi
Jerry Hawthorne, designer of Stuffed Fables, discusses how to design a game that focuses on storytelling.
Jerry has created several super popular storytelling games (and has a new one about to come out), and we dive into writing, scenario design, combat mechanisms, and more.
New Year, Same Us. This week Nick takes us through some some board game nonsense rounds to help ring in the new year with some laughs. Also yes, it's still 2021 but close enough.
This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below.
This Game is Broken is eternally thankful to our Sponsors Restoration Games Find them at https://restorationgames.com/
In the 14th Century B.C.E., the pharaoh Akhenaten attempted to shift Egypt into monotheism centered on the cult of the god Aten. Apparently there's some who argue it was possibly instead henotheism, whereby many gods are acknowledged but one is elevated above the others--a claim advanced about many ostensibly mono- or polytheistic religions, even some practised today--but at any rate is was exceptionally controversial. By the time his son Tutankhaten became pharaoh, the cult of Aten was suppressed, and the ascendancy of the god Amun was restored in a polytheistic pantheon. Hence the new pharaoh's name was changed from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun. Theme!
Games Played Last Week: 05:51 -Coyote (Spartaco Albertarelli, New Games Order, 2015) 07:19 -Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2022) 13:11 -Furnace (Ivan Lashin, Hobby World, 2021) 15:24 -That Time You Killed Me (Peter C. Hayward, Pandasaurus Games, 2021) 22:03 -The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Menzel, KOSMOS, 2021) 26:16 -Final Girl (Evan Derrick & A.J. Porfirio, Van Ryder Games, 2021) 34:43 -Radlands (Daniel Piechnick, Roxley, 2021) 38:06 -Crash Octopus (Naotaka Shimamoto, itten, 2021) 41:53 -7 Wonders: Architects (Antoine Bauza, Repos Production, 2021)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 43:35 Kickstarter Christmas! Upcoming For Science! giveaway 44:17 Boardgamegeek 2021 Support Drive 44:37 Walker a guest on Board Game Barrage 45:29 25th Century Games' Ra with Ian O'Toole art 46:12 Games Workshop backtracks, re-issues Cursed City 46:53 See you again in 2022
47:36 Feature Game: Ankh: Gods of Egypt (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2021)
In this episode, Geoff joins Tom and Eric to discuss Witchstone, Picture Perfect, Warp's Edge, Living Forest, Radlands, and Aqua Garden. Geoff leads a live GameTek discussion, Eric and Geoff remember their PAX Unplugged adventures (including discussion of Jurassic World: Legacy of Isla Nublar, Familiar Tales, Corrosion, Scout, and 1923 Cotton Club), and we finish off the show with an overview of the gaming events of 2021.
Reviews of Brian Boru, Rolling Realms, Berried Treasure and so many more! Featured review: Cape May by Thunderworks Game; Reroll Dune Imperium by Dire Wolf. Board game discussion starts at 28:53. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep210.Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and AEG.
Timestamps:
28:53 - Berried Treasure; 32:16 - 32:16; 41:07 - Riverside; 46:53- Rolling Realms
In this first actual play episode, Alan Yarrington sets off on his journey back home after a few too many the night before. Darren's Mum played by Mary Kelly Support the show here
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