In what could be our most grandiose episode yet, we attempt to tame the wild history of all of board games. We traverse the timeline, unpacking what we consider to be the great epochs of the hobby, in an attempt to explain how modern game design evolved into its present form. Before we unpack the deep lore, we talk about General Orders: World War II, Oak, and Big Boss.
Timecodes:
02:36 - General Orders: World War II 11:47 - Oak 20:24 - Big Boss 31:20 - The great epochs of board games 31:45 - The First Epoch 33:17 - The Royal Game of Ur 34:37 - Senet 43:23 - The Second Epoch 44:50 - Monopoly 48:11 - Risk 50:29 - Operation 56:23 - The Third Epoch 57:22 - Catan 1:02:33 - Dominion 1:20:19 - The Fourth Epoch
Well Cabalists, we're closing in on the end of the year and the founders are working on how they're going to make 2024 a great year of Cabal podcasting. Today Don and Jamie get together to discuss how the Cabal reviews board games and how they plan to make it more comprehensive in the future. Join the gang as they discussed the anatomy of a board game review.
Dave hosts us this week with some new rounds and some old songs.
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 this episode, Jason Perez and I chat about how designers can boost their creativity by thinking outside the box, pushing past tropes, and being more intentional about their thematic choices.
We've just attended one of our favourite conventions of the year, it's on our doorstep, it's organised by our friends over at Gaming Rules...it's of course GRIDCON. It returns in it's 4th iteration and Davey leads us through this expansion pack to cover what we've all been playing.
Note: Adrian made a mistake on naming Andy when it was Alan on his game of Kutna Hora
THE PLAYERS: Davey, JP, Adrian & Tambo
In this episode you'll learn:
- What the Whose Turners have been playing in a 2 hour special episode...it's no secret there has been loads of games played - JP getting the lowdown on the latest Vital Lacerda prototype "Speakeasy" and sharing his thoughts - Adrian trying out some Essen releases with Kutna Hora, Satori, Faraway and more... - Tambo's first time experience at GRIDCON and his awesome game of Beast - some shout outs to the friendly faces we met and the general atmosphere at this great South West based convention.
Wicked and Wise is a trick taking card game where teams of dragons and mice compete to amass the largest hoard. Dragons play cards to win tricks. Mice play cards to manipulate the game. Collect coins and complete goals to score.
In Episode 270, Jules Adrian and Dana take us through their week of gaming. Jules has been rolling 20 dice strongly, and Dana has been setting up secret surveillance on her unsuspecting board game friends, all the while Adrian can’t even decide if he likes a game enough to talk about it.
We also recap last week's Question of the Pod: What game have you binged?
Thanks to everyone who contributed and shared their experiences with us on Discord and the Facebook Community.
And as always, we Swear An Oath.
Question of the Pod: If Santa could bring you one game for Christmas, what would it be?
Sizzling Games: Iki (00:44:23), Last Light (00:35:25)
Our podcast is proudly sponsored by Advent Games. Advent Games (http://www.adventgames.com.au/) are an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW. Their core values are integrity, customer satisfaction, and providing a wide range of products including those hard-to-find board games.
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This week's guest is the host of The Secret Cabal, Jamie Keagy. We talk about being in a punk band, hosting one of the most successful gaming podcast and facing mortality...but which games did he choose?
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played (or books they read) recently, including Around the World in 80 Games, Keep it 100, and Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Renovations. Then, we talk about some past, present, and our hopes for future trends in board gaming!
This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else!
Hey Now and welcome to another jam-packed of the Cabal! Today the gang gets down to business talking about some awesome games they've been playing including Blood on the Clocktower, Horrified, Sea Salt and Paper, Empire’s End and Everdell Farshore. Then the Founders dive into a feature review of Apiary from Connie Vogelmann and Stonemaier Games. Tony T takes the bull by the horns in his award-winning tabletop gaming news segment. And finally, the boys discuss the age-old question - miniatures versus meeples versus cardboard standees. Apiary Review 01:04:04, News with Tony T 01:36:54, Minis, Meeples, and Standees 02:45:22
It's been a long while but we've rounded up the gang for another episode of Niche Number 1's. Your favourite questions on answering what your favourite game is in very extreme niche circumstances.
FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, Becky & Tambo
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - all about Vladimir Suuchy's latest design in Adrian's latest play of Evacuation - Becky's fallen head over heels for the new Mindclash game Septima - that JP has finally broken his Stefan Feld cherry with Castles of Burgundy - that Tambo is digging those tiny epic dinosaurs - what our favourite games are in even more niche number ones for you to chew over - how excited the team are for the upcoming GRIDCON convention happening this week
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW N/A
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 4:14 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 4:26 - Becky - Molehill Meadows (Shhhh) & Septima 13:21 - Adrian - Evacuation 19:58 - Tambo - Tiny Epic Dinosaurs 24:46 - JP - Castles of Burgundy Special Edition 28:03 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Niche Number 1's - Round 5 29:16 - Favourite game that doesn't have cards 36:40 - Favourite game you should sell but you can't bring yourself to do it 44:13 - Favourite game that you wish you were better at with all your heart 52:18 - Favourite game that gives you the most AP (Analysis Paralysis) 58:38 - Favourite game that WAS worth all the hype 1:06:36 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 1:06:52 - Would you rather play a hyped game only during it's hype or never play a hyped game at all? 1:11:15 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:11:30 - Gearing up for GRIDCON 1:16:10 - Adrian - Smartphone Inc, Earth & Satori 1:16:58 - Tambo - Betrayal at the House on the Hill 1:17:55 - Becky - Acorn token for Septima and more Septima 1:21:33 - JP - Skymines 1:22:16 - TURN 6 - Final Turn
In this episode, John de Campos, founder of Terrible Games, and I chat about the highs and lows of starting and running an indie publishing company in the board game industry.
Tom and Julie talk Eric out of getting the Doctor Who Magic the Gathering set, which leads to a discussion of out-of-universe items showing up in games. We prepare for some family gaming over the holidays, share a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and run through some Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
05:21 - Doctor Who Magic and other Gaming Anachronisms
25:18 - Gaming at Family Gatherings Without Scaring the Mother-in-Law
The shift from Beckett references to low-grade puns might strike one as jarring, but it is important to note that both hosts have essentially been twelve going on sixty for most of their lives. If it's not juvenile and/or obscure, it is difficult for the hosts to process--they become disoriented and frightened. In such circumstances, a nice Star Control II reference will probably calm them down. Hey, there's one of those in this episode, too!
Games Played Last Week:
01:52 -Great Western Trail: New Zealand (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2023)
07:03 -FlickFleet: Xeno Wars (Jackson Pope & Paul Willcox, Eurydice Games, 2022)
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