Sorry listeners, Erik fell off a ladder and broke his pelvis in 3 places so there hasn't been time to record an episode.
Good news is he is on the mend and should have an episode ready in two weeks, so stay tuned and thanks for listening.
This week Shelley and I take classes to become better at magic in
Studies in Sorcery by Chris Glein from Weird Giraffe Games
then we build different color robots while obtaining help from assistants in
Sparks by Adrian Adamescu, Purluca Florin, Kjetil Svendsen, and Kristian A. Ostby from Alion Games
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games!
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Ambie and Crystal host the 2024 Blitzies, the annual awards show about our favorite games of the year! Also make sure to check out Ambie’s top 10 list on YouTube.
0:00-Intro
0:34-DTW Recap
2:09-The 2024 Blitzies
03:45-Best Family Game
05:26-Best Kids' Game
07:41-Most Innovative Game
09:38-Most Unique Theme
11:04-Best Cooperative Game
12:52-Best Card Game
14:14-Best Party Game
17:40-Best Solo Game
18:20-Best 2p Game
21:34-Best Strategy Game
23:53-Best Trick Taking Game
26:08-Biggest Surprise
28:49-Best New to Us
31:59-Best Game of 2024
34:03-2024 Looking Forward to Recap
36:48-Looking Forward to in 2025
40:41-Outro
41:45-Bloopers
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We just got back from Dice Tower West, so you know what that means ... bunches and bunches of games! Between the convention, and the meetup, and just hanging out at Mark's place, we got a lot of great stuff played, and we're going to give you all the highlights, with such treats as Moon Colony Bloodbath, Out of Sorts, and Feierabend.
04:16 - Corporate America 12:19 - Acquire 18:09 - Inside Job 23:12 - Feierabend / Finishing Time 33:13 - Moon Colony Bloodbath 44:44 - Family Dinner: More or Less 52:00 - Mister Diamond 57:21 - Out of Sorts 1:07:16 - Dragon's Gold 1:08:13 - Carrom 1:11:15 - The Gang
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Amy and Dusty Droz join me to talk about how they’ve built an extremely profitable publishing business in a relatively short amount of time. We talk about tariffs, fulfillment, audience, budgeting, customer service, and a whole lot more!
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In this episode, Jamey Stegmaier and I chat about the various trends we’re seeing in the current game design landscape. We talk about solo and 2-player games, open worlds, licensed IPs, and more!
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In this episode, I chat with Andrew Lowen, from Crowdfunding Nerds, about how to make people aware your game exists.
Also, be sure to check out Andrew’s crowdfunding marketing course, and if you sign up through my affiliate link, you’ll not only get a ton of resources to help you market your game but also a FREE one-hour coaching call with me. https://crowdfundingnerds.com/bgdl/
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My game design book, Find the Fun, recently came out, and in this episode, I do a brief synopsis and give you the audio version of the first three chapters.
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The round of 32 is finished, leaving us now voting on the Sweet 16 of game cover artworks. The choices are getting more difficult.
And we have a new leader in our prediction contest. #Davecember celebrity loofish is representing his namesakes with a currently-in-first-place position for his guess...but with others on his tail.
Hold on to your butts. Spring is here and so is a new episode full of hidden lies.
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.
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Think of the english countryside, think of a really large garden with a massive white tent, yes you've guessed it it's time for the ultimate board game bakers to join together for the weirdest cross-over of tabletop and bake off in our version of "The Great British Board Game Bake Off".
FIRST PLAYER: Tambo
OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Davey & Becky
In this episode you'll learn:
- about Davey's experience with manipulating markets and engine building in The Game Builders latest Suna Valo, set in the Plant Nubo universe.
- that games from 1995 are still really good with El Grande by Hans im Glück
- Becky's take on Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth by Repos Production
- that the only thing tiny in Tiny Epic Game of Thrones is the box by Gamelyn Games
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/evergreen
License code: AAZM9NEARKVYD5GT
EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
3:48 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
3:57 - Becky - LOTR: Duel for Middle-Earth
7:18 - Davey - Suna Valo
12:19 - Tambo - Tiny Epic Game of Thrones
19:15 - JP - El Grande
25:59 - TURN 3 - Main Event: The Great British Board Game Bake Off
27:57 - Round 1
34:06 - Round 2
40:55 - Round 3
45:53 - Round 4
49:55 - Round 5
54:54 - The Show Stopper
1:05:25 - Who is the star baker?
1:06:13 - TURN 4 - Receive, Sleeve or Leave
1:11:27 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:19:22 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
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I was donating blood while wearing my Transformers Converse shoes, and two different phlebotomists commented positively about them. "We have won the cultural argument," I said, deliberately burying the lede that demographic destiny is probably the chief cause. I suspect that the same forces explain increased societal acceptance of toys, and board games are not immune. Thank goodness!
Games Played Last Week:
01:22 -Guards of Atlantis II Arcane Hero Pack (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2024)
07:56 -Creature Caravan (Ryan Laukat, Red Raven Games, 2024)
10:46 -Marvel Dice Throne Missions (Gavan Brown & Nate Chatellier, Roxley, 2025)
15:55 -The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era (Josh J. Carlson, Michael Gernes, Logan Giannini, Ryan Howard, Salem Scott, and Josh Wielgus, Chip Theory Games, 2025)
26:21 -Dungeon Kart (Michael Xuereb, Brotherwise Games, 2024)
30:50 -Star Trek: Captain's Chair (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, WizKids, 2025)
34:47 -Keyflower: The Merchants (Sebastian Bleasdale & Richard Breese, R&D Games, 2014)
40:47 -Rush M.D. (Athony Howgego, Konstantinos Kokkinis, & Dávid Turczi, Artipia Games, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
46:34 Yokohama Duel 2nd edition by Synapses Games
46:56 Helldivers II board game by Steamforged Games
49:02 New content for Inis and Tiletum
50:02 Early Registration for SVWAGCon for patrons! www.patreon.com/svwag
50:41 Feature Game: Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition (Ian Cooper, Play to Z, 2024)
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Continuing on with our Oceania theme, Conor and Dana Banana are back and chatting to Aussie designer, Craig E. Somerton. Craig is still on a high after a successful Kickstarter with his first published game, Farm Hand. He talks about his journey in board gaming and designing, and in particular, his affinity for trick-taking games. He even hints at his new design!
As usual, when Conor and Banana get together, the episode is full of tangents that seem to go nowhere. Somewhere in between, is the occasional nod to a classic game in Five Tribes and Agricola while Craig gives us his no.1 trick-taker of all time.
As this episode was recorded in a post Cyclone Alfred time-warp, there is no Question of the Pod, but still lots of laughs and gaming conversation to enjoy!
Sizzling Games:
Seas of Strife [1:12:18]
Agricola [1:15:23]
Fired Up: [01:34:34]
Keep up to date about the Kickstarter for Farm Hand. Check in to see if late pledges may open up in the future!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grailgames/grail-games-2025-pocket-game-collection
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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:
Farm Hand https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/386860/farm-hand
Texas Showdown https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/249044/texas-showdown
Seas of Strife https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/225482/seas-of-strife
Skull King https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/150145/skull-king
Carcassonne https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822/carcassonne
Prey https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/415092/prey
Rainbow https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/415090/rainbow
Nanatoridori https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387388/nanatoridori
Five Tribes https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/157354/five-tribes-the-djinns-of-naqala
Agricola https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/200680/agricola-revised-edition
Ra https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra
7 Wonders Duel https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/173346/7-wonders-duel
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