Dustin Schwartz, professional rulebook writer, discusses what makes a great rulebook and lots of tips and tricks on how to put together a ruleset that’s easy to teach and easy to learn.

Dustin wrote 40 rulebooks in 2017 and is looking to write 100 in 2018, so he’s got a TON of experience on what makes a rulebook great.

For a program that makes adding icons to word docs super easy, check out: www.fontawesome.com

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It's the first episode of the year and it's a milestone episode at 150 and we're doing the same old stuff again! Today we actually go back in time and look at a game from 8 years ago, Defenders of the Realm. Then we look back at Great Western Trail one year later. After Tony T gives you the news for the past couple weeks we hook you up with another Short Topic Extravaganza!

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In this show, we talk about Stuffed Fables, Gaia Project, Majesty for the Realm, Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea, Yokohama, and Grimm Forest! Tom also introduces our 2018 Kickstarter, starting this Thursday, we listen to a GameTek and a tale of Amazement, and answer several questions. Finally, we follow our annual tradition of going back five years and revisiting our favorite games from 2013!

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Mark and Walker spend zero moments wondering what a lang syne is, but instead praise the classic Space Hulk and look forward to 2018 with some gaming resolutions. As is the way with such things, they've probably already been broken--especially the one where Mark tries to be more nice.

Games Played Last Week:
1:34 -Through the Desert (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 1998)
4:19 -Santorini (Gord!, Roxley, 2016)
5:51 -Beowulf: The Legend (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2005)
10:06 -Alien Artifacts (Marcin Senior Ropka & Viola Kijowska, Portal, 2017)
13:00 -Tajemnicze Domostwo/Mysterium (Oleksandr Nevskiy & Oleg Sidorenko, Portal, 2013)
16:05 -Trivial Pursuit (Scott Abbott & Chris Haney, Parker Brothers, 1981)

News (and why it doesn’t matter):
20:20 DC Spyfall

21:49 Games Workshop now partnering with WizKids

24:03 Feature Game: Space Hulk (Richard Halliwell, Games Workshop, 1989)

48:46 Topic: New Year’s Resolutions

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Jamey Stegmaier is back on the show, and we’re talking Legacy Games. Jamey’s game, Charterstone, just came out, and it’s quite possibly the most ambitious Euro game in existence as it takes all the legacy style elements and applies them to a worker placement experience.

Jamey is one of the best designers on the planet, and after Charterstone, he’s got a TON of insight on how to design, develop, and publish a legacy game.

Charterstone Design Diaries

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In episode nine of our comedy board gaming quiz show the teams play:

• Our expanding universe
• Anyone for tennis
• Board game resolutions
• Rock, Paper Scissors
• Higher or Lower

If you enjoy the show please tell your friends!  And don't forget to check out our  YouTube channel

This Game is Broken is released every two weeks and is  hosted by Dan Hughes and features Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. 

The show is devised and produced by Dan Hughes and edited by Matthew Jude.  If you would like Matthew to help you edit your podcast then contact him at:mathewjudcooper@gmail.com 

Art by our secretive sixth member Gary.  If you would like to commission Gary then email him at: Graphics@deadcatdreaming.co.uk

Additional production support from Mike Poole, Simon Brass, Max Davie, and Gary Pope.  

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You can see more from Dave Luza on his board gaming YouTube channel - The Happy Luza.  He also talks about tabletop games every week on the Dice Tower's Board Game Breakfast doing his Playing the News segment.

The Brother's Murph also have there own gaming Youtube channel The Brother's Murph.  You can find them on the Dice Tower's board Game Breakfast show too talking about Thrift Store Throwbacks. Dan Hughes and Matthew Jude also have segments on Board Game Breakfast on the Dice Tower.  Dan reviews children's Tabletop games alongside his daughter on "Dan and Cora".  And Mathew talks about board and card games on "Dead Last". Despite the cast's close ties to the Dice Tower This Game is Broken is not affiliated to the Dice Tower Network.  Or to the Shut Up Sit Down Network, the Rhado Runs Through it Network, or the Watch it Played Network.  Mostly because those networks don't even exist.    

 

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In this show, we talk about our numbers 11-20 of 2017! What games were amazing, but just missed out on the top ten! Our last show from 2017, see you next year!

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Shelley and I FINALLY get a finished copy of Palace of Mad King Ludwig to the table after playing a much different prototype version about 9 months ago, then get a chance to send our divers into the depths with Otys!

Palace of Mad King Ludwig by Ted Alspach from Bezier Games

and

Otys by Claude Lucchini

Thanks to everyone for listening - we made it to 600!!! - and if you can sponsor the podcast, please do so at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames

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Robot cheetahs, dentures, musical failure, D and D resources, pooping Amazons, and board games galore. Join our cavalcade of misfit nerds for a freewheeling conversation spanning the wide world of geekdom. And be ready to laugh! A lot.

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Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss Magic Maze, DropMix, and Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition. We then talk about some board games that involve exchanges, and Crystal goes over the origins of the word "shuffle."

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Who's feeling cosy? In this final, festive podcast of 2017 Matt and Quinns tuck themselves beneath the Christmas tree before cutting it down for victory points.

That was an oblique reference to the first game the pair discuss, the noble Photosynthesis. The boys then get far too excited about cubes and the possibilities thereof in the absurd game Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant. They then discuss Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire, the new Games Workshop board game showcasing beefy people hitting one another with hammers.

Finally, we read out a heartwarming love letter to the Play By Forum section of the SU&SD forum, and read out our last ever Folk Game of the Month, with a little discussion about depictions of mental health in fiction. Best wishes to everyone who has trouble at this time of year.

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Merry Christmas to those listening on the day this drops!

Shelley and I become goods smugglers this week, then head back in time to brew some beer in our monasteries!

Star Cartel by Martin Boisselle from Osprey Games

and

Heaven and Ale by Michael Kiesling and Andreas Schmidt

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Matt Leacock, designer of a little game called Pandemic, discusses how to craft the player experience.
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Matt is one of the most well-known designers in the world, and he’s learned how to finely tune a game to give players the desired experience. Previously, he worked for companies like Apple and Yahoo developing UX for various products, and he’s been able to bring those ideas into the board game space.

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Merry Christmas, Cabalist! Today in the annual Christmas extravaganza the gang takes a look at Aristeia from Corvus Belli and looks back at Inis one year later. Then Tony T runs down the most important news items from the past 2 week while the rest of us chirp in the background. The founders then talk about 2017 and all the fun events and productions they've done and round out the year in review with their favorite games released this year. Oh yeah, and you'll also get our famous Christmas carols throughout the episode as well!

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Welcome!

• New Host: Jon!
• Patron shout-out: WanderingTook, Lawrence C, and DAO!
• News!
• Card Reviews: The Dungeons of Cirith Gurat
• New Deluxe Announced: The Wilds of Rhovanion
• The "BIG announcement": Lord of the Rings: The Living Card Game by Fantasy Flight Interactive!
• Holiday shenanigans:
• Possible Holiday Twitch stream, plus a contest.
• Farwell

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Mark and Walker engage in furious duel, where Mantis Style triumphs over Crane Style. Music is impugned. Characters disparaged. Time itself is on trial! This is getting metaphysical, people. Games are also discussed.

The highs and lows of 2017 are discussed, and each host lists their personal Top 10 before jointly declaring So Very Wrong About Games' 2017 Game of the Year.

Games played last week:
2:23 -Flip Ships (Kane Klenko, Renegade, 2017)
4:33 -Gaia Project (Jens Drögemüller & Helge Ostertag, Feuerland Spiele, 2017)
7:12 -Mystic Vale (John D. Clair, AEG, 2016)
8:20 -Feast for Odin (Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2016)
10:46 -Werewords (Ted Alpsach, Bezier Games, 2017)

13:39 Special Holiday Insert: Not Forcing It: Knowing the Room

18:44 Year in Review 2017

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Joined by Suzanne, we delve into the year 2017! First we spend some time talking about the different trends of the year, then we jump into our biggest surprise and disappointment, favorite art and components, most innovative game, strangest game, biggest brainburner, best family and party game, and more! Finally, we end the show talking about the top ten games of 2017.

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Tony McRee

We can hardly believe it has been 5 years since we started the podcast. There have been many great moments, many not so great moments, but one thing is for […]

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