It's the big day! The 2018 kickstarter has launched! Pop over to www.thesecretcabal.com and click on the Kickstarter banner to check it out. Bender and Jamie just got back from RobbCon with Blue Peg Pink Peg and Chris has an epic tale of why he didn't make it this year. Then Chris and Jamie take a look at The Pursuit of Happiness from Stronghold Games. Tony T goes ape giving you the worlds best gaming news awhile the rest of us quack in the background. Then finally we round out the show with a Short Topic Extravaganza in which we talk about Fireball Island fervor, board game expansions, and why Chris has an intellectual properties board game phobia.
Chad, Clef and Richie talk about their recent plays of Ponzi Scheme, Grimm Forest, Keyper, The Bloody Inn, Cross Talk and The Expanse . Then talk about what makes a great board game. Finally, they review Heaven & Ale.
Music by HookSounds
Thanks to: Jani Kontkanen, Marcus Brissman, and Monique Bishop for coming on the show.
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: Matthewjudecooper@gmail.com
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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.
We adopt a policy of firm opposition to irresolvable paradoxes here at So Very Wrong About Games. Then again, everything we say is wrong, so take that for what it is worth. Don't even ask us about sets not containing themselves. We turn our attention to Vlaada Chvatil's work for the first time, and ruminate about multiplayer conflict games and how they often fail. Also, swimwear...? And "cascades of nightmarish terribleness," which might become our new podcast name.
Games Played Last Week: -World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch 1m10s (Fel Barros, Christophe Madura, Alexandru Olteanu, David Rakoto, & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2018) -Concordia 2m59s (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2013) -Meeple Circus 8m30s (Cedric Millet, Matagot, 2017) -Clans of Caledonia 10m13s (Juma Al-Joujou, Karma Games, 2017) -Rum & Bones: Second Tide 11m31s (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2017) -Warfighter 13m59s (Dan Verssen, DVG, 2014)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -April Fools disappointment roundup 16m06s -More Mystic, more Vale 17m25s -More Gloom, more Haven 17m51s
Feature Game: Space Alert 19m21s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2008)
Topic: Problems in Multiplayer Conflict Games 43m33s
In this show, we talk about Noria, Shipwreck Arcana, Istanbul Dice, the Mind, Shop & Time, and Dragon Castle. We also talk about a few apps, dummy players in games, and answer some listener questions!
We know that Mr. Jacobson and Mr. Daviau are making their rounds to talk about Fireball Island: Curse of who we can’t say until it is funded. And we didn’t […]
Pioneers is a gateway game for a new generation. You’ll discover new layers of depth and fun by charting different paths with each pioneer you settle. Best of all how everyone else plays will change your decisions and let you see the game in a new light.
Today Chris and Jamie talk about movies and TV shows that have similar themes. If you like this movie, this board game might be right up your allow and vice versa. Then they discuss some movies they'd like to see turned into board games and board games they'd like to see movies or TV shows based on.
Kickstarters. Can't live with 'em, can't rampantly overspend on incomplete unorthodox game designs without 'em. They're clearly a major force in the board game hobby, but are they a force for good, or for evil? Before we wrestle with that, we talk about the games we've been playing, namely, Imperius, A Tale of Pirates, and Heroes of Land, Air & Sea.
Timecodes:
01:23 - A Tale of Pirates 07:39 - Imperius 16:33 - Heroes of Land, Air & Sea 32:15 - Kickstarter 51:13 - Looking Ahead 52:44 - Fan Mail!
This week, Matt, Paul and Quinns reunited in a hotel! We didn't record them all crying with joy for five minutes straight, but we did record them sitting down afterwards to discuss some board games.
First off, the team discuss stress-testing some of their favourite games from the last year at the 2018 Game Developer's Convention in San Francisco. Did Ethnos, Fog of Love, Azul or Barenpark buckle under pressure?
But wait, there's are new games too! Matt has thoughts on the as-yet unpublished Puzzlegami, Leigh joins the team to describe the as-yet unfinished Four Empires, and Paul provides some thoughts on Star Wars: Legion and Age of Steam.
Today in the Ludus Bender wants to talk about when Dungeon Master's screw up and how you handle a bad situation. The guys talk a little bit about when game master's cheat, when it's okay and when it's not and finally they discuss building memorable NPCs in your role playing games.
Mark references several films while trying, and failing, to keep his composure. Walker tells stories that may or may not resemble reality. Both hosts rant about design decisions they find inexplicable. It's a very cathartic experience for all involved.
Games Played Last Week: -Dinosaur Island 1m16s (Jonathan Gilmour & Brian Lewis, Pandasaurus, 2017) -Cockroach Poker Royal 2m17s (Jacques Zeimet, 999 Games, 2012) -Caverna: The Cave Farmers 4m05s (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2013) -Unusual Suspects 6m00s (Paolo Mori, Cranio Creations, 2015) -Too Many Bones 8m45s (Adam & Josh Carlson, Chip Theory Games, 2017) -Infinity 12m16s (Gutier Lusquiños Rodríguez, Corvus Belli, 2005) -Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire 13m38s (David Sanders, Games Workshop, 2017) -Food Chain Magnate 15m35s (Jeroen Doumen & Joris Wiersinga, Splotter, 2015)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Bruno's Imaginarium 19m15s -Other Bruno's Chawai 19m45s -Asmodee: The Movie 20m20s -Shilling for Dinosaur Island 21m10s -Infinity plus one 22m06s -SVWAG Giveaway 23m00s
Feature Game: Champions of Midgard 24m14s (Ole Steiness, Grey Fox Games, 2015)
In this show, we talk about Way of the Panda, Shards of Infinity, Wendake, and Sakura. We also interview Dawn Studebaker about her experiences working with GAMA and running a local game store. We continue our discussion (with your input!) about "too many games?" and end the show with our top ten "comeback" games, where you don't know the game's over until the end!