Mark and Walker delve into matters of criminal justice this week, pondering the balance and tradeoffs between deterrence, retribution, and rehabilitation. Walker seems to think that Bunny Kingdom a form of cruel and unusual punishment, whereas Mark seems to think that any form of travel is necessarily a form of inhumane rendition. Anyway, they're sellouts now, so if you send them free stuff in the mail they'll say whatever you want them to.
Games Played Last Week: -When I Dream 3m22s (Chris Darsaklis, Repos Productions, 2016) -Noria 6m09s (Sophia Wagner, Stronghold, 2017) -A Feast for Odin 8m46s (Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2016) -Space Hulk 3rd Edition 12m13s (Richard Halliwell, Games Workshop, 2009) -XenoShyft: Onslaught 14m00s (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2015) -Massive Darkness 18m07s (Raphaël Guiton, Jean-Baptiste Lullien, & Nicolas Raoult, CMON, 2017) -Feudum 21m12s (Mark K. Swanson, Odd Bird Games, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -More Shade, more Spire 28m15s -Boarders' backers left in the lurch 28m46s -Battlestar Galactica minis 30m20s -Starship Samurai 32m11s
Feature Game: Quartermaster General 33m50s (Ian Brody, Griggling Games, 2014) Quartermaster General: Victory or Death: The Peloponnesian War (Ian Brody, Griggling Games, 2016) Quartermaster General: 1914 (Ian Brody, Griggling Games, 2016)
Cursed Court is a clever auction game that draws its inspiration from stud poker. Each season, you bid on a noble or group of nobles based on hidden and public information. Bid wisely, you'll gain influence at court. Bid poorly, you'll be scrubbing pots!
Legacy. What is a legacy? It's podcasting in a studio you don't get to see. And now that I've drawn in all the Hamilton fans, let's talk about board games! Specifically, board games that have campaigns or legacy components. Is it a gimmicky trend, or does it add something meaningful to an experience? We also talk about Alchemists, Inis, and Through The Desert ... and on top of all that, we have a special announcement!
Timecodes:
00:18 - Contest! 02:24 - Alchemists 11:04 - Inis 20:25 - Through The Desert 27:18 - Campaign and Legacy Games 52:15 - The 7th Continent 52:58 - The Flow of History 54:32 - Omen: A Reign of War
Ambie and Crystal discuss 1889 and Sunset Over Water. We then talk about what can make a game objectively bad, and Crystal goes over the origins of the word "bad."
Announcement: 1:00
Recent Games: 3:09
Objectively Bad Games: 12:09
Board Game Etymology - 'Bad': 26:03
Outro: 27:23
Bloopers: 28:27
1889: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/23540/1889
Sunset Over Water: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224904/sunset-over-water
Justin Jacobson, founder of Restoration Games, discusses the process of bringing a game back to life.
Justin’s entire business model is built on taking old games off the shelf and breathing new life into them, and he offers great insight on how to do it. If you’ve got some old games of your own that you shelved for whatever reason, you just might get some ideas on how to bring those back.
Today the Lords start with a followup to Bender's End of the World Zombie Apocalypse one shot session. Then the gang transitions to talking about Game Masters running a character within their own games. Then they finish the show by talking about great villains in RPG campaigns.
Times are bad--children no longer respect their elders and everyone is running a Kickstarter. Nostalgia fuels our news segment today, with varying levels of scorn for cherished memories. For those of you playing along at home with their So Very Wrong About Games bingo cards, Walker talks about a Mystic Vale expansion and Mark brings up Macross--let us know if that makes five in a row.
Games Played Last Week: -Not Alone 1m48s (Ghislain Masson, Stronghold Games, 2016) -Quartermaster General: 1914 2m49s (Ian Brody, PSC Games, 2016) -Mythic Battles: Pantheon 5m07s (Benoit Vogt, Monolith, 2017) -Formula D 7m10s (Laurent Lavaur & Eric Randall, Asmodee, 2008) -Rising Sun 9m30s (Eric Lang, CMON, 2018) vs. -Blood Rage 9m30s (Eric Lang, CMON, 2015) -The City of Kings 13m34s (Frank West, The City of Games, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Mousetrap Redux...? 16m59s -Robot? Eck. 19m12s -The Mystic Vale gets yet bigger 20m11s -So much Confrontation 21m21s -2nd editions for Claustrophobia and Race 23m15s
Feature Game: GKR: Heavy Hitters 23m41s (Matt Hyra, Cryptozoic and WETA Workshop, 2018)
In this episode, we review Oh My Goods, Steamrollers, Dungeon Rush, and Seikatsu. We dare to disagree with Geoff, interview the always talkative Stephen Buonocore from Stronghold Games, and hear a chilling tale of horror. Finally, we talk about ten great games to teach math!
Tony Boydell's on board this week from across the pond for a discussion of some of 2017's best (and worst) games. Here are some of the games we touch on Tony's Lists:
In this week's show I interview the designer of Imperial Settlers and Robinson Crusoe, Ignacy Trzewiczek. We chat about running a publishing house and gaming after the Iron Curtain fell. To donate to the Ugandan Board Game Convention visit:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uganda-village-board-game-convention
Shelley and I finally get back to Nusfjord to do it proper justice, then head over to Dr. Finn and design Flower Shop windows. We also get previously reviewed titles to the table in Rococo and Azul!
Nusfjord by Uwe Rosenberg from Mayfair Games
The Little Flower Shop by Steve Finn from Dr. Finn's Games
as well as
Rococo by Matthias Cramer and Louis & Stefan Malz from Eggertspiele
and
Azul by Michael Kiesling from Next Move/Plan B Games
Trapped on a desert island and forced to bring only five board games? We've all been there. And we're going back. To the island. The board game island. It's a question as old as time itself, a favourite philosophical discussion of great minds immemorial; if you had to pare your collection down to just five board games, to play for a very long time, which would they be? Avert your eyes from the timecodes if you want to listen unspoiled, but let's just say that you might be able to guess one or two.
Timecodes:
02:25 - Cthulhu Wars 04:29 - A Feast for Odin 07:31 - Cuba Libre 10:19 - Spirit Island 14:12 - Age of Steam 16:21 - Troyes 19:21 - Codenames 23:00 - Arboretum 27:51 - Cosmic Encounter 32:34 - Gloomhaven 36:44 - Innovation 38:50 - The Resistance 42:40 - Biblios
Anmelden
