As it happens, games do not spawn ex nihilo, fully armed and armored from Zeus' forehead. I'm certain that's what most of you believed, but it's not true! To confirm this implausible fact, Mark sat down with Eric Reuss, the designer of Spirit Island, to talk about stuff. Walker and Mark also discuss The City of Kings, a game that is a fascinating mixture of euro mechanics, grand adventure, and both excellent and terrible theming.
Games Played Last Week: -Kemet 1m25s (Jacques Bariot & Guillaume Montiage, Matagot, 2012) -The Castles of Burgundy 3m22s (Stefan Feld, alea, 2011) -878: Vikings – Invasions of England 4m40s (Beau Beckett, Dave Kimmel, & Jeph Stahl, Academy Games, 2017) -One Deck Dungeon: Forest of Shadows 7m12s (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2018) -Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire 8m19s (David Sanders, Games Workshop, 2017)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Acros forced off of Steam 12m55s -X-Wing Second Edition 14m16s -Empyreal: Spells and Steam 18m39s
Feature Game: The City of Kings 19m01s (Frank West, The City of Games, 2017)
Topic: Interview with Eric Reuss, designer of Spirit Island 41m32s
In episode eighteen of our comedy board gaming quiz show we play:
Playing with yourself
Sound charades
A rose by any other name
Stronghold
Pop culture ate my dog
Thank you very much to Mike from Solomode Games for guest hosting a round.
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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
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.
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.
This podcast scales seamlessly from 2 to an in finite number of listeners, but we're not nearly that optimistic. Walker sometimes dreams of a solo mode, but sadly Mark insists on speaking. Mark and Walker again turn to Vlaada Chvatil, a designer who loves idiosyncrasy and detail--sometimes to excess. Walker asks if it would be appropriate to rant, and Mark gladly lets him off leash.
Games Played Last Week: -Railroad Tycoon/Railways of the World 1m52s (Glenn Drover & Martin Wallace, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2005) -House of Borgia 3m13s (Scott Almes, Gamelyn Games, 2017) -Ex Libris 5m24s (Ada P. McIver, Renegade Game Studios, 2017) -Situation 7 7m27s (Marvin Glass, Parker Brothers, 1969) -Biblios 10m47s (Steve Finn, Iello, 2007) -Corporate America 13m15s (Teale Fristoe, Nothing Sacred Games, 2013) -Winner's Circle 14m36s (Reiner Knizia, Face2Face, 2001) -Rheinlander 15m30s (Reiner Knizia, Face2Face, 1999)
Just a heads up, this is our indulgent show where we get to spend time with Dan Patriss and Chris Kirkman talking not about board games, but about the 2018 […]
You wouldn't like Mark when he's angry, but that's probably attributable to his being fundamentally unlikable at the best of times. At any rate, Walker tries to rein him in from ranting too long about obvious component failures, publisher laziness, and alleged outright theft. Walker, for his part, just wants things to mean something. We are seekers here at So Very Wrong About Games.
Games Played Last Week: -Spirit Island 2m10s (Eric Reuss, Fabled Nexus, 2017) -The City of Kings 4m00s (Frank West, The City of Games, 2018) -Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire 6m00s (David Sanders, Games Workshop, 2017) -World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch 9m04s (Fel Barros, Christophe Madura, Alexandru Olteanu, David Rakoto, & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2018) -Shadowrift: Skittering Darkness 9m47s (Jeremy Anderson, Game Salute, 2018). -John Company 15m22s (Cole Wehrle, Sierra Madre, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Music and geopolitics 22m14s -Red Raven Targets the mass market 24m10s -App didn't kill Imperial Assault 25m07s -In France, no one can hear you scream theft 26m18s -No app didn't kill Specter Ops 29m24s
In episode seventeen of our comedy board gaming quiz show wewe are joined by special guests Chaz Marler and Christina Aimerito play:
Rules Lawyer
Know Your Onions
Scream if you want to go faster
Gaming with the Stars
Higher or Lower
If you would like to financially support the show you can do so on our brand new PodPledge Page! If you would like to buy a Tshirt or other merch you can do so on our threadless page!
And of course 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: Matthewjudecooper@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.
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.
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)
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)
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
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.
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
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 […]
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 episode fifteen of our comedy board gaming quiz show we play:
Golden Geek
Cannes, Knizia, or both?
In My Pants.
Wheat from the Chaff
The Price is Probably Extortionate
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.
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.
Mark and Walker explore how sophisticated the rejoinder "git gud" can be, perhaps indicating that they are getting good at unhelpful trash talking. Perhaps anything can be an art. Perhaps being a better degerenate is truly the life lesson they have extracted from their years as hobbyists; Mark's experiences have certainly turned him into a fantasy racist. Join us for A Very Special Episode of So Very Wrong About Games.
Games Played Last Week: -Path of Light and Shadow 1m05s (Travis R. Chance, Jonathan Gilmour, & Nick Little, Action Phase Games, 2017) -Catacombs 4m02s (Ryan Amos, Marc Kelsey, & Aron West, Elzra Corp., 2015) -Barony 5m56s (Marc Andre, Matagot, 2015) -Core Worlds 7m22s (Andrew Parks, Stronghold, 2011) -Antike II 8m05s (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2014) -Rum & Bones: Second Tide 10m49s (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2017)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Mercury taking on Valley Games' legacy with Big City 13m59s -Monsterpocalypse mutates, rises again 14m50s -Death Note, an animated series, is licensed 16m44s -Plan B for Tric Trac and gaming coverage? 16m59s -Samurai Jack, an animated series, is licensed 18m55s -Higher prices are constant as the Northern Star 19m43s -Renegade stays Frosted, stuns the world with Rosenberg agriculture 21m01s
Feature Game: BattleLore 2nd Edition 21m57s (Richard Borg & Rob Kouba, FFG, 2013)
We have an announcement to make. While we are very sad to see Funagain’s online store slowly close and support of the show stop, we are happy to announce that […]
Walker pretends to tolerate Mark's digression into pronunciation, and in exchange Mark pretends to be surprised to hear that TI4 has problems. Both fail to be even remotely surprised that CMON is in the plastic pushing business, novelty or creativity optional.
Games Played Last Week: -Zombicide: Black Plague 4m39s (Raphaël Guiton, Jean-Baptiste Lullien, & Nicolas Raoult, CMON, 2015) -Black Orchestra 6m08s (Philip duBarry, Game Salute, 2016) -Tobago 15m00s (Bruce Allen, Zoch Verlag, 2009) -The Nasty 7 16m07s (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Hasen in der Abendsonne, 2015) -Twilight Imperium 4th Edition 17m10s (Dane Beltrami, Corey Konieczka, & Christian T. Petersen, Fantasy Flight, 2017) -Ortus Regni 18m08s (Jon Sudbury, Jon Sudbury Games, 2014)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Zombies! In! Space! 20m30s -Where to avoid hearing more from Mark 21m57s -Mage Knight likes big boxes and cannot lie 23m27s
Feature Game: World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch 24m08s (Fel Barros, Christophe Madura, Alexandru Olteanu, David Rakoto & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2018)
In episode fourteen of our comedy board gaming quiz show we play:
Our Expanding Universe
Letter Swop
Name that Barcode
TV Tie In
Heavier or Lighter
Pop Culture Ate my Dog
We are also running a mini contest - email us in your guess at Troy's riddle (thisgameisbroken@gmail.com) and be in with a chance of winning a Huddersfield Timeline promo!
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.
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.
Why can't we all just get along? This week Mark and Walker agree that anyone causing pain should be tortured to death. Wait, that doesn't work. Okay, can we agree that people who cause pain wrongly are wrong? Hm. That seems problematic. What about we should shun those that aren't friendly? Crap. Let's just say that everyone should be nice to me, how's that?
Games Played Last Week: -Clans of Caledonia 2m45s (Juma Al-Joujou, Karma Games, 2017) -Gaia Project 5m15s (Jens Drögemüller & Helge Ostertag, Feuerland Spiele, 2017) -Path of Light and Shadow 6m08s (Jonathan Gilmour, Travis Chance, & Nick Little, Indie Boards and Cards, 2017) -World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch 11m19s (Fel Barros, Christophe Madura, Alexandru Olteanu, David Rakoto & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2018) -Deception: Murder in Hong Kong 15m50s (Tobey Ho, Jolly Thinkers, 2014)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Luma Games and historical linguistics 16m34s -Palladium finally puts Robotech backers out of their misery 17m24s -Terraforming Mars needs to be longer 20m53s -Fireball Island: this time with choices? 21m14s -Batman. Lots of Batman. 23m14s
We are actually doing something that was asked for by the listeners of RDTN, we are looking at some older games in our 5 Minute Initiative Segment. The first one […]
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