We're staying up all night to count down our favourite party games! You know the feeling. Everyone's at your place, no one's talking, it's a little bit awkward ... but then you break out some of these fifteen amazing party games, and suddenly everyone's back in, talking, laughing and shouting until the early hours. We also talk about JamSumo, Isle of Trains, and Root.

02:24 - JamSumo 04:05 - Isle of Trains 06:17 - Root 17:43 - Party Game Countdown 19:10 - Deception: Murder in Hong Kong 22:59 - One Night Ultimate Werewolf 25:08 - Cockroach Poker 27:20 - Krazy Wordz 29:26 - Pit 32:02 - Fuji Flush 33:32 - Pictomania 36:04 - Anomia 39:20 - Balderdash 41:41 - Codenames 43:03 - A Question of Scruples 44:56 - Time's Up: Title Recall 47:43 - The Resistance 51:22 - True Colors 53:32 - Telestrations

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Marilia Poggiali, designer of San Francisco vs Fog, talks about the personal tragedies she’s experienced and how game design and starting a publishing company have helped her overcome pain and find catharsis.

And be sure to check out San Francisco vs Fog on Kickstarter HERE.

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Today Bender and Jamie talk about Game Master Meta. Where's the line between cheating, fudging and rebalancing? Then the guys talk about thinking on yout feet and evoling your story.

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In episode twenty five of our comedy board gaming quiz show we play:

• What have we learned
• A picture paints a thousand words
• I'm ready for my close up 
• Vanessa Parody
• Higher or Lower

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We are but slaves to your whims here at SVWAG, and when our massed masters demand that we dance for their amusement, we must perforce oblige. We resisted for a time, but clearly that was folly. The people have spoken, and their demands will be met: we will descend to the realm of clickbait and listicles and present to your our top 10 games. Walker remains dubious of the enterprise, but Mark is confident that slavish obedience is the path to true happiness.


Games Played Last Week:
-Battle for Rokugan 1m11s (Tom Jolly & Molly Glover, FFG, 2017)
-Warhammer 40K: Kill Team 5m04s (Uncredited, Games Workshop, 2018)
-Hit Z Road 8m09s (Martin Wallace, Asmodee, 2016)
-Outlive 10m00s (Gregory Iliver, La Boite de Jeu, 2017)
-Lost Cities: Rivals 12m13s (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2018)
-Shogun 14m11s (Dirk Henn, Queen Games, 2006)
-Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition 17m35s (Nikki Valens, FFG, 2016)
-Scythe: The Rise of Fenris 23m38s (Ryan Lopez DiVinaspre & Jamey Stegamaier, Stonemaier Games, 2018)


News (and why it doesn't matter)
-More Neue Heimat = The Estates 25m05s
-More Dune = more silly Spice memes 27m59s
-More Meeple Circus = more joy 29m31s
-More Spirit Island = more dead colonizers 29m49s
-More Shadespire = Nightvault 30m48s


Feature Game: Root 32m31s (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2018)

Topic: Mark's Top 10 Games of All Time 56m49s

#10: Tribune Expansion
#9:Ra
#8:Infinity
#7:Loopin' Louie
#6:Race for the Galaxy: The Brink of War
#5:Gloomhaven
#4:Imperial 2030
#3:Antike II
#2:Blue Moon Legends
#1:Tigris & Euphrates

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Welcome to another show! In this show we look at some Kickstarters, look beyond the hotness, and delve into the mail bag for questions. We talk about post-GenCon, a few new games we've been trying out and more!

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Tony McRee

One of the hot games coming out of Gen Con was Villainous by Wonder Forge. Demo table was always full, showed out all copies, which would make you think that […]

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Ben goes out into the pastures to feed the animals and while he's there he opines on Brothers by Ankama Games.

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The gang is once again around the table at Meeplefest for the first of multiple conversations about the games we play and the hobby we love. This week we focus on some of the fun titles we've been playing, as well as talking about Kickstarter (a perennial topic). Join Ric, Joe, Doug R., Candy, Denis and Shelley for this first 1/2 of the Night 1 conversation.

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This week Peter and Steve talk about Forbidden Desert and have a design discussion about games in a series. Peter also gives his first Impressions about Forbidden Sky. Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - http://bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.paypal.me/ColinDegnan Contact us - mvpboardgames@gmail.com

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We recap our impressions of GenCon 2018, including discussions of industry news and games of note. Special Guests: Darrell Ottery, Gubbins Boffin

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Can you hear a distant rumble of people applauding, firing party poppers and doing synchronised donuts in their cars? Don't panic! Nothing could be more natural when our post-Gen Con podcast rolls around. It's possible that there's never been such a diverse and exciting array of games tucked into a single SU&SD podcast.

Today, Paul and Quinns exchange first impressions of Keyforge: Call of the Archons, Fantasy Flight's new collaboration with Richard Garfield where every deck ever printed will be unique to you. Up next is Gen 7, the dramatic and curious sequel to Dead of Winter that takes place aboard a generation ship. Then there's Nyctophobia, a game where all but one player is blindfolded and being hunted by a murderer. Critical Mass, which might be the best game of mecha-on-mecha violence ever made? Railroad Ink, which is the first roll-and-write game we've found that could steal the throne from Welcome To. And the pair close by talking about The Estates, which is both the meanest and most devious game of auctions that Quinns has ever experienced.

Among those six games are no less than four contenders for the prestigious SU&SD Recommends badge. You heard it here first- the rest of 2018 is going to be absolutely fabulous.

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Ben sits in the kitchen of the cabin and faces the reality of what's beyond the walls by reviewing Edge of Humanity.

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We’re heading toward a marriage of cardboard and digital games. We discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by crossing the cardboard and digital divide. Panelists: Ted Alspach, Tim Fowers, Tim Burrell-Saward.

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Ambie and Crystal discuss Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures and King of Tokyo. We then talk about games we love in genres we hate, and Crystal goes over the origins of the word "anomaly." Announcements: 0:49 Recent Games: 1:38 Games We Love in Genres We Hate: 10:59 Board Game Etymology - 'Anomaly': 28:29 Outro: 29:25 Bloopers: 30:47 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204305/sherlock-holmes-consulting-detective-jack-ripper-w King of Tokyo: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo

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Shiny and new! Everyone online is talking about the latest, greatest thing, and you can't help but feel that you're missing out. How important is it to keep up with the cult of the new? We also talk about Cthulhu Wars, World Championship Russian Roulette, Kubb, and Word Slam.

01:38 - Cthulhu Wars 04:56 - World Championship Russian Roulette 07:47 - Kubb 09:35 - Word Slam 14:53 - The Cult of the New 32:25 - Alien Artifacts 33:25 - Patchwork 34:32 - Space Base 34:45 - Glorantha: The Gods War 46:14 - Chess 48:31 - Secret Hitler 49:39 - El Grande 50:19 - Codenames

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What challenges and opportunities are unique to working with a media license? How do you forge an alliance between good media and good games? Panelists: James Ernest, Rob Daviau, David Brashaw, Francesco Nepitello.

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Callin Flores, designer of Guardians, discusses how the finer details of creating a shuffle builder. (Games like Smash Up.)

Callin’s game takes the shuffle building mechanism to new places, and he has a lot of insight on these types of games.​​

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Today the gang presents their new show, The Chris, Jamie and Steve Show over on YouTube and Tony and Jamie talk about their adventures at Gen Con. Then fter talking about a whole mess of games, Steve and Jamie review the new game based on Brandon Sanderson's book series, The Reckoners and look back at The Godfather: Corleone's Empire. And finally after Tony T gives you all of the more important news around the gaming world, the Founders do another Short Topic Extravaganza in which they talk about solo games and best two player games to play with your spouse.

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