Essen SPIEL 2018! Okay, we're not technically at Essen SPIEL, but we've got that Essen FEEL. We're each counting down the five games that we most wish we were in Germany to play this weekend. Before we hand over our Euros, we talk about SPQF, Le Havre, and Scythe: The Rise of Fenris.
02:09 - SPQF 07:17 - Le Havre 12:31 - Scythe: The Rise of Fenris 17:06 - Essen Preview 17:49 - Magnastorm 19:11 - Futuropia 20:27 - Big Shot 22:41 - Gùgōng 24:21 - Shadows: Amsterdam 26:41 - Smartphone Inc. 28:03 - Alone 29:40 - Solenia 30:44 - Tsukiji 31:51 - Teotihuacan: City of Gods 33:26 - Pax Transhumanity 34:53 - Rebel Nox 36:09 - Warpgate 38:35 - Forum Trajanum 39:34 - 1906 San Francisco 44:43 - Scythe: The Rise of Fenris (SPOILERS!)
Calum Taylor, designer of Motora, talks about balancing luck with player agency.
It’s good to have luck to keep a game unpredictable, but if it goes too far, players will feel like the game is playing them. You need to make sure players feel in control while also allowing for cool “plot twist” moments.
And be sure to check out Calum’s game on Kickstarter HERE.
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Reviews of Spirits of the Forest, Endeavor: Age of Sale, World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch, Feudalia, Riverboat, Dawn of the Zeds, and Tidal Blades. Featured review: The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 by Mondo Games. Board game discussion starts at 27:00.
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Opener: Reef Closers: Games with Heidelberg, such as Thurn & Taxis, Web of Power, or Wallenstein (what did I forget?)
The famous Spiel game fair in Essen, Germany starts later this week. I won't be there, but that's nothing new. Like most of us, I window-shop this gathering from afar, and participate vicariously via blogs, videos, and (maybe most of all) getting excited for its arrival. Just over a week ago I commented on Twitter that I hadn't looked at the list of games at all. That was echoed by some who thought I might be "over" the buzz and hype of Essen. I'm not. Not really. True, I don't get quite as deep into the research and anticipation of the many games coming out. But that's mostly because it's impossible to sort through that much information about so many new games. The dynamic listing here on BGG tops a thousand titles in the database for Essen 2018. I used everyone else's anticipating (i.e. thumbs) as a guide to look through over a hundred games myself, whittling that down to about 25 that catch my eye in some way. Those are the games depicted above, and the ones I discuss in the podcast. -Mark
Shelley and I have some fun with two more Stronghold releases, then go through the second half of the 1000+ games on BGG's Essen Preview (M-Z).
Paper Tales by Masato Uesugi from Stronghold Games
Terraforming Mars: Prelude by Jacob Fryxelius from Stronghold Games
Shelley and I have fun with the third game in Uwe Rosenberg's Tetris-piece trilogy from Stronghold Games
Spring Meadow by Uwe Rosenberg from Stronghold Games
and then dive into BGG's Essen Preview list for a look at what's piquing our interest from publishers A-L.
Must Haves:
Carpe Diem - Got a chance to play this and we review it on Ep. 643
3X8 - Amigo card game that I already got through amazon.de
BiberClan - Amigo card game
Karate Tomate - Another Amigo card game!
Lifestyle - cards, dice & tokens from Amigo (already got it)
One Week Ultimate Werewolf - Played once, look forward to more!
Ultimate Werewolf Legacy - Seen it, but haven't played. Gorgeous!
Newton - Great buzz/Tzolkin designers
Underwater Cities - Vladimir Suchy, designer of Pulsar, etc.
Altiplano: The Traveler - Expansion for one of our favorites from 2017
Manitoba - More dlp goodness
Valparaiso - Designer of Altiplano
Dixit 10th Anniversary - New Cards!!!!
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Matt, Quinns, Paul and Pip gather beneath a stormy sky to discuss games of WIT and CHANCE. Dare you ENTER their CEREBRAL LABYRINTH?
The challenges ahead include Shadows: Amsterdam, The Shipwreck Arcana, Cryptid (a bit), Kung Fu Zoo, Illusion, Wavelength (coming to Kickstarter soon), High Tea Assassin from The Edible Games Cookbook, and finally, their game of the show, Blood on the Clocktower.
What awaits you at the centre of their fortress of the mind? That would be telling... but suffice to say, Matt is in possession of a package that he's wanted to give away for quite some time.
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Board game dealbreakers, we all have them, and they're enough to dissuade us from buying or even playing some otherwise great games. This week, we go around the table and talk about two things each that put us off in board games. Before we start looking elsewhere, we talk about Illusion, and Food Chain Magnate.
02:16 - Illusion 04:46 - Food Chain Magnate 18:05 - Too Many Steps for Simple Tasks 18:35 - 1st & Goal 19:42 - Blood Bowl 21:04 - Baseball Highlights: 2045 21:36 - Automobiles 23:04 - Too Many Variants 23:35 - Agricola 26:26 - Mezo 27:33 - Battlestar Galactica 31:20 - Production Hampering Immersion 32:17 - Rising Sun 33:03 - The Great Zimbabwe 33:52 - Leonardo da Vinci 36:13 - Zombicide 37:20 - Sidereal Confluence 38:16 - Punishing the Leader 38:27 - Power Grid 39:35 - Gravwell 41:14 - Flamme Rouge 41:35 - Suburbia 43:03 - Point Salads 44:18 - Agricola 44:45 - Village 48:10 - Blue Lagoon 52:50 - Roleplaying and Improv 53:27 - Fog of Love 53:58 - Thornwatch 56:22 - Tales of the Arabian Nights
Openers: Ethnos and Ganz Schön Clever (app) Game designer David Thompson joins me to talk about most of the big game conventions in our hobby, and what they mean when you're testing or pitching designs. Of course, most of us will encounter those conventions as a player, and David talks about that experience, too. We talk about Essen (Spiel), UK Games Expo, Nuremberg, Origins, and Gencon. Have you been to any of these? Some may be on the other side of the world from you, and would be an incredible expense (and adventure). Others could be within driving range, or at least a reasonably priced plane ticket. Maybe you want to go just to experience one of these events. Perhaps you're a real Cult of the New junkie, and you want to buy games when they are first available. Do you just want to play a bunch of boardgames? Some of these are better for that than others. Or, heck, maybe you're an aspiring game designer, and you want to pitch some games like David does. That makes some of these working events, even business trips for you. There are some interesting differences between them for that purpose, too. David mentions several other big cons that he hasn't attended yet: Dice Tower Con, BGGcon, WBC, PAX Unplugged (and GAMA Trade Show). Of course I've talked about BGGcon a number of times, but I'm not going to make it this year. WBC is on my list for a convention I want to attend, too. And then...he goes on to say that his favorite convention was a regional con, Tennessee Game Days. Sounds great! Closers: Moving to a new place (as a gamer & designer) and Freedom:The Underground Railroad and Uwe Eickert interview on Harold On Games podcast #10 -Mark
Carla Kopp, founder of Weird Giraffe Games, talks about designing light (or filler) games.
Carla’s company focuses on this type of games, and she’s designed several herself, so she definitely understands the topic well.
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