We've always been here. Waiting, in this basement, yelling into the can. When we invented podcasts all those years ago it was merely as avenue for our pre-existing subterranean discourse. Now some of you have joined us, and our labours are no longer in vain. Once the power dies out, we'll still be here, yelling into the can. About boardgames.
Games Played Last Week: -Race for the Galaxy: Xeno Invasion 1m43s (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2015) -Everdell 5m54s (James A. Wilson, Starling Games, 2018) -Starfarers of Catan 10m06s (Klaus Teuber, Mayfair Games, 1999) -Barbarians: The Invasion 12m44s (Martino Chiacchiera, Marta Ciaccasassi, & Pierluca Zizzi, Tabula Games, 2018) -Forbidden Sky 19m21s (Matt Leacock, Gamewright, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Asmodee sold, Asmodee buys something 21m55s -Taiwanese flag flap 23m58s -CMON tries zombies for the first time ever 25m27s -More Spirits on the Island 26m13s
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 ofMotora, 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.
Jamie and Tony welcomes Honorary Founder Stephen Buonocore of Stronghold Games to talk about the Stronghold Games and Indie Board Game Cards merger then Tony T hosts a preview of some of the games we're excited about debuting at one of the largest gaming conventions in the world Essen SPIEL!
Reading your audience is a hard thing, and not even just when blasting your errant opinions over the interwebs. Mark couldn't read the room when Walker requested a certain game, and that didn't end well. Walker couldn't perceive Mark's growing misgivings about the feature game. This one time I thought a baby boy was a baby girl and the parents were very offended. Life is hard!
Games Played Last Week: -Star Realms 2m19s (Robert Dougherty & Darwin Kastle, White Wizard, 2014) -Amun-Re: The Card Game 4m59s (Reiner Knizia, Super Meeple, 2017) -Endeavor: The Age of Sail 7m03s (Carl de Visser & Jarratt Gray, Burnt Island Games, 2018) -Ortus Regni 9m26s (Jon Sudbury, Jon Sudbury Games, 2014) -Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Jabba's Realm 12m02s (Todd Michlitsch & Paul Winchester, FFG, 2017) -Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu 13m10s (Matt Leacock & Chuck D. Yager, Z-Man, 2016) -Mage Knight Board Game 15m42s (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011) -Race for the Galaxy: The Brink of War 18m25s (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2010)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Fighting games have sequels, so too must Street Masters 19m45s -Carcassonne goes on safari 21m48s -The Grail lost? 22m44s
Feature Game: 24m24s -Battle for Rokugan (Molly Glover & Tom Jolly, Fantasy Flight, 2017)
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.
This week Ben speaks to the designer of Elysium, Costa Rica and Relic Runners, Matthew Dunstan. They discuss being nominated for the Kennerspiel, life at an Oxbridge College and adapting to life in England...but which games did he choose?
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
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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