The gang is back together to kick off 2019 with a listener submitted question about disruptive and mischievous behavior in role playing games. Then end the episode with a full discussion about giving your characters flaws and hindrances to make them a more well rounded and realistic character.
This Game is Broken is released every two weeks and features Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Christina Aimerito and Nick and Mike Murphy.
The show is devised by the whole gang and is produced 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
In this episode, we talk about some Kickstarters that we are looking at, as well as some upcoming events! We review Piepmatz, Scorpius Freighter, Mercado, Treasure Island, Indian Summer, and Stockpile. We also look at Way of the Panda and Moa in our "One and Done" segment, and finish up the show with a few questions from all of you!
Peer influence is a strange thing. For years Mark has been yelling at Walker about various ways he really ought to change, but a single board game now has Walker spewing Macross lore like he's a convert. Perhaps the authors like Erin Lee Escobedo have a point, and board games really can serve to deliver subtle yet powerful influence. Perhaps we could make board games to convince people to like and dislike the right board games...
Games Played Last Week: -Telestrations 3m40s (Uncredited, USAopoly, 2009) -Diamonds 4m52s (Mike Fitzgerald, Stronghold, 2014) -Meltwater: A Game of Tactical Starvation 8m30s (Erin Lee Escobedo, Hollandspiele, 2018) -Tokyo Highway 14m07s (Naotaka Shimamoto & Yoshiaki Tomioka, itten, 2016) -Robotech: Attack on the SDF-1 15m51s (Darius Hambleton & Jeff Mechlinski, Strange Machine Games, 2018) -Great Western Trail: Rails to the North 20m04s (Alexander Pfister, Stronghold, 2018) -Shards of Infinity: Relics of the Future 24m17s (Gary Arant & Justin Gary, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -2491 Planetship disappoints Walker pre-emptively 26m17s -Successors' Successor 27m36s -Age of Steam's authorship evaporates 28m43s -Vital Lacerda and Railways of the World 30m10s -Suburbia gets purdy 30m30s -Walker unimpressed by the Hotness 31m41s -SVWAG succumbs to the inevitable with an upcoming Patreon 32m47s
Feature Game: Pandemic: Fall of Rome 34m17s (Matt Leacock & Paolo Mori, Z-Man, 2018)
Topic: New Year's Resolutions Past and Present 53m48s
During this weeks episode: 1) The Pegs discuss their recent game plays including Architects of the West Kingdom, Gizmos, Dude, and more; 2) All the Pegs […]
In episode 44 of The Secret Cabal Express Bender, Aaron and Jamie talk about the joy the find in the miniatures hobby. They discuss the tools you'll need, assembly, priming, painting, basing, and a bunch of techniques they've learned to use over the years.
The end is nigh! If you squint just right you can see it from here. We're almost done counting down our favourite fifty games of all time, so join us in the penultimate part of our five part series.
01:20 - Mark #20 - Caverna 03:18 - Neilan #20 - Archipelago 05:49 - Kalen #20 - Fuji Flush 07:43 - Mark #19 - Troyes 09:22 - Neilan #19 - Aeon's End: War Eternal 12:38 - Kalen #19 - Genoa 14:29 - Mark #18 - Cthulhu Wars 15:40 - Neilan #18 - Alchemists 18:38 - Kalen #18 - No Thanks! 20:09 - Mark #17 - 1846: The Race for the Midwest 22:09 - Neilan #17 - Inis 25:27 - Kalen #17 - Telestrations 27:05 - Mark #16 - Dominant Species 31:19 - Neilan #16 - Exit: The Game 34:20 - Kalen #16 - Inis 35:34 - Mark #15 - Imperial 2030 37:22 - Neilan #15 - Watson & Holmes 40:03 - Kalen #15 - Deception: Murder in Hong Kong 41:11 - Mark #14 - Tigris & Euphrates 43:15 - Neilan #14 - Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant 45:26 - Kalen #14 - Omen: A Reign of War 46:46 - Mark #13 - Caylus 49:58 - Neilan #13 - Cthulhu Wars 51:15 - Kalen #13 - Dogs of War 53:03 - Mark #12 - The Voyages of Marco Polo 55:57 - Neilan #12 - Pictomania 57:38 - Kalen #12 - Codenames 58:00 - Mark #11 - Rising Sun 58:00 - Neilan #11 - Rising Sun 01:02:04 - Kalen #11 - I'm the Boss!
It's a new year and the Founders are back to give a year chocked full of gaming nonsense! Today we give you an overview and review of Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time and a look back at Defenders of the Realm one year later. Then Tony T goes bananas with his news segment while the peanut gallery quacks in the background. Then finally the gang talks about their favorite games released in 2018, their favorite game they reviewed in 2018 and finally talks about their most anticipated games coming in 2019. Games Played 00:01:21, Games of Yesteryear 00:31:40, Professor Evil Overview 00:41:20, Professor Evil Review 00:44:52, Defenders of the Realm Look Back 01:01:53, Founder's Update 01:04:17, News with Tony T 01:09:10, Discussion Topic 01:59:20
In this show, we talk about Outback, Subatomic, The Boldest, Crown of Emara, Fertility, and Stephenson's Rocket. We also talk about reading rulebooks, socialization, and co-publishing, and then go back in time five years to revisit 2014 and see the best games from that year!
This Game is Broken is released every two weeks and features Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Christina Aimerito and Nick and Mike Murphy.
The show is devised by the whole gang and is produced 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