We throw back to our very first episode, with our biggest surprises and disappointments of the year gone by. 2018 was a year of highs and lows, but sometimes you just don't see them coming. The difference between expectation and the final product is what this week's episode is all about. Before we gaze back wistfully, we talk about Akrotiri, Blue Moon City,and This Guilty Land.
01:56 - Akrotiri 05:09 - Innovation 05:27 - Blue Moon City 10:31 - This Guilty Land 16:37 - 2018's Biggest Disappointments 16:57 - Rising Sun 21:29 - The 7th Continent 25:31 - Merlin 32:07 - 2018's Best Surprises 32:21 - Space Base 34:31 - Decrypto 37:18 - Lords of Hellas
Today the founders get busy with a review of the newest game from Awaken Realms, Nemesis and talk a look back at The Expanse one year later. After Tony T busts out the greatest news roundup in the history of tabletop gaming media the gang talks about their hopes and predictions for the new year. Nemesis Overview 01:07:53, Nemesis Review 01:13:24, The Expanse Look Back 01:43:33, News with Tony T 01:49:30, Hopes and Predictions for 2019 02:19:10
Constant vigilance is the price of audio quality, and we apologize for how badly that struggle has been going of late. Walker prostrates himself before the altar of Bars, and Bars we achieve, but the nature of those Bars have been fickle. Their shape and pattern cannot be properly contained or channeled, and thus they spurn us and assault your ears. Rest assured that we are consulting the augurs and they are poring over the entrails of many a cassette tape in order to discern how we may appease the Bars. But yeah, it's totally Mark's fault.
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Games Played Last Week: -XCOM: The Boardgame--Evolution 1m51s (Samuel Bailey & Mark Larson, Fantasy Flight, 2016) -Quest for El Dorado: Heroes and Hexes 2m56s (Reiner Knizia, Ravensburger, 2018) -Kitchen Rush 5m59s (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Dávid Turczi, Artipia, 2017) -Codenames 6m59s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2015) -Wildlands 9m18s (Martin Wallace, Osprey, 2018) -Scythe: The Rise of Fenris 14m44s (Ryan Lopez DeVinaspre & Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier, 2018) -Tobago 18m40s (Bruce Allen, Zoch Verlag, 2009) -This Guilty Land 19m42s (Tom Russell, Hollandspiele, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -FFG Returns to Lord of the Rings 24m27s -Wolff Designaa in 2019: Guards and Tricks 26m11s -Snakes and Lattes unhinges its jaw and expands 27m41s -Suburbia's custom colours 28m12s
Feature Game: New Frontiers 29m43s (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande, 2018)
We are back from our break and ready to tackle another year of board gaming podcasting. Or as a listener pointed out to us, making background noise. We love comments […]
In this episode, we talk about Wingspan, New Frontiers, Coin & Crown, Arraial, Nyctophobia, and Too Many Bones. Geoff gives us wisdom, Tom tells a tale of horror, and we answer several questions! Finally, we end the show talking about our top ten games from a decade ago, 2009!
Top ten, baby! We finally made it. And thus concludes our five part series of our favourite games of all-time. Frankly, we were changed by the experience, and will never be the same again. We hope you were too.
01:35 - Kalen #10 - Coloretto 03:30 - Mark #10 - True Colors 06:15 - Neilan #10 - Dominion 09:28 - Kalen #9 - Diplomacy 12:45 - Mark #9 - ??? (32:02) 13:10 - Neilan #9 - Guards of Atlantis 16:32 - Kalen #8 - ??? (01:24:54) 16:43 - Mark #8 - Brass: Birmingham 20:27 - Neilan #8 - Scythe 25:32 - Kalen #7 - Troyes 28:07 - Mark #7 - Cuba Libre 31:54 - Neilan #7 - ??? (32:02) 32:02 - Kalen #6 - Time's Up! 35:23 - Mark #6 - ??? (01:07:00) 35:29 - Neilan #6 - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization 38:57 - Kalen #5 - El Grande 38:57 - Mark #5 - El Grande 42:56 - Neilan #5 - A Feast for Odin 46:09 - Kalen #4 - Cthulhu Wars 50:47 - Mark #4 - 1830: Railways & Robber Barons 53:55 - Neilan #4 - Codenames 56:19 - Kalen #3 - Cosmic Encounter 59:47 - Mark #3 - Francis Drake 01:04:17 - Neilan #3 - Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar 01:07:00 - Kalen #2 - Archipelago 01:11:35 - Mark #2 - Arboretum 01:15:15 - Neilan #2 - Gloomhaven 01:19:37 - Kalen #1 - Innovation 01:23:16 - Mark #1 - Biblios 01:24:54 - Neilan #1 - The Resistance
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.
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