In the 50th episode of The Secret Cabal Express, the whole gang, Jamie, Tony, Chris, Steve and Don, who are rolling out to Gen Con 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana get together to discuss the shenanigans they plan on getting into at the convention, talk about Steve's first time going to Gen Con and what to expect, some advice to new convention attendees and then talk about a giant list of games releasing that they're excited about.
We can pretend that our adult pastimes are more sophisticated and evolved from the trivialities of mere children, but really, let's admit it--it's all the same. We can't claim any degree of superiority when compared to the antics of ankle-biters. Let's be mature about it and lean into the juvenalia, shall we? My doll is better than your doll. My doll has the Plasmanator Meltotron. You can't hit my doll, it has an invisible everything shield!
Games Played Last Week: -Pax Renaissance 4m25s (Phil Eklund & Matt Eklund, Sierra Madre Games, 2016) -Root 4m27s (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2018) -Neuroshima Hex! 3.0 6m46s (Michal Oracz, Portal Games, 2006) -Modern Art 8m30s (Reiner Knizia, CMON, 2017) -Quadropolis 12m30s (Francois Gandon, Days of Wonder, 2016) -Lords of Hellas: Lord of the Sun 14m03s (Adam Kwapinski, Awaken Realms, 2019) -Men at Work 17m53s (Rita Modl, Pretzel Games, 2019) -Rhino Hero Giant Edition 18m57s (Scott Frisco & Steven Strumpf, Sugorokuya, 2018) -Piratenbillard 20m36s (Reinhold Wittig, ABACUSSPIELE, 1959) -Joraku 22m47s (Iori Tsukinami, Tasty Minstrel, 2015)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -CMON's "Teburu": The future? 25m17s -Mental Blocks at Gencon 30m47s -Real-time medical follies with Rush M.D. 32m07s -More Carl Chudyk in the Aegean Sea 33m09s -Dragonball Zed 34m58s -Spiel des Jahres winners 35m51s -More Aristeia! 36m56s
In this episode, we talk about Atelier, In Front of the Elevator, Nine Tiles Panic, Dark Domains, Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid, and Undo. We look back on a couple of Shelf Staples and we end with a divisive One and Done.
Reviews of Blood on the Clocktower, Star Wars: Outer Rim, Inuit, and many more. Featured review: Flip Roll & Write Suite with Lanterns Dice, Rolled West, and Cartographers. Board game discussion starts at 48:00.
Alert! Alert! The sofas have run amok and it is up to our heroes, Efka and Elaine, to put all the sofa pieces back together. What treasures will we find in the crevices? What hidden board game gems are gathering dust under those pillows?
Star Wars: Outer Rim ( 03:55 )- How did an ENTIRE galaxy get lost in the folds of our sofa? We will never find out, but at least we can tell you if this Star Wars themed bimble bimbled our fancy.
Undaunted: Normandy ( 17:44 ) - The definitive accent pillow of today's podcast is this WW2 themed deck builder. And here’s us telling you why we think it's great and… why Efka just doesn't get on with it.
1846 ( 34:16 ) - Rounding out our game discussion is the one game that is definitely bigger than any sofa - 1846, which is just one flavour of the multifaceted genre of 18xx games. Find out how we felt about our first sit down onto board gaming's hardest cushions.
Want to send us a question? Fire it to efka@nopunincluded.com
Ambie and Crystal talk about a bunch of the games they played at Dice Tower Con 2019.
Announcements: 0:33
Dice Tower Con: 1:10
Outro: 31:23
Bloopers: 32:36
This week we're talking about hidden trackable information. That is, information about the game state that could be remembered or recorded, but the game design (usually) assumes that players haven't. Is it okay to memorize or divulge this information? Before we take notes, we also talk about Papà Paolo, Oceanos, and Pax Pamir (Second Edition). 02:10 - Papà Paolo 07:25 - Oceanos 13:32 - Pax Pamir (Second Edition) 26:06 - Bonus episode! 26:30 - Hidden Trackable Information 42:13 - The Resistance 43:59 - Tigris & Euphrates 47:38 - El Grande 48:11 - I'm The Boss! 50:01 - Through the Ages 54:44 - Guards of Atlantis 56:20 - Survive: Escape from Atlantis!
Having just arrived back from Belgium's fantastic Zomerspel tabletop convention, Matt and Quinns were inspired by Belgian chips to create this episode of our award-winning podcast. It's long, crunchy, filling and if you eat nothing except this podcast then you will probably die?
Games discussed in this episode include the fascinating Taverns of Tiefan Thal (01:51), the taut little Feld game Carpe Diem (13:48), the simple-yet-delightful Luxor (26:47), the gross-yet-charming Silk (33:13) and the simply superb Rail Pass (49:37). Matt and Quinns also discuss some of the video reviews they've been working on, including Pipeline (1:00:58) and Too Many Bones (1:06:54).
Joe Pilkus, professional game developer, discusses the lessons he’s learned from developing games over the years.
Joe has worked on games from Stonemaier Games, Academy Games, and many other major publishers, and he’s been helping fledgling game designers online for years.
It's Wednesday again and the gang is back for more Cabal nonsense. Unfortunately, Jamie is still under the weather with a not so great voice but that doesn't stop the Cabal from rolling. Steve takes over the announcer role today so I hope you enjoy the temporary change. In today's episode we give feature review to Heroes of Land Air and Sea from Gamelyn Games featuring two special guest reviewer, Don and AC. Then we look back at one of our favorite games, Gaia Project from Z-Man games. After Tony T finally gets his audio equipment back up and running, give throws some wild news your way followed by another Short Topic Extravaganza including Kickstarter projects with flaws, teaching your kids to game and Love, Death + Robots. Heroes of Land Air and Sea Overview 00:55:55, Heroes of Land Air and Sea Review 01:01:01, Gaia Project Look Back 01:34:07, News with Tony T 01:43:43, Short Topic Extravaganza 02:21:25
00:00 - Banter
07:25 - Richie's Recent Play - Franchise
13:49 - Clef's Recent Play - Lorenzo il Magnifico
18:00 - Chad's Recent Play - SpaceCorp: 2025–2300 AD
25:26 - Clef's Kickstarter Corner
32:28 - BGG Top 100 30-21
59:06 - Yínzi: The Shining Ming Dynasty Review
Music by Hooksounds
In this episode, we talk about Medieval Age, Kenny G: Keepin' it Saxy, Shobu, Lockup: A Roll Player Tale, Point Salad, and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. We also answer questions about rules disputes and more! Finally, we end the show with our top ten games that start with the letter "F".
"May you get everything you want" is nothing short of a curse, I think, and so this week we curse you with your own desires. You wanted us to play Middara, so we did. You wanted more information about Sol: Last Days of a Star, so we oblige. As you weep, surrounded by the wreckage wrought by your own wishes, don't come to us for solace, for we are but the accomplices of your own self-destruction. Also, if that weren't terrifying enough, intergalactic scorpions!
Games Played Last Week: -Men at Work 1m43s (Rita Modl, Pretzel Games, 2019) -Middara: Unintentional Malum Act 1 5m48s (Clayton Helme, Brooklynn Lundberg, Brennon Moncur, & Ian Tate, SUccubus Publishing, 2019) -Dinosaur Island 12m44s (Jonathan Gilmour & Brian Lewis, Pandasaurus Games, 2017) -Planet 14m11s (Urtis Šulinskas, Blue Orange, 2018) -Rangers of Shadow Deep 17m38s (Joseph McCullough, Self-published, 2018) -Pax Renaissance 19m39s (Phil Eklund & Matt Eklund, Sierra Madre Games, 2016) -Tsukuyumi: Full Moon Dawn 20m16s (Felix Mertikat, King Racoon Games, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -Conan. Again. 25m46s -Good compatibility news about Quest for El Dorado 26m19s -Kingdomino gets a roll-and-write 26m51s -Yggdrasil needed a campaign 27m44s -Through the Ages expands after 16 years 28m56s -Support for Meltwater's Erin Lee Escobedo's mom 29m50s https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kirsten-beat-cancer
Feature Game: Sol: Last Days of a Star 30m39s (Ryan Spangler & Sean Spangler, Elephant Laboratories, 2017)