Lizzy Funkhouser, designer of Something to Fear, discusses what it looks like to pay attention to detail when designing a game.
Lizzy loves to add Easter egg type details into her games to enhance the gaming experience, and we get into lots of examples and ways to add cool things to a design.
Hey Now Everyone! In today's episode Chris has some family things to take care of but we have Don sitting in for the show! We talk about some great games we've been playing and give you a feature review of Carnival of Monsters from the legendary designer Richard Garfield. Then Tony T takes over the mics to give you all the most important tabletop gaming news stories out there while the rest of us chirp in the background. And finally we discuss emergent narratives in board games. Carnival of Monsters Overview 01:07:31, Carnival of Monsters Review 01:12:22, Founders Update 01:39:03, News with Tony T 01:40:38, Emergent Narrative in Board Games Discussion 02:41:46
In this episode, Crystal, Mandi, Suzanne, Zee, and the Brother Murph all join in for our annual live show at Gen Con 2019! We start by talking about some recent games that we've played, then invite several publishers on for some cool game announcements! Buonocore shows up for some mayhem, and the show ends with a contest of champions! Thanks to Stronghold Games for sponsoring our show.
What is gaming other than an outlet for vicarious experiences and thrills? To enjoy the simulacrum of killing, adventure, high finance, and impressing feudal lords? We can thus assert with great sincerity that ours shall be the very best GenCon coverage, in that we didn't go. Why trust the easily-misled first hand accounts? We know from both philosophy and science that sense data deceives. You can put your faith in our reflections, completely unbiased by any experience.
Games Played Last Week: -Kemet 3m57s (Jacques Bariot & Guillaume Montiage, Matagot, 2012) -Tower of Babel 5m41s (Reiner Knizia, Hans im Gluck, 2005) -Q.E. 10m09s (Gavin Birnbaum, Boardgametables.com, 2019) -The Ares Project 11m53s (Brian Engelstein & Geoff Engelstein, Z-Man, 2011) -Mech Command RTS 14m28s (Chris Gabrielson, Bad Crow Games, 2018) -Import/Export 20m14s (Jordan Draper, Dark Flight Games, 2017)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -How many Cyperpunks does one need? 25m05s -An actual Eric Lang joint: Ankh 25m33s -More Fiasco 26m51s -Everyone can relax, Mark has been made whole 28m28s
Our trilogy of Gen Con podcasts concludes with one final foray between the sheets! Join us on the floor of room [redacted] for the last time, with our thoughts from day three. We talk about Sanctum, Potemkin Empire, MegaCity: Oceania, and Aegean Sea.
Day two is over, but we're just getting started, because it's all about those Gen Con nights. We're up way too late, yet again, to give you the scoops from the floor. We talk about Finger Guns at High Noon, In Front of the Elevators, Realm of Sand, City of the Big Shoulders, and Medium.
Gen Con! It's time yet again for freezer pants, gourmet coffee and going between the sheets. Join us for our quick day one impressions from the floor, and I mean that quite literally. We talk about Gravity Superstar, Wakanda Forever, Mechanica, Mister Face, Nine Tiles Panic, Visitor in Blackwood Grove, and Letter Jam.
00:00 - Banter
03:53 - Clef's Recent Play - Heroes of Land, Air & Sea
08:04 - Chad & Richie's Recent Play - Fields of Arle
14:59 - Gen Con Preview
24:35 - BGG Top 100 20-11
48:51 - Pax Pamir: Second Edition Review
01:22:29 - Previously Played - Merlin
Music by Hooksounds
Failure can be a fortuitous thing, which is very good for Mark, as he is well accustomed to failure. While this week's review of Pax Renaissance is certainly not on the scale of, say, penicillin, it did give him the opportunity to play one of his top 20 games more. As to whether Walker profited or suffered from this development is a deep and abiding mystery solvable only by listening to this week's episode.
Games Played Last Week: -Gaslands 2m29s (Glenn Ford & Mike Hutchinson, Osprey Publishing, 2017) -Space Hulk 3rd edition 4m56s (Richard Halliwell, Games Workshop, 2009) -Horizon Wars 7m37s (Robey Jenkins, Osprey Publishing, 2016) -Time of Crisis 10m30s(Wray Ferrell & Brad Johnson, GMT, 2017) -Q.E. 12m30s (Gavin Birnbaum, Boardgametables.com, 2019) -Lords of Hellas: Dark Ages Expansion 15m12s (Adam Kwapinski, Awaken Realms, 2019) -Getaway Driver 16m12s (Jeff Beck, Uproarious Games, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -Goodbye to Richard Berg 18m17s -Spyfall through time 19m35s -The unfolding Golden Bell situation 20m28s -Walker shills his auction 23m53s
Feature Game: Pax Renaissance 24m14s (Phil Eklund & Matt Eklund, Sierra Madre Games, 2016)
This episode includes a Scurry Report on Empires of the North. The Connell gentlemen talk about the new Warcry miniature game. And Marty tries to channel me in a […]
Today's guest is designer Mansions of Madness, Legacy of Dragonholt and Arkham Horror 3rd Edition, Nikki Valens. She talks about her love of animals, designing for Fantasy Flight and the nature of inclusivity...but which games did she choose? Mahjong Broom Service Playing Cards The Mind Shipwreck Arcana Support the show here.