This week's inductee into the cabin is The Guardian's board game correspondent, Owen Duffy. He talks about publishing books, board game media and coming out in Scotland...but which games did he choose? Alhambra Twilight Imperium 4 Magic the Gathering Cube Fiasco Monsterhearts Support the show here.
Dekalko is a drawing game that is not a drawing game. Everyone gets a picture and must get others at the table to guess the picture without seeing the picture itself. How you get there requires a quick hand, a pen, and almost no artistic skill.
Ambie and Crystal discuss Mr. Face and Nine Tiles Panic. We then list off our top 5 games we played before we discovered modern board games, and Crystal goes over the origins of the company name 'Hasbro.'
Recent Games: 0:47
Top 5 Pre-Hobby Games: 13:30
Board Game Etymology - 'Hasbro': 31:37
Outro: 32:49
Bloopers: 33:53
Mr. Face: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/267945/mr-face
Nine Tiles Panic: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/279869/nine-tiles-panic
No, not that game. We're talking about the life cycles of games, how we acquire them, how we end up moving on from them. Where do we generally get our games from, and how do we typically get rid of them? Things get a little bit existential before the end. Before we, blinking, step into the sun, we also talk about Eternal: Chronicles of the Throne, 18Lilliput, and Tonari. 01:38 - Eternal: Chronicles of the Throne 10:06 - 18Lilliput 15:25 - City of the Big Shoulders 19:56 - Tonari 28:11 - The life cycle of games 29:05 - Exit: The Game 29:30 - Charterstone 35:06 - Piepmatz 35:50 - Nyctophobia 40:40 - Rising Sun 42:52 - Irish Gauge 44:17 - The Resistance: Avalon 45:07 - Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
Tune in to find out about critical darling Black Angel, surprise hit Watergate, follow up to the EXIT series and more!
Rurik: Dawn of Kiev (07:43)
QE (20:14)
Adventure Games: The Dungeon (29:03)
Black Angel (42:15)
Watergate (1:03:07)
JB Howell, designer of Flotilla, discusses the three types of creativity and how they relate to game design.
JB is an up and coming designer who I believe will be a household name by the end of this year, and we go into a lot of the ins and outs of his own creative process.
Ben and Tony talk about people being priced out of games over a couple of shovels. Listen to the show Download the show Join the guild here. Support the show here.
The gang decides it's time for a RPG campaign change but this time we're going back to a campaign we played over 4 years ago and discuss how it is getting back into it after such a long hiatus. Then the gang talks about their one shot session of the End of the World role playing game published by Fantasy Flight Games. Then finally the Lords discuss the warrior role, roleplaying and discuss some of their favorite warriors in films and TV.
In episode 623, Mandi and Suzanne review Space Base The Emergence of Shy Pluto, Time Chase, Trapper Keeper, Little Town, Tales of Glory, and Watergate. They also discuss a couple of apps and answer your questions with some Q&A.
City of the Big Shoulders, Era, Ecos, Blockbuster, Letter Jam, and more 00:50 Intro06:35 Blockbuster11:49 St. Noire19:24 Second Chance22:17 Letter Jam28:57 Squirrel – Just One30:45 WoW Classic36:56 The Broken Token37:45 […]
Adorable little pudgy robots soar through a blazing pink sky, stubby arms outstretched as they speed towards their destination--a yellow planet in the distance. "GIVE ME YOAR COOOBS" bellow the aliens upon arrival. "POINTZ 4 COOOOBS." A robot obliges, and a sonorous "cha-ching" resounds through its programming. But the robot is now a drifting derelict, its home ship long gone. It is now doomed to tumble through inky pinkness until its energy reserves burn to nothing. It begins to wonder, "Why have I done this? What is my purpose? What is this all for?" And the cosmos replies with a whisper, "It is for 1-4 players."
Games Played Last Week: -Hellboy: The Board Game 2m03s (James M. Hewitt & Sophie Williams, Mantic Games, 2019) -Mech Command: RTS 4m37s (Chris Gabrielson, Bad Crow Games, 2018) -Modern Art 8m06s (Reiner Knizia, CMON, 2017) -XenoShyft: Dreadmire 10m21s (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2017) -Among Thieves 12m32s (Floyd Pretz, Indie Boards & Cards, 2019) -Barenpark 15m58s (Phil Walker-Harding, Lookout Games, 2017) -Pax Renaissance 19m35s (Phil Eklund & Matt Eklund, Sierra Madre Games, 2016)
Reviews of Ragusa, Watergate, Funkoverse, Dual Powers, Point Salad, Shipwreck Arcana. Featured review: Dead Man's Cabal by Pandasaurus Games. Board game discussion starts at 30:00. www.bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep154
Night 1 of Meeplefest winds up with a great discussion about the Spiel des Jahres nominees, as well as the effect of both Kickstarter and the tsunami of games released has on the hobby. Joining Shelley and me once again are designers
Tom Lehmann (Race for the Galaxy, Res Arcana, Fast Food Franchise, The City and many others)
Scott Caputo (The One Hundred Torii, Whistle Stop, Volupsa, etc.)
and Joe Huber (Caravan, Scream Machine, Ice Cream)