DISCLAIMER: The thumbnail for this podcast contains more business than is actually contained in this podcast. Instead, on this short, sleepy episode, a tired old Matt and a sickly young Tom have a meandering chat about just four games.
‘That’s not enough games for my Friday night podcast-listening session!’ I hear you cry, panicked and approaching a point of crisis. Fear not, listener, as this winding little journey will take you through the staggering quite goods of Stockpile, the crushing it's fines of Big City and Orleans Stories, before a twist ending where they were all Nemesis all along. Not only that, but there are tiny little trails along the way - a tease of City of the Big Shoulders, for sir? Maybe a trickle of Little Town? It’s all here and it’s all in audio form in this very 105th Shut Up and Sit Down Podcast.
Area control is the first subject of our new recurring feature, "What we love, what we hate", where we deep dive into a single mechanic and describe ... well, exactly that! We tend to enjoy games that have you fighting over territory, but what is it that specifically gets us excited about them? And what are the downsides? Before we assume direct control, we talk about The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine, Stay Cool, and Mezo.
Charlie Cleveland, professional video game designer and founder of Unknown Worlds Entertainment, discusses the crossover of video games and board games and what board game designers can learn from their digital counterparts.
And be sure to check out Charlie’s game, Vampire Vendetta, on Kickstarter HERE.
In this show, we review Remember our Trip, Adventure Games: the Dungeon, Funkoverse, Toy Story, Ratville, and Wonder Woman. We also look back at Dice Tower West, answer questions about board game themes and card shuffling, and Geoff comes to visit! Finally, we talk about favorite games that start with the letter "M".
In episode 37, the lords begin by discussing a recent encounter from their own game involving a puzzle that was a bit too hard for them to figure out and how they feel about puzzles as encounters. Then the gang takes a question from a listener regarding how to talk to your dungeon master about a game in which the players aren't having fun. How do you let them down easy? And finally, the Lords jump the main discussion about clerics and other religious characters and the ins and outs of playing a person who believes and service the greater gods.
Warning: there is some implied discussion of the existence of the health care field in this week's review. No jokes were made about current viral events, though, and given the general low-brow nature of this podcast that's a minor miracle. The only jokes about current affairs are related to hip hop, and even those references are dated to over twenty years ago.
Games Played Last Week: -Street Masters: Aftershock 2m47s (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2019) -Stephenson's Rocket 4m55s (Reiner Knizia, Pegasus Spiele, 1999) -Lorenzo il Magnifico 9m19s (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2016) -Mardi Gras Madness 12m50s (Mark Burlet, Arthur Franz IV, & Ben Jennings, Uplink Underground Games, 2020) -Horizon Wars: Zero Dark 18m25s (Robey Jenkins, Self-published, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -Walker Watches Steamwatchers 21m52s -Ginkgopolis Reprint 23m53s -Clean Queen Kickstarter? 24m48s -Coronavirus Cancellations: CMON Expo 26m46s -Uwe Rosenberg's New York Zoo 27m46s
Time Segment 00:00 Introduction 07:10 Let’s Get This Party Started 09:58 It’s In The Cards 12:42 Need A #2 Pencil 16:55 You Gonna Paint Those? 18:54 No Quarter Required 19:49 […]
Reviews of Nova Luna, Succulent, Vampire Empire, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Featured review: Oceans by North Star Games; Reroll our Party Game Suite. Board game discussion starts at 17:00. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep166.
Let me set the scene: It's a late night at a hotel in Nevada, we're sprawled on the floor around a microphone, and we're flexing our tired hands after three days spent playing so many board games. Coming at you from Dice Tower West, we report on what we've been up to, and all the games we played. Before we're leaving Las Vegas, we talk about Don't Get Got!, Kemet, Master of Respect, and Nova Luna.
03:54 - Don't Get Got! 19:44 - Kemet 25:23 - Master of Respect 30:50 - Rumble Nation 35:07 - A War of Whispers 36:05 - Hearts of AttrAction 42:10 - Nova Luna
Bez Shahriari, designer of Yogi, discusses how to design not just a game but a gaming system that can support lots of different games.
Bez designed a system called the ELL Deck a while back, and we get into everything a designer has to think about when working on a project that’s going to consist of more than one game.
And be sure to check out Bez’s game system, the ELL Deck, on Kicstarter HERE.
It's Kiki in the chair as we play the shiniest episode of all time, but some good things must end.
This game is broken is a comedy hobby board game panel show and we play a lot of nonsense games, with role playing and trivia and other fun stuff which can be found at the links below.