In this episode, Tom takes a look at games Eric has already played, and Eric delves a bit more into Escape Room games. Geoff talks about exponents, and we end the show talking about our favorite games that start with the letter "N". Finally, we have a very special interview with Jen, who talks about grief, Kickstarter shipments, and more!
Isolation gaming continues, so we turn our lonely eyes to gaming alone--an endeavour that predates plague-induced solitude, but is certainly thriving now. Many a gamer is experimenting with those (increasingly frequent) variants for the first time. We understand--any port in a storm. Let us game alone together.
Games Played Last Week: -Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North 3m32s (Joanna Kijanka & Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal Games, 2019) -The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine 8m43s (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2019) -The Fox in the Forest Duet 16m52s (Foxtrot Games, Foxtrot Games, 2020) -The Quiet Year 18m20s (Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony, 2013) -Radiant: Offline Battle Arena 22m57s (Jack Murray, Heel Turn Games, 2019) -Hansa Teutonica 24m23s (Andreas Steding, Argentum Verlag, 2009) -Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire 26m51s (David Sanders, Games Workshop, 2017) -The Quest for El Dorado: The Golden Temples 30m31s (Reiner Knizia, Ravensburger, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -My Little Scythe: Pie in the Sky 33m18s -Ascension Tactics 34m14s -Frosthaven 36m52s -Ankh: Gods of Egypt 40m24s -They Live 41m41s
00:44 Intro08:11 Playing Games Online11:20 Take Time for yourself13:30 Playing Games Online again21:15 Wonder Woman Challenge of the Amazons 48:40 The Broken Token29:55 Half Truth39:10 Scurry Report – Convention Thoughts54:10 SR: […]
This weeks guest is the designer of Pandemic, Matt Leacock. We talk about coop games, being a voice of the pandemic and hitting number one...but which games did he choose? Telestrations Yellow and Yangtze Decrypto The Quest of El Dorado Magic Maze
Reviews of Cosmic Colonies, 100% Beef Showdown, Aftershock: San Francisco and Venice. Featured review: Cooper Island by Capstone; Reroll Teotihuacan by Board&Dice. Board game discussion starts at 26:09. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep168.
Timestamps: 00:26:09 - Aftershock: San Francisco and Venice; 00:36:42 - ShipShape; 00:45:25 - 100% Beef Showdown; 00:51:06 - Winter Kingdom Sponsor Message; 00:5250 - Unlocking Insanity; 01:00:16 - Cosmic Colonies; 01:07:41 - Turn the Tide
Planet is a 3-D magnetic tile laying game. Build new ecosystems to attract more animals to fill your world. This variety episode features an expanded Meal segment as well.
Martin returns to the podcast after five years to talk with me again about the year just passed. This episode we spend less time talking about the raw statistics for our games played, instead having more fun discussing a bunch of "best of" categories for the past year. Best artwork, party game, component, 2-player game, and so on. Fun to reflect on the past year in that way, and there's a special follow-along/participation geeklist for you all to use, as well. -Mark
To make it through quarantine, we take another look at digital games in a time when it might just be our only option. We've got to get our board game fill somehow! We investigate how our relationship to the electronic side of the hobby has changed, and give our recommendations for the many options. Before we plug in, we talk about Remember Our Trip, Castell, and Caylus 1303.
01:58 - Remember Our Trip 08:16 - Castell 14:45 - Pipeline 15:44 - Caylus 1303 18:40 - Caylus 26:18 - Voicemail from Isla 28:57 - Digital games in quarantine 37:30 - Cthulhu Wars 38:12 - Bärenpark 42:29 - BGB Digital Game Night!
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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.
Ignacy Trzewiczek, founder of Portal Games and designer of Robinson Crusoe, discusses his company’s motto: Games that tell stories.
We go in-depth into Ignacy’s design process, talk about his most popular games, and get to the heart of what it looks like to create games that have players leaving the table with a story to tell.
The Founders are sheltered in place, but the Secret Cabal will go on! Today we talk about some awesome games including Everdell Pearlbrook, Doctor Who Time of the Daleks, Europe Divided, Arkham Noir, Funkoverse, Monumental and Chronicles of Crime: Noir. Then we give you a feature review of Viticulture Essentials Edition from Stonemaier Games and look back at Vindication, Shadows of Brimstone and Wendake. Then after Tony T enlightens you with all the most important news items from around the board gaming world, we host a discussion about how to continue gaming even though you're stuck in your house during quarantine. Viticulture Overview 00:57:41, Viticulture Review 01:00:43, Vindication Look Back 01:29:25, Shadows of Brimstone Look Back 01:33:25, Wendake Look Back 01:39:11, News with Tony T 01:44:29, Living without a Game Group 02:29:09
Surprising almost no one, in this episode, we get to introduce Paula Deming as the new permanent member of the team! Also Matthew hosts... which is less shocking, if we are honest.
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.