Today’s episode is a treat because Undaunted: North Africa is just about the cleverest game NPI has put their mits on in a very long time.
NPI News ( 04:40 )
Games We’ve Been Playing ( 06:43 ) - including Forgotten Waters, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, High Rise, Empyreal: Spells & Steam and Sprawlopolis.
Games We’re Looking Forward To ( 36:41 )
Efka Grumps About a Game ( 41:33 ) Plastic inserts
Elaine Says Something Nice About a Game ( 47:25 ) Acquire retooled
Escape Game of the Episode ( 51:46 ) including Unlock: Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Thread Murder from Heroic Adventures
Feature Review - Undaunted: North Africa ( 1:02:33)
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We return, ill-advisedly, to the heavily-mined waters of classification and taxonomy. Mark will put up with it because of his love of Mac Gerdts, and Walker will put up with it because he gets to troll Mark with contrived classifications.
In this episode, we talk about our favorite games that start with the letter "Q". There's more than you think! We also review Tekhenu, Cosmic Encounter Duel, Princes of Florence, Floor Plan, Clank! in! Space! and Spongebob Squarepants FLUXX. Geoff talks about working memory, we discuss how much to teach in a game, and needlessly expensive kickstarter games. Join us for fun talk about board games!
The old adage goes: we always hurt the ones we love.
Sadly, our games are no exception. This week the team share with us the games that they truly love - but might not get to the table as much as they deserve. There are many reasons why gamers might not be able to get their favourite games to the table and so we explore some of those in this episode.
In our Sizzling Games segment we have a special treat for fans of the show - a review from our newest team member, Sarah from Tabletop Sauce. Sarah will join us in person on the next show, but in the meantime, we will have to make do with her review of Tash Kalar. Mike thoroughly enjoyed the "shufflebuilding" game Smash Up, Steve plays Super Fantasy Brawl during the recent Virtual Gaming Con, and Def raises a great question: how do you really pronounce Teotihuacan?
Speaking of differing opinions, we recap the closest Board Game Bracket match-up so far in Mansions of Madness versus Five Tribes, and also Oceans vs Root. Then Def soundly spanks Mike in their Dinosaur Island versus Pandemic Legacy debate. So don't let Mike's pleas for mercy be for nothing - make sure you vote for your favourite on our socials.
In Swear An Oath, Steve crossed Cartographers off his list with the help of the Board Game BBQ crew, while Tiny Towns gets a 24hr reprieve. Mike was pleasantly surprised by the strategic and slippery Counterfeiters, and Def met his oath by playing Brass: Birmingham several times just to be sure. Then new oaths were sworn for K2, Tzolk'in, and Through the Ages.
If you are making your own oaths to play games from your "Shelf of Shame", make sure you share your success with the hashtag #oathfulfilled on Instagram!
Sizzling Games: Tash Kalar (1:58), Smash Up (8:45), Super Fantasy Brawl (16:36), Teotihuacan: City of Gods(22:01)
Topic of the Week: Games We Love (32:27)
Board Game Bracket (55:58)
Swear An Oath (1:12:58)
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Reviews of Roll Player: Adventures, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Detective: Dig Deeper, and many more; Featured review: Nevada City by Rio Grande Games; Reroll Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth by Fantasy Flight Games. Board game discussion starts at 12:15. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep174.
Timestamps:
00:12:15 - Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion ; 00:24:00 - Detective: Signature Series - Dig Deeper; 00:30:44 - Mystic Market; 00:36:32 - A Message from our Sponsor: Queen Games; 00:37:50 - Roll Player: Adventures; 00:50:07 - Gladius; 00:57:15 - First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet; 01:08:23 - News; 01:20:35 - Nevada City; 01:59:44 - Reroll
The King's Dilemma is tells the story a small council of royal advisors over the course of many generations. Every crisis the kingdom faces is yours to navigate. What legacy will you help write - for yourself, your house, and the people of the land?
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This week in our Sizzling Games segment Conor offers up Potion Explosion as a perfect game for young families and adults alike. Jules delves into the world of silkworms with the aptly titled Silk, and Steve just bangs on about Scythe some more... Except this time it's the magnificent expansion The Rise of Fenris, which leads perfectly into the Topic Of The Week: Expansions. The team discuss the pros and cons of expansions, what to look for in an expansion, and share a list of their favourite expansions on the market today.
Find out the winner from the last Board Game Bracket; Nemo's War vs 5 Minute Dungeon; before we set-up not one but two new battles: Oceans vs Root, and Lords of Waterdeep vs A War of Whispers. Jules and Conor come out swinging and take opposing views on these match-ups, so make sure you hit up our socials to get your favourite over the line.
In everyone's beloved segment, Swear An Oath, Jules fulfilled his oath by playing (and loving) Explorers of the North Sea and makes a new oath to take his newly created shelf of shame by playing Taverns of Tiefenthal. Conor enjoyed the nail-biting real-time strategy of Pandemic: Rapid Response, and makes a new oath to play the asymmetric game Skulk Hollow. And lastly, Steve finally got Kemet to the table and bloody loved every minute of it. In Photosynthesis he found that the intricacies of growing trees proves a challenge when playing with younger gamers, but found great delight in the nerdy wordy deck builder Paperback. And even though he still has time up his sleeve to play Cartographers, he also adds Tiny Towns to his oath.
The News: (1:40)
Sizzling Games: Potion Explosion (2:57), Silk (11:04) Scythe: The Rise of Fenris (18:04)
Topic of the Week: Expansions (25:05)
Board Game Bracket: (54:13)
Swear An Oath: (1:14:46)
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We're joined by Richard Simpson of We're Not Wizards, who is definitely not a magician, Victorian or otherwise, to talk about the line between game design and production. Should production values be an integral part of the discussion of a game's merits, or should we learn to separate the two? Before we get productive, we talk about Doughnut Dash, Cities, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, and L.L.A.M.A.
07:25 - Doughnut Dash 17:10 - Cities 21:37 - Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra 31:01 - L.L.A.M.A 35:25 - The Power of Production 35:34 - The Quacks of Quedlinburg 41:35 - The Last of Us Part II 47:15 - GKR: Heavy Hitters 49:24 - Cthulhu Wars 53:33 - Warhammer 40k 55:03 - Castles of Burgundy 55:29 - Container 56:10 - Tang Garden 58:09 - Krazy Wordz 59:23 - Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant Check out We're Not Wizards at: https://werenotwizards.podbean.com
In today's episode, The guy's talk about their recent plays, look back at their review of Wingspan, review Scythe, draft their favorite board game upgrades and give their revised top 10 list of 2019.
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It's Dave in the chair as he takes us the panel through a 5 rounds one of which fully broke Matthew's brain.
This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below.
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Editorial standards are constantly evolving here at SVWAG, and they lately proceed largely from Walker's unilateral declarations. Things get to be pronounced however he wills them. Prior utterances by anyone are rendered immediately obsolete if and when he deigns to acknowledge something. Comparisons are now his exclusive purview. Walker has spoken.
Games Played Last Week: 01:52 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2020) 04:21 -Inhuman Conditions (Tommy Maranges & Cory O'Brien, Web published, 2018) 08:59 -Crazy Tower: Contruction/Sabotage (Alexis Harvey, Félix Leblanc, Manuel-Lucas Bergeron Duhamel, & Mathieu Auger, Synapses Games, 2020) 12:15 -Fantastic Factories (Joseph Z Chen & Justin Faulkner, Metafactory Games, 2019) 14:51 -Fuji Koro: Deluxe (Jerome Demeyere, Game Brewer, 2020) 17:04 -Flick Wars (Shaun Austin & Andrew Tullsen, Breaking Games, 2019) 20:59 -Big City: 20th Anniversary Jumbo Edition! (Franz-Benno Delonge, Mercury Games, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 24:52 Pipeline 2P? Curious Cargo 25:31 Pandemic: Hot Zone PnP 26:28 Starfinder pre-painted minis 27:09 Gloomhaven hits Target 28:33 Sonora: "Flick and Write", again 29:41 More Battleground: Fantasy Warfare 31:13 Games are political: ConsimWorld's myopia [NB: An earlier version of this episode falsely claimed that Cool Mini or Not has been silent on Black Lives Matter. CMON issued a statement of support on June 5th, 2020. We apologize sincerely for the error.]
In this episode we review The Search for Planet X, Woodlands, The Captain is Dead, and Trails of Tucana. We also give first impressions on The Whatnot Cabinet and Deep Vents. A quick trip to Tap That App with Griftlands and then a wrap with Victory Points discussion what board games can learn from video games.
In episode 61 Jamie, Steve, Don and Aaron from Lords of the Dungeon start off by talking about retail therapy and their growing collection of video games. Then the gang jumps into a discussion about Euro Games and Ameritrash games and what we like and dislike about both.
00:00 Intro02:36 Background of Gaming06:00 Video Games with Isaac08:40 Then the Board Games13:09 What sparked the interest15:28 Back to Video Games18:00 The Gloomhaven spark27:19 Time to get educated28:41 Gloomhaven: Jaws […]
On this week's episode of the Board Game BBQ Steve, Adrian and Dan sink their teeth into Card Games. But these are not your parents' card games. You won't find Canasta or 500 here. How about writing a Love Letter to the Princess? Fancy yourself some Exploding Kittens? And who doesn't love a Sushi Go Party? We also pay lip service to Hanabi and The Mind for more card gaming goodness.
The Virtual Gaming Con is this week (June 24th-29th) and the Board Game BBQ is hosting live games across the Con. The team will be online for most of the con during Australian hours so you will be able to find a game or three to jump in on without having to wait until the US or Europe comes online. Search for "Board Game BBQ" and you'll find us all in the game schedule.
Our Sizzling Games this week are Fugitive, Pandemic Legacy: Season 1, and Orleans: and you couldn't get three more different games in a single segment if you tried. Our followers on FaceBook and Instagram have decided another winner in the Board Game Bracket, and this week's match-up is another great battle: Five Tribes vs Mansion of Madness. Adrian and Dan plead their cases for the better game before we throw it over to our listeners to choose.
Swear An Oath this week takes a turn as not one, but two of our hosts fail to fulfill their Oaths. Dan and Steve both failed to complete Terraforming Mars, Kemet, and Photosynthesis, but Adrian gracefully lets them off the hook. Adrian tells of his late-night addiction to Decrypto and then goes about setting Exploding Kittens as his next Oath. Dan adds Stuffed Fables to his list, while Steve doubles down on his oath by adding Cartographers and Paperback.
**FUGITIVE ONLINE**
Fugitive by Tim Fowers is now online! Currently in beta, you can join in the fun here: https://www.fowers.net/games/fugitive/
Tim is also looking for feedback, so when you sign-up to play make sure you register for his discord channel. The discord has a Looking For Game (LFG) channel, and Tim is very active on the discord so you can chat with the creator himself.
**Virtual Gaming Con 2020**
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**Events Schedule**
Keep an eye on the Event Schedule for all of the games, panels, and discussions that will be available to join. The team will all have Board Game BBQ in their title so you can find us, or check out the schedule for all of the other amazing games that you can take part in.
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