In this industrious 148th episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Quinns and Tom are jumping into two varyingly bleak economic games. The Cost is an asbestos-mining infrastruct-em-up with a beige board and some bleak commentary, while Arkwright: The Card Game takes Arkwright’s cutlery manufacturing to a more compact place.

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Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris

Thank you to: Robert F, Jesse B, Rymbeau R, Griff B

Announcements, News and Twitter

SLEX Swag reveal happening on our socials Saturday Aug 7, 1330 EDT

Scour. This is happening!

Announcing DragnCard (buh-bye Octgn...not really gone, but why use it when this awesomeness exists!)

Random Review Redux Part Three-do: Let the Discord decide. Who gets some respect?

Contest: https://forms.gle/4CZUQmSMguixnFHx8

ALEP: The first AP is here, The Aldburg Plot

You can watch Jon read a magazine on our YouTube Channel.

AMAs

Farewells

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Episode 123: Marvel Champions: Galaxy’s Most Wanted, Too Many Bones: Undertow, Smartphone Inc. 1.1 Update

 

Sizzling Games: (02:53) Marvel Champions: Galaxy’s Most Wanted, Too Many Bones: Undertow, Smartphone Inc. 1.1 Update

Topic of the Pod: (50:44) 5 games to start again

The Roast (1:15:01)

Swear an Oath: (1:42:03)

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Martin Wallace, titan of industry, man of steam and brass. He's made a lot of games, often involving trains, but sometimes also Cthulhu. We do a deep dive into the prolific designer's catalogue, in the next in the series that Mark (and nobody else) is calling BGB DOG. Before we put him in our pocket, we talk about Throne and the Grail, Race for the Galaxy, Dinogenics, and On Mars.

02:21 - Throne and the Grail 05:56 - Race for the Galaxy 09:19 - Lost Ruins of Arnak 11:19 - DinoGenics 18:19 - On Mars 26:44 - Martin Wallace 32:17 - Brass: Lancashire 34:29 - Brass: Birmingham 37:44 - Railways of the World 42:15 - Via Nebula 44:15 - Wildlands 45:58 - Age of Industry 46:51 - Nanty Narking 46:51 - Discworld: Ankh-Morpork 51:36 - A Study in Emerald (Second Edition) 53:43 - Hit Z Road 54:55 - Anno 1800 56:10 - Liberté

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Anthony Howgego, developer at Osprey Games, what goes into developing a game and nearly everything else surrounding development.

We talk about taking games from good to great, how to work with a developer effectively, how to become a developer, and more.

The post Developing Games and Working with Developers with Anthony Howgego appeared first on Board Game Design Lab.

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Tanya Pobuda, social scientist extraordinaire, joins Jason to break down current board gaming demographics - who is playing vs. who is making the games, what our box covers look like, and much more. Every discussion of inclusion and diversity should be grounded in hard data, which we discuss here. Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/shelfstories __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

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Hey Now Gang and welcome back to another wild and crazy episode of The Secret Cabal! Today the gang flies into action talking about a bunch of great games they've been playing including The Goonies: Never Say Die, Paranormal Detectives, Crimes in History: H.H. Holmes Murder Castle, Juicy Fruits, Azul and Zoinx! Then For the first time in 235 episodes, Jamie IS NOT included in the review segment, and we get Don and Steve taking a look at Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage Game by Jay Cormier and Sen-Foong Lim. The, because Tony T is galivanting across the United States on a month-long road trip, Steve takes control of the news desk and gives us every bit of great tabletop gaming news he can. Then the gang talks about board games that really nail their theme! Mind MGMT Overview 00:57:17, Mind MGMT Review 01:00:36, News with Steve S 01:26:40, Nailing a Board Game Theme 02:14:38

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With Mark out of town, we peek behind the curtain here at SVWAG, offering you insights from the seldom-heard support staff that make this show possible. Walker seems liberated from his overbearing colleague, while others are coping with loss in their own way.

Games Played Last Week:
00:40 -Shards of Infinity (Gary Arant & Justin Gary, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2018)
01:11 -Spire's End (Greg Favro, Self-Published, 2019)
02:39 -Lords of Hellas (Awam Kwapinski, Awaken Realms, 2018)
04:04 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
05:07 SVWAG HQ after Mark's disappearance
06:24 Dune Imperium expands
06:48 Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition launch issues
08:13 On Mars expands
08:42 Machi Koro 2
09:17 Artisans of Splendent Vale

09:46 Topic: Can a Game Be Bad?

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In this episode we discuss Dream Crush, Wok and Roll, Four Gardens, Lost Cities Roll and Write, Adventure Mart, and Super Mega Lucky Box! And today's Game Pie is full of Team Games (mostly.)

Support for The Dice Tower comes from TheOp.games and GameNerdz.com

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Episode 122: Special Guest - Simone Luciani! Plus Cloudspire, Dune Imperium, Unsettled

 

Topic of the Pod: (02:05) Simone Luciani

Sizzling Games: (55:45) Cloudspire, Dune Imperium, Unsettled

Board Game BBQ Bracket Battle 2.0 Update (1:20:51)

Swear an Oath: (1:27:41)

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Hello cheese fans! Hope you brought your cheese along cause it's about to get stinky! Join us in this heatwave for another episode of the NPI Podcast where we'll indulge you in some board game talk. On today's episode we discuss: Summoner Wars ( 05:33 ) Khora: Rise of an Empire ( 22:17 ) Kemet: Blood and Sand ( 48:05 ) If you enjoyed this episode and want to find more, you should definitely visit our podcast home - https://nopunincluded.com/podcast

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This week's guest is three time Spiel des Jahres winner and legend of the gaming world, Bruno Cathala. We talk about being a gourmand, losing his job and his many successful collaborations...but which games did he choose?   Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/5g4d   Schotten Totten: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/372/schotten-totten Gyges: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10527/gyges Magic the Gathering: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-gathering Ave Cesar: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/154677/ave-cesar Hanafuda: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5451/hanafuda    

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Shelley and I check out a "new to us" game from BGG's store:

Legacy - The Testament of Duke de Crecy by Michiel Justin Elliott Hendriks from Portal Games, IELLO and Pegasus Spiele

then we do a re-review of another Feldian classic

In The Year of the Dragon by Stefan Feld from alea, Ravensburger, and Rio Grande Games

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In this exceedingly 147th episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Ava and Tom are talking about two games that couldn’t be more different! We’re getting trapped in a ‘bullet hell’ in Level 99 Games’ Bullet♥, and Ava trapped a bunch of her friends in a kind of ‘Pork Hell’ in TEETH: Night of the Hogmen!

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Episode 121: Fleet the Dice Game, My First Stone Age the Card Game and My First Stone Age, Atlantis Rising, Cascadia

 

Sizzling Games: (02:55) Fleet the Dice Game, My First Stone Age the Card Game and My First Stone Age, Atlantis Rising, Cascadia

Topic of the Pod: (01:00:13) Games that replace other games

Board Game BBQ Bracket Battle 2.0 Update (1:15:09) Ganz Schon Clever v Raiders of the North Sea

Swear an Oath: (1:39:41)

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Escape from the Science Lab of Shifting Rules, Escape from the Two Base Stations, Escape from Lockdown: The Demon Fortress, Webscapade Season 0: Welcome to Argenia, and Nidavellir. We then list off our top 5 favorite polyomino board games!

Announcements: 0:43
Recent Games: 1:38
Top 5 Polyomino Games: 16:12
Outro: 32:20
Bloopers: 33:15

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Escape from the Two Base Stations: https://realescapegame.jp/events/escape-from-the-two-base-stations.html
Escape from Lockdown: The Demon Fortress: https://realescapegame.jp/events/escape-from-the-lockdown-the-demon-fortress.html
Webscapade Season 0: Welcome to Argenia: https://webscapade.com/Home/Adventures
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If you thought the Euro 2020 final was tense, wait until you listen to this episode. The next match in the world's most anticipated series is now here, as we continue down the BoardGameGeek top games list, drafting a collection of five games. Whose do you think is best? Vote to stand a chance to win a $50 gift card! Before we make like snakes, we talk about Chinatown, Curious Cargo, and Mercado de Lisboa.

02:14 - Chinatown 10:00 - Curious Cargo 16:44 - Mercado de Lisboa 24:45 - Drafting BGG's #101-200 28:32 - Hansa Teutonica 30:34 - Inis 31:56 - Cosmic Encounter 32:30 - Splendor 34:41 - Pandemic 37:20 - Kemet 39:37 - Ra 41:36 - Age of Steam 44:59 - Chaos in the Old World 46:15 - Dominion 47:24 - Res Arcana 50:01 - Yokohama 51:12 - Deception: Murder in Hong Kong 53:44 - Vinhos Deluxe Edition 57:02 - The Resistance: Avalon

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Dave Beck, designer of Distilled, talks about improving games through experiential graphic design.

Dave did a TON of research for his latest game, hired experts, and dove as deeply into the theme as he could. So, he’s got a lot of advice for anyone wanting to make a super thematic game.

And be sure to check out Dave’s game, Distilled, on Kickstarter HERE.

The post How to Make a Super Thematic Game and Do Research with Dave Beck appeared first on Board Game Design Lab.

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Dan Thurot the Space-Biff returns to the show to continue our critical reflection of what we are doing as board gaming media and content creators. In this episode, we take a deeper look at board game previews. We all know the epithets - hype train, cult of the new, etc. Yet, Dan and I both engage in preview content. We examine our approach and our desire to maintain healthy relationships with ourselves, publishers, and our audience. Dan's blog - www.spacebiff.com Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

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In episode 52, the gang starts out be discussing what they're going to do during the summer months with vacations and other travel interferes with the gaming schedule. Then the Lords take a couple of questions from listeners including running games with little knowledge of the setting and what RPGs would NOT like to run or play in. Then the group rounds out the episode by talking about high vs low complexity role playing game systems.

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