While one of the appeals of following a specific game designer is the comforting familiarity of what they do best, it's also really fun to see them go off the garden path. We're looking at games and mechanics where one of our beloved designers zigged, when they easily could've zagged. Before we go our own way, we talk about Biosphere, The Ratcatcher: The Solo Adventure Game, and Stephenson's Rocket.

Timecodes:

01:46 – Biosphere 10:58 – The Ratcatcher: The Solo Adventure Game 19:10 – Stephenson's Rocket 30:51 – Neilan's at Gen Con! 31:42 – Designers "Zigging" 33:03 – Codenames 33:07 – Pictomania 35:25 – El Grande 35:36 – 6 nimmt! 37:25 – Blood of the Northmen 37:54 – Strasbourg 38:25 – FlowerFall 40:37 – Kitchen Rush 42:19 – Mercado de Lisboa 43:02 – Age of Steam Expansion: Portugal 46:51 – XCOM: The Board Game

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Carol Mertz, senior game designer at Exploding Kittens, gives us a behind the scenes look at the inner workings of a major publisher.

We talk about timelines, working with internal and external designers, pursuing excellent game ideas, how to get a job at Exploding Kittens, and more.

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Christina Rouse, the Pink Peg, joins Jason to chat about board game burnout - what is it, what does it feel like, how it affects different folks in our community, and what we can do about it. 0:00 Intro 3:23 Everyone's Burnout 16:58 Gamer Burnout 34:27 Content Creator Burnout 56:34 Strategies for Burnout Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/shelfstories __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/onestopcoopshop 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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Awww yeah, the gang is back in action for another bananas episode of The Secret Cabal! Today the Founders chat about the games they've been playing including DinoGenics: Controlled Chaos, Paleo, Soldiers in Postmen’s Uniforms, Ankh: Gods of Egypt, Seastead and Chronicles of Crime 1400. Then Don and Jamie dive into a feature review of the classic Vlaada Chvátil game, Through The Ages: A New Story of Civilization from CGE. Then Tony T, as always, wows us with the best gaming news there is to hear, and the gang wraps up the show with another Short Topic Extravaganza with topics including is it okay to turn down designers when they ask you to playtest? Do you like long turns with few rounds or fast turns with tons of rounds? And do we believe in bigfoot and UFOs? Through The Ages Overview 01:12:13, Through The Ages Review 01:16:31, News with Tony T S 01:46:34, Short Topic Extravaganza 02:48:21

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Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris

Thank you to: Peter S, Carl S, Jon S, and Brandon B

Announcements, News and Twitter

SLEX Swag Shipped 9/14!

Ashley Taylor's medium post https://medium.com/@ashrtaylor13/speaking-up-to-protect-others-73f152bcb772

Brad has some sportball contests going on

Random Review Redo

ALEP: Fire on the Eastement announcement

Top 4 and Bottom 3 of the Lord of the Rings Saga boxes

The gang will play 'Scouring of the Shire' Friday, 9/17 in the evening.

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

The Single Core progression series continues with The Agmar Awakens cycle.

AMAs

Farewells

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We have seen the future, and it is now. We have fired up our Netscape Navigator, and interfaced the hypertext protocol over at Geocities, and made us our very own webzone. Maybe soon we'll be able to set up an FTP server for our episodes. We will register on every web ring we can find, whether it's about Sailor Moon or Tamagotchi or Neopets. So go tell your Usenet groups to head on over to sowronggames.com!

Games Played Last Week:
01:14 -Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef (Tim Eisner & Ben Eisner, Druid City Games, 2020)
03:51 -Cascadia (Randy Flynn, Flatout Games, 2021)
07:54 -Yokohama (Hisashi Hayashi, Tasty Minstrel Games, 2016)
08:27 -So Clover! (François Romain, Repos Production, 2021)
10:27 -Codenames (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2015)
12:33 -Equinox (Reiner Knizia, Plan B Games, 2021)
12:58 -Ankh: Gods of Egypt (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2021)
17:25 -Quest (Don Eskridge, Indie Boards & Cards, 2021)
20:38 -Atelier: The Painter's Studio (Uncredited, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2019)
23:23 -Warp's Edge (Scott Almes, Renegade Game Studios, 2020)
27:38 -Muse (Jordan Sorenson, 999 Games, 2017)
30:39 -Hellboy: The Board Game (James M. Hewitt & Sophie Williams, Mantic Games, 2019)
34:08 -Kabuto Sumo (Tony Miller, BoardGameTables.com, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
36:05 Fundraiser on Twitch for Food Banks Canada! October 2nd at 3 PM EST.
36:40 Mille Fiori from Reiner Knizia
37:33 Air, Land & Sea: Critters at War
38:11 Warpgate expansion incoming
38:31 One Deck Galaxy on KS
39:04 KeyForge on hold; algorithm busted
40:06 Duel of Ages pseudo-sequel: Worldspanner Factions
40:47 Statement on The Gaming Goat's online toxicity

42:21 Feature Game: Anno 1800 (Martin Wallace, KOSMOS, 2020)

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In today's episode, Suzanne and Mandi discuss Tiny Library, Semiramis, Sleeping Gods, 60 Second City, Whirling Witchcraft, and K3. The Game Pie of the day is Nautical games!

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

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In Embarcadero, players step into the shoes of of a savvy business mogul to claim derelict ships and construct buildings, seeking their fortune. Who will emerge as a city leader and ruler of the bustling waterfront?

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Episode 138: Special guest: Carl van Ostrand! Plus Pampero, Spirit Island: Jagged Earth, Cartographers Heroes, Meadow, Tzolk’in

Topic of the Pod: (01:55) Carl van Ostrand

Sizzling Games: (44:19) Pampero, Spirit Island: Jagged Earth, Cartographers Heroes, Meadow, Tzolk’in

Braket Battle: (1:23:49) Lords of Waterdeep v Space Base

Swear an Oath: (01:31:47)

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The newly minted Cathal Fogartach has some dramatic encounters.

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Reviews of The Loop, Alien: Fate of the Nostromo, Kim Joy's Magic Bakery and so much more. Featured review: Red Rising by Stonemaier Games; Reroll Vindication by Orange Nebula. Board game discussion starts at 32:22. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep203.Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and AEG. Timestamps:
32:22 - Alien: Fate of the Nostromo; 37:45 - Kim Joy's Magic Bakery; 47:43 - Codex Naturalis; 54:13- The Loop; 1:24:22- Red Rising Deep Dive

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Shelley and I head to ancient Babylon to build the hanging gardens in 2007's

Amyitis by Cyril Demaegd from Rio Grande and Ystari

then we head north to the Pacific Northwest to build lands and populate them with animals in

Cascadia by Randy Flynn from AEG and Flatout Games

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Finally, after one year in lockdown, Jason and his home group were able to get together in person (fully vaccinated) and play the entirety of Pandemic Legacy, Season Zero! This podcast will introduce the basic game for the first few minutes. Then we jump in after certain markers to debrief about the game without major spoilers (maybe some minor ones referencing only gameplay elements). __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/onestopcoopshop 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 this resplendent 154th episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Ava and Tom are going to be talking about a whole bouquet of different games! Tune in for some thoughts on the gently charming LUNA Capital, and Ava’s segment on ‘games what were one thing but are now a different thing’ - where we’ll be talking about Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition and Lost Cities: Roll and Write, as well as their respective parents.

Have a lovely weekend, folks!

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Episode 137: On Tour, The Night Cage, The Red Cathedral

Sizzling Games: (02:08) On Tour, The Night Cage, The Red Cathedral

Topic of the Pod: (37:29) Blinging up Games

The Roast: (1:08:06)

Swear an Oath: (01:25:54)

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Wok and Roll, Kopi King, and Chope. We then talk about board game expansions and what makes us like or dislike them.

Recent Games: 0:41
Replayability: 14:57
Outro: 35:08

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Wok and Roll: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/319320/wok-and-roll
Kopi King: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312726/kopi-king
Chope: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/286661/chope

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One of the things we love to do, especially if we're playing a game for the first time, is analyse it while we're playing. We're sure this totally isn't annoying for those around us. In particular, we love picking apart little mechanical choices, imagining what the designer's thought process was, and wondering "why is that like that?" Before we get to speculating, we talk about Divinity Derby, Mexica, and Strasbourg.

03:28 - Divinity Derby 11:54 - Hab & Gut 13:22 - Mexica 19:06 - Strasbourg 24:35 - Taj Mahal 30:38 - Why is that mechanic like that? 33:28 - Risk 33:39 - Kemet 34:58 - Scythe 38:57 - Circadians: Chaos Order 39:57 - Tinner's Trail 41:22 - Ankh: Gods of Egypt 42:58 - Rocketmen 45:09 - The Oracle of Delphi

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Today, it’s just me, and I’ve got a word of encouragement for you. Pursuing a creative lifestyle can be incredibly difficult, so I wanted to do an episode to help you stay motivated and inspired.

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Andrew Fischer, one of the lead project managers at Fantasy Flight Games for the new Descent, joins Jason to discuss various topics about the new game. 0:00 Intro 2:46 Descent Third Edition? 9:20 A Deluxified Experience 28:46 3D Terrain 36:10 Art 39:34 Digital Integration 1:04:32 Scenario Design 1:14:25 Characters 1:18:30 Conclusion and Outro Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/shelfstories __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/onestopcoopshop 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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