Reviews of Wormholes, First Class, Shiver me Timbers and so many more. Featured review: The Castles of Tuscany by Alea; Reroll Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition by Stronghold Games. Board game discussion starts at 32:31. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep225.
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Timestamps:
32:31 - Wormholes; 42:05 - Shiver Me Timbers;53:08 - First Class; 59:00- Illimat
Openers: Root, My Gold Mine, and LAMA DicePlease join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. The Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres awards were announced last month. Congratulations to the designers and publishers of Cascadia and Living Forest. These are still the awards with the most worldwide influence and importance, despite coming from just one corner of it--Germany. However, in this episode I'm not talking very much about those recent winners. Instead, my friend and frequent podcast guest Greg Pettit joins me on the mic to talk about the previous ten years of winners. If these awards are as big of a deal as I say, then shouldn't the winners from the previous decade still be popular & relevant? Still on the table in our game groups? Let's talk about that. The yardstick to compare them against is Catan. Actually, you can add [thing=9209]Ticket to Ride[/ticket], too. Both of those games won the Spiel des Jahres many years ago. We'll be coming to the 30th anniversary of Catan in just a few more years, and Ticket To Ride is approaching its 20th anniversary. In a hobby that bemoans the short shelf life of new titles, these two continue to be everywhere. If you run into a new person at school or work that has played "our games," there's a good chance they've played Catan and Ticket To Ride. THAT'S influence & importance. Do any of the latest decade's Spiel des Jahres winners have that kind of impact? I'm not sure if any of them do, though a few may have some staying power. Greg & I talk about that, combining our own opinions & observations with "data" from BGG Rankings and what's on mass market retail shelves at Target or Barnes & Noble. In the US (and maybe Canada?) those are a good litmus test of staying power with the larger public of game-players. The Kennerspiel winners are a little different. Whether these are more for "gamers" or not is up for debate. Here the BGG ranking is probably a better measure. Interestingly enough, the SdJ's have a more constant "decay" in their popularity and ranking, while the Kenners have more highs & lows: titles that have done a better job sticking around, and others that are dropping off. The nature of this award has been shifting, too. I hope you enjoy the discussion.
Closers: Greg says games need to be introduced & taught more than simply given as gifts. Then Mark mentions the enduring power of Dungeons & Dragons. Somehow they both talk about giving games away. -Mark
This week Shelley and I get an oldie but goodie to the table playing
Expedition or Expedition Famous Explorers (along with a couple of other names) by Wolfgang Kramer from Ravensburger, Queen Games and 8th Summit among others.
then we try out a brand new title from the designer best known for Carcassonne
Fire & Stone by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede from Pegasus Spiele
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Sorry for the less than stellar quality if the sound on this (and next week's) podcasts. I forgot to plug the recorder into the miser properly, hence the echo-y sound quality. I hope the content is still worth your time.
In this spooooooky episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are talking about just one game! It's the successor-sequel to Hostage Negotiator; FINAL GIRL! Will they get away from the killer? Will they be ‘stabbed a bit’? Find out NOW.
In this episode of the 5G4D News Ben and Steve talk a load of old tosh but we have an exclusive interview with Martin Wallace on his new game and his new company! Support the show here
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including The One Ring RPG and Paint the Roses. We then talk about some good etiquette you can have while gaming, hosting, or attending a game night. And then Crystal revives the etymology segment with the origin of the word 'Etiquette'!
Announcements: 0:47
Recent Games: 2:55
Game Etiquette: 18:41
Board Game Etymology - 'Etiquette': 28:45
Outro: 29:58
Bloopers: 30:53
This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'GFGBLITZ2022' for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/
Gen Con is a week away! We're headed to Indianapolis (hope to see you there!) but before we do, we're looking down the preview list to get ourselves hyped. These are our five games we're each most excited to see at the show! Before we go Indy, we talk about Vabanque, Orongo, and Blood on the Clocktower.
02:06 - Vabanque 07:25 - Orongo 15:12 - Blood on the Clocktower 23:49 - Our most anticipated Gen Con 2022 games 25:50 - San Francisco 27:07 - Diamond Dig 28:28 - Turing Machine 29:55 - Weirdwood Manor 31:02 - Deal with the Devil 33:00 - Last Light 34:30 - Starship Captains 35:22 - Framework 36:49 - ??? 37:04 - Time of Empires 38:38 - Green Team Wins 40:58 - Catherine: The Cities of the Tsarina 41:53 - The Shadow Planet: The Board Game 43:30 - Cat in the Box 45:30 - Autobahn
Famed game designer Bruno Faidutti joins the show for a civil discussion about our different perspectives as gamers and game creators. We discuss the differences between American and European tastes and sensibilities, how things have changes over the years, and how different gamers get different messages when they engage with a game on the table. This was a wide ranging and interesting conversation between two people who don't see the world in quite the same way, but who were able to find some common ground. I hope this serves as a model for similar types of conversations in our hobby moving forward.
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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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It's Episode 9 and there is a new first player in town!!! Davey takes the token and dedicates an episode all about the conversion of video games into tabletop board games. Are they generally good, bad or ugly, lets find out.
FIRST PLAYER: Davey OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Tambo
OVERVIEW In this episode our new "First Player" Davey takes control of the show to talk all about the development of video games into board games. The bleep machine is on standby. In this episode you'll learn:
- Will JP ever stop buying Chip Theory Games, I think we know the answer - About how Tambo got shanked on his last turn in Nemesis Lockdown - What games we think have had good conversions from the video game world - Which video games adaptations we own in our collection - What other IP's have translated across - About our biggest board game surprise and disappointments
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:37 - An update from our sponsors (well JP) 3:27 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 4:07 - JP - Burncycle 9:22 - Tambo Nemesis Lockdown 14:36 - Davey - Bitoku 17:43 - TURN 3 - The Cardboard Arcade 20:41 - Boardgames are more accessible now 23:04 - Good conversions - Civilization 26:02 - Good conversions - Doom 28:05 - Not so good conversions - Fallout 31:01 - Big IP's coming - Cyberpunk: Gangs of Night City 36:13 - Big IP's coming - Darkest Dungeon 39:23 - What video game adaptations do we own? 44:36 - What other notable mentions of games are there? 48:32 - They are crossing over more and more 49:56 - TURN 4 - Question Time: Biggest surprise & disappointment 57:02 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 57:22 - Davey - Barrage 58:55 - Tambo - Perseverance Chronicle Mode 1:00:23 - JP - Kanban EV 1:02:02 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
Much talk of animals this week, what with wombats and mass animal harvesting in Stroganov. Mark's experience was that despite covering many hot-button issues in his medical ethics classes, the one that invariably produced the most voluble emotional responses was that of medical testing on animals. Pit Bull owners, in particular; despite there being no medical testing of the type discussed on Pit Bulls. Go figure.
Games Played Last Week: 01:03 -San Francisco (Reiner Knizia, Rebel Studio, 2022) 04:44 -Ca$h 'n Guns: Second Edition (Ludovic Maublanc, Repos Production, 2014) 06:69 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022) 08:15 -Vengeance (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2018) 10:17 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Undermountain (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Konstantinos Karagiannis, Wizkids, 2021) 12:58 -Dungeons, Dice & Danger (Richard Garfield, alea, 2022) 15:44 -Space Station Phoenix (Gabriel J. Cohn, Rio Grande Games, 2022) 20:09 -The Great Wall (Kamil 'Sanex' Cieśla, Robert Plesowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms, 2021) 23:08 -Hand-to-Hand Wombat (Matthew Inman, Elan Lee, & Cory O'Brien, Exploding Kittens, 2022) 26:38 -Transmissions (Adam West, CrossCut Games, 2022) 27:54 -Legacy of Dragonholt (Nikki Valens with Daniel Clark, Tim Flanders, Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda, & Greg Spyridis, FFG, 2017)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 32:06 SVWAG at the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo: SHUX! September 30 - October 2 32:30 SVWAG back on YouTube: Video review of Stars of Akarios' Prelude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXJrOXhZz0E 32:42 Gordon Calleja's Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan 33:33 Undaunted: Battle of Britain 34:37 Ascending Empires: Zenith edition 2023 WizKids 35:48 Hickory Dickory 36:20 Spirit Island: New Horizons Target-exclusive 38:42 CMON's Dune: War for Arrakis
39:20 Feature Game: Stroganov (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2021)
Join Dan, Mitch, Adrian and Def as the crew chalks up episode 200. In Sizzling Games: Dan has been desperately digging dangerous dungeons, Adrian has been creating crazy concoctions and conniving contraptions, Def has been appreciating artwork and acting aloof, and finally Mitch has been selecting sets of stuff for slaying.
In the Board Game Bracket Battle - it's all come down to this: Quacks of Quedlinburg vs Brass: Birmingham. To make sure your favourite goes through to the Grand Final make sure you vote on our socials.
Finally, in Swear An Oath, Dan played On Mars (with the assistance of Ian O'Toole), Mitch beat back the Arkham cultists in Pandemic: Reign of Cthulu, Def is holding back the On Mars Alien Invasion while he waits for Adrian to lend a hand, and Adrian got Star Realms to the table. New oaths include Great Western Trail (Dan), Marvel Dice Throne (Mitch), Undaunted: North Africa (Def), and Hues & Cues (Adrian)
Sizzling Games: Delve (16:15), My Father's Work (27:10), The Gallerist (42:25), Here To Slay (53:52)
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