Meeplefest is BACK! After two years away, Shelley and I once again convene the roundtable discussion. In part 1 we discuss the effects of COVID on our gaming and begin a discussion of game design and publishing as well. Joining us on this episode and next week's are

Matt Leacock - Pandemic, Pandemic Legacy, Daybreak, Era: Medieval Age, Forbidden Island, Roll Through The Ages, Thunderbirds

Joe Huber - Blue Skies, Caravan, Scream Machine, Starship Merchants, Burger Joint

Simon Hunt - Pick & Pack, Take Stock

Scott Caputo - Whistle Stop, Whistle Mountain, Sorcerer City, The One Hundred Torii, Kachina, Voluspa

Kris Hunt

Greg Zamira

and others

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The big Saturday and Ben speaks to the head honcho!

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As the fatigue sets in Ben and Steve brave the halls once more and bump into a whole raft of characters from the board game world.

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Ben and Steve embark on the first day of the con and speak to a load of people.

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Pocket Book Adventures, The Mysterious Case of Dancing Mania, Connected Clues, and Gutenberg. We then talk about what "gateway games" are and some games we like using to show people what's out there in the board gaming hobby! And finally, Crystal goes over the etymology of the word 'Clue.'

Announcements: 0:49
Recent Games: 1:28
Gateway Games: 15:54
Board Game Etymology - 'Clue': 30:53
Outro: 32:59
Bloopers: 33:55

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The Mysterious Case of Dancing Mania: https://www.wackywheels.nl/escape-games/products/?edition=MG0008&variant=printed
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We're at SHUX! Well, we were, and while we were there, we tricked Tom Brewster of Shut Up & Sit Down to take time away from his busy schedule to join us on stage. This episode was recorded live, and we talk about games that are in some ways, a little bit weird. Before things get odd, we talk about Dungeons, Dice & Danger, Fun Facts, Turncoats, and Flick Fleck.

03:52 - Dungeons, Dice & Danger 09:07 - Fun Facts 15:03 - Turncoats 20:58 - Flick Fleck 27:39 - Weird games 28:36 - Mord im Arosa 31:03 - Nyctophobia 31:26 - Tajuto 34:21 - The Field of the Cloth of Gold 36:01 - Cosmic Frog 36:58 - Turing Machine 40:45 - Chaosmos 42:50 - XCOM: The Board Game 43:52 - Now Boarding 44:39 - Flowerfall 45:30 - Who Soiled the Toilet?

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Ben and Steve descend on the west German town of Essen to experience Spiel 2022. Featuring the great and good.

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The Founders are back with another jam-packed episode and this one has some crazy stuff going on so BEWARE! The gang starts out by talking about some awesome games including Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood, Glow, Exit: The Sinister Mansion, Lunar Rush, Cry Havoc, Agricola and My Father’s Work. Then Don, Steve and Jamie jump into a feature review of Witchstone. Tony T goes bananas with his news segment, and this is where all the insanity starts due to a controversy in the Chess world. Then finally the gang talks about beer and pretzel games, games we would have loved when we were in 7th grade, and things that turn us off about games in our Short Topic Extravaganza. Witchstone Overview 01:13:47, Witchstone Review 01:17:19, News with Tony T 01:40:01, Short Topic Extravaganza 02:33:42

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Jason takes a step back from difficult topics to speak about the positive values that animate his cultural advocacy. 0:00 Intro 2:41 1 - No Gamer Left Behind 8:31 2 - Affirm Diversity 12:48 3 - Cultivate Positive Contributions From All. 17:22 - Interlude 18:00 4 - Don't Give Up 21:15 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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Becky returns for another deep dive discussion all about games which stand the test of time and keep us coming back for more, and why that's the case.

FIRST PLAYER: Becky
OTHER PLAYERS: Kerley, JP & Ian

OVERVIEW
This week's episode is all about games which stand the test of time. Whether they already have, or in our opinion, are still going to be going strong in 10 years. We talk about some of our favourites that fit this category and, more importantly, why that's the case.  In this episode you'll learn:

- How you can't build industry without sausages in a game of Anno 1800.
- Kerley's excitement of retelling the epic moments of nuking Davey in Civilization 2010 edition.
- That Ian still hasn't played much, and really should sort this out if he wants to continue the podcast.
- What makes games call us back for more.
- What are some of our favourite games that stand the test of time and why
- Why do some of us crowdfund and some of us don't, in the question of the week

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:05 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:21 - JP - Anno 1800
7:41 - Kerley - Civilization 2010
13:46 - Becky - Bärenpark
18:16 - Ian - Dreaming about playing Netrunner
22:56 - TURN 3 - Games that stand the test of time
23:35 - What do we think makes games that want to call you back time and time again?
30:04 - The retention of rules helps games to have that status of standing the test of time
34:17 - Group consistency supports games to stand the test of time
36:58 - What other games do we personally feel stand the test of time?
52:12 - TURN 4 - Question Time: Do we routinely back crowdfunding projects and if not, why not?
1:04:05 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:04:17 - JP - Inis
1:06:39 - Kerley - Northgard & Carnegie
1:08:56 - Ian - Netrunner & Ark Nova
1:10:33 - Becky - Astra
1:13:41 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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In this episode Mitch, Adrian and Jules chat about some of their boardgame adjacent hobbies, the new Twilight Inscription, as well as Scout, Quarto and Flamecraft. In Sizzling Games, Adrian bolsters Barrage with a brand new board, Mitch leads a brave band of brothers at the Battle of the Bulge, and Jules is building a backstory for a beloved boardgame.

We also recap last week's Question of the Pod: What was your gateway game that got you into this hobby? Thanks to everyone who contributed and shared their photos with us on Discord and the Facebook Community.

Finally, in Swear An Oath, Mitch played Lanzerath Ridge, Adrian is looking forward to playing Pampero at PAX, and Jules is looking forward to playing Chaos Order. New oaths include Brian Boru (Jules), Cuba Libre (Mitch), and playing games at PAX!!!

 

Question of the Pod: What is your favourite Hidden Gem game?

 

Sizzling Games: Barrage: The Nile Expansion (29:30), Lanzerath Ridge (39:30), Fall of the Mountain King (51:10)

Question of the Pod Recap: (59:05)

Swear An Oath: (1:16:02)

 

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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

Twilight Inscription (2022) 

Scout (2019) 

Resist! (2022) 

Caesar! (2022) 

The Estates (2018) 

Quarto (1991) 

Barrage (2019) 

Flamecraft (2022) 

Barrage: The Nile Affair (2022) 

Lanzerath Ridge (2022) 

Fall of the Mountain King (2022) 

Condottiere (1995) 

Mottainai (2015) 

Black Rose Wars (2019) 

Lords of Scotland (2010) 

Pampero (2023) 

Circadians: Chaos Order (2022) 

Brian Boru: high King of Ireland (2021) 

 

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This weeks guest is the designer of Carcassonne, Klaus-Jürgen Wrede. We talk about faith, teaching and millions of people playing your game...but which games did he choose?

Blood Bowl

Tawantinsuyu

Maracaibo

Ultimate Railroads

Blanco Game

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This week Peter and Mike talk about Stars of Akarios and have a discussion about whether every game needs to be compared to Gloomhaven. _________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg YouTube(streamed) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@one_stop_coop_shop Podcast - @onestopcoopshop Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Merch: https://one-stop-co-op-shop.creator-spring.com/ Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

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Shelley and I dip our toes once again into the Essen Wantlist this week, but start by looking at another recent Kickstarter arrival

The Gardens by Matthew Dunstan and Brett J. Gilbert from Grail Games

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Here's the list of Essen games discussed:

Evergreen (Horrible Guild)

The Great Split (Horrible Guild)

Make It Happen (Indie Boards & Cards)

Galenus (Ion Game Design)

Discordia (Irongames)

HITSTER (Jumbo)

Expedition (Korea Boardgames Co.)

Nirvana (Korea Boardgames Co.)

Targi: Die Bonus-Box (KOSMOS)

Nimalia (La Boite de Jeu)

Tribes of the Wind (La Boite de Jeu)

Atiwa (Lookout Games)

1998 ISS (Looping Games)

Fantasy Pub 2nd Ed (Looping Games)

Precognition (Ludonaute)

Air Mail (Ludonova)

Sabika (Ludonova)

Deities (Mandoo Games)

Evora (MEBO Games)

YIMBY (Mondainai)

Maui (Next Move Games)

Town 66 (Oink Games)

The Master Builders of Cologne (Ornament Games)

Village Rails (Osprey Games)

The Wolves (Pandasaurus Games)

80 Days (Piatnik)

Eleven: Football Manager Board Game (Portal Games)

Flowar (Ediciones Primigenio)

Moesteiro (Pythagoras)

Pessoa (Pythagoras)

Quinto Imperio II (Pythagoras)

Future Energy (Queen Games)

Helsinki (Queen Games)

Powerline (Queen Games)

Keydom's Dragons (R&D Games)

Dom Pierre (R&R Games)

Chronicles of Avel (Rebel Studio)

Meadow: Downstream Expansion (Rebel Studio)

San Francisco (Rebel Studio)

Take a Seat (Salt & Pepper Games)

Clever 4 Ever (Schmidt Spiele)

Virtu (Strohmann Games)

Dulce (Stronghold Games)

Amalfi: Renaissance (Sylex)

Clockworker (Sylex)

Colorado (Sylex)

Applejack (The Game Builders)

Yosemite (WizKids)

Awimbawe (Explor8)

Crossing Oceans (PD Verlag)

Pictures X-Mas (PD Verlag)

Santiago (Trefl)

Uptown (Trefl)

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Opener: Taverns of Tiefenthal. Plus someone finally got Wingspan online multiplayer right, and it was the BGA team. I've gone through a few waves of downsizing my game collection. The latest was just a month ago, inspired by a friend's visit to organize my collection. In the process, I felt the ability to let several games go. They haven't been sold off yet, but they're stacked up elsewhere in a for-sale pile, letting me consolidate the games I'm sticking with into fewer shelves.

When I stepped back, I saw that several of the games on the shelf were ones that anyone might have in their collection, while others were more personal choices, oddballs for one reason or another. At least they are less popular, I think. I've collected ten of those titles to talk about in this episode. (That includes one of the games that comes from my spillover collection in a credenza at work.)

I've been thinking about a new top ten of more recent games, but I'm not ready with that. Perhaps that will be in a future show, because there ARE plenty of modern titles that I really enjoy. It would be fun to talk about them, in part to contrast them against the "hotness" on BGG and Kickstarter that I often can't connect with. Again...that's a future show. In THIS episode I thought my original top ten was worth discussing all over. In some cases they are games I love just as much as ever. Others are more sentimental favorites, not really making it to the table any longer. In a few cases I think the games represented of a type of game that I still enjoy, and there are newer examples.

Closer: The outcome of our Discord polling about "evergreen" games. In contrast, I almost completely forgot about the "Essen anticipation" shows I used to do! -Mark

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You asked us questions and in this bonus show we answer them!

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 convention season, which means we're on the way to one convention, while talking about another. Every year a lot of new games get showed off at Essen SPIEL in Germany, and these are the ones we're most excited to hear more about! Before we start messin' with Essen, we talk about Plutocracy and Finca.

01:56 - Plutocracy 09:54 - Finca 19:09 - Essen SPIEL 2022 Preview 19:39 - The Great Split 21:57 - Time Capsules 23:45 - Heat: Pedal to the Metal 25:45 - La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War 27:49 - Applejack 29:22 - Rise & Fall 31:13 - Sauscharf 33:29 - Oros 35:08 - Tribes of the Wind 36:23 - Shark 38:34 - Tindaya 41:07 - Lacrimosa 42:43 - Virtù 46:38 - Revive 48:51 - Pilgrim

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Jason has a full house today! Liz Davidson from Beyond Solitaire, designer of the Undaunted series David Thompson, and Gary Mengle from Ardwulf's Lair join the show to discuss our hobby's fascination with Nazis. In almost any gaming conversation with any depth, it only takes a few minutes until someone mentions Nazis. What is our fascination? Why do we defend our right to play Nazis in games so vehemently? What is the historical relationship between Nazis and the larger German military, and why did wargamers, for a long time, lionize the latter? We get into all of these topics and more. Ardwulf's Lair YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/ardwulfslair 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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Welcome back to Season 4! It's time for more board game comedy panel show nonsense! 

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.

This Game is Broken is eternally thankful to our Sponsors Restoration Games Find them at https://restorationgames.com/

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Paula takes the stearing wheel but unfortunately didn't also take a map

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