In this inconveniently titled episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns talk about Three* Great* Games! We’re talking about two* cracking* games from Reiner Knizia - Zoo Vadis and My Island, as well as the latest tiny-box game from Devir; Bamboo!
Rarely does my cold and mechanical editors heart chuckle whilst chopping pods, but I made myself laugh with this one. I think it’s good fun*. Enjoy!
*(with caveats)
Note: Quinns refers to the wrong artist during our Bamboo section - the painting is a Hokusai!
It's convention season, and the big one is almost upon us, as board gamers across America prepare to descend on Indiana. Gen Con! We won't be there this year, but that won't stop us anticipating what we could be playing at the show. Before we want what we can't have, we talk about Fancy Feathers, Beast, Mr. President: The American Presidency, 2001-2020, and Mercator.
Timecodes:
02:43 - Fancy Feathers 08:31 - Beast 16:55 - Mr. President: The American Presidency, 2001-2020 22:43 - Merkator 29:53 - Aurum 31:12 - Age of Innovation 35:06 - Ahau: Rulers of Yucatán 37:03 - Inheritors 40:11 - City of the Great Machine 42:41 - The Fox Experiment 44:01 - SpellBook 46:13 - Tesseract 48:15 - Wild Tiled West 50:14 - Kutná Hora: The City of Silver 52:38 - General Orders: World War II 54:13 - 3 Ring Circus 56:21 - Wandering Towers 1:00:32 - The Search for Lost Species 1:01:02 - Legacies
Today the Founders welcome AC from Lords of the Dungeon to an episode chocked full of crazy gaming nonsense! The gang gets into some games they've been playing including Dredge on PC, Mission Control Critical Orbit, Ierusalem: Anno Domini, Mother of Frankenstein, Imperial Steam, Robo-Rally and feature Distilled from Dave Beck and Paverson Game. Then, while Tony T is at karate camp, Stevie S takes over for the news! The gang wraps up the show with a Short Topic Extravaganza including rating games on BGG, RPGs vs Dungeon Crawls and how long is too long for a board game? Distilled Review 00:45:54, News with Stevie S 01:16:22, Short Topic Extravaganza 02:11:56
Chess is the same thing over and over again. There are no expansions or variable setup. So it must not be very replayable. Au contraire! We look at the reasons […]
While we pride ourselves on editorial standards here at SVWAG, we have no shame when it comes to pandering. We thus present to you the episode of SVWAG with the most cat discussion yet. The good news is that Chandler (aka Chan-Chan aka Potato aka SVWAG Cat) is doing extremely well. Could a co-host stint be far behind? Perhaps a guest appearance by Bruno (aka SVWAG Dog)? Whatever we think the market wants.
Games Played Last Week:
02:20 -The Siege of Runedar (Reiner Knizia, Ludonova, 2021)
In this episode, I give my best advice on how to reach out to content creators and get featured on podcasts, and I chat with my friend, Justin Kral, a professional audio engineer about how to create an audio setup that sounds great.
In this episode of the Board Game BBQ podcast!! Conor has been battling it out with his family in the Marvel universe….. but he hasn’t been playing Marvel Champions???? What is this madness!?! Dan has been using Runestones to lay claim to his lands, which is funny as he also claimed his concessions card for the buses this week as well. All while Def has been trying to escape the fire on the island while racing to the raft!
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Reviews of Hamlet-the village building game, oh my brain, Trials of Tempus and so much more. Featured review: Tiletum by Boards&Dice. Board game discussion starts at 39:58. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep246.
On this episode of On Board Games Erik is joined by Sen-Foong Lim and Banana Chan to talk about games they've played lately and other things including:
This week's guest is Dice Tower contributor, Corey Thompson. We talk about having a famous father, grandmasters and long dinners...but which games did he choose?
On this eco-mechanical episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt chat about two very different - but very thematic - games! First up are Matt’s early impressions of Earthborne Rangers - a massive game about protecting and engaging with the environment from one of the folks who made Twilight Imperium happen. Then, our dynamic duo shift gears to talk about their time about causing and preventing riots in the one-v-all game of prediction; City of the Great Machine.
Everybody always says, “Talk Cardboard is paving the way in board game podcasting!” and this episode it’s certainly true. We have biking, hiking, kayaking, train-ing, and hunting (along routes), which is the most path in any board game podcast ever.
On today’s episode we’ll cover the cute but deadly Trailblazers, the old fashioned but sleek Isle of Trains and the gorgeous, voluptuous and strange Beast.
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On to the timestamps:
6:12 Audience Correspondence: Methods of Teaching Games
9:32 Trailblazers
29:53 Isle of Trains: All Aboard
47:11 Audience Correspondence: Imperial Onions
52:26 Beast
1:17:15 Elaine hates Hidden Movement games
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Challengers! and Sagani. Then, we talk about what we think about when bringing games on vacation, and examples of what games we recently brought while we traveled.
0:00-Intro
0:37-Recent Games - Challengers!
6:45-Sagani
13:42-Travel Games
28:12-Outro
29:25-Bloopers
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In this second Spiel des Jahres special, Ben has a chat with Michael Palm and Lukas Zach, the designers of Dorfromantik to get the low down on the game.
Hey Now Cabalists! The gang is back in action this month and we dive right into a discussion about Bauldur's Gate 3 and the hottest topic in all the internet - bear sex. After we exhaust that nonsense, we go into Bender's game of Star Trek Bridge Crew and how it's leading into another Star Trek Adventures RPG campaign. Then Jesko and Jamie talk about their upcoming Old School Essentials campaign and how they feel about going back to what is essentially a game designed 40 years ago. Then the Lords get into a discussion about acting, improvising, and thinking on your feet in RPGs.