More and more board games are adopting eco themes! Whether it’s Daybreak and it’s simulation of climate change or Dune: War for Arrakis and Dune’s enviromental themes and… uh… one or two plastic miniatures or Ticket to Ride Legacy and… um… all the railroad constru…. You know what nevermind, welcome to board games! It’s board games everyone, aren’t they good? So good those board games. Are they good? It depends on which one it is. And thus enters the board game reviews. They’re here. Enjoy it.
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On to the timestamps:
00:00 Cold Open
1:27 Intro
2:30 Audience Correspondence: Green Appreciation
6:08 Dune: War for Arrakis
38:26 Daybreak
59:07 Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
Reviews of Divinity Original Sin: The Board Game, Santa's Workshop, Horrified Greek Monsters and so many more. Featured review: Federation by Eagle Gryphon Games. Board game discussion starts at 34:40. Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and AEG.
Jason welcomes the co-designers of Daybreak on the show to chat about building a cooperative card combo game, and also the challenges of taking on a topic as big as the climate crisis.
The Space-Biff's Review - https://spacebiff.com/2024/01/04/daybreak/
On this untimely episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Emily and Tom are chatting about two cracking games with a little twist of nature in them - Forest Shuffle and Apiary! The former has you playing cards and building a forest, whereas the latter is 99% about moving a big plastic bee, I think? Awkwardly tucked away at the end of this podcast is, fittingly, Misfits - a stacking game with A GHOST!
We made it! We've arrived at last at the final ten(-ish) games, in fact, our TOP TEN (or so?) favourite games of all time. Thanks for joining us again on this yearly pilgrimage, as always it's the journey that's the important thing - but that's not to say that there isn't some exciting moving and shaking to happen at the destination. That said, it's time to pass out on the couch.
01:34 - Neilan #10 - The Resistance 05:00 - Mark #11 - Caylus 1303 05:51 - Mark #10 - Arboretum 07:39 - Kellen #10 - Dominion 11:11 - Neilan #9 - The Oracle of Delphi 12:35 - Mark #9 - Mr. President: The American Presidency, 2001-2020 16:33 - Kellen #9 - Telestrations 18:38 - Neilan #8 - The Search for Planet X 20:40 - Mark #8 - Marvel Champions: The Card Game 23:14 - Kellen #8 - Inis 24:37 - Neilan #7 - Pictomania 26:17 - Mark #7 - Time's Up! 27:33 - Kellen #7 - El Grande 30:06 - Neilan #6 - Alchemists 32:42 - Mark #6 - Fresh Fish 35:07 - Kellen #6 - Wizard 39:14 - Neilan #5 - Time's Up! 40:11 - Kellen #5 - Time's Up! 41:39 - Mark #5 - Brass: Lancashire 43:30 - Neilan #4 - Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant 48:34 - Mark #4 - Bus 50:55 - Kellen #4 - Archipelago 54:52 - Neilan #3 - Blood on the Clocktower 57:04 - Mark #3 - The Estates 1:00:02 - Kellen #3 - Dune 1:03:50 - Neilan #2 - A Feast for Odin 1:05:55 - Mark #2 - Agricola 1:08:52 - Kellen #2 - Cthulhu Wars 1:11:50 - Neilan #1 - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization 1:14:57 - Mark #1 - Biblios 1:16:03 - Kellen #1 - Innovation
Hey now! Episode 289 kicks off with Chris taking over the show to leading us down the path his mind walks. Then the gang talks about some games they've been playing including The Fox Experiment, Plum Island Horror, Speakeasy Blues, Crusaders Thy Will be Done, and Everdell Digital. Then Chris, Don and Jamie feature After Us from Florian Sirieix and Pandasaurus Games. Then Tony T gives you the best Damned tabletop gaming news programing that your ears ever beheld. And finally the founders discussed their irksome irritants, the things they find annoying about board games and the hobby, and how they would fix them. After Us Review 00:46:26, News with Tony T 01:22:35, Irksome Irritants 02:17:29
Matthew hosts a show, and as he also writes these descriptions it might also be the greatest episode we've ever done.
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/
Becky takes the lead in interviewing our very special guests and what a way of kicking 2024 off with a bang...we have Mín & Elwen joining us in the studio who are the designers of the fantastic Lost Ruins of Arnak, published by Czech Games Edition.
GUEST PLAYER: Mín & Elwen OTHER PLAYERS: Becky & JP
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - what are Mín & Elwen's favourite games at the moment - how Mín & Elwen got into the designing space and also what their team collaborative process is - some tips and tricks to tackle the solo / co-op campaign of Missing Expeditions - what answers to some of our Niche Number 1's they have
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:16 - TURN 2 - Introducing Mín & Elwen 1:51 - What are Mín & Elwen's favourite games? 8:01 - What brought you into the hobby and designer space? 10:20 - How does your design process work and look like as a team and couple? 15:46 - TURN 3 - Why do you think Arnak has been so popular? 24:41 - What advice do you have in tackling the campaign in Missing Expedition? 30:53 - Niche Number 1's for Mín & Elwen 43:43 - TURN 4 - What are you excited about in the future? 46:32 - Thanking Mín & Elwen 47:42 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn
As ever, and with no clue what a lang syne is (much less an auld-y type configuration), we embrace the new year by commemorating the old. We would venture that the new year only truly begins once SVWAG has given its imprimatur on the best game published in the preceding year. The Julian Calendar was abandoned in favour of the Gregorian, and it is evident that the Gregorian should be abandoned in favour of the SVWAGgering Calendar.
Games Played Last Week:
01:34 -Kutná Hora: The City of Silver (Ondřej Bystroň, Petr Čáslava, and Pavel Jarosch, Czech Games Edition, 2023)
Intro Hopes & Wishes Discord Plug More Prime Minister First 18xx Game Spray Can Insulation Gametoppers LLC Acquire Coffee Rush Sorcerer’s Arena Portal Games Warhammer: The Old World Miniature Market […]
In this episode, Conor, Mitch and Lauren tuck into all sorts of games they have been playing over the new years break. Before getting into sizzles, they dive into the recent game of Alice is Missing played by the podcast crew that left Mitch feeling ~actual human emotions~. This and all the other usual BGBBQ podcast fodder to tuck into.
New Question of the Pod: Describe an emotional experience you've had while playing a game.
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This week's guest is the voice of Piglet in Winnie the Pooh and co-creator of On Board TV Travis Oates. We talk about being a child star, working for Disney and G4 TV...but which games did he choose?
Ambie and Crystal celebrate 200 episodes of the podcast with a full episode dedicated to answering questions from our listeners!
0:00-Intro
0:36-Listener Q&A
2:32-What advice would you give to a content creator starting out?
9:59-What are your best "I was there when..." travel stories?
12:27-Have you ever had a dream so realistic you assumed it had really happened?
18:12-What cheesy 90's game would you make based off your favorite license?
21:22-What games have you played that surprised you how many times you played?
25:05-You can have a week-long event for 16 people anywhere in the world - what is it?
27:40-How often does one of you come up with a topic for the show only to have the other point out that you've done it already?
29:06-How have you seen the presence of women & non straight cis white men change since you first started the podcast?
32:41-Outro
33:45-Bloopers
This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else!
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