The week's guest is designer of Ticket to Ride, Alan Moon. We talk about fighting in Vietnam, the grind of being a designer and huge success...but which games did he choose?
After our Top 10 Games last week, it's time to reveal some of our disappointments of the year...and also suggest OTHER games by many of the designers that you should play instead.
The Fox Experiment (play Wingspan)
Mosaic
Glades (play Keythedral)
Spellbook (play Sushi Go...or get a pack of cards and play Rummy!)
Atiwa (play Agricola)
Railway Book (play Yokohama)
Trekking Through History (play Trekking the National Parks)
Stack n Stuff
Orichalcum
Rauha
Bonsai
And our best gaming experience (to end on a positive note) involved playing flowerpower out on our deck.
On this climate-friendly episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt take half an hour to amble through their first play of Daybreak - the latest co-op save-the-world-like from Pandemic designer Matt Leacock, new designer Matteo Menapace, and publisher CMYK games of Monikers, Wavelength, and Lacuna fame. A stacked lineup, for sure; but what do we think of the game? Find out more by having a little listen...
We're back with the terrible acronym and the branding nightmare that is BGBDOG - I don't even know what it stands for to be honest, but this week we're turning the spotlight on an incredible force in the industry, Vlaada Chvátil, touring his incredible games all the way through to the true modern classic that is Codenames. Before we check in on our favourite Czech, we talk about Wyrmspan, 3 Ring Circus, and La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War.
02:01 - Wyrmspan 12:29 - 3 Ring Circus 23:29 - La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War 39:39 - Vlaada Chvátil 42:32 - Arena: Morituri te salutant 47:47 - Prophecy 50:09 - Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization 52:58 - Galaxy Trucker 54:44 - Mage Knight 56:13 - Codenames 57:26 - Space Alert 58:03 - Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
Today, Don and Jamie embark on yet another exploration into the works of the renowned board game designer, Martin Wallace - a personal favorite of Jamie's. They delve into a myriad of his noteworthy games, discussing their standout features, and examine how Wallace has continually honed and refined his design approach throughout his illustrious career.
Mike has a birthday and a show to host with Rating Reviews, Picking the Perfect Game and poor past decisions.
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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There are dog shows and cat shows, but have you heard of a fish show? Goldfish fans from across the land compete each year to display the most sensational swimmer. It takes talent and planning to create the most pleasing arrangement of colorful scales.
Walker was all like "there's this card effect in Successors" and Mark was all like "nuh-uh" but Walker was like "yeah, fer sure" and Mark goes "no way" and Walker says "way" and that's a 100% accurate transcript.
01:53 AYURIS: Dice Realms (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2022)
Games Played Last Week:
04:07 -Lorenzo il Magnifico (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, and Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2016)
10:55 -Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester (Changhyun Baek, Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Stefano Luperto, and Antonio Tinto, DiceTree Games, 2023)
Intro El Grande Correction I’m Not in Love is a Love Song Rule Teach PSA Altered TCG KS Game Toppers 7 Wonders Architects Medals Star Wars Unlimited Celebration Recap Stonespine […]
Episode 282: Galactic Cruise with Special Guests T.K. King, Dennis Northcott & Koltin Thompson
On this week's episode Dan and Lauren chat to the designers of the upcoming Kickstarter Galactic Cruise about their foray into game design, the inspirations behind Galactic Cruise, and the games they've been playing recently. Meanwhile, Dan has been adventuring in Sibera with Expeditions from Stonemaier Games. Then the question of the pod recap gets ~deep~ and our guests join in for the swearing of an oath.
Galactic Cruise launches on Kickstarter March 4th, 10am EST.
You can follow the project here.
New Question of the Pod: How have your tastes in games changed over time?
Timestamps:
Interview with Galactic Cruise Designers (0:01:19)
Games we played recently (0:43:23)
Sizzle - Expeditions (0:50:00)
Question of the Pod Recap (1:03:02)
Swear An Oath (1:15:07)
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In the second prologue episode of 5G4D’s actual play of The Temple of Elemental Evil we meet the Dwarf Druid, Gunnar Stoneleaf and find out why he is travelling to Hommnet.
Reviews of Aqua-Biodiversity in the oceans, Darkest Dungeon the board game, Starship Captains and so many more. Featured review:
Kutná Hora: The City of Silver by Czech Games Edition. Board game discussion starts at 33:09. Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and AEG.
In this BGDL rewind from June of 2020, Corey Konieczka breaks down his entire design process.
Corey has several games ranked in the top 100 games of all time, and it was incredibly insightful to learn about how he brings a game to life. We chat about his path into the industry, his prototyping process, the challenges of working on IPs like Star Wars, when to walk away from a design, and more!
It's time for our annual countdown of our favorite games that were new to us in 2023! We always wait about a month into the next year so we can try and play as many of the big games as possible, but we still haven't gotten around to all of the possibly great games we have seen on other reviewers end-of-year lists. With that caveat, listen for our comments and our lists are below:
Doug's Honorable Mentions
In the Footsteps of Darwin by Gregory Grard & Matthieu Verdier from Sorry We Are French
Lunaris 45 by Rola & Costa from Pile Up Games
Wandering Towers by Michael Kiesling & Wolfgang Kramer from Abacusspiele
Moesteiro by Rola & Costa from Pythagoras
Doug's Top Ten
10) Revive by Helge Meissner, Kristian Ostby, Eilif Svensson, & Anna Wermlund from Aporta Games
9) Terracotta Army by Przemyslaw Formal & Adam Kwapinski from Board&Dice
8) Marrakesh by Stefan Feld from Queen Games
7) Forest Shuffle by Kosch from Lookout Games
6) Amygdala by Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer from Game Brewer
5) Darwin's Journey by Simone Luciani & Nestore Mangone from ThunderGryph Games
4) House of Cats by William Attia & Kristian Ostby from Aporta Games
3) Tucana Builders by Kristian Ostby & Eilif Svensson from Aporta Games
2) The White Castle by Isra C & Shei S from Devir
1) Barcelona by Dani Garcia from Board&Dice
Shelley's Honorable Mentions
Oranienburger Kanal by Uwe Rosenberg from Spielworxx
Forest Shuffle by Kosch from Lookout Games
Wandering Towers by Michael Kiesling & Wolfgang Kramer from Abacusspiele
Earth by Maxime Tardif from Inside Up Games
Moesteiro by Rola & Costa from Pythagoras
Shelley's Top Ten
10) Terracotta Army by Przemyslaw Formal & Adam Kwapinski from Board&Dice
9) Joan of Arc - Orleans Draw & Write by Ryan Hendrickson & Reiner Stockhausen from dlp Games
8) Amygdala by Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer from Game Brewer
7) Neotopia by Orlando Sa & Andre Santos from MEBO Games
6) Darwin's Journey by Simone Luciani & Nestore Mangone from ThunderGryph Games
5) Caldera Park by Michael Kiesling & Wolfgang Kramer from Deep Print Games
4) Tucana Builders by Kristian Ostby & Eilif Svensson from Aporta Games
3) House of Cats by William Attia & Kristian Ostby from Aporta Games
On this Knizian episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Matt delve into Bitewing Games’ double-feature of new Reiner games - Cascadero and Cascadito. How do they compare to other classic Knizzes, and which of the two boxes should you add to your collection? The boys then have a little natter about Fit To Print - a mildly more relaxing alternative to the Galaxy Truckers of the board game world.
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