Hey Now Cabalists! In episode 97 of The Secret Cabal Express Don, Chris, and Jamie put together all of the games that they're frothing at the mouth and jumping outta their pants to get at from Gen Con 2024 coming up next month. Head over to TheSecretCabal.com and click on the link to this episode to get links to all the games we discussed on the show today. Enjoy!
Live from an abandoned garage Mike has a series of board game panel show style rounds that he was contractually obligated to create.
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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An important topic for Becky in that we sometimes under appreciate language independent games so this episode is all about that topic. We discuss games that we feel are language independent, what classifies then and the pros and cons around them.
FIRST PLAYER: Becky OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Rob
In this episode you'll learn:
- about JP's latest Lacerda which has hit the table in Inventions: Evolution of Ideas by Eagle-Gryphon Games - that Rob has managed to play some of his UK Games Expo haul in Gloom of Kilforth by Hall or Nothing - all about the BGA version of Terraforming Mars as Becky tries to level up her plays - about our views on language independent games and their place in the hobby
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 3:13 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 3:22 - JP - Inventions: Evolution of Ideas 9:17 - Rob - Gloom of Kilforth 14:16 - Becky - Terraforming Mars (BGA) 16:28 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Lost in translation 24:29 - How UX Design is important for language independent games 28:00 - We don't know why Splendor makes Becky angry but Bridgeton definitely doesn't 31:37 - Returning to how procedural structured games helps with language independent games 34:18 - What are some of the drawbacks of language independent games? 39:17 - The benefits to publishers for language independent games 43:42 - Roll / flip and writes lean themselves into this as well 45:14 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...always be able to buy the game syou want second hand and not be able to sell, or always sell at the price but never buy them at the price you want 51:54 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:02:17 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
Our next guest host during Michael Walker's recovery is Efka Bladukas, half of No Pun Included! Efka is an internationally-renowned board game critic and dog enthusiast, known for his detestation of whimsy and tireless tolerance of Mark's yammerings. He once split a mountain in twain with his bare hands while simultaneously inventing cold fusion, but he's so humble he'll probably deny it--which is proof positive that it's all true.
Games Played Last Week:
01:37 -Captain Flip (Remo Conzadori and Paolo Mori, PlayPunk, 2024)
08:30 -In the Footsteps of Darwin (Grégory Grard and Matthieu Verdier, Sorry We Are French, 2023)
13:31 -It’s a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2020)
There are many games about manipulating a stock market or trying to be a Tycoon of an industry. So, when we heard about Star Tycoon, we wondered what was different from all the other games in this category. For me, two things jumped out when playing. First, the market is not the dominating factor in this game, there is a nice balance between that and your other objectives. Second, the market wasn’t the only thing contributing to how you got your resources. Like the balance this game brought into the crowded stock market games.
Cities was a quick game to play with the need to concentrate on a few objectives and not many. And when teaching the game, it might need to be pointed out. This game will promote some sort of hate drafting to keep others from amassing large number of points and while this is solitary in play, little interaction, you need to pay attention to what others are doing.
Thanks for listening and hope you are having a wonderful summer so far.
Welcome to Episode 302 of the Board Game BBQ Podcast! This episode is packed with exciting board game discussions and due to a time dilation feels like an epic adventure akin to Avengers: Endgame.
Adrian is back from Japan and has been diving deep into the world of Japanese board games.
He couldn't resist sharing his experience with his sizzling game "Deep Sea Adventure."
Adrian hints at continuing his exploration of more Japanese games in upcoming episodes.
Dana had the opportunity to play her first prototype game from Paverson Games, titled "Luthier."
While she teases more information about Luthier for later, her sizzling game of the week is "Gizmo." Tune in to hear Dana's thoughts on this intriguing game and what makes it stand out.
Jules has been immersed in the game "La Famiglia." He shares his love for the theme, area control mechanics, and the engaging 2 vs 2 gameplay. Listen as Jules delves into why "La Famiglia" has captivated his interest and how it plays out on the table.
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We aim to make interesting, deep and diverse products, each being a unique experience, and each sporting its own flavour and an engaging theme.
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Don are joind by Jacob Bowers from Well To Do Walrus Games to talk about games (and other things) they've played including:
Space Empires 4x
Words of a Feather
Eclipse Second Dawn
Wyrmspan
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(22:21) Next, they talk all about ways to help break designer block.
This week's guest is designer of games for the military, Sebastian Bae. We talk about life in the marines, the future of war and why games are a powerful tool...but which games did he choose?
then we try valiantly (and sometimes successfully) to land a plane together in
Sky Team by Luc Rémond from Scorpion Masqué
Thanks as always to Bezier Games for their support - check out their "Year of the Card Game" titles at www.beziergames.com.
Remember that you can support the podcast directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames or check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table here:
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Guilty: Houston 2015 and CoraQuest. Then, we talk about the game page on the website BoardGameGeek and what information we tend to look at.
0:00-Intro
0:43-Announcements
1:33-Recent Games - Guilty: Houston 2015
6:24-CoraQuest
16:14-BGG Game Page
29:19-Outro
30:23-Bloopers
We've all been travelling about so much recently (some of us may or may not still be) that we often find ourselves asking, "what games should I pack?" Some games are better suited for playing on the go than others, and we're going to get to the heart of what makes a good travel game. Before our arms get tired, we also talk about Regicide, Golem, In the Shadow of Atlas, and DroPolter.
03:56 - Regicide 11:40 - Travel Games 15:47 - Pit 16:13 - Incan Gold 16:24 - For Sale 16:51 - Azul Mini 18:31 - Chess 19:19 - Scrabble Keychain 21:48 - Skull 23:18 - Linkee! 25:32 - Pickomino 32:26 - Marabunta 33:30 - DroPolter 37:38 - In the Shadow of Atlas 42:00 - Golem
Greetings, noble Cabalists! Gather round as the Lords commence episode 76, where Sir Bender doth recount the tale of what he declares his most favored Shadowrun Adventure of all time! Thereafter, the valiant company delves into a discourse on breathing life into thy campaign worlds during sessions of gaming, and doth follow with a discussion on how to manage the abrupt conclusion of a campaign. Enjoy this grand tale!
We can't quite believe it's happened and we're extremely excited to present a very special expansion pack episode where we get to chat with the one, the only Dávid Turczi to mainly geek out about Star Trek Captain's Chair which is coming out later this year
GUEST PLAYER: Dávid Turczi OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Kerley
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - what are Dávid Turczi's favourite games right now - how Dávid enjoys a collaborative design experience recently - to "make it so" in Star Trek Captain's Chair a game designed by Dávid and Nigel Buckle published by Wizkids - what answers to some of our Niche Number 1's Dávid has
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:01 - TURN 2 - Dávid Turczi's Turn 2:29 - Dávid's favourite games of all time 8:32 - Do you favour collaborations in your designs rather than on your own? 17:42 - TURN 3 - Star Trek Captain's Chair 24:20 - The rationale for making it 1-2 players 32:31 - Did it change your way of designing this being such a great Star Trek fan? 39:10 - How can captains from different eras compete against each other thematically? 47:38 - Did you find this design more free compared to it's mechanical predecessor Imperium 53:04 - Leaning into the diversity of Star Trek and gaming 1:01:47 - What's your favourite deck you like playing the most from this box? 1:03:00 - When can we "engage" on picking up a copy? 1:10:01 - TURN 4 - Dávid's Niche Number 1's 1:13:52 - Thanking Dávid 1:14:38 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn
Tom, Julie, and Eric discuss the results of the Origins Awards, and share the nominees for The Dice Tower Awards' Game of the Year. Julie tells us about her trip to Origins (and Tom pines for ice cream), and we ponder the dos and don'ts of upgrading your boardgame pieces. Then, we finish the show with our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
Our first guest host while Michael Walker is recovering is James de Moss, aka Jimbo!
Many a human being has become lost in the deep recesses of Jimbo's sonorous voice, and thus one must take care lest you become consumed by his powerful charisma. Jimbo brings his extensive experience of digital board games, and board game adaptations, to SVWAG.
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