In this episode, Banana, Adrian and Conor are in the mood to reminisce about a HUGE gaming weekend for Adrian’s 40th birthday. Adrian has fallen for The Gang, and by that he means not just the people at his birthday bash, but the game as well. Meanwhile Conor has been battling head-to-head and having fun with one of his favourite TCG’s without breaking the bank, in Altered. Banana surprisingly enjoyed a game that prides itself on getting pleasure from other people’s misery in Shadenfreude, and also got to have an unexpected try of a Kickstarter prototype!
Sizzling Games:
The Gang [50:27]
Altered [01:01:49]
Question of the Pod Recap: [1:14:42]
New Question of the Pod: [1:20:57]
Fired Up: [01:29:13]
New Question of the Pod: What board game would work well as a drinking game? How would it play?
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Flip 7 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420087/flip-7
Bristol 1350 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/308989/bristol-1350
Schadenfreude https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/324711/schadenfreude
My Gold Mine https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/331571/my-gold-mine
SETI: Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/418059/seti-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence
The Anarchy https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/408637/the-anarchy
Hadrian’s Wall https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/304783/hadrians-wall
Scales of Fate https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/437356/scales-of-fate
The Edler Scrolls https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/356080/the-elder-scrolls-betrayal-of-the-second-era
The Gang https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/411567/the-gang
Altered https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/397393/altered
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Today, we focus on what designers should do when they've built a design on an existing game. How much borrowing is too much borrowing? We also look ahead to some upcoming events, share a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and run through our latest batch of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
00:49 - Tom's Apology
01:25 - Dice Tower Cruise and Dice Tower East
01:52 - Tom's Catan Update: Seafarers
02:53 - Upcoming: Studio Move, Origins, Greece, College Visits
03:55 - Building Your Game on an Existing Design
32:41 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror
39:33 - Roaring 20s
43:42 - Mystery of the Abbey
50:30 - CULTivate
54:42 - Faraway
57:42 - Nocturne
1:01:25 - Wroth
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When is a thing like another thing? Is Albedo like Core Worlds? Is Cat Blues like Rummy? Is Through the Desert like Go? Is a nudge as good as a wink to blind bat? Are all Roll & Writes inferior to Roll a 6, Win a Cookie? Is Christophe Boelinger France's Vlaada Chvátil? Probably, because it's all just like Mage Knight in the end.
Games Played Last Week:
04:46 -Street Masters: Tide of the Dragon (Scott McFall, Adam Sadler, Brady Sadler, and Mitch Schroeder, Blacklist Games, 2022)
09:45 -Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's Edition (Ted Alspach, Bézier Games, 2022)
13:55 -Cat Blues: The Big Gig (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2024)
22:14 -Moon Colony Bloodbath (Donald X. Vaccarino, Rio Grande Games, 2025)
28:03 -Albedo: Space Pirates! (Kai Herbertz, Herbertz Entertainment UG, 2018)
35:43 -Malediction (Leo Cunha, Nicole Lobo, and Daniel Pettersen de Lucena, Loot Studios, 2025)
39:46 -Hey, That's My Fish! (Günter Cornett & Alvydas Jakeliunas, Bambus Spieleverlag, 2003)
40:55 -Parks: Roll & Hike (Henry Audubon & Mattox Shuler, Keymaster Games, 2024)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
44:04 Tariffs impacting the hobby
45:12 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag
46:23 Zombie Princess, a riff on Spades, by Bézier and Ted Alspach
47:05 Feature Game: Rise & Fall (Christophe Boelinger, Ludically, 2024)
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00:02:00 Intro
00:06:30 Thoughts on Feast of Hemlock Vale
00:09:30 Dice Driven Euros
00:11:30 Starcraft Miniature Games
00:17:00 Pickleball Elbow
00:21:00 Taste Buds
00:25:30 Portal Games
00:28:00 Nova Era
00:51:30 Top Tier
00:57:00 Miniature Market
00:58:00 Bebop
01:10:00 Architects of Amytis
01:18:00 Game Toppers LLC
01:2100 Star Wars Unlimited Update
We are back again for another riveting episode of RDTN. But there is a surprise in this episode, there is somewhat a theme with the games we played. We are going to be talking about dice driven euros, meaning a euro with dice. Okay, that could have gone without saying. Not all games we talk about are euro dice, so don’t miss those discussions as well.
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Bruce talk about games (and other things) they've played including:
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(25:47) Then, they discuss using a casino as a theme in board games.
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This week Shelley and I celebrate with fireworks in
Festival by Gregory Grard from Scorpion Masque
then try to solve murders in the Arconia in
Only Murders in the Building: The Game by Aaron Donogh, Prospero Hall, and David Iezzi from Funko Games
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On this refreshing burst of Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have a bouquet of nifty games to natter about!
First up is a chunky chat about Pagan: Fate of Roanoke - a two player head-to-head witch hunt with flecks of Netrunnner. Is it any good? Yes! Should you buy it? Maybe…
Then, a double-bill of yapping about Shuffle & Swing; a mice-based eurogame of making human instruments - followed by a sneak peek of our upcoming video review for Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon.
Have a lovely weekend, everyone!
Timestamps:
01:46 - Pagan: Fate of Roanoke
17:32 - Shuffle and Swing
26:29 - Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon
We've spent a lot of time over the years singing the praises of the games we love, but they can't be perfect right? Surely there's something, one little thing, that bugs us - a small blemish in our otherwise most beloved games? Before we come clean, we talk about Classified Information, Starline Hill, Panda Spin, and SHASN: AZADI.
03:13 - Classified Information 11:54 - Starline Hill 13:35 - Panda Spin 25:32 - SHASN: AZADI 41:56 - Things we hate about games we love 42:39 - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization 44:14 - Tigris & Euphrates 44:36 - Archipelago 45:09 - Cthulhu Wars 45:17 - Cosmic Encounter 45:57 - Diplomacy 46:09 - Innovation 48:28 - El Grande 49:26 - Age of Steam 49:26 - Arboretum 49:26 - The Estates 49:26 - Fresh Fish 50:28 - Marvel Champions: The Card Game 51:22 - Brass: Lancashire 51:30 - Barrage 51:38 - Agricola 53:57 - Blood on the Clocktower 54:08 - A Feast for Odin 56:22 - Sidereal Confluence 56:22 - Stationfall 56:22 - Alchemists 57:30 - Yellow & Yangtze Please check out the Kickstarter for Starline Hill: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/automagarden/starline-hill
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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Holiday Hijinks #8: The Easter Escapade, The Case of the Curiously Correct Blueprints, and Café. Then, we talk about expectations we and other gamers have when opening a new game box, how those expectations have changed over the years, and whether they are justified.
0:00-Intro
0:51-Recent Games - Holiday Hijinks #8: The Easter Escapade
2:40-The Case of the Curiously Correct Blueprints
7:49-Café
13:20-Game Expectations
27:30-Outro
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We don't know what has got in to Dave but it's something to with mischief
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Davey is back as first player after wrestling control from Tambo and remember the good old days of "Pimp My Ride" with Tim Westwood. Davey channels his inner Westwood along with airhorns in our new version "Davey's Chop Shop" where we take board games and give them a glow up. Will the games be improved? or are we left with just a bag of knackers? Lets face it...we're not designers so our opinions are just for entertainment only.
FIRST PLAYER: Davey
OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Rob & Tambo
In this episode you'll learn:
- that co-op trick taking causes high fiving and whooping in Fellowship of the Ring: The Trick Taking Game by Office Dog
- our thoughts on the newest "span" game Finspan by Stonemaier Games
- how JP has become a rogue AI and loving life (artificial life) in Compile by Greater Than Games
- that Rob has FINALLY got his copy of Elder Scrolls: BOTSE by Chip Theory Games and is now neck deep in neoprene
- whether our games which come out of the chop shop are worthwhile contenders for the hobby space...probably not you know us by now.
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Elder Scrolls: BOTSE Playthrough (JP & Davey) on Gaming Rules - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYAXqhhY9M
Episodes referenced in the show:
https://www.whoseturn.co.uk/1930456/episodes/13822012-expansion-pack-oliver-kiley-s-turn-pax-illuminaten
https://www.whoseturn.co.uk/1930456/episodes/15433738-expansion-judson-cowan-s-turn-deep-regrets-tettix-games
EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:50 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:00 - Tambo - Finspan
7:34 - Rob - Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
13:17 - JP - Compile
20:28 - LOTR: The Trick Taking Game
28:09 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Davey's Chop Shop
30:03 - UNO: World Battle Campaign
33:20 - WHO'DO
34:58 - Dog Park Bag Em & Tag Em Expansion
37:36 - Cubitos Kart
41:09 - Brass To Ride
43:17 - Dune Imperium of Thrones
48:17 - Caverna with drafted worker placement tiles
51:56 - Evolution of Dracula & His Beasts
59:20 - Time travelling hydro-dams
1:02:55 - Terraforming Mars X Ares Expedition
1:06:15 - Frosthaven with chaining combo combat
1:10:03 - A Lacerda Heavy Economic Dinosaur Park Simulator
1:16:18 - TURN 4 - Receive, Sleeve or Leave
1:20:24 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:30:39 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
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The annual voting/predicting competition called Mark Madness is now finished. The results are posted with the rest of the updates for episode 239, and here co-host Eryn Roston returns one last time to share the winners. Unconscious Mind was our collective favorite for game cover art, and Adam Brocker is this year's winner. The plan now is for Adam to help me run next year's Mark Madness, in 2026. Next, I share my time at Dice Tower West. This is the second year in a row that I've gone to this national boardgame convention. Is it national? I think so. It's certainly big. Held in Las Vegas every March, that's a destination I can reach by car. I join a bunch of friends there and we play most games together. Besides a number of fresh & new ones, the buddies I got to this con with enjoy focusing one entire day on old games. We define that as games more than 25 years old. Last year that went to 1999, and now we included other titles published in 2000.
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