Hey Now Cabalists! The Founders are back at it again with another episode jam-packed with tabletop gaming mayhem! The gang kicks things off by talking about their plans for Origins and how they’re using Chaz Marler’s new website, GameNightPicks.com. Then it's on to the games they’ve been playing including Corps of Discovery, Tales of the Arthurian Knights, Galileo Galilei, House of Fado, Agemonia, and a feature review of the epic Cyclades Legendary Edition by Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc. Tony T delivers the best damn tabletop gaming news segment in all of podcasting followed by a juicy discussion about player interaction. Corps of Discovery: 00:05:25, Tales of the Arthurian Knights: 00:14:12, Galileo Galilei: 00:28:38, House of Fado: 00:35:56, Agemonia: 00:41:29, Cyclades Legendary Edition: 00:57:13, News with Tony T: 01:32:45, Short Topic Extravaganza: 02:34:10. Check out our sponsors Restoration Games at https://restorationgames.com/. Game Toppers at https://www.gametoppersllc.com/. And CGE at https://czechgames.com/.
On this floriferous episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are yappin’ about Barcelona, Bluebells, and Board Games!
Cities is first up on the docket - a city-building game that’s real dinky and designed by two of our favourite small-and-simple designers. Following that, Matt continues his recommendation of Floristry from our video review into the podcast world, and Tom talks about his mixed feelings towards ‘The Morrison Game Factory’...
This time, Tom gives us an audio tour of the new Dice Tower Studios in Ft. Myers, with tales to tell about the adventurous move. We present a Tale of Amazement and delve into the mailbag, and we close the show with our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
01:09 - Moving to Ft. Myers
04:51 - The New Studio
23:04 - Tale of Amazement
28:55 - Question: What to do with a whiner?
34:16 - Linkx
37:18 - Primates
41:18 - Deep Regrets
46:33 - Cat Crimes
48:49 - The Ministry of Lost Things: Lint Condition
"Observers brought attention to [Gritty's] appearance, which could be construed as frightening, while The Guardian described him as an "acid trip of a mascot." Response to Gritty's introduction was immediate and sharply mixed, with many fans on social media expressing bewilderment and some fright at his appearance. Public perception of Gritty became increasingly positive as Gritty's antics, which subverted the cuddly, family-friendly appearance and demeanor of other NHL mascots, gained more attention on social media."
We revisited a game from back in the early days of RDTN called Calimala thanks to the reprint by Alley Cat Games. Using a unique action-selection system, players produce and deliver cloth while contributing to the construction and decoration of the city’s buildings. The game features dynamic scoring phases and strategic planning as you carefully plan out every turn. We enjoyed it then, but how about now?
Sometimes we will find those games that are just so basic and fun that we wonder how we missed them back in the day. That is the case for Skyjo, where players aim to have the lowest score by the end of the game. Each player starts with a grid of face-down cards and must carefully swap, reveal, and discard cards to minimize their total points. This is the game wish I had as my daughter aged to replace Rat-a-tat Cat.
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In this episode, Jules, Adrian and Dana could be giddy from tiredness or there’s something in the water …
Jules has been experimenting with corded transport routes in the String Railway Collection. Adrian chats about his son’s continuing board game education with Pipeline. Meanwhile Banana is chuffed with a mega game at the Brisbane Game Day called Scissors, Paper, Rock … or wait …, is it rock, paper, scissors????
There are plenty of laughs and gaming goodness in this episode, so strap in!
Sizzling Game:
Honey Buzz: Fall Flavours: [43:51]
Question of the Pod Recap: [54:06]
New Question of the Pod: [1:04:06]
Fired Up: [1:13:35]
New Question of the Pod: What game has helped you bond with others, and why?
Check out Kim Brebach’s response from Good Games Publishing and his take on crowdfunding going forward. His response is in the comments here:
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This week's guest is the designer of Fields of Green, Among the Stars and Hegemony, Vangelis Bagiartakis. We talk about education in games, philosophy and the decline of Star Wars...but which games did he choose?
In this episode of the news Ben and Steve thank some new patreon backers and answer some Qs. Also Ben talks to Christian Kudahl about his game Agent Avenue and whether it can win the Spiel des Jahres.
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Signal, Here Lies, and Awkward Guests 2. Then, we talk about colors in board games - both as a theme and as a mechanism.
Well, we finally did it. We played CATAN, and it was ... good! And then we started wondering, is there anything that's done quite the same thing that that game is doing? And then that got us wondering how many games there are like that, where it's genuinely hard to say that nothing has done it better since. And then that got us wondering if, instead of all this wondering, we should record a podcast episode. Before we wander, we talk about Box Two, Catan: Cities & Knights, and An Infamous Traffic.
02:47 - Box Two 09:18 - Catan: Cities & Knights 19:50 - An Infamous Traffic 31:58 - Has anyone done it better? 32:26 - Catan 35:55 - Concordia 36:17 - Rise of Tribes 37:31 - Space Base 39:26 - Archipelago 40:38 - Dominion 41:17 - Aeon's End 42:22 - Star Realms 42:32 - Shards of Infinity 44:43 - Diplomacy 44:59 - Dune 46:48 - Battle for Rokugan 47:04 - A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition)
Paula's back for here Diamond Anniversary and things aren't firing on all cylinders
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.
Now for something completely different...Davey invites everyone into his mind as he devises an Escape Room for the gang to try and escape from. Who knew Taunton board game shops could be so dangerous.
FIRST PLAYER: Davey OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Becky & Dan
In this episode you'll learn: - how Dan has been launching off with his first experiences of Galactic Cruise by Kinson Key Games - about the latest hotness from 2011 with Ora et Labora from Lookout Games - how Davey can't get enough of battling boss monsters in Primal: The Awakening - that Becky is better at enticing people to her French parties than her collecting flowers in both Fleur & Botany by Dux Somnium Games - whether the Whose Turn gang will make it out of Davey's mind in our first recorded escape room experience.
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