Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Terrorscape 2 and the app for My City. Then, we talk about deduction games and social deduction games, and what makes a game social deduction. Note: I mistakenly said Terrorscape 2 is on Kickstarter but it's actually on Gamefound.

0:00-Intro
0:47-Recent Games-Terrorscape 2 (on Gamefound)
10:52-My City app
16:30-Deduction vs. Social Deduction
29:09-Outro
30:12-Bloopers

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The draft's back! This time it's card games, and we're picking the bestof what ought to be a staple of any good collection. We love card games, we love drafting games, and you love winning money, so be sure to vote for whoever you think drafted the best set, and you could win a $100 gift card! Before deal everyone in, we talk about Money!, Venture, and Fishing. 03:02 - Money! 12:43 - Venture 20:27 - Fishing 28:39 - Card Games Draft 31:15 - Innovation 32:38 - Race for the Galaxy 34:20 - Hanabi 35:27 - Marvel Champions: The Card Game 36:21 - Dominion 37:47 - SCOUT 39:28 - Glory to Rome 40:58 - The Crew: Mission Deep Sea 41:50 - Arboretum 42:12 - Lost Cities 42:57 - Bohnanza 43:57 - Tichu 45:06 - Skull King 47:00 - Res Arcana 48:07 - That's Not a Hat

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Welcome back, Cabalists, to another jam-packed episode of The Cabal! Today, the gang dives into a stack of games they’ve been playing, including Unsettled, Agricola, Blood Rage, Tony’s take on Blood Rage: Valhalla, Endangered, and Regicide Legacy. After that, Don and Jamie feature Luthier from Paverson Games. Then Tony T reclaims the reins from Stevie S and brings you one hell of a news segment. And finally, the Founders dig into the big topic of the past few episodes - increasing complexity - are games becoming too complex and where should the line be drawn? Unsettled: 00:01:30, Agricola: 00:12:16, Blood Rage: 00:21:26, Endangered: 00:32:41, Regicide Legacy: 00:41:52, Luthier Review: 00:54:36, News with Tony T: 01:32:57, The Complexity Issue: 02:32:53. Check out our sponsors Restoration Games at https://restorationgames.com/ and Game Toppers at https://www.gametoppersllc.com/.

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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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We've just rolled a load of bones in our back-up plan and about to level up because JP get's some time with Josh Weilgus "Ghillie" and Andrew Santoro from Chip Theory Games to talk through all things CTG.

GUEST PLAYER: Josh Weilgus & Andrew Santoro
PLAYERS: JP

In this episode you'll learn:
- what games got Josh & Andrew into the hobby
- How CTG started from it's humble beginnings and how it turned into one of the largest board game publishers in the industry
- more about the upcoming Elder Scrolls campaign and what to expect...there's a lot more content people
- about the upcoming line-up and campaigns

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Chip Theory Games website - https://chiptheorygames.com/
Allies or Enemies YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@ChipTheoryGames
Elder Scrolls Campaign Gamefound Page - https://gamefound.com/en/projects/chip-theory-games/the-elder-scrolls-heroes-of-tamriel?refcode=daRnQOEIJEehhJ4Oa5O9oA&syclid=d2mutd9v22ic73c7qp30

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count

0:34 - TURN 2 - CTG's Turn

2:07 - How did you get into the hobby?

6:47 - What's Josh's & Andrew's favourite games?

11:20 - TURN 3 - CTG Culture

21:49 - How do you balance innovation and keep it realistic

28:14 - A resurgenace of Cloudspire

31:44 - How do you earn the honour of getting your Gearloc names?

37:21 - CTG World Building vs Gameplay

41:37 - TURN 4 - What's Coming Up

41:49 - Elder Scrolls Campaign

50:53 - Tanglewoods & Dragons of Etchinstone

54:57 - Wroth, Cloudspire: Harbinger & Fight 5

57:59 - More CTG Goodies in 2026

1:02:14 - Thanking Josh & Andrew

1:04:52 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn

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We tempt fate and refer to a number of third rails in the hobby community. For one, we acknowledge a loss in Regicide Legacy, which reliably summons the chattering mobs. Further, we mention both Star Trek and Star Wars, so undoubtedly we get a detail "wrong" that will "justify" a detailed response.

Look, we're experts here. We completed the Kobayashi Maru in under 12 parsecs. We're regular callers to Car Talk with Martok. Don't test us.

Games Played Last Week:

01:06 -Galactic Cruise (T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, and Koltin Thompson, Kinson Key Games, 2025)

05:30 -Spectres of Brocken (Aaron Lim, Web published, 2022)

15:58 -Rumble Nation (Yogi Shinichi, Hobby Japan, 2017)

18:49 -SILOS (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)

26:09 -Hot Streak (Jon Perry, CMYK, 2025)

28:16 -The Gang: Jokers and More (Uncredited, KOSMOS, 2024)

32:37 -Marshmallow Test (Reiner Knizia, Gamewright, 2020)

35:12 -High Tide (Marceline Leiman, Underdog Games, 2024)

37:14 -Bombastic (Robert Hovakimyan, Bitewing Games, 2025)

40:01 -Regicide Legacy (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, and Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2025)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

45:52 Federation: Piracy expansion

47:03 Flow movie gets its Flow board game

47:49 Part of the Pickaxe Network! Join us Thursday, September 25th at 17:00-18:30 BST for Pickaxe week on the Yogscast Twitch feed.

48:45 Feature Game: Star Wars: Battle of Hoth (Richard Borg & Adrien Martinot, Days of Wonder, 2025)

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My guest this week is designer and develop with GMT Games, Adam Blinkinsop. We talk about making music, telling a designer that their game is rubbish and whether you should make your hobby a job...but which games did he choose?

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This week Peter & Mike review Purple Haze. Next week we will have a related design discussion about taboo topics in board games and how to handle them. _________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg X - @onestopcoopshop Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Merch: one-stop-co-op-shop.creator-spring.com/ Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

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In this bonus episode of BPPP, hosts Christina, and Kevin sit down with David Waybright from Man vs Meeple and dig into the age-old question: Do you play for fun, or do you play to win? Along the way, they share personal stories from game nights gone sideways (or spectacularly right), explore how competition shifts group dynamics, and debate whether fun and winning are really at odds—or if they might actually go hand in hand.

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This week on Episode 1010 Shelley and I head back to the Everdell universe, and then deal with our social anxiety while settling down to a good book!

Everdell Silverfrost by James A and Clarissa A Wilson from Starling Games and Tabletop Tycoon

A Place for All My Books by Alex Cutler and Michael Mihealsick from Smirk and Dagger Games

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This week on the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, we’re talking two players! Tag Team is a head-to-head brawler, and Suna Valo is exactly the same, but for farms! Finally, Matt waxes lyrical about General Orders’ Samurai Sequel: ‘Sengoku Jidai’ - and, within it, has perhaps found a game that’s too small for even our perma-shrunk noggins.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Timestamps: 

02:44 - Tag Team

15:09 - Suna Valo

23:54 - General Orders: Sengoku Jidai

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• Welcome to Jon, Chris, and Eric
• Thank you to...
• Announcement
• Retro Preview - Watcher in the Water
• Deck Spotlight - Bond of Friendship
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  • https://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/35803/smagolsfriendship-1.0
• Fangs in the Dark Review
• AMA
• Soliloquy

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Hearken, ye Cabalists! Gather round, for this day the Lords convene in discourse. They speak first of Jamie and AC’s newest chronicle of dread and mystery, wrought in the Call of Cthulhu. Thereafter, a query from a faithful listener shall be pondered, touching upon the use of relics and tokens within the gaming hall. Lastly, the Roundtable shall be set, where wisdom is shared on the keeping of momentum and the weariness that oft befalls the Game Master. Raise thy voices in mirth! Huzzah!

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In today’s episode, the guys review Fishing and Up or Down?, then draft their favorite board game designers. Help support the podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/punchboardparadise Join our Discord! discord.gg/4FrZ8S3yCv Check out the Website! punchboardparadise.com Need a new shirt? www.punchboardparadise.threadless.com Music by HookSounds

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After hearing on social media about how to get new board gamers to play Lacerdas in quick progression Adrian conducts a light hearted thought experiment on how this "could" be achieved through different genres and styles of board games.

FIRST PLAYER: Adrian
OTHER PLAYERS: Becky & Tambo

In this episode you'll learn:
- that JP has sneaked onto Let's Talk About Hex to chat about his recent play of Andromeda's Edge: Genesis expansion by Cardboard Alchemy 
- about war and what is it good for by Adrian in Quartermaster General by Griggling Games
- whether Becky has lost all hope destroying the one virus (ahem) ring in Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship by Zman Games
- that Tambo has gone back to the 90's in Console Wars: The Card Game by Booth Babe Games
- all about Adrian's thought experiment about progression through light to heavy board games

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Andromeda's Edge: Genesis Gamefound - https://gamefound.com/en/projects/cardboard-alchemy/andromedas-edge-genesis
NinjaGeekGames overview of Andromeda's Edge: Genesis - https://youtu.be/l8aqHuCGD1w?si=Yhmy9iHfHS4tiQLs

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count

2:35 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex

3:29 - JP - Andromeda's Edge: Genesis

12:10 - Tambo - Console Wars

17:57 - Becky - Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship

22:49 - Adrian - Quartermaster General

30:17 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Levelling Up

32:31 - CO-OP GAMES - Marvel United > Pandemic > Spirit Island

44:23 - NATURE - Barenpark > Wingspan > Ark Nova

56:53 - WORKER PLACEMENT - Lords of Waterdeep > Caverna > Anachrony

1:04:13 - A ROAD TO LACERDA - Splendor > Viticulture > Kanban EV

1:11:15 - ANOTHER WORKER PLACEMENT - Lords of Water Deep > Lost Ruins of Arnak > Septima

1:15:48 - DUNGEON CRAWLER - HeroQuest > Mansions of Madness > Gloomhaven

1:21:23 - TURN 4 - Konn4ct F4ur

1:26:21 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?

1:31:20 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Our team find out that all is not well at serial killer, Grossmann's building on Langestrasse. What are they hiding?

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Tom sits at the small table. Eric's parents make friends on a cruise. Julie travels the country spreading boardgames wherever she goes. We also talk about what surprises await in those little pockets of games in places where you don't expect to find them. We delve into the mailbag for some pertinent questions, and we gather a new crop of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

00:50 - School Has Started, Dice Tower West, Cruise

02:40 - Eric's Parents on Alaskan Cruise

03:19 - Spiel Plans (Booth 3R315)

05:02 - Game Shelves in Unusual Spots

20:43 - Question: Playing With Bob

29:30 - Question: Storing Games While At College

34:30 - Tag Team

36:52 - Journey to Tir na nOg

41:50 - Cat Sudoku: Summer Festival

44:18 - The Four Doors

47:22 - Regicide Legacy

52:43 - Tenby

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00:00:40 Intro
00:05:30 Foot Update
00:09:30 Arkham Horror RPG – Terra Antarctic
00:14:30 Perfect Mismatch
00:19:30 Monster Pit
00:24:00 On the horizon
00:27:00 Miniature Market
00:28:00 Yokohama Duel
00:37:30 Up or Down
00:43:00 Portal Games
00:44:30 Rival Cities
00:54:30 Twinkle Twinkle
00:59:00 Game Toppers LLC
01:01:00 Uninvited Guests at a Wedding
01:08:30 Gwent
01:15:00 Outro

Yokohama Duel is a two-player strategy game set in Meiji-era Japan, where players compete as merchants navigating trade routes and foreign relations. It condenses the original Yokohama into a tighter format, emphasizing tactical movement, resource collection, and contract fulfillment. With modular setup and multiple scoring paths, it offers deep replayability in a compact package that many still trying to find the best way to victory.

Rival Cities pits two players against each other in a historical rivalry between Hamburg and Altona. Through lawsuits, trade, and political maneuvering, players vie for dominance in a tug-of-war of influence and prestige. The game can be quick playing and therefore making each decision impactful and every turn a strategic duel.

Up or Down is a fast-paced card game focused on building ascending or descending sequences, ideal for quick, engaging play. Meanwhile, Twinkle Twinkle offers a peaceful tile-laying experience where players draft transparent tiles to complete star charts and connect constellations. Both games are accessible yet clever, appealing to casual and puzzle-loving players alike.

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"Well, that was your mother

And that was your father

Before you was born dude

When life was great

You are the burden of my generation

I sure do love you

But let’s get that straight"

-Paul Simon, "That Was Your Mother"

01:34 AYURIS: Nucleum (Simone Luciani & Dávid Turczi, Board&Dice, 2023)

Games Played Last Week:

04:04 -SILOS (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)

09:34 -Ayar: Children of the Sun (Mandela Fernandez-Grandon & Fabio Lopiano, Osprey Games, 2025)

17:46 -Ichor (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)

24:24 -Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising (Alara Cameron, Helana Hope, and Sen-Foong Lim, Lucky Duck Games, 2023)

27:02 -Carolingi (Christoph Cantzler & Sebastian Freudenberg, Sea Cove Games, 2024)

39:17 -Giants Moving Tiny Furniture (Ian Clayman & Ken Gruhl, Exploding Kittens, 2025)

42:59 -TowerBrix (Simon Thomas, KOSMOS, 2024)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

45:36 Shackleton Base Expansion: Below. Above. Within.

47:07 Burned on Gamecrafter October 14! https://www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/burned

48:02 Container reprint, a little more minimalist this time

49:03 Topic: Nostalgia

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