Jason continues the conversation with Dr. Patrick Rael from Bowdoin College and the Ludica blog on BGG. We discuss the meaning of a historical game, what they are and what they are not, and how games get it wrong. In essence, history games should present counterfactuals. They should allow us to imagine and game out different ways that history could have gone. When a "history" game does not do that, it can fall in to the pit traps that I have identified on many other Good Trouble shows.
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The Smart Car was truly out-of-the-box thinking. "Why do passenger cars all have to be the way they are?" asked some clever group of designers, and designed the minimalistic teensy Smart Car. Of course, the challenges posed by manufacturing the little thing, or driving the little thing on a highway, or walking away from a crash in the little thing, proved to be compelling arguments in favour of more traditional passenger car manufacture. What I'm saying is that sometimes the box exists for a reason, notwithstanding the virtues of experimentation.
Games Played Last Week: 01:48 -The Guild of Merchant Explorers (Matthew Dunstan & Brett J. Gilbert, AEG, 2022) 06:25 -Street Masters (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2018) 11:37 -Oltréé (Antoine Bauza & John Grümph, Studio H, 2021) 17:08 -Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2022) 21:46 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022) 24:04 -Groundhog Day: The Game (Propsero Hall, Funko Games, 2021) 26:21 -Framework (Uwe Rosenberg, Edition Spielwiese, 2022) 29:11 -Circadians: Chaos Order (S J Macdonald & Zach Smith, Garphill Games, 2022) 33:59 -For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games, 2021) 35:39 -Vengeance (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 42:24 Tiletum from Daniele Tascini and Simone Luciani, update on the Daniele Tascini controversies 44:47 HeroScape will not return with pre-painted minis and ode to American retail 47:31 SVWAG at the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo: SHUX! September 30 - October 2
47:45 Feature Game: Space Station Phoenix (Gabriel J. Cohn, Rio Grande Games, 2022)
Gen Con Day 1 Portal Booth Setup Chicken ‘n Waffles Hey, how you doing? Getting ready for RDTN Meetup Moving the stuff World Cup Battle Brazil – Marty’s Take Sonic […]
While Sarah hosts the episode, Jules and Adrian are snuggling together at Adrian's house. The crew discuss Jules' holiday and the resulting gaming bonanza with Adrian and Def over the past week. Meanwhile in Sizzling Games, Sarah is hand-making and trick-taking, Jules has been avoiding fails and blazing trails and Adrian is defying odds and moving Gods.
We also recap last week's Question of the Pod: Are you more likely to love a game if you win the first time you play it? Thanks to everyone who contributed and shared their experiences.
Finally, in Swear An Oath, Adrian blames Jules and babies for not playing Hues and Cues, Jules played all of the game modes in Trailblazers, and Sarah still has burncycle eyeing her off from the shelf. New oaths include Scout (Adrian), a non-committal lucky-dip (Jules), and to complete Mission 50 of The Crew (Sarah).
Question of the Pod: What game did you expect to hate and then after you played it you went and bought it?
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