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Episode 262: Sabotage and Revisiting Crowdfunding

07. Dezember 2022 um 06:55
Hey now! It's time for another healthy dose of Cabal nonsense! Today the gang gets into some of the games they've been playing including Star Trek Ascendency, Weather Machine, Mechs vs Minions, Paperback Adventures, San Francisco, and features Sabotage by Tim Fowers. Then Tony T gives the most wonderful tabletop gaming roundup any newsman has every provided. Finally, the Founders take a look at crowdfunding and how their habits have changed over the years and how they may be changing in the future. Sabotage Review 00:47:54, Founders Update 01:09:01, News with Tony T 01:14:31, Revisiting Crowdfunding 01:55:02

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Episode 131: Comeuppance

Von: Pickaxe
07. Dezember 2022 um 06:00

Last year we made predictions. This year we get out comeuppance. 

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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Expansion Pack: Chris Priscott's Turn (Zuuli / Unfringed)

07. Dezember 2022 um 02:00

It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show

We've got another guest on the show and this time it's the designer of Zuuli, Chris Priscott from Unfringed.  Chris joins us to chat through the genesis of Zuuli and also game design in general.
 
GUEST PLAYER: Chris Priscott from Unfringed.co
THE PLAYERS: JP & Becky
 
OVERVIEW
In this Expansion Pack episode JP & Becky meet Chris Priscott the designer of Zuuli to talk about how his design began, whats coming up and who Chris the gamer is.  In this episode you'll learn:
- How Becky would have elbowed the other players out of the way to be on this episode (spoiler alert - she's a big fan)
- What happens to the animals in Zuuli when you can't fit them in your zoo
- What's up next for Zuuli fans
- more about Chris' niche number 1 answers
- that Resident Evil from the 90s has a strong pull for conversation

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Check out more on Chris and Unfringed below
- Website - https://unfringed.co
- Zuuli - https://unfringed.co/zuuli/

You can learn more about Chris on his socials:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/unfringedthings/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UnfringedThings

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:07 - TURN 2 - Introducing Chris Priscott
3:29 - What is Chris' favourite game?
6:01 - What games does Chris enjoy right now?
9:19 - TURN 3 - Main Interview
9:42 - What was the genesis of Unfringed?
13:40 - Was your background in software engineering helpful with the process?
15:12 - What was the most surprising thing in the process in getting Zuuli out to market? 
16:48 - Having played Zuuli, what happens to the animals that don't fit in the zoo?
17:58 - What is Zuuli?

22:09 - What's it been like going through crowdfunding and getting the response you have? 
26:50 - How deliberate was the child friendly art style?
30:34 - What expert tips can you give Becky to help beat her husband (Kerley) at the game?
33:26 - Will you cover on socials fan made cards & animals?
36:23 - Listeners Questions - What's next from the Zuuliverse?
41:06 - Are you working on anything outside of the Zuuliverse right now?
42:48 - Listeners Questions - How did you find the blind draft when we switched playing with an open draft?
45:45 - Listeners Questions - Do you feel the success of Zuuli puts more pressure on you? 
47:47 - Chris' Niche Number 1's - Favourite game you've bought on a whim?
49:45 - Chris' Niche Number 1's - Favourite game that you don't own?
50:34 - Chris' Niche Number 1's - Favourite game with the most useless component?
54:42 - TURN 4 - Planning Your Turn - What's coming up for our guest
1:02:52 - Thanking Chris
1:04:00 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn

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