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Episode 327: Shackleton Base and Theme and Mechanism Alignment

20. August 2025 um 07:50
Hey now, Cabalists! The gang is back and fired up for another episode of The Cabal! Tony’s dealing with his dog’s unfortunate bout of diarrhea, Chris went out to see Weird Al, and the crew hit the table with a pile of great new games including Above and Below Haunted, Ark Nova: Marine Worlds, El Burro, Heat Pedal to the Metal, Moon Colony Bloodbath, and feature Shackleton Base by Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone, published by Sorry We Are French. After Tony T delivers his always-popular News segment, the gang dives into a discussion on the vital connection between theme and mechanisms in board games. Above and Below Haunted: 00:09:41, Ark Nova: Marine Worlds: 00:18:15, El Burro: 00:27:16, Heat: 00:37:35, Moon Colony Bloodbath: 00:46:319, Shackleton Base: 01:04:09, News with Tony T: 01:38:04, Theme and Mechanism Alignment: 02:31:41. Check out our sponsors Restoration Games at https://restorationgames.com/. Game Toppers at https://www.gametoppersllc.com/. And Game Night Picks at http://gamenightpicks.com/cabal.

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Episode 197: The Smartest Board Gamer

Von: Pickaxe
20. August 2025 um 07:00

Dave is here to save the day with another show of working out who the smartest idiot is. 

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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Two Off the Top - Ep. 1 - Series Premiere

20. August 2025 um 05:51
Clef and Tim kick off Two Off the Top with a special guest! James from Dads on a Map joins us for a bit as we talk anything but board games for an hour. James and Clef reflect back on a day of disc golf that was shared and a few other things before we get to all of the board games. We talk about Ra and Write, Dark Domains, Naishi, Milestones, and the Skull King expansion. Disc Golf kicks off the show Baseball/Football: 35:25 Food: 41:13 Music: 48:36 Board Games: 1:00:38 Join the conversation on discord at discord.gg/s8hYtWkMS3

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Expansion Pack: Shawn Hoult's Turn (Last Week of Summer - Allies or Enemies)

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It's 1986, the radio is playing your favourite tune and you're in your last week of summer hanging out with your friends trying to be popular.  It's time for another expansion pack guest episode where Shawn Hoult from Allies or Enemies joins Adrian & Becky for a nostalgic chat around the Last Week of Summer and also Shakespeare: The Card Game.

GUEST PLAYER: Shawn Hoult from Allies or Enemies
PLAYERS: Adrian & Becky

In this episode you'll learn:
- all about how Shawn begun his indie publisher journey with Allies or Enemies and how it started off from a YouTube channel
- more about their latest game Last Week of Summer which puts you back in the 1980's trying to relive those glory days
- more about how Shawn wanted to create the MCU within the world of Shakespeare and succeeds in Shakespeare: The Card Game
- what it's like for an indie publisher in getting started, challenges and rewards they face.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Allies or Enemies Games Website - https://www.alliesorenemies.com/
Allies or Enemies YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/AlliesorEnemies
Last Week of Summer Kickstarter Page - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alliesorenemies/last-week-of-summer

EPISODE CHAPTERS
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TURN 1 - Player Count

1:39 - TURN 2 - Shawn Hoult's Turn

1:51 - How did Shawn get into the hobby?

8:01 - What are Shawn's favourite games right now?

11:27 - TURN 3 - How did Allies & Enemies begin and insights as an indie publisher

15:57 - What was the genesis of Last Week of Summer

18:42 - How did you match the game types to the feeling you wanted to convey?

20:49 - How does an indie publisher get their playtest group?

23:39 - What are the unexpected challenges you've faced?

27:02 - An overview of "Last Week of Summer"

36:18 - Was the modular nature of the game designed from the start?

38:17 - An overview of "Shakespeare: The Card Game"

47:21 - What makes up Shawn's last week of summer?

You can check out JP's new podcast called Just Play right here https://www.justplaypod.co.uk we'd love to have you and also on the new YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast

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