There is one unenviable truth of board game ownership that we're forced to contend with - they occupy space. We've each had to wrestle with this reality in different ways recently, so we offer our thoughts on the awkwardness of sharing a physical world with our board games. Before we merely exist, we talk about Riftforce, Kabuto Sumo, and Whirling Witchcraft.
02:23 - Riftforce 11:38 - Kabuto Sumo 19:41 - Whirling Witchcraft 23:25 - Bullet♥︎ 23:45 - Eternal: Chronicles of the Throne 29:37 - So Very Wrong About Games charity fundraiser 30:05 - Ghost Turkey 2021 31:49 - Board games occupying space 45:28 - Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 48:06 - Inis 48:47 - Scythe 49:06 - Splendor
Enter, Ye Gods of War! In Volume four of Battletome, a podcast about the miniatures gaming hobby, Bender, Aaron and Jamie discuss all the games and hobby project they've been getting into lately including Age of Sigmar, Warhammer 40k, Don't Look Back, Duncan Rhodes Two Thin Coats, Myth and Goal, and Aeronautica Imperialis Wrath of Angels. Then Aaron and Jamie dive into a feature review of Star Wars Legion published by Fantasy Flight Games and Atomic Mass Games!
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Games Played Last Week: 01:12 -Ankh: Gods of Egypt (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2021) 07:44 -Furnace (Ivan Lashin, Hobby World, 2021) 11:58 -Core Worlds: Galactic Orders (Andrew Parks, Stronghold Games, 2012) 14:34 -Khôra: Rise of an Empire (Head Quarter Simulation Game Club, IELLO, 2021) 17:23 -Tapestry (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2019) 19:46 -The Resistance: Avalon (Don Eskridge, Indie Boards & Cards, 2012) 21:46 -Cloud City (Phil Walker-Harding, Blue Orange Games, 2020) 23:07 -Simplicity (David Brain, Fractal Juegos, 2021) 23:57 -Niagara (Thomas Liesching, Zoch Verlag, 2004) 26:47 -Kabuto Sumo (Tony Miller, BoardGameTables.com, 2021) 28:38 -Camel Up (Second Edition) (Steffan Bogen, eggertspiele, 2018) 31:11 -Robotech: Brace for Impact (Nick Ferris, Strange Machine Games, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 35:27 Fundraiser on Twitch for Food Banks Canada on October 2nd at 3 PM EST. Guests: No Pun Included, Board Game Barrage, the SVWAG crew! KOSMOS has donated copies of The Crew: Mission Deep Sea to give away! https://tiltify.com/@svwag/so-very-wrong-about-games-food-drive 36:11 Parasocial Saturdays! Saturday, 10:30 EST. 36:45 Myth and Goal: James Hewitt & Sophie Williams 37:27 Let's Make a Bus Route domestic reprint: Get on Board: New York & London 38:08 Eastern Empires by 999 Games 40:01 No episode next week; Happy Thanksgiving! 40:25 Skinny Minis 41:46 International Gamers Awards winners: Lost Ruins of Arnak, My City, and Under Falling Skies 42:40 Language that insidiously encourages gatekeeping
Eric joins Suzanne and Mandi on this episode as they discuss Praga Caput Regni, Tranquility, Explorers (the app version), Crash Octopus Automobiles, and Papageno. The Game Pie today? Literary Games!
Reviews of Azul;Queens Garden, Islands in the Mist, and a Harper's Bazaar. Featured review: Ankh-Gods of Egypt by CMON; Reroll Ecos-First Continent by AEG. Board game discussion starts at 41:55. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep204.Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and AEG.
Timestamps:41:55 - Azul-Queens Garden; 48:12- Islands in the Mist; 53:41 - Marrakesh; 1:00:18-Harper's Bazaar.
Welcome to the cardboard arcade! Four colorful pinball machines are nestled into a single box - each one a unique world, ready test of your skills.. and luck - challenging you to rack up the high score.
In this deliberately 156th episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Matt are poring through the back-catalogue after a lovely afternoon of playing nice games together. We’re chugging along in Empyreal: Spells & Steam before literally obliterating hundreds of invaders in Spirit Island. It’s a tonal soufflé! I will not elaborate further.
After 140 episodes, this video allows you to find out a lot more about the 9 of us, as we get asked 10 questions each. Some normal questions, and one question from Adrian that is "Why do we dream?"
It was certainly one of the best recordings to be a part of, and we hope you enjoy watching!
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Rolling Stock Stars and There is No Game: Wrong Dimension. We then list our top 5 games that make us laugh!
Announcements: 0:40
Recent Games: 1:35
Top 5 Games That Make Us Laugh: 13:56
Outro: 38:03
Bloopers: 39:16
A new list of a hundred games to draft, and it only gets harder and harder. We're each picking a standalone collection of five games in a snake draft format. And the best part is you could win $50 just by voting on your favourite collection! Before we get to clubbing, we talk about Regicide, Dice Miner, and Let's Make a Bus Route, and SCOUT!
02:06 - Regicide 08:34 - Dice Miner 16:55 - Let's Make a Bus Route 16:55 - Get on Board: New York & London 18:56 - SCOUT! 22:42 - Drafting BGG's #301-400 25:18 - Biblios 26:56 - Innovation 28:18 - Monikers 29:20 - The Great Zimbabwe 30:42 - Ginkgopolis 33:34 - For Sale 35:24 - Nusfjord 37:45 - Bunny Kingdom 39:18 - Chinatown 39:38 - Twice as Clever! 41:17 - Macao 43:03 - Lancaster 45:05 - Obsession 48:23 - Lost Cities 50:36 - Gùgōng See Badgers from Mars' statement on TGG Games: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2723017/badgers-mars-and-tgg-games Check out Mark playing Dice Miner on GameNight! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CouxIvYzh-s
Morten Monrad Pedersen, from Automa Factory and Stonemaier Games, dives into a more serious topic as we discuss bipolarity, depression, and using game design to cope.
Morten was diagnosed with bipolarity several years ago and sheds a ton of light on the subject. He goes into a lot about his own personal journey and how games and game design have helped him.
Also, here’s the Malcom Gladwell video I mention on the show.