June 1, 2022

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Opener: Lisbon Tram 28 Year in, year out, I care about the Spiel des Jahres...even though gamers here on BGG grumble about these awards. These are simpler games meant as ambassadors from our hobby to the general population. They're a significant part of the growth of boardgaming that we enjoy & appreciate. Then when those newbies want to take the next step in boardgaming, the Kenners are good for that. All in all, I think it's a great system. I'm not concerned about the heavy gamers--they can look to the DSP, the Golden Geeks, or other awards.

While the SdJs are meant to be lighter, more family-targeted games, the very best ones are capable of being played in two modes: friendly and shark-y. Or family-style and gamer-style. I think Carcassonne, Settlers, and Ticket to Ride are great examples of that, and there are others. The nominations and recommendations for the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres awards were announced last week...but not before I recorded an episode! Every year some number of other hobbyists who care about the SdJs make their guesses about what games will be on those lists. I like to follow along on those, sometimes making my own guesses. There was some speculation about these games on the BGTG Discord server, too (come join us!). So this episode is kind of foolish, but I did it anyway. I recorded my rundown and commentary about the games people thought MIGHT be nominated for the SdJ and Kenner awards. Then I went back and recorded a shorter addendum since the actual nominees and other recommended titles had been announced after my first recording. You'll hear that the guesses managed to include all of the final nominees, though there were several other contenders that weren't named by the jury. Closer: Games should accelerate to the end. Or, at the very least, they shouldn't slow down! -Mark

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Today the legendary board and miniatures game reviewer, Joel Eddy of Drive Thru Games, opens the show with a guest announce and we couldn’t ask for better! Jamie and Don dive into a feature review of Golem from Cranio Creations. Tony T, wows the audience with his new man prowess in his world famous tabletop gaming news segment. And finally, the gang closes out the show with a Short Off-Topic Extravaganza in which they DO NOT talk about tabletop gaming but rather random off topic questions submitted by listeners include our favorite beer and cocktails, what we'd do with a time machine and how Tony prepares his final words of wisdom. Golem Overview 01:15:29, Golem Review 01:19:58, News with Tony T 01:28:48, Short Off-Topic Extravaganza 02:33:08

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Peter, Terence, Mary & Dan talk Marvel Champions, and their experience with Con of Heroes. There is a contest at the end of the episode to get some free swag from Con of Heroes. MVPBoardgames@gmail.com _________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg YouTube(streamed) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@one_stop_coop_shop Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Merch: one-stop-co-op-shop.creator-spring.com/ Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

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This week Mike promises to takes us all through some of his wonderous board game trivia... Whether we like it or not. 

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Patrick Mcneil, from McMeeple Games, discusses what it’s like to design games with his children.

Patrick has been creating games with his kids for years and has gotten many of the designs to the point of being fully published games. We talk about being intentional, setting the right expectations, overcoming negative feedback, and more.

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JP has been kicked off the "First Player" seat and Adrian has secured first player position to start his run of episodes to bring to life the culture all around crowdfunding.

FIRST PLAYER: Adrian
OTHER PLAYERS: Kerley & JP

OVERVIEW
In this episode "First Player" Adrian is joined by our other players Kerley & JP to bring to life experiences of Kickstarter / Gamefound crowdfunding projects.  In this episode you'll learn:

- JP has made it back from Vegas in one piece and tells us about his solo experience of Under Falling Skies
- Adrian time travels back to the 80's to experience HeroQuest
- Kerley is still enjoying building zoos and a card engine in Ark Nova
- How FOMO is a real thing that is used by companies to drive crowdfund campaigns and everything else in between
- the groups thoughts about whether solo modes should be made available in base games as standard
- that JP is looking forward to slitting throats in Game of Thrones, Kerley will "hopefully" experience his first UK Games Expo and Adrian to finally try his kickstarter delivery from last year "The Great Wall"

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:22 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:58 - Kerley: Ark Nova
6:37 - JP: Under Falling Skies
10:54 - Adrian: HeroQuest
14:38 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Crowdfund Culture
14:50 - What is crowdfunding?
16:20 - Fear of missing out is a real thing
17:43 - Problems with add-ons
19:13 - Our experiences with crowdfunding
20:34 - You need a lot of patience
21:17 - The initial buzz doesn't always match your feelings at the end
24:25 - We're much more cautious
25:49 - The importance of game design when choosing
28:07 - Be prepared for it to be late
29:31 - The community can shape the project
32:03 - The balance of hype and disappointment
33:16 - Stretch goals - are they good / bad?
36:15 - The crowdfunding cycle
37:35 - UK shipping fun and games
40:27 - Are we continuing to back games?
41:53 - TURN 4 - Question Time: Should solo modes be included as standard in the base game?
48:16 - TURN 5: The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
48:31 - JP: Game of Thrones
50:57 - Kerley: UK Games Expo & Icaion
53:21 - Adrian: The Great Wall
55:33 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Multi-Deck System Games! Canadian content! Kevin Bacon! So many digressions in an episode packed with so much culture it couldn't even fit in one of Vin Diesel's muscle shirts. We do, however, focus on games long enough to rhetorically ask--with several stress patterns--of David Thompson: who is this guy? As a note, during the time of the taping of this episode, David Thompson released five more excellent board games. Oh, sorry, I type slowly, make that six.

01:23 AYURIS: Fort (Grant Rodiek, Leder Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
03:36 -Contra: The Board Game (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022)
08:23 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022)
13:58 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022)
17:41 -Sniper Elite: The Board Game (Roger Tankersly & David Thompson, Rebellion Unplugged, 2022)
24:31 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019)
26:48 -Hidden Leaders (Andreas Müller, Markus Müller, & Raphael Stocker, BFF Games, 2022)
30:09 -Foundations of Rome (Emerson Matsuuichi, Arcane Wonders, 2022)
34:18 -Stroganov (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2021)
37:44 -burncycle (Josh J. Carlson & Shannon Wedge, Chip Theory Games, 2022)
44:48 -For Sale (Stefan Dorra, Uberplay, 1997)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
46:39 Support the show on Patreon, by word of mouth, or don't. You do you!
48:56 Fantasy Realms Deluxe. With sleeves!
49:35 Arcs by Leder Games on Kickstarter now. Trick-taking!
50:27 Batman: Gotham City Chronicles Season 3. New rulebook!

52:48 Topic: Designer Spotlight: David Thompson
[EDIT: The actor who co-starred in Tremors is named Michael Gross. We regret the error.]

1:17:45 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: The Pentaverate

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Reviews of Cryptid-Urban Legends, Blaze, Momiji and so many more. Featured review: Dead Reckoning by AEG; Reroll Dominant Species Marine by GMT games. Board game discussion starts at 26:56. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep221.Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and AEG.
Timestamps:
26:56 - Momiji; 33:19 - Cryptid: Urban Legends; 39:36 - Blaze; 49:55-Lockup! A Roll Player Tale

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7 Wonders Architects is a quick-playing game of card drafting and empire building. Inspired by its wildly successful sibling (7 Wonders), Architects builds a different kind of fun - one that is open and approachable by a broader audience.

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On Episode 192 we are joined by Designer and Developer, Drake Villareal. Drake talks about his recent move from California to Skopje in Macedonia, his new role at Final Frontier Games, and shares with us what projects he is currently working on including more Merchants Cove and a scoop on his next project! He also shares his insights into this week's Sizzling Games: burncycle, Empires of the Void II, and Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles.

In the Board Game Bracket we settle the last match-up, Barrage vs Raiders of the North Sea, before we cue up the next battle: Too Many Bones vs Pandemic Legacy. To make sure your favourite goes through to the next round make sure you vote on our socials.

Finally, in Swear An Oath, Conor didn't manage to get Nova or Ironheart to the table, Mitch started Aeon's End: Legacy of Gravehold with his daughter, and Def played 1960: The Making of the President. New oaths include Arcs (Def), play an online game that he's not working on (Drake), completing the first three levels of burncycle (Mitch), and Too Many Bones (Conor).

 

Sizzling Games: burncycle (42:45), Empires of the Void II (1:02:40), Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles (1:11:20)

Board Game Bracket: (1:32:10)

Swear An Oath: (1:42:53)

 

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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

Merchants Cove (2021) 

Bardwood Grove (2022) 

Endless Winter: Ancestors (2022) 

Solaria (2021) 

burncycle (2022) 

Too Many Bones (2017) 

Empires of the Void II (2018) 

Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles (2022) 

Runika and the Six-sided Spellbooks (2020) 

Barrage (2019) 

Raiders of the North Sea (2015) 

Pandemic Legacy (2015) 

Aeon's End: Legacy of Gravehold (2021) 

1960: The Making of a President (2007) 

Arcs (2023) 

 

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Our podcast is also proudly sponsored by Advent Games. Advent Games (http://www.adventgames.com.au/) are an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW. Their core values are integrity, customer satisfaction, and providing a wide range of products including those hard-to-find board games.

Our Board Game Bracket 2.0 is proudly sponsored by Game Toppers LLC. They have joined the BBQ, and are even providing us with one of their Game Toppers for our Game Days! Check out their Kickstarter now! These Game Toppers are amazing, and can transform any old table into an A1 quality Game Table! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burky/game-toppers-30-upgrading-every-game-you-play?ref=discovery&term=game%20toppers

 

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Steve & Kim review Paint the Roses, a cooperative logical deduction game set in the theme of Alice in Wonderland. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg YouTube(streamed) - https://www.youtube.com/c/OneStopCoopShopStreamed Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

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Shelley and take on a single game once again this week. This time the physical size isn't as huge as last week, but the depth is certainly there!

Golem by Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, and Simone Luciani from Cranio Creations

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It doesn't happen as much as it does in other industries, but every so often the people at the top demand serialization. We're talking about sequels in board games, when they work, when they (super) don't, and what we'd like to see get the treatment. Before we get franchised, we talk about Next Station: London, Dawn of the Zeds (Third Edition), and Azul: Queen's Garden.

01:23 - Next Station: London 09:29 - Dawn of the Zeds (Third Edition) 21:44 - Azul: Queen's Garden 39:51 - A Study in Emerald (Second Edition) 40:42 - Uwe Rosenberg Puzzle Trilogy 43:15 - Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan 45:13 - Brass: Birmingham 47:11 - Glen More II: Chronicles 48:21 - Empires of the Void II 48:36 - The Resistance: Avalon 49:44 - 7 Wonders Duel 50:10 - 7 Wonders: Architects 50:42 - Alchemists 52:05 - Lignum 52:27 - Francis Drake

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I discuss the relationship between content creators and consumers. Very often, as creators, we try to bridge that gap with more transparency and more clarity with the terms we use. That's great, but we need another piece - how to build trust with board game consumers. James Hudson and Alex Radcliffe discuss Reviews and Previews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WEC1h6utjM ---------- 0:00 Intro 0:38 Reviews vs. Previews 2:05 Truth vs. Trust 4:41 Journalistic Values 8:51 Negative Reviews are Reassuring 12:02 Creators Want to be Positive 13:38 Building Communities, and it Limits 15:21 My Transparency As a Reviewer Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/shelfstories __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/onestopcoopshop www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

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Ben Rosset, designer of The Search for Planet X, talks about how to design games based on real-life systems and processes.
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Ben has designed games based on aging cheese, brewing beer, finding planets, manufacturing board games, and many other themes that happen in the real world, so we have quite a bit to chat about.

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On Mark's drive across Canada (the first time), he stopped in Drumheller, Alberta for some dinosaur tourism. It has a truly impressive nodosaur specimen. The nodosaur is a close relative of the ankylosaur, a key difference being the former's lack of a thagomizer, the club-like appendage at the end of an ankylosaur's tail. Mark bought a plastic ankylosaur as a souvenir. Its name is Angie.
Perseverance doesn't have any ankylosaurs or nodosaurs. A shame.

Games Played Last Week:
00:53 -Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022)
04:53 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022)
11:16 -Imperium: Legends (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2021)
15:08 -Titan (Matthieu Podevin, Holy Grail Games, 2022)
21:19 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022)
27:25 -Get on Board: New York & London (Saashi, IELLO, 2022)
28:31 -Omicron Protocol (Brendan Kendrick & Bernie Lin, Dead Alive Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
34:05 Starship Captains by CGE (not Vlaada)
34:56 Leave the Church in the Village: Quoridor-esque?
35:50 Spiel des Jahres Nominees: Cascadia, SCOUT, Top Ten. Kennerspiel: Living Forest, Cryptid, Dune: Imperium
37:13 Escape from New York

38:07 Feature Game: Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles Episodes 1 & 2 (Richard Amann, Thomas Vande Ginste, Viktor Peter, Wolf Plancke, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2022)

1:09:53 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: The Kid Detective

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Tony McRee

 Intro  Flowchart Lawnmower  Something Stupid I Did  Time Stamps  Buy Me a Moon Pie  Strike Tournament  Taste Buds Live  Codenames Live  Dog Lover  Not for the Faint of Heart  Polynesia […]

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On Episode 191 Jules, Adrian and Conor discuss the Brisbane Game Day, tournament board gaming, and some current stand-outs in the crowdfunding circuit. In Sizzling Games, Adrian has been getting so clever in So Clover, Jules has been sailing the seas of Tortuga 1667, and Conor has been collecting cotton in Clans of Caledonia.

In the Board Game Bracket we settle the last match-up, Architects of the West Kingdom vs Everdell, before we cue up the next battle: Barrage vs Raiders of the North Sea. To make sure your favourite goes through to the next round make sure you vote on our socials.

Finally, in Swear An Oath, Adrian played Yak with his family, Conor called in Jules to sub for his oath last week, and Jules used the "I wasn't supposed to be here" card. New oaths include Ortus Regni (Jules), Marvel Champions: Nova & Ironheart (Conor), and Carnegie (Adrian).

Sizzling Games: So Clover! (45:50), Tortuga 1667 (51:10), Clans of Caledonia (1:00:50)

Board Game Bracket: (1:20:58)

Swear An Oath: (1:33:10)

 

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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

Catan (1995) 

Ra (2023) 

Arcs (2023) 

Coffee Traders (2021) 

Union Stockyards (2022) 

Wreckland Run (2022) 

Motor City (2022) 

Ryozen (2023) 

Root: Marauder Expansion (2022) 

Hellapagos (2017) 

Skull King (2013)

Mafia de Cuba (2015) 

So Clover! (2021) 

Letter Jam (2109) 

Tortuga 1667 (2107) 

Clans of Caledonia (2017) 

Architects of the West Kingdom (2018)

Everdell (2018) 

Barrage (2019) 

Raiders of the North Sea (2015) 

Yak (2022) 

Carnegie (2022) 

Age of Steam (2002) 

Ortus Regni (2014) 

Root (2018) 

Marvel Champions: Ironheart (2022) 

Marvel Champions: Nova (2022) 

Aeon's End (2016)

 

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Thanks to 2D6 for sponsoring the podcast. Check out their website at (2D6games.com.au) to see their massive range of games and don't forget they offer free delivery all around Australia. So why not order your next Sizzling Game from them today!!

Our podcast is also proudly sponsored by Advent Games. Advent Games (http://www.adventgames.com.au/) are an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW. Their core values are integrity, customer satisfaction, and providing a wide range of products including those hard-to-find board games.

Our Board Game Bracket 2.0 is proudly sponsored by Game Toppers LLC. They have joined the BBQ, and are even providing us with one of their Game Toppers for our Game Days! Check out their Kickstarter now! These Game Toppers are amazing, and can transform any old table into an A1 quality Game Table! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burky/game-toppers-30-upgrading-every-game-you-play?ref=discovery&term=game%20toppers

 

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Our team at the Board Game BBQ Podcast love what we do and will continue to deliver the same shenanigans that you have come to expect from us, and we are already incredibly grateful and humbled by all of your support. Being a member of the Patreon is by no means an obligation and please do not support the Patreon if it will it cause you financial hardship in any way. But if you would like to support us from as little as USD$5 a month please click the link and head to the Patreon page.

Thanks again for all of your continued support. We work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive community and you are all awesome. See you at the BBQ!! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/BoardGameBBQ

 

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In his new solo RPG series Ben explores The Colostle. A huge castle containing the whole world!  Find The Colostle at: https://www.colostle.com/

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