On this… seedy… episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Emily are talking about two bucolic farm-em-ups in Windmill Valley and Harvest, as well as the utterly innocent Courtisans. Emily decided the theme on this one after the fact and I’m still reeling. Seedy? It’s a family show, come on now We also end up spending a weird amount of time getting into the particulars of how the two very pleasant and agricultural games listed are not entirely to each other's aesthetic tastes. Strange!
Greetings, noble subjects and esteemed Cabalists! On this fine morn, we begin our gathering with a hearty tribute to Jesko and Lady Stacey, who celebrate their wedding anniversary, a bond forged in honor and love. Next, we delve into a matter of great intrigue—metacurrencies, those precious rewards bestowed by the game master or system, which can be spent by adventurers to gain boons and favor in their quests. Lastly, the Lords shall hold counsel on the art of character progression, seeking wisdom on how to ensure advancement that brings joy and triumph to all players.
Mike hosts an 'everyone for themselves' episode as Nick is missing. If you have seen him call the cost guard.
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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In this bumper episode Ben has a very sarky complaining sesh, we announce the winner of the Tir Na Nog competition. Ben chats to Spiel des Jahres award winner Randy Flynn about his new game Cats and Dragons and Frank West about his knotty new title Emberleaf and we answer your questions. So much stuff!
Chris wraps up his run by diving deep into when games get storage solutions right...or so very very wrong.
FIRST PLAYER: Chris OTHER PLAYERS: Kerley, Becky & JP
In this episode you'll learn: - how Fire Tower by Goliath Games fuels aggro behaviour in kids - that Nucleum from Board & Dice gets a second shot at redemption with JP and stays in the collection - that Kerley actually likes a roll & write game (well a draft & write) in Draft & Write Records by Inside Up Games - about Chris' continuation of Skyrim: The Adventure Game by Modiphius Entertainment - on when publishers get inserts right and when they don't included some of our examples - Kerley's unorthodox storage method akin to storing DVD's in the wrong case...cue sick noises
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:57 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 2:09 - Becky - Fire Tower 6:20 - JP - Nucleum 15:46 - Kerley - Draft & Write Records 19:55 - Chris P - Skyrim Dark Brotherhood Mini Campaign 27:23 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard Box 28:18 - Eclipse 2nd Edition Faction Trays 29:49 - Septima Deluxe Box 32:05 - Dice Forge Horizontal Only Insert 35:31 - Eagle-Gryphon Games Big Box Games & Art Society Flocked Lining 37:23 - Everdell & Wingspan Big Box Editions 41:07 - The classic FFG trench 44:56 - Some games that fell short on their storage solutions 55:41 - An ode to the Too Many Bones Trove Chest 1:01:35 - Kerley's unorthodox solution 1:03:10 - Folded Space returns again...no we're not sponsored 1:07:15 - TURN 4 - Return of Question Time from our listeners 1:16:43 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:29:29 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
I find so many mnemonics to be profoundly disappointing. Unless there's a structural element to tie the components together, a mnemonic will not serve to dispositively disambiguate a dyad.
I assure you, that lamentable bit of alliteration was unintentional.
For example, "I before E except after C" also works qua slogan as "I after E except before C." There are the ones about beer and liquor, feeding or starving a cold, colour of the sky and sailors' states of mind... I recall the structure, but not which one goes with which. Relatedly, is there a mnemonic to remember how to spell mnemonic?
Games Played Last Week:
02:27 -The Voyages of Marco Polo (Simone Luciani & Daniele Tascini, Hans im Gluck, 2015)
In this week's episode, Conor, Jules and Joe share what has been hitting their tables. Jules gives us a blast from the past revisiting his humble beginnings with Magic: The Gathering. Joe has been enjoying his latest cup of tea rainy day game in Umbrella, though some of the strategy went over his head. Conor takes the best of both, stirring up storms with an even bigger throwback to the iconic PRG, Dungeons & Dragons.
There's also the Question of the Pod, what has us fired up lately, and all the regular podcast shenanigans.
New Question of the Pod: What are your thoughts on the popularity of RPGs compared to board games?
Timestamps:
Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow [34:40]
Umbrella [46:58]
Dungeons & Dragons [0:52:20]
Question of the Pod Recap: [1:08:12]
What has us fired up? [1:15:26]
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik is joined by Steve Chivers of Board Game Chin Wag to talk about games (and other things) they've played including:
Distilled
Too Many Bones
Sky Team
Slay the Spire the board game
Orleans
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(32:47) Next, they talk about how Eurogames have evolved over time.
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Cyberpunk Unfolds: Pop-Up Mystery Escape Game and Skull King. Then, we talk about the evolution of our gaming tastes over the years that we've been gaming. Make sure to check out our new merch about the 10x10 challenge on our Teepublic store!
We may or may not be going to Germany (who can say), but that's where all the good gaming is gonna be, so that's what we're gonna talk about. It's almost Essen SPIEL! That sure is a lot of games debuting there though, so which ones should you care about? Don't worry, we've done the hard work for you. Before you go back to being eine faule socke, we talk about Nekojima, We're Sinking!, Hues and Cues, and Colorful.
02:46 - Nekojima 09:01 - We're Sinking! 15:31 - Hues and Cues 15:31 - Colorful 22:09 - Essen SPIEL 2023 Preview 22:57 - Æterna 25:32 - Babylon 27:17 - Bus & Stop 28:55 - COSCA: Take Over the Mafia 31:54 - Galileo Galilei 33:41 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence 34:39 - Fishing 37:19 - AI Space Puzzle 38:59 - Zero to Hero 40:51 - The Gang 42:46 - Golden Cup 45:09 - Black Forest 50:02 - Battalion: War of the Ancients 53:01 - Beyond the Horizon 56:10 - Asian Tigers: A Story of Prosperity 58:16 - Skull Queen 58:38 - King of Tokyo: Origins 59:15 - Penguin Airlines 1:00:18 - Dungeon Exit
Hey now Cabalists and welcome back to another jam packed episode of The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast! Today the game flies right into the games that they've been playing including Harvest, Tainted Grail Kings of Ruin, Clank Catacombs, Cape May, Tapestry Arts and Architecture. Then Don, Chris, and Jamie hook you up with a feature review of Rise and Fall from Christophe Boelinger and published by Ludically. And then, after Tony T's news, the boys finish off the episode with a slew of questions from listeners including games we regret recommending, our acquisition disorder triggers, and why do the rest of the founders not play role playing game? Dig in! Rise and Fall 00:55:41, News with Tony T 01:32:53, Short Topic Extravaganza 02:21:00.
Tom and Eric learn that they've known Julie longer than they remember. Then, we discuss the ways local game stores recoup the cost of the play space they provide. We delve into a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and we close the show with our latest Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
Solidarity, dear listeners, on this most august September Labour Day. Of course, Labour Day is the labour holiday invented for the US and Canada so as to undermine global solidarity. Nearly everywhere else celebrates International Workers' Day instead. One must marvel at the ingenuity of inventing Labour Day so as to undermine global labour solidarity.
02:29 AYURIS: Rolling Heights (John D. Clair, AEG, 2023)
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