Ein Dorf, das Sticker für Sticker wächst, Bewohner*innen mit eigenen Geschichten und zehn Jahre voller kleiner Entscheidungen: Cozy Stickerville ist für das Spiel des Jahres 2026 nominiert und stellt uns dabei vor eine ehrliche Frage: Muss ein Brettspiel eigentlich ein Spiel sein?
The people demand takes, so get ’em while they’re hot. We’re weighing in on some possibly bad, certainly edgy opinions, and deciding where we land (spoiler: we’re always right). Before we get heated, we talk about Diplomacy: The Golden Blade, and Cozy Stickerville.
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Timecodes:
01:46 – Diplomacy: The Golden Blade 12:33 – Cozy Stickerville 25:41 – Hot takes! 26:11 – Co-op games are just single player games with an audience 32:01 – Catch Up mechanics ruin competitive integrity 37:39 – Legacy games are a predatory waste of money 41:22 – If a game takes more than 30 minutes to teach, it’s a bad design 45:56 – Player elimination is actually a good mechanism 47:36 – Hidden victory points are a cowardly design choice 51:38 – Gateway games Like Catan or Monopoly should be actively avoided 52:44 – House ruling a game means you bought the wrong game 53:10 – Theme is a myth 54:13 – Kickstarter deluxe editions are actively ruining the hobby
Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.
If you don’t want to miss an episode, please subscribe on Apple Podcasts/Google Podcasts/Stitcher/Spotify, or add our RSS feed to your favourite app. Reviews and subscriptions really help us and would be greatly appreciated! To download the episode directly, click here.
If you’d like to discuss anything in the episode, please do so in the comments below, visit our BoardGameGeek guild, join our Discord, or Facebook Group! Any feedback is also always helpful. If you’d like to show your support for the show, we also have a Patreon with some fun rewards, and a merch store!
Timecodes:
01:46 – Diplomacy: The Golden Blade 12:33 – Cozy Stickerville 25:41 – Hot takes! 26:11 – Co-op games are just single player games with an audience 32:01 – Catch Up mechanics ruin competitive integrity 37:39 – Legacy games are a predatory waste of money 41:22 – If a game takes more than 30 minutes to teach, it’s a bad design 45:56 – Player elimination is actually a good mechanism 47:36 – Hidden victory points are a cowardly design choice 51:38 – Gateway games Like Catan or Monopoly should be actively avoided 52:44 – House ruling a game means you bought the wrong game 53:10 – Theme is a myth 54:13 – Kickstarter deluxe editions are actively ruining the hobby
Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.
Shownotes
Redebedarf. Das Podcastformat ohne Format. Manchmal gibt es einfach Anlässe, Erfahrungen und Beobachtungen zur Spielszene die nur in einem kurzen Podcast untergebracht werden können. Das tun Georgios Panagiotidis und Peer Sylvester mit Redebedarf.
I think it’s fair to say that we crushed this last year (although some of us better than others), so it’s only correct and right that we should return to do it again. What are the best games of 2026 going to be? Well, only we know, but we’re willing to part with that information. Get your fat stacks ready. Before we set ourselves up for failure, we talk about Alibis, Mosaic: A Story of Civilization, and Cyclades: Legendary Edition.
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If you’d like to discuss anything in the episode, please do so in the comments below, visit our BoardGameGeek guild, join our Discord, or Facebook Group! Any feedback is also always helpful. If you’d like to show your support for the show, we also have a Patreon with some fun rewards, and a merch store!
Timecodes:
03:02 – Alibis 09:18 – Mosaic: A Story of Civilization 23:25 – Cyclades: Legendary Edition 36:27 – Anticipation Auction 2026 41:18 – The Game Makers 44:25 – Cozy Stickerville 46:39 – Brass: Pittsburgh 50:35 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Trick-taking Game 54:04 – Revenant 56:21 – World Order 59:31 – Dark Pact 1:02:28 – The Great Library 1:03:56 – Spirited 1:05:25 – Realm of Reckoning 1:08:55 – Avalon: The Riven Veil 1:12:57 – La Pâtisserie Rococo 1:14:24 – Nippon: Zaibatsu 1:17:24 – Rewild: South America 1:18:44 – Movers & Shakers
Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.
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Ein Dorf, das Sticker für Sticker wächst, Bewohner*innen mit eigenen Geschichten und zehn Jahre voller kleiner Entscheidungen: Cozy Stickerville ist für das Spiel des Jahres 2026 nominiert und stellt uns dabei vor eine ehrliche Frage: Muss ein Brettspiel eigentlich ein Spiel sein?
