Podcasts about complex games

The 2025 American Tabletop Awards were just announced! (Whispers offstage inform us that they were announced back in April....) Well, we're now ready to talk about them after our extended break. With ATTA cofounder and content creator Eric Yurko of What's Eric Playing?, we react to the recently crowned finalists and winners -- and tell you how we each voted as part of the judging panel. Timeline: 7:08 - Early Gamers category. 17:54 - Casual Games category. 30:29 - Strategy Games category. 40:03 - Complex Games category.

This week I am honored to be joined by author, trainer, and 2 time Swedish National Champion, GM Tiger Hillarp Persson. Tiger has a unique background for a GM, as at the age of 26, when  he was not yet an IM, he decided to pursue chess professionally nonetheless. From there he made rapid progress and has been an active player ever since. But Tiger is equally passionate about another complex game, Go, which he started playing at the age of 40. He has become a master-level player, and has represented his native Sweden in international Go tournaments as well. In our conversation, Tiger discusses the challenges and rewards of improving at both games, and why he thinks substantial improvement is possible at both if one is honest with oneself and works hard. We also discuss Tiger's fantastic new book, Tiger's Chaos Theory. The book deconstructs and gives vocabulary to some uncommon and important patterns and situations in chess, and is a pleasure to read. I found this conversation very insightful, and I trust that you will as well. Timestamps of topics discussed are below.  Thanks to our sponsors: Check out new Chessable courses by me, GM Nils Grandelius, and GM Sam Shankland- if you sign up for Chessable Pro, be sure to use this link: https://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=pro Check out the app of our new sponsors Chess Universe in your app store.  https://chess-universe.sng.link/Dqw52/kbhh 0:02- GM Tiger Hillarp Persson joins the pod. We begin by discussing why Tiger decided to devote himself fully to chess at age 26, when he was not even an IM at that point. Mentioned: Karpov-Miles 1980, The Soviet Chess Conveyor by Shereshevsky  18:00- What has pursuing excellence at Go taught Tiger about chess improvement?  Mentioned: Check out Tiger's blog here: https://tiger.bagofcats.net/ Ivanchuk-Van Foreest 2022: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2416368 37:00- Patreon mailbag question: “Does Tiger play unorthodox openings in Go as well? “ 42:00- Tiger discusses the study method of trying to imitate the play of a player whose style you admire, as he did for Karpov.  48:00- Patreon mailbag question: “Have computers been a blessing or a curse for chess?” 52:00- Patreon mailbag question: “What is Tiger's advice for lower rated players for assessing sacrifices?”  Mentioned: The Art of Sacrifice by Rudolph Spielman  56:00- Tiger's other favorite chess books Mentioned: Under the Surface by GM Jan Markos  59:00- What is a hecatomb? 1:00:00- Tiger's favorite tournament memories  Mentioned: GM Jonathan Rowson, GM Peter Heine Nielsen, GM Lembit Oll  1:05:00- Tiger is playing on the Swedish team at the Olympiad. How does he prepare?  1:10:00- Tiger discusses his most famous win, an amazing game against GM Peter Hiene Nielsen  https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1434778 1:12:00- Thanks to Tiger for joining me! Here are links to check out his book: https://qualitychess.co.uk/products/improvement/23034/tigers_chaos_theory_by_tiger_hillarp_persson/ Free preview from Quality Chess: https://qualitychess.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tigers-Chaos-Theory-060-excerpt-1.pdf Forward Chess: https://forwardchess.com/product/tigers-chaos-theory     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2024 American Tabletop Awards winners were just announced, so we invited ATTA founder, fellow judging member, and content creator Eric Yurko of What's Eric Playing? to hash them all out. How did Eric, Christina, and Shoe vote? Timeline: 3:30 - Early Gamers category. 19:45 - Casual Games category. 35:51 - Strategy Games category. 53:52 - Complex Games category.

The 2023 American Tabletop Awards were just announced, and as brand-spanking-new committee members, we at Going Analog of course wanted to chat about these elite games -- with two of the judges themselves, Nicole Brady of SAHM Reviews and Eric Yurko of What's Eric Playing? Listen to hear our thoughts! Timeline: 2:45 - ATTA nomination process. 10:15 - Early Gamers. 17:40 - Casual Games. 32:18 - Strategy Games. 47:02 - Complex Games.  

Nino erzählt von seiner neuen RTX 4090 und Jan präsentiert uns die Fakten der AMD GPU Präsentation. Natürlich gehts wie immer auch um Spiele: Mit Level Zero und Blight: Survival wurden zwei technisch beeindruckende Indie Projekte vorgestellt. Lukas hat in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord die Steppe unsicher gemacht. (00:00) - Einstieg (04:55) - Hörerfeedback (17:25) - Hardware (58:05) - Short News: Atomic Heart, PSVR2, Blood Bowl 3, Ghostrunner 2, Complex Games (1:00:30) - Embracer Group schließt Onoma (1:05:10) - Disney Kooperation mit EA (1:12:00) - Level Zero (1:17:20) - Blight: Survival (1:24:05) - Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (2:39:55) - Verabschiedung PCGC Podcast Discord Server

Please Consider Supporting the Indian Residential School Survivors Society!Overview:We're joined by Calgary-based indie game developer Tony Munoz (@tonymmakesgames) to talk about his pixel art platformer Last Soul which recently landed a publisher (congrats!) and is launching a Kickstarter campaign soon to help with the last stretch of development.Tony joins Stephan to discuss a slew of new Canadian releases, a second Gearbox studio opens in Québec, dates for a couple of upcoming high profile indies and more! We also get into Tony's work as an indie game dev, lessons learned and ambitions for Last SoulWishlist: Last Soul on Steam (steampowered.com)Follow Tony and Wulum on Twitter!Sign up for the Kickstarter Campaign Notifications! JobsJean Leggett will be looking for a part-time producer around Oct/NovBellwood Studios Senior Game Developer (Unity Engine)Archipelago of Design - Game DesignerEventsWed SEP 8 - DIRTY RECTANGLES ONLINE by DRTOMonthly creatives explaining their work on Twitch.SEP 6 - 18 - Women in Games Festival“a first of its kind event, celebrating interconnectedness in an ambitious, online galaxy. Taking place across two weeks, it encompasses a vast range of universally relevant subjects, and is designed to create a safe, positive and celebratory online environment.”Tue SEPT 21 - Thu SEPT 23 - Game Slice 2021 (Online - London, ON) by JoyDrop“Back for its sixth year, Game Slice offers game industry professionals a space to gain valuable feedback from their industry peers in a collaborative and exciting environment. Due to COVID-19, Game Slice will continue being fully online to allow game developers from far and wide to preview their unreleased games to an engaged and knowledgeable audience.”Fri OCT 22 - Gamedev Atlantic (Online - Halifax, NS) by NSIS“A day-long conference, celebrates and fosters the growth of the game development industry in Atlantic Canada.”Releases This Week:Canada/Newfoundland: Beehive Salon by becky wu/Clay BurtonVancouver, BC: Garden Paws by Bitten Toast GamesVancouver, BC: Super Animal Royale by PixileQuébec: Place Place by Del Nordlund/Sebastian ScainiNewfoundland: Venaitura by EphiamNews and Announcements:Toronto, ON: Submit Your Funny Game to WordPlay 2021Montréal, QC: Gearbox Opens New Studio in Montreal to Work on Borderlands and New IPToronto, ON: Nobody Saves the World Delayed to 2022, Online Co-Op ConfirmedQuébec: JETT: The Far Shore Deploys October 5th, 2021 on PC + PS5 + PS4Wishlist ThisWarhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters by Complex Games (@complexgames) in Winnipeg. Releasing 2022, Wishlist on Steam. “Lead humanity's greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.”Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge by Tribute Games (@TributeGames) in Montréal, QC. Releasing soon, Wishlist on Steam. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat 'em up.”Last Soul by Wulum Games (@WulumGames) in Calgary, AB. Releasing 2022, Wishlist on Steam. "Shoot them all, jump, climb, use jetpack, shields, and platforms, slow time, and discover secrets on this hectic Sci-Fi adventure where you become the last hope of mankind in the shape of an awesome robot."

In this emergency episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Quinns has a terrific talk with his favourite Go YouTuber, In Sente. The pair share their favourite tips for teaching complex games to people, but eventually succumb to the temptation of just talking about Go. Did you know that it's a good game? It's a good, good game.

Pick Up & Deliver 310: Teaching Complex Games - Brendan reflects on how to introduce complicated games to new players. Join us, won’t you?

Pick Up & Deliver 310: Teaching Complex Games - Brendan reflects on how to introduce complicated games to new players. Join us, won’t you?

Pick Up & Deliver 310: Teaching Complex Games - Brendan reflects on how to introduce complicated games to new players. Join us, won't you?

Surprisingly Complex Games - Games that were much more than we expected. This episode we talk about games that surprised us in a good way. In the game room were comparing a couple of games with older versions of them. First will be how Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion differs from Gloomhaven and then Mermaid Adventures Revised, a setting book for The Pip system Corebook we reviewed last week. In The Bellhops Tabletop we talk about Camp Capstone another online game convention and Runaway Hirelings an improv heavy fantasy RPG. Episode 103 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded August 19th 2020. Join us Wednesdays at Nine PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop. If you enjoy the show consider tipping the Bellhop at: patreon.com/tabletopbellhop More detailed show notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep103/ Disclosure: Links may be affiliate links. As an Amazon associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Some games mentioned may be review copies provided by publishers. SUGGESTION BOX Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com or sean@tabletopbellhop.com Pip System Corebook Written Review, YouTube The Gameroom Segment, Other great Kids RPGs Hero Kids, Amazing Tales, No Thank You, Evil! Tiny Dungeon Hatchling Edition, Popular Unboxing Vids: Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion Unboxing, Talisman Batman Unboxing, ANNOUNCEMENTS Sign up for our newsletter: https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.com 2 Year Anniversary Giveaway: You are running out of time to enter our Gorinto Giveaway. Note we have added new ways to enter and we have fixed a problem with the widget not working on mobile. Gorinto Giveaway, Reviewapalooza: We are going to try something new, the last Wednesday of this month will be a special review filled episode replacing our regular AMA. LOBBY CHECK IN Join us live at 9pm Eastern every Wednesday at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop and take part in The Lobby our chatroom. ASK THE BELLHOP This week we have a question from long time fan of our show Prayerborne who wrote to say: “I've actually thought before that an interesting discussion topic would be "Surprisingly advanced games" older games with mechanics we think of as recent inventions, or even newer games that are 'gamier' than we'd expect (mass-marketed Hunger Games: District 12 is a EURO!?!)” Links: Medium, Funko Pop Funkoverse Games, Hamsterolle, Go Cuckoo, Horrified, King Me!, Camel Up, Minecraft Builders and Biomes, Jaws, Qwirkle, Zenteeko, Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle, Kingomino, Risk Star Wars Edition, Blokus, Ticket to Ride New York, Homeland The Game, Sons of Anarchy, Hey That’s My Fish, The Climbers, Dungeon Lords, Chocolatiers, Battle Sheep, Photosynthesis, From the Chatroom: Dungeon Lords Pets, Kenny G Keepin’ It Saxy, Shobu, Okey Dokey, For The Queen, Unmatched, Quoridor, Quarto, Tiny Towns, Paris: La Cité de la Lumière, Send questions to questions@tabletopbellhop.com THE GAME ROOM: Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion How is Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion Different from the Original article: Jaws of the Lion Unboxing: Buy Jaws of the Lion: THE GAME ROOM: Mermaid Adventures Mermaid Adventures Revised Full Review: Buy Mermaid Adventures: The Pip System Corebook review: The original edition of Mermaid Adventures review: THE BELLHOPS TABLETOP Cool gaming stuff we've been involved in over the last week: Camp Capstone, The Brawling Brothers Podcast, Curious Cargo, Ian O’Toole, Wheel Tapping, Watergate, Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion, Our Twitch Channel, Runaway Hirelings, FIND US: Webpage: https://tabletopbellhop.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/ Twitter: twitter.com/tabletopbellhop Instagram: www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop?sub_confirmation=1 Twitch: twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop

Noah is the CEO & Creative Director of Complex Games, Winnipeg's first video game development company (as far as we know), which he co-founded in 2001.  During his tenure at Complex he has been involved in some capacity with pitching, designing, developing and launching over 20 games. He's served on the Executive of the Board of New Media Manitoba, has served on the boards of On Screen Manitoba and North Forge, and was a co-founder and co-organizer of the Winnipeg Game Development Meetup Group, later formalizing it as the Winnipeg Chapter of the International Game Development Association in 2008, and coordinating it until 2015.Before he got too old he played a lot of Soccer and Ultimate, speaks 3 languages (though none of them particularly well), and outside of being born in Manitoba has been lucky enough to have lived and studied in both Japan and Sweden.

Adrian Cheater is a transgender woman, game programmer and co-founder of Complex Games, contributing to the development of over 15 titles. Born and raised in Winnipeg, she became interested in computers at a young age and has been actively coding for 30 years. She has worked with a number of languages and platforms over the years, though her professional work focuses mostly in Unity3D, and web development using a combination of C#, Ruby, and Python.

Justin take the reigns of the podcast this week as Gregory goes on vacation. Jonas Van Niekirk and Will Little from Complex Games visit the secret studio lair to talk about how artists work on video games. Subscribe to Super Pulp Science Magazine: www.patreon.com/gmbchomichuk Check out Complex Games' The Horus Heresy: Drop Assault - complexgames.com/game/horus-heresy-drop-assault/ Questions or comments? Tweet them to twitter.com/gmbchomichuk or twitter.com/chasingartwork Production: Dan Vadeboncoeur Titles: Jesse Hamel & Nick Smalley --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gmb-chomichuk/message

Justin take the reigns of the podcast this week as Gregory goes on vacation. Jonas Van Niekirk and Will Little from Complex Games visit the secret studio lair to talk about how artists work on video games. Subscribe to Super Pulp Science Magazine: www.patreon.com/gmbchomichuk Check out Complex Games' The Horus Heresy: Drop Assault - http://complexgames.com/game/horus-heresy-drop-assault/ Questions or comments? Tweet them to twitter.com/gmbchomichuk or twitter.com/chasingartwork Production: Dan Vadeboncoeur Titles: Jesse Hamel & Nick Smalley

In this episode of Full On Indie we have special guest, Noah Decter-Jackson, from Complex Games to talk about how he started what is now the biggest gaming studio in Winnipeg 10 years ago. Noah and Corey talk about growing an idea from a seed […]