Podcasts about Eurogame

Why not buy a board game from our sponsors Kienda: kienda.co.uk/polyhedroncollider Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content  In Episode 165 of the Polyhedron Collider Cast, the crew is back around the virtual tabletop to talk about some of the biggest, brain-burning board games hitting tables right now—and to share some exciting news! We kick things off with a deep dive into Inventions: Evolution of Ideas, the latest crunchy masterpiece from Vital Lacerda. Next up, we explore Age of Innovation, the newest evolution of Terra Mystica, with modular factions, a new innovation mechanic and a whole lot of strategic depth. Finally, we saddle up and ride into Great Western Trail: Argentina, no New Zealand—wait, no—El Paso! Lets just review all the Great Western Trail games! Plus, we've got two big announcements: We'll be recording a LIVE episode at UK Games Expo 2025! Come join us on Friday 3 May, heckle us (gently), and join the fun. https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/2153-polyhedron-collider/ We've launched a brand-new Polyhedron Collider Discord server! It's your place to chat games, ask questions, and hang out with fellow listeners. https://discord.gg/aCh2jGPggh Games Mentioned 00:08:40 Inventions: Evolution of Ideas 00:27:30 Terra Mystica Age of Innovation  00:45:25 Great Western Trail: El Paso ⭐Show Sponsor: Kienda When you sign up to an account with Kienda use this link to bag yourself a wee discount and help support the show.  Let's face it, you were going to buy a board game anyway

Board Boys are back with the latest HUGE game from Mr. Stefan Feld - Civolution from Deep Print Games and Pegasus Spiele.  Where you are take an exam about creating the best civilizations with your proctor Agera.  Place dice, play cards, and so many strategies exist to victory in this one!  Also in this episode Cam almost died, Rob talks about a lot of Roleplayer Universe games from Thunderworks Games, Jake talks about Power Vacuum which has a hilarious theme and then we have monumental review and rating of Civolution as well as a crazy Cam boing rating theorum. 0:00 - Intro 3:00 - Random Banter about Aerosmith and AOL 5:00 - Cam Almost Died from a Frozen Pizza 9:25 - Lockup and Lockup: Breakout 13:15 - Goblin Vaults 15:25 - Emerald Skulls 19:35 - Stalk Exchange 22:30 - Azul Duel 23:45 - Pax Games 26:35 - Power Vacuum 30:30 - Civolution Intro 33:30 - Music Break - Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith 34:50 - Civolution Initial Thoughts 40:00 - Civolution Pros and Cons 1:20:00 - Final Thoughts on Civolution 1:29:35 - Bump or Dump - Trismegistus 1:33:10 - Outro and Patron Thanks 1:34:00 - Steely Dan - The Caves of Altamira    

Why not buy a board game from our sponsors Kienda: kienda.co.uk/polyhedroncollider Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content  ​In Episode 164 of the Polyhedron Collider Cast, the PhC team welcomes back Jon for a lively discussion covering recent gaming events and tabletop gaming reviews. The episode kicks off with Andy reporting from Airecon X, the renowned UK board gaming convention in Harrogate, highlighting the best games he played and the infamous food controversy. The crew then delves into a review of Galactic Cruise from Dranda Games, suggesting that we may have already found our game of the year (and its only March)! Following this, they confront mythical monsters in Horrified: Greek Monsters, evaluating how this adaptation of the classic horror game integrates legendary creatures from Greek mythology and anachronistic London punks.​ We then delve into the mail bag for questions on gaming convention cuisine, rulebooks and what makes a game click. Games Mentioned 00:01:09 Airecon X - Black Orchestra, Restless Spirits, Nikojima, Square One 00:19:37 Galactic Cruise 00:39:10 Horrified: Greek Monsters ⭐Show Sponsor: Kienda When you sign up to an account with Kienda use this link to bag yourself a wee discount and help support the show.  Let's face it, you were going to buy a board game anyway

That's right, folks, it's episode 70! Do I hear 75? No? Episode 70, going once, going twice...sold to the discerning podcast listener! IS Jayson actually Agent 47? Probably not. Forget we said anything. Frank calling out Reiner Knizia within 4 minutes of the episode start "What is fish?" Help us, Jane Austen!  Is this the first Eurogame?  What happens when you take the auctions out of a game that's all about auctions?  What is a Dutch Auction, and should anyone be offended by the term? Frank continues to be our resident board game hipster Are we wrong in our opinions on auction games? Are there some that we overlooked that you want to tell us about? Come visit our newly-revived Discord server to chat with us and other like-minded game nerds! As always, thank you for listening. Please consider writing us an iTunes review if you like what you hear! We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Discord, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofboardgames on Bluesky. Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them.  As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there, and happy gaming! Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com Email: ascentofboardgames@gmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/tdH3QAn  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ascentofboardgames.bsky.social Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/ And, occasionally, Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ascentofboardgames Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved. Thank you for listening!

Papstinenser elsker taktisk planlægning, veludførte Eurogame-moves og når en nøje udtænkt strategi klapper… men nogen gange har man også brug for kaos på et bræt! I denne episode snakker vi om spil med vilde sving, overraskende elementer og terninger der skaber eksplosioner på brættet. Hvornår virker brætspilskaos og hvornår bliver det et tegn på mangelfuldt spildesign? Hvor meget magt ligger hos terninger og er det fedt? Og hvor meget kaos er der reelt i Chaos in the Old World? Nævnt i denne episode: Dixit Kluster Viking Seesaw Las Vegas For Sale Thunder Road: Vendetta Cosmic Encounter Fief:France 1429 Arcs Root RoboRally Mechs vs. Minions The Quacks of Quedlinburg Orléans Arkham Horror: The Card Game Trudvang Legends Galaxy Trucker Warhammer 40,000 Sidereal Confluence Space Alert Kites Magic Maze Chinatown Western Empires Civilization Catan Bohnanza Fluxx Chaos in the Old World Blood Rage

Why not buy a board game from our sponsors Kienda: kienda.co.uk/polyhedroncollider Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content  In this episode of the Polyhedron Collider Cast, the team dives into the latest board game news, reviews, and some seriously unexpected topics, like geese! Tune in as we discuss playing the Warhammer 40k Space Marine VR experience, review a cheese board of games, and design the Dunelm board game. We take a deep dive into the strategic and resource-management game Inventors of the South Tigris, asking is it a worthy end to the South Tigris trilogy. We then take a look at Fromage a quirky worker placement game about making cheese. Is it as rich in flavor as it sounds or does it stink like a ripe Stilton? We round off the cheese theme with the Rats of Wistar, is it a bad game, or are Sid and Rory just bad gamers? Games Mentioned 00:00:34 Untitled Goose Game 00:04:02 Space Marine VR Defenders of Avarax 00:11:07 Inventors of the South Tigris 00:32:36 Fromage 00:46:15 Rats of Wistar 01:07:30 Dunelm the board game   ⭐Show Sponsor: Kienda When you sign up to an account with Kienda use this link to bag yourself a wee discount and help support the show.  Let's face it, you were going to buy a board game anyway

Board Boys are back to get all the cheese in Fromage, a game about making all the cheese by Ben Rosset and Michael O'Malley.  0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey  8:00 Pirates of Maracaibo: Commanders 14:00 Welcome to the Moon 22:45 Planta Nubo 29:30 Hamster Roll 31:15 Harmonies 35:00 Fromage: Overview 40:00 MMM Cheese - Freddy 4X 41:00 Fromage: Review 1:08:00 Fromage: Verdict 1:14:00 Board Boys Bump: Rats of Wistar 1:20:00 Thank You, Patrons 1:20:30 This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies

Darwin's Journey is a complex worker-placement Eurogame in which players recall Charles Darwin's memories of his adventure through the Galapagos islands, which contributed to the development of his theory of evolution. Al, Paul, and Todd explore its myriad depths in this episode. Give us a listen!

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 You can get a discount on Zencastr.com using this link. (32:47) Next, they talk about how Eurogames have evolved over time. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Inverse Genius: http://www.inversegenius.com/   Patreon account: http://www.patreon.com/obg   Twitter: @onboardgames RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss Email us: onboardgamesmailbag@gmail.com On Board Games Guild at Board Game Geek

Lin Codega, games journalist and co-founder of Rascal News, joins the pod to make "Spiral Apotheosis," based on the prompts:  Addictive, Last god in the pantheon, Inscrutable, award-winning Eurogame Lin, using their expansive knowledge of what makes a TTRPG both award-winning and "Eurogame," lays out the groundwork for a game in which the rules are constantly changing, and both player and Last God are encouraged to be antagonistic with each other. It's just what DnD is doing, writ large! Read Rascal News at Rascal.news, and preorder Lin's novel Motheater, out in January 2025! Listen to Burnt Cook Book Party, a Pathfinder actual play podcast, at BCBParty.com or whatever you enjoy podcasts. Visit the DFTBA Big Game Hunger merch shop at bit.ly/jennamerch. Support this show, and submit your OWN random prompts, by subscribing at Patreon.com/TheJenna. Email us at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com. Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber.

Portugal play their final game at Euro 2024. The Selecao bow out against France in the Quarter finals, after a penalty shootout. Ronaldo and Pepe play their final game in the Euro's as Joao Felix hits the post and ends the campaign. We answer fan questions about Portugal's future coaching options (Jorge Jesus, Sergio Conceicao, Martinez?) We highlight the best and worst Portuguese players, in the tournament. We look at Canada in the Copa America and potential routes to the finals. Subscribe to our Patreon! patreon.com/ThePortugalC Now on PAMA Radio 1: https://pamamedia.com/stations/ Join our Fantasy league on the RealFevr app: https://t.co/MK5yHJigzH Enjoy! Hey you, yeah you, the person reading this... go rate and review the podcast! patreon.com/ThePortugalC Twitter (X): @Portugal_Corner Instagram: @theportugalcorner Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/ThePortugalCorner

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7 am, 7 days a week…With over 15 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we've won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awardsIf you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps... Today's episode includes the following:https://x.com/i/status/1802271639083630745 https://x.com/i/status/1802292853059571783https://x.com/i/status/1802259993732784483 https://x.com/i/status/1802261976631898597 https://x.com/i/status/1802092947405406600https://x.com/i/status/1802317701735436742https://x.com/i/status/1802236418183290961 https://x.com/i/status/1802217981977465238https://x.com/i/status/1801373985902575695Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.comVoiced by Jamie East, using AI, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here we are yet again, streaming bundles are just cable, and its obvious that big tech just makes things more complicated then they ever needed to be. Also, gaming rumors run rampant this week, and they touch all facets of the industry. Meanwhile, consolidation hits a arm of the gaming biz no one expected, IGN gobbles up Eurogame, gamesindustry.biz and more, plus EA SPORTS College Football is here and has a release date. Plus the MCU is plotting its return, Star Trek is confused and the Monsterverse looses its captain.

This week Peter, & Mike review Wyrmspan, then have a design discussion about different ways to implement AI in a Euro Game. _________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg X - @onestopcoopshop Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Merch: one-stop-co-op-shop.creator-spring.com/ Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

► See Johan Mjällby LIVE with ACSOM: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Glasgow/Grace%27s-Irish-Sports-Bar/Johan-Mjllby-LIVE-with-a-Celtic-State-of-Mind/37120036/ ► Support Wee Jamie Tierney: https://www.gofundme.com/f/wee-jamies-journey ► ACSOM merch available here: https://acsom.net/shop/ ► Check out The ACSOM Blog here: https://acsom.net A Celtic State of Mind is a six-time award-winning broadcast, having won Football Blogging / Content Awards in 2018, 2021 (x3), 2022 & 2023. In this latest episode, Paul John Dykes is joined by Paddy Sinat, John Hughes & Patrick McGilp to discuss the last 24 hours in the world of Celtic. A Celtic State of Mind has gone from strength-to-strength over the last five years, and there are many more guests lined up in the weeks ahead from the world of sport, music, film, art, broadcasting, literature and politics. Connect with A Celtic State of Mind @PaulJohnDykes and @ACSOMPOD and subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or through your podcast player. #BrendanRodgers #KyogoFuruhashi #ReoHatate #DaizenMaeda #CelticFC #CelticFootballClub #TheAcsomBulletin #ACSOM #ACelticStateOfMind #AwardWinningPodcast #Charity #ScottishFootball #Soccer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wondered how the post-apocalyptic city of Moscow might feel like in a board game? Enter the, strategic world of 'Resurgence', masterfully designed by Stan Kordonskiy. We take you through the twists and turns of this game, discussing the cold, gritty artwork and the strategic depth of gameplay. Chris likes the Soviet era propaganda poster artwork and appreciates how the game manages to capture the frozen time period so effectively....and Moscow, Chris gets the feels...Moscow...We share our experiences preparing for a toy and comic show where we'll be selling some of our gently used games. Some, like Catacombs, Funkoverse Strategy Game, Vinyl, Plus, Chris talks about his Mater dents! Trust us you'll understand what that means when you listen.Come, tune in for a roller coaster episode where we explore the 'Resurgence' of post-apocalyptic Moscow, share our gaming adventures, and bring you plenty of laughs along the way.One more thing- The brief audio excerpt used this podcast is taken from 'WarGames,' a 1983 film directed by John Badham, written by Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes, and Walon Green. Produced by United Artists and Sherwood Productions and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The audio is not the property of this podcast and is used under the principles of 'fair use' for the purposes of setting the tone and providing context for our review of the game 'Resurgence.' All copyright and other rights are reserved by their respective owners. This use is not intended to infringe on any rights of the copyright holder and is done in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of US law governing fair use.Support the showGet the Official Chasing Meeples Tee hereGive us a Like on Facebook. Or if you'd rather just look at pretty pictures, check us out on Instagram. Got a question or suggestion, drop us a line at chasingmeeples@yahoo.comVisit our website at https://chasingmeeples.buzzsprout.comSupport the show: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1955547/supportThanks again, we hope you continue to enjoy the podcast!https://www.instagram.com/chasingmeeples/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSXxFr2jkXV_mFrUeOb_OhQ

This week Bob and Natasha review Gaia Project and discuss heavy Euros. They have a special guest, Adin, who is a big fan of heavy Euros that feel very punishing. Do you like to feel challenged when playing board games? Adin does, and this week he is going to tell us how he defines a heavy Euro. Let us know what you think, email us at boardgameshenanigans@gmail.com  

Comenzamos hablando de las cajas sorpresa, una gran maniobra de marketing, Klaus Teuber el autor del Catan y padre del Eurogame fallece, hablamos de un montón de juegos que enumeramos en el sumario:00:00:00 - Inicio00:02:39 - Cajas sorpresa00:08:34 - Klaus Teuber y el Catan00:12:34 - Sea Salt & Paper00:22:53 - Pelusas00:26:55 - Circadians Orden en el caos00:43:56 - Magic y la marcha de las máquinas00:50:42 - La expansión del Pagan01:01:23 - Habitats01:06:43 - Kulami01:18:01 - Darwin's Journey01:29:04 - Sabika

My guest today is a video game critic and one of the most exciting new voices in science fiction writing. Born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, she graduated from the UEA with a degree in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2019. Since then, she has worked as a freelance critic, contributing to Edge magazine and Eurogamer, and with the game publisher Future Friends, part of the team that helped bring you indie hits such as Vampire Survivors, Cloud Gardens and Heaven's Vault.She recently published her debut novel Frontier, a sci fi western set in the distant future when climate change has returned the Earth to a desert wasteland ruled over by gunslingers and horse thieves. Frontier is a tale of love, loss and laser guns. She is currently working on a second book for Hodder & Stoughton, described as ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel in Space'. Welcome, Grace Curtis.Clips under discussion:No Cake For You (Kelly Bailey, Mike Morasky).After the Prologue (Asuka Ota, Koji Kondo, Manaka Tominaga, Toru Minegishi).Home (Toby Fox).Vingette: Panacea (Disasterpeace).Whirling in Rags (Sea Power).All other music by Simon Parkin. Thank you for listening to My Perfect Console. Please consider becoming a supporter; your small monthly donation will help to make the podcast sustainable for the long term, contributing toward the cost of equipment, editing, and hosting episodes. https://plus.acast.com/s/my-perfect-console. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Playing Oppression: The Legacy of Conquest and Empire in Colonialist Board Games (MIT Press, 2023) by Dr. Mary Flanagan & Dr. Mikael Jakobsson is a striking analysis of popular board games' roots in imperialist reasoning—and why the future of play depends on reckoning with it. Board games conjure up images of innocuously enriching entertainment: family game nights, childhood pastimes, cooperative board games centered around resource management and strategic play. Yet in Playing Oppression, Dr. Flanagan and Dr. Jakobsson apply the incisive frameworks of postcolonial theory to a broad historical survey of board games to show how these seemingly benign entertainments reinforce the logic of imperialism. Through this lens, the commercialized version of Snakes and Ladders takes shape as the British Empire's distortion of Gyan Chaupar (an Indian game of spiritual knowledge), and early twentieth-century “trading games” that fêted French colonialism are exposed for how they conveniently sanitized its brutality while also relying on crudely racist imagery. These games' most explicitly abhorrent features may no longer be visible, but their legacy still lingers in the contemporary Eurogame tendency to exalt (and incentivize) cycles of exploration, expansion, exploitation, and extermination. An essential addition to any player's bookshelf, Playing Oppression deftly analyzes this insidious violence and proposes a path forward with board games that challenge colonialist thinking and embrace a much broader cultural imagination. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Playing Oppression: The Legacy of Conquest and Empire in Colonialist Board Games (MIT Press, 2023) by Dr. Mary Flanagan & Dr. Mikael Jakobsson is a striking analysis of popular board games' roots in imperialist reasoning—and why the future of play depends on reckoning with it. Board games conjure up images of innocuously enriching entertainment: family game nights, childhood pastimes, cooperative board games centered around resource management and strategic play. Yet in Playing Oppression, Dr. Flanagan and Dr. Jakobsson apply the incisive frameworks of postcolonial theory to a broad historical survey of board games to show how these seemingly benign entertainments reinforce the logic of imperialism. Through this lens, the commercialized version of Snakes and Ladders takes shape as the British Empire's distortion of Gyan Chaupar (an Indian game of spiritual knowledge), and early twentieth-century “trading games” that fêted French colonialism are exposed for how they conveniently sanitized its brutality while also relying on crudely racist imagery. These games' most explicitly abhorrent features may no longer be visible, but their legacy still lingers in the contemporary Eurogame tendency to exalt (and incentivize) cycles of exploration, expansion, exploitation, and extermination. An essential addition to any player's bookshelf, Playing Oppression deftly analyzes this insidious violence and proposes a path forward with board games that challenge colonialist thinking and embrace a much broader cultural imagination. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Playing Oppression: The Legacy of Conquest and Empire in Colonialist Board Games (MIT Press, 2023) by Dr. Mary Flanagan & Dr. Mikael Jakobsson is a striking analysis of popular board games' roots in imperialist reasoning—and why the future of play depends on reckoning with it. Board games conjure up images of innocuously enriching entertainment: family game nights, childhood pastimes, cooperative board games centered around resource management and strategic play. Yet in Playing Oppression, Dr. Flanagan and Dr. Jakobsson apply the incisive frameworks of postcolonial theory to a broad historical survey of board games to show how these seemingly benign entertainments reinforce the logic of imperialism. Through this lens, the commercialized version of Snakes and Ladders takes shape as the British Empire's distortion of Gyan Chaupar (an Indian game of spiritual knowledge), and early twentieth-century “trading games” that fêted French colonialism are exposed for how they conveniently sanitized its brutality while also relying on crudely racist imagery. These games' most explicitly abhorrent features may no longer be visible, but their legacy still lingers in the contemporary Eurogame tendency to exalt (and incentivize) cycles of exploration, expansion, exploitation, and extermination. An essential addition to any player's bookshelf, Playing Oppression deftly analyzes this insidious violence and proposes a path forward with board games that challenge colonialist thinking and embrace a much broader cultural imagination. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Playing Oppression: The Legacy of Conquest and Empire in Colonialist Board Games (MIT Press, 2023) by Dr. Mary Flanagan & Dr. Mikael Jakobsson is a striking analysis of popular board games' roots in imperialist reasoning—and why the future of play depends on reckoning with it. Board games conjure up images of innocuously enriching entertainment: family game nights, childhood pastimes, cooperative board games centered around resource management and strategic play. Yet in Playing Oppression, Dr. Flanagan and Dr. Jakobsson apply the incisive frameworks of postcolonial theory to a broad historical survey of board games to show how these seemingly benign entertainments reinforce the logic of imperialism. Through this lens, the commercialized version of Snakes and Ladders takes shape as the British Empire's distortion of Gyan Chaupar (an Indian game of spiritual knowledge), and early twentieth-century “trading games” that fêted French colonialism are exposed for how they conveniently sanitized its brutality while also relying on crudely racist imagery. These games' most explicitly abhorrent features may no longer be visible, but their legacy still lingers in the contemporary Eurogame tendency to exalt (and incentivize) cycles of exploration, expansion, exploitation, and extermination. An essential addition to any player's bookshelf, Playing Oppression deftly analyzes this insidious violence and proposes a path forward with board games that challenge colonialist thinking and embrace a much broader cultural imagination. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Playing Oppression: The Legacy of Conquest and Empire in Colonialist Board Games (MIT Press, 2023) by Dr. Mary Flanagan & Dr. Mikael Jakobsson is a striking analysis of popular board games' roots in imperialist reasoning—and why the future of play depends on reckoning with it. Board games conjure up images of innocuously enriching entertainment: family game nights, childhood pastimes, cooperative board games centered around resource management and strategic play. Yet in Playing Oppression, Dr. Flanagan and Dr. Jakobsson apply the incisive frameworks of postcolonial theory to a broad historical survey of board games to show how these seemingly benign entertainments reinforce the logic of imperialism. Through this lens, the commercialized version of Snakes and Ladders takes shape as the British Empire's distortion of Gyan Chaupar (an Indian game of spiritual knowledge), and early twentieth-century “trading games” that fêted French colonialism are exposed for how they conveniently sanitized its brutality while also relying on crudely racist imagery. These games' most explicitly abhorrent features may no longer be visible, but their legacy still lingers in the contemporary Eurogame tendency to exalt (and incentivize) cycles of exploration, expansion, exploitation, and extermination. An essential addition to any player's bookshelf, Playing Oppression deftly analyzes this insidious violence and proposes a path forward with board games that challenge colonialist thinking and embrace a much broader cultural imagination. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies

Playing Oppression: The Legacy of Conquest and Empire in Colonialist Board Games (MIT Press, 2023) by Dr. Mary Flanagan & Dr. Mikael Jakobsson is a striking analysis of popular board games' roots in imperialist reasoning—and why the future of play depends on reckoning with it. Board games conjure up images of innocuously enriching entertainment: family game nights, childhood pastimes, cooperative board games centered around resource management and strategic play. Yet in Playing Oppression, Dr. Flanagan and Dr. Jakobsson apply the incisive frameworks of postcolonial theory to a broad historical survey of board games to show how these seemingly benign entertainments reinforce the logic of imperialism. Through this lens, the commercialized version of Snakes and Ladders takes shape as the British Empire's distortion of Gyan Chaupar (an Indian game of spiritual knowledge), and early twentieth-century “trading games” that fêted French colonialism are exposed for how they conveniently sanitized its brutality while also relying on crudely racist imagery. These games' most explicitly abhorrent features may no longer be visible, but their legacy still lingers in the contemporary Eurogame tendency to exalt (and incentivize) cycles of exploration, expansion, exploitation, and extermination. An essential addition to any player's bookshelf, Playing Oppression deftly analyzes this insidious violence and proposes a path forward with board games that challenge colonialist thinking and embrace a much broader cultural imagination. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

On this installment of The Board Boys, we visit Europe and use some "Unique Abilities" in the game Tiletum from Board & Dice from Simone Luciani and Daniele Tascini.  Cam also takes a different sort of trip to Peru again.  We also compare rappers to game designers and revisit 2022 with our year in review segment and go over some BGStats as well.  Beau stops by for a quick Plug or Beef Hotseat. We also revisit the Zoo with Ark Nova and talk about some other games Sniper Elite, The Bloody Inn, Verdant, Karuba, and San Fran Ticket to Ride!  We also Bump or Dump Windward!  As always we hope you like boardgames!

This time on The Board Boys we take a look at governing some Italian cities in Virtu from Super Meeple and designer Pascal Ribrault.  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the listeners out there and our gift to you is a mega episode that went a little long!  We do a Board Boys Secret Santa among the Boys and take a look at what we got!  We slip back into some Halloween horror mode and talk about Final Girl and horror movies in general.   We also talk about Akropolis, Ticket to Ride Europe, a deep dive of the So Clever 4-pack of games, Verdant, Chronicles of Avel, Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar, Splendor Duel, and Caesar's Empire.  We hope you like Boardgames!

In this Darrell-less episode, TC takes control of the podcast to get some things off his chest as he and Chris talk about times when people and entities have totally crossed the line of conduct both in personal life and in the boardgame space. Buckle up, it's going to get bumpy. All this, plus rats in space, Russian spies, mutants, a couple of games that do neat things with dice, COBRA, some art critiques, and much more!

Happy Halloween from Board Boys, we're tackling My Father's Work by T.C. Petty III and Renegade Game Studios, a mad scientist worker placement game with branching storylines. Who will honor their forefathers and who will fail and die peniless? Other games discussed: Dominion, Chakra, Sea Salt and Paper, Manic Mages, Dungeons and Dragons, Birdwatcher, Root (at 5p), Goetia- The Nine Kingdoms of Solomon, Betrayal at House on the Hill 3rd Ed., Fearsome Floors Music: He's So Shy - The Pointer Sisters, Aaa - They Might Be Giants

In our 219th episode, the Tantrum House crew talk about 7 games coming to crowdfunding platforms, our experiences playing games at MegaMooseCon, and our most anticipated games at Essen.Sponsors: Boardwalk, Bezier Games, AEG, The Game Steward, Game Toppers Tantrum House Podcast E.219: "The Euro Game Has Died"File Size: 38451 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

Board Boys Podcast is finally reviewing Agricola just in time for the game to be old enough to drive. Also in this episode, we discuss our respective entries into gaming, introduce a new segment in which listeners share their opinions on games we review, and spend too long comparing the titular Agricola to the legends of classic rock.

Although we've come to the end of the road - still I can't let go. It's unnatural - you belong to me, I belong to you. Although we've come to the end of the road - still I can't let go. It's unnatural - you belong to me, I belong to you. Your favorite boys are back as Board Boy Josh and Board Boy Ben officially ride off into the sunset in Great Western Trail Second Edition. This episode the boys look back on the games they've played over the past five years and dust off an old faorite, kazoo that tune. 

Jason is very pleased to share about Puerto Rico 1897 - a new story for the classic game! This video follows up on the official announcement on a recent BGG Blog. In this short reflection, I discuss the most common piece of critical feedback: the idea that it's bad to play a "bad guy" in a game. In short, it's fine to play a bad guy, but it matters how it's done. I think war games have done a better job than Euro games. I articulate my reasoning here. BGG blog about Puerto Rico 1897 - https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/133975/how-puerto-rico-1897-came-be-interview-jason-perez. 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

Half of your favorite boys are back with a brand new episode to tackle Battle of Five Armies from Ares Games. Rob and Ben tackled War of the Ring (also from Ares Games) earlier this season soooooo how does Battle of Five Armies hold up? Will the Elven king, the Dwarves of Dain Ironfoot, and the Men of the Lake defend themslves against the likes of Bolg, son of Azog? Or, will Bilbo and Galdalf perish in a last stand at the Front Gate? Also this episode: Rob's mailbox explodes with recent Kickstarter deliveries; Josh shares clues about the epic conclusion of season X; Rob and Cam save the world from aliens (we're assuming that is why they aren't here). 

Your favorite boys are back to tackle a recent Kickstarter mega, colossal, gargantuan, mammoth success, Return to Dark Tower. Sure this game raised over $4 MM via crowdfunding, but where does it rank on the boing, boing, boing scale?!? Also this episode: Tim dishes on his favorite books, and books he has never read; speaking of books, Josh tackles the Bible with the dopest rap ever; Josh also shares a quick update on the future of the podcast as we near the end of season X... gon' give it to 'ya. 

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

Board Boys are back with special guest Jason Gould and guest host extraordinaire Two Hundred time Tim Kersting to play Wonderland's War, a bag building push your luck area control game set in the probably opium-influenced world of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Buckle up for 18 minutes on TI4 and that's no joke. Also, Beetlejuice comes to the world of Musical Theater and Board Boy Rob played a Game of Cat and Mouth. We hope you like board games.

This time on the Board Boys we go over the current mega hotness Ark Nova from Capstone Games!  Join us as we work hard on our conservation and appeal in our individual zoos.  We are visited by a guest this week and talk about some other great games including Last Light, Bunny Kingdom, Key to the Kingdom, and Isle of Cats!  Josh tries to get Rob to buy everyone's boardgames at Dungeons Gate and we enter the hot seat once again!  We hope you like board games!

Your favorite boys are back proving that life truly does find a way. This episode the dino boys tackled DinoGenics from Ninth Haven Games. DinoGenics is a competitive game for two to five players, in which each player attempts to build and run their own successful dinosaur park. Also this episode: Rob and Josh revisit the World of Warcraft discussion; Josh sets the record straight on the Lords of Waterdeep episode; and Ben breaks down his Wordle strategy. We hope you like Dinosaur board games!

In this episode, The Board Boys tackle Golem from Cranio Creations!  Also in this episode, Cam tries out a sports metaphor, we talk about old MMO exploits, and the boys also played a great game of Lords of Waterdeep.  Ten time Tim is back and talks about being a Euchre hustler and can Campbell improve society with his new rule?  All that and more!  There Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now! Boing boing boing!

Your favorite boys are back, tackling the lateset from legendary designer, Alexander Pfister, Boon Lake. Rob described this game as Alexander Pfister the board game - does that description hold up? We're mixed. Also this episode: Josh and Cam dish on things Rob hates; Josh and Rob continue their new segment talking about Elden Ring; and the boys bump or dump Rob's favorite Matagot game, Cyclades. We hope you like board games. 

Your favorite boys are back for another board game review. This time they're tackling the latest from Elf Creek Games, Merchants of the Dark Road. Spoiler, this game is good. Like really, really good BUT are there some problems we have with it? Maybe. Maybe not. Better listen to find out. Also this episode: Ben actually played some games; Josh didn't; Josh and Rob have a surprisingly long discussion about the latest from, From Software, Elden Ring. We hope you like board games ... and video games too apparently.

Your favorite boys are back tackling the latest, greatst from Deliciious Games, Messina 1347. Cam was finally back from Peru so it was only fitting that we played a truly great thinker stinker. It ain't easy beaing a wealthy land owner, saving citizens, fireballing rats and building buildings, but somebody has to do it. Also this episode: Cam gives a summary of his trip to Peru; Josh drops some truly interesting facts about truly random things; Rob gets another Lord of the Rings tattoo; the boys enjoy some Snoop Dogg wine.