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Episode 569: Games with Card Play Conflict Resolution Episode release date is March 12, 2025 Show Notes This week we are doing a single episode discussing games with card play conflict resolution. Card play conflict resolution is a versatile mechanic that can add depth, strategy, and thematic flavor to board games. It allows for player agency and decision-making in situations that might otherwise be left to chance. Card play conflict resolution in board games means that instead of using dice rolls or other randomizers to determine the outcome of a conflict, players use cards from their hand or a shared deck to influence or directly decide the result. Conflict arises: Card selection: Reveal and resolve Why use card play for conflict resolution? Reduced randomness Strategic depth Thematic connection Variety and replayability Come join us at the game table. Sponsorship Game Toppers SaltCON Intro of Meeple Nation Web Page Links to Episodes SaltPOD: A SaltCON Podcast Bios Email us at MeepleNation@gmail.com Patreon Instagram @meeplenation Facebook Meeple Nation Facebook Group Meeple Nation Off Air X Meeple Nation Discord Meeple Nation Meeple Nation Gaming Highlights Andy Inventors of the South Tigris Nathan Loco Momo Fromage Top games with modular boards Gloomhaven Dune: Imperium Star Wars Rebellion Marvel Champions Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition Mage Knight: The Board Game Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood Kemet Ankh: Gods of Egypt Dune Western Legends Lords of Hellas Mythic Battles Pantheon Cooper Island Mythic Battles Ragnarok Mythic Battles Isfet The Witcher: Old World Battlestar Galactica A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) StarCraft: The Board Game Earthborne Rangers Star Wars: The Card Game Star Wars: Customizable Card Game Fury of Dracula (Third/Fourth Edition) SeaFall Jaws Halloween Games on the list that we did not get too. Forbidden Stars Cosmic Encounter Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume One Battle Line Summoner Wars (Second Edition) Air, Land, & Sea Schottne Totten Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation (2005) A Few Acres of Snow Regicide War of the Ring: The Card Game Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation (2002) Bloodborne: The Board Game My Little Scythe Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea Brazil: Imperial Fridrich: Anniversary Edition Resist! Super Fantasy Brawl Sylvion Sun Tzu War of the Ring: Second Edition Scythe Blood Rage
Brendan looks back at the games that came out in 2011 and ranks them. Join us, won't you?ExemptLast Will (2011)The Castles of Burgundy (2011)Top 5Dungeon Petz (2011)Trajan (2011)The Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus (2011)Mage Knight Board Game (2011)Friday (2011)Want to playWar of the Ring: Second Edition (2011)Discworld: Ankh-Morpork (2011)Village (2011)Nightfall (2011)Honorable MentionsSign of things to come: A Few Acres of Snow (2011)Best Stabby game: A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) (2011)Game I could get lost in: The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (2011)Best Dice Game: Elder Sign (2011)Game I like that no one else does: Kingdom Builder (2011)Weirdest game: Tragedy Looper (2011)Game that's more hype in my mind than plays on my table: Fortune and Glory: The Cliffhanger Game (2011)Best game I played in Iceland with an Icelander: Yggdrasil (2011)Really fun real-time drawing game: Pictomania (2011)Excellent I pick-you choose mechanism game: Mammut (2011)PlayedTakenokoKing of TokyoSkullFlash PointSentinels of the MultiverseFake Artist Goes to New YorkEminent DomainRhino HeroDark MoonThe CityStar Trek ExpeditionsStar Trek Deck Building GameCity Square OffWhat are your favorite 2011 games? Share your thoughts over on Boardgamegeek in guild #3269.
Brendan looks back at the games that came out in 2011 and ranks them. Join us, won't you?ExemptLast Will (2011)The Castles of Burgundy (2011)Top 5Dungeon Petz (2011)Trajan (2011)The Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus (2011)Mage Knight Board Game (2011)Friday (2011)Want to playWar of the Ring: Second Edition (2011)Discworld: Ankh-Morpork (2011)Village (2011)Nightfall (2011)Honorable MentionsSign of things to come: A Few Acres of Snow (2011)Best Stabby game: A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) (2011)Game I could get lost in: The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (2011)Best Dice Game: Elder Sign (2011)Game I like that no one else does: Kingdom Builder (2011)Weirdest game: Tragedy Looper (2011)Game that's more hype in my mind than plays on my table: Fortune and Glory: The Cliffhanger Game (2011)Best game I played in Iceland with an Icelander: Yggdrasil (2011)Really fun real-time drawing game: Pictomania (2011)Excellent I pick-you choose mechanism game: Mammut (2011)PlayedTakenokoKing of TokyoSkullFlash PointSentinels of the MultiverseFake Artist Goes to New YorkEminent DomainRhino HeroDark MoonThe CityStar Trek ExpeditionsStar Trek Deck Building GameCity Square OffWhat are your favorite 2011 games? Share your thoughts over on Boardgamegeek in guild #3269.
Sound the trumpets! Ring the bells! Trim the hedges! Yes, it's time for another incomparable, inconceivable, incompetent epidode of Sporadically Board. LISTEN - as Dan quizzes Mike about hip new phrases buzzing around the zeitgeist. YEARN - as Dan discusses the pleasures of cheese on Christmas Cake. QUIVER - as Mike elucidates on why he wants to be a guava. GENUFLECT - to the mailbag altar, spilling its contents all over the Internet. WEEP - at the omission of A Few Acres of Rubbish.
Sound the trumpets! Ring the bells! Trim the hedges! Yes, it's time for another incomparable, inconceivable, incompetent epidode of Sporadically Board. LISTEN - as Dan quizzes Mike about hip new phrases buzzing around the zeitgeist. YEARN - as Dan discusses the pleasures of cheese on Christmas Cake. QUIVER - as Mike elucidates on why he wants to be a guava. GENUFLECT - to the mailbag altar, spilling its contents all over the Internet. WEEP - at the omission of A Few Acres of Rubbish.
Martin Wallace in conversation with Jordan Sorcery. The legendary game designer behind Brass, A Few Acres of Snow, Study in Emerald, Struggle of Empires, and Discworld: Ankh-Morpork joins me to talk about the process, business, and career of games design; the use of kickstarter for launching new games; and the projects he's working on for the future.Starting from a retail job in Games Workshop to working with Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone on a new Fighting Fantasy Adventures game, Wallace has designed countless classic games and regularly held the top spot on the BoardGameGeek 100 best games. We explore story-first games design, the challenges and successes of working in the games industry, and talk about some of the best board games ever made!Support my work:Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/jordansorcery]Element Games Affiliate Link [https://elementgames.co.uk/?d=11216]Download my Fantasy Battle Scenario: Dead King Wenceslas [https://jordansorcery.itch.io/dead-king-wenceslas]Ko-Fi [https://ko-fi.com/jordansorcery]Discord [https://discord.gg/vtjKzTGevD]This episode was originally released via YouTube: https://youtu.be/w7JaKmUpwpc
La construcción de mazos es una mecánica y un género relativamente nuevos. Apareció por primera vez en Dominion, de 2008, y sus continuaciones han imitado a menudo las estructuras básicas de Dominion. La idea básica es que las cartas pueden proporcionar acciones, moneda para usar sólo en el turno actual o puntos de victoria. En el Dominion básico, casi todas las cartas proporcionan sólo uno de estos usos, pero muchos creadores de mazos posteriores las combinaron y ofrecieron a los jugadores la posibilidad de elegir cómo usar cada carta. Algunos juegos también se han expandido más allá de estos límites, como las bases que persisten en los tableros de los jugadores hasta que son destruidas en Star Realms.00:00:00 - Inicio00:01:51 - Preview del Campamento Barton 202400:14:08 - Origen de los juegos de construcción de mazos00:18:56 - Juegos de Construcción de mazo o deckbuilding01:37:32 - Nuestras recomendaciones de juegos de construcción de mazos o deckbuilding01:49:42 - AlteredJuegos que se nombran en este episodio:- Arctic Scavengers (2009)- Thunderstone (2009) Dragones y Mazmorras- Tanto Cuore (2009)- Puzzle Strike (2010)- Ascension: Deckbuilding Game (2010) introdujo el draft en el Deskbuilding- Barbarossa (2010)- Quarriors (2011) no deja de ser un derivado de dados- Friday (2011)- Blood Bowl Team Manager (2011)- Rune Age (2011)- Mage Knight Board Game (2011)- Core Worlds (2011)- A Few Acres of Snow (2011)- Eminent Domain (2011)- Nightfall (2011)- Copycat (2012)- Trains (2012)- Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game (2012)- Lewis & Clark (2013)- Rococo (2013)- A Study in emerald (2013)- Concordia (2013)- Asgard's Choosen (2013)- Star Realms (2014)- Valley of the Kings (2014)- Roll for the Galaxy (2014)- Hyperborea (2014)- Mythotopia (2014)- Baseball Highlihts (2015)- Hero Realms (2016)- Hands in the Sea (2016)- Aeon's End (2016)- Tyrants of the Underdark (2016)- Clank (2016)- Great Western Trail (2016)- Millenium Blades (2016)- Mystic Vale(2016)- Flamme Rouge (2016)- The Quest for el Dorado (2017)- Too many Bones (2017)- Harry Potter Howards Battle (2017)- Time of Crisis (2017)- After the virus (2017)- The Path of Light and Shadow (2018)- Pócimas y Brebajes (2018)- Obsesión (2018)- War Chest (2018)- Tainted Grail (2019)- Undaunted Normandy (2019)- Lost Ruins of Arnak (2020)- Dune Imperium (2020)- Cubitos (2021)- Rocketmen (2021)- Heat (2022)- Star Wars the Deck Building Game (2023)Enlaces:Canal de anuncios de Telegram: https://t.me/visludicaGrupo de Telegram: https://t.me/visludicaarmyPara escucharnos en audio: https://visludica.com
Can it be so soon? It seems like only 2 months ago that a Sporadically Board episode came crashing through the Internet to wash over your earholes in a soothing wave. Well, it's true. We're back, and we come to you with a MAJOR EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT! You, our beloved listeners, are being given a worldwide exclusive announcement before it gets revealed to the teeming masses of the ignorant. You, just by virtue of having impeccable taste in podcasts, will be able to tease, infuriate, and frustrate your friends and loved ones by withholding this major announcement and holding it over their heads like an informational Sword of Damocles. If that wasn't enough, we also discuss such hot button topics as: The Suffragette Movement David Bowie The flu and bronchitis The Dice Tower Cruise Rat infested cottage vacations Sean, Ronan and Mike vs. Dan, Matthew and Richard in a steel cage death match ...and so much more! All of this, plus A Few Acres of Rubbish. Here is the incredibly long link to the Cora Quest: Keep on Questing! contest discussed in the episode: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3oepo754SX-k751DmlhuMMZGFQgUx7RMVPkTneupsVggCfQ/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1pSxDv5oIPpyp5EJpLLneqCe41oNhGXdQ32nEHH5LjRQPHJeNqprKIfA4
After the multimedia extravaganza that was Episode 100, we keep the fireworks going by inviting first time guest and first time designer Carl Robinson. Carl has designed Kelp, a two-player asymmetrical game that offers players a unique opportunity to delve into the natural world of Pyjama Sharks and Common Octopuses, set in a South African kelp forest. Those were absolutely my words alone, and not a cut and paste from Board Game Geek. In addition to discussing the story behind that game, Dan, Carl and Mike have a wide ranging conversation that includes, but isn't limited to: Dan's impressions of this year's Essen Spiel which he absolutely did not attend. Mike and Carl's impressions of this year's Essen Spiel which they absolutely did attend. Kendal Mint Cake. Urinal Cakes, plus bonus toilet discussion. Extra bonus toilet serenades. Teaching children how to play Poirot. How people in the North of England count sheep. All of this, plus Dan's Soundtrack game, A Few Acres of Rubbish, and a disgusting amount of board game discussion. For more information about Kelp, check out https://kelpgame.com/ Kelp Preview Kickstarter Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wonderbowgames/kelp-shark-vs-octopus-2-player-asymmetrical-game Launches November 7th
Episode 99. You know how sometimes when there's some kind of big numerical milestone looming on a podcast, the episode just before it is a lackluster placeholder type of episode? Well, we were going to do that but Gaby was unavailable, so instead Dan and I come to you with this episode that is chock full of spicy, saucy, sassy, succulent, spectacular content. Also, lots of poop talk. Tune in to hear... A BRAND NEW game that Dan actually prepared beforehand! A new segment called, "Talkin' Beer Here with Dan Hughes" Where Dan formulates his ideas. Duty Free Shops, and their infringement on our freedoms. TONS of discussion about Ireland: Dan's recent trip there, and his thoughts on prices. More thoughts on prices. Museums. Prices. Amphibious boats. Tipping in Dublin. Or lack thereof. Prices. Why everyone in the UK dips their chips in Guinness beer. Some game talk! A Few Acres of Rubbish.
Well, what do you know? Another freshly baked episode comes piping hot out of the SpoBo oven, and it's ready for your hungry ears. I'd blow on it first if I were you, but I'll also understand if you're willing to char your canals if you just can't wait. In this episode, Mike and Dan discuss: Dan's bathroom renovation Dan's family vacation to Canterbury Dan's 5 star meal in Canterbury Uncle Ben's Mexican Rice (see above) 2 Falafel (see above above) Mike's globetrotting Gen Con Dan's can't miss plan to pay for his bathroom renovation (see way above) by flipping Lorcana cards All of this, PLUS everyone's favorite game, Brown Bread, and A Few Acres of Rubbish!
Dan and Mike are recording with alarming frequency these days. Frankly, it seems suspicious if you ask me. However, as I'm one of the people participating and since I have no ulterior motive that I'm comfortable divulging, you'll all just have to go with us and enjoy the ride. And what a ride it is! On this episode, Dan and Mike discuss: The lie that is castor sugar. Why Dan's scones taste tangier than they should. The relationship between game designers and publishers. Also, we have a very special guest aboard: Kirsten Lunde! Kirsten discusses her upcoming symphony themed board game, Ovation (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/326264/ovation), and talks about her move from the United States to New Zealand. Also, Kirsten retains her cool amidst Dan's stubborn refusal to pronounce her name correctly. All of this, plus A Few Acres of Rubbish! More information for Ovation here: https://ovationboardgame.com/
Hot off the presses, here's episode 95! We invite special guest Ben Maddox of the fantastic Five Games For Doomsday podcast along for the ride, and what a ride it is. On this episode we discuss: Care Bears. The 2023 Spiel des Jahres Nominations. Mike's Root Canal. The many podcasts involving the participants that have lost the BGG Golden Geek Award, and how ultimately, the common denominator among them is Dan. Ben's new venture into RPGs, discussing both 1,000 Year Old Vampire, and also the upcoming project he's writing. All of this, plus A Few Acres of Rubbish! Find all things Ben at: https://fivegamesfordoomsday.com
I got to sit down with David Jack Thompson during AcadeCon 2022 in Dayton, Ohio and discuss his games, games that have influenced him, and gaming with his family. We also talked about whose brain he would pick from history. Games mentioned in this episode: Undaunted: Stalingrad, Resist, Pavlov's House, By Stealth and Sea, Armageddon, Switch and Signal, Soldiers in Postmen's Uniforms , Ticket to Ride, A Few Acres of Snow, Arctic Scavengers, Dominion, Advanced Squad Leader, Watergate, 13 Days, Ginomorpod, 2050 A.D., Dune Imperium, Lanzerath Ridge, Ethnos, Bliztkrieg, War Chest, Zheng He, Under Falling Skies, Warp's Edge, Dire Alliance, Final Girl, and Night Witches
Dive into the wormhole with us and warp into this pick-up-and-deliver game by the designer of Tiny Towns. Then, join us as we discuss the maddening and gladdening aspects of modular maps. 00:01:57 Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road00:02:55 Nova Luna00:03:47 Tapestry00:07:41 Gloomhaven00:07:59 Frosthaven00:08:39 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion00:09:16 Race for the Galaxy, Magic the Gathering00:13:07 Wormholes, Endless Winter, Wingspan, It's a Wonderful World00:16:02 Blood Rage00:16:49 Rising Sun00:17:26 Origins: First Builders, Tasty Humans, Welcome to Newdale, Fleet: The Dice Game, Three Sisters, Skymines, Planet Unknown, Merchants of the Dark Road00:18:25 FEATURE REVIEW Wormholes, Tiny Towns00:18:43 Ticket to Ride00:19:02 Gaia Project00:41:38 FEATURE DISCUSSION Modular Maps00:41:57 The Voyages of Marco Polo00:43:11 Scythe, Scythe: Modular Boards00:46:21 Wormholes00:46:59 A Few Acres of Snow00:48:47 Gaia Project00:49:59 Terra Mystica, Gaia Project00:53:03 Concordia00:53:23 Clans of Caledonia00:54:06 Cloudage, Ankh, Gloomhaven00:54:57 Food Chain Magnate00:57:41 Messina: 134700:58:34 The Voyages of Marco Polo, Islebound, Escape Plan, Yokahama, Vindication, Istanbul, Five Tribes
Opener: Royals Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. For boardgame publishers, I believe there's such as thing as "convention season." Of course game conventions happen all over the world, all across the calendar, but for the industry there's a special significance to Gencon in the US, and Spiel in Europe. Add in Origins, UK Games Expo, the Nuremberg Int'l Toy Fair, events in France or Japan...the list goes on & on. Especially for the domestic North American market, however, the summer season of Gencon and Origins means something for sales & product launches. Both events are located in the middle of the US. Designer (and friend!) David Thompson is also located in the middle of the US. I had the great fortune to stay with him for a weekend recently, and besides playing a bunch of games together, we also recorded a podcast. He'd recently been to Gencon & Origins, as well as Ohio's own Buckeye Game Fest. We sat on his back porch during a summer evening and recorded this podcast together. I hope you enjoy the discussion. https://discord.io/BoardgamesToGo Closers: I sat next to a guy on the plane who played a lot of Catan...but only on the app on his smartphone. He told me how the original game has too much luck, how certain Seafarers maps turn it into more of a game of "pure strategy." I showed him Azul on BGA, Iberian Gauge in a photo, and A Few Acres of Snow on Yucata. It's like we were speaking the same language, but different dialects that could barely understand each other! -Mark
Farbröderna svarar på lyssnarfråga gällande brädspelsdesign. Det blir så där förvirrat som vanligt. Dessutom har det spelats spel. I avsnittet nämns: Summoner Wars 2nd edition A Few Acres of Snow Ticket to Ride Space Gate Odyssey 1817 18USA Cantaloop - Breaking Into Prison
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Trey and Candice review "Versailles 1919" and consider “How to be taught a game.”(sorry for the echo on some of the audio!)0:00:00 Introduction- Meadow0:09:20 Game Night- Scout!- Panamax- Dune: Imperium- Quest- Anno 180000:20:40 Game News- Weather Machine on Kickstarter October 28th- Queen's Gambit: Das Damengambit- Settlement- Bruxelles 1893: Belle Epoque- World Cup Game coming to Kicstarter November 1.0:30:04 Games on the Brain- Tigris & Euphrates- The Grew: Mission Deep Sea- Founding Fathers- Oracle of Delphi- Stage Left00:49:55 Game Review - Versailles 1919- Churchill- Pericles- Triumvir01:28:35 Member Segment: How to be taught a game.01:48:08 Game Sommelier- Civilization: A New Dawn- Oracle of Delphi- Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile- Dune- Indonesia- Friedrich- A Few Acres of Snow- Hands in the Sea
Was habe ich gespielt?MicroMacro: Crime CityJaipurFjordeYINSH Mit den KindernMicroMacro: Crime City Die KnuffiesAll-Star Draft Print and Play BasteleckeBy Torchlight von Barny Skinner(https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2580379/wip-torchlight-2021-9-card-nanogame-print-and-play) Apps und OnlinespieleYucata.de: Um Krone und Kragen mit fjelfras und MaisYucata.de: A Few Acres of Snow mit Azmodan———————————————————————————————Yucata.de: VOLT mit roter_meepleYucata.de: VOLT mit fjelfras, Pöppelschieber und Spielträumers Ingo Yucata.de: Drachenherz mit TobiYucata.de: Burgen … Folge 113 – Blind Pew weiterlesen
Was habe ich gespielt?Cantaloop Jaipur (Star Wars) Mit den KindernAuf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb zwei Rallye-TrucksCiao CashKlaskAgricola – FamilienspielNope Print and Play BasteleckeCuBirds (Soda Cans / CuCans Retheme) Apps und Onlinespiele ———————————————————————————————Yucata.de: VOLT mit roter_meepleYucata.de: VOLT mit fjelfras, Pöppelschieber und Spielträumers Ingo Yucata.de: Halali mit roter_meeple Yucata.de: Drachenherz mit TobiYucata.de: A Few Acres of … Folge 109 – Sun weiterlesen
Emma, Gil, and Scott discuss the idea of complexity in a board game. We explore 6 types of complexity, and discuss their effects on the games we play and design. SHOW NOTES 0m51s: Pete Seeger was an American folk singer, known for songs like "If I Had a Hammer," "Turn, Turn, Turn," and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" 2m04s: Our list of complexities: Spatial complexity Arithmetical complexity Zone complexity Planning complexity Rules/mechanism complexity Component complexity 2m45s: Barenpark, New York Zoo 3m44s: The SAT is a standardized test in the United States that is a major factor in a college's admission of a prospective student. 4m16s: Number 9 4m32s: Bosk 5m31s: Photosynthesis 6m30s: Treasure Island, Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, Specter Ops, Tigris & Euphrates 7m14s: Checking the rules, an Internal Conflict in Tigris & Euphrates happens when a Leader is moved to a Kingdom where there is already a Leader of the same color belonging to another player. 8m00s: Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game. Check out Scott's Biography of a Board Game on the Flight Path family of games, including X-Wing and Wings of War. 8m25s: The Warhammer family of games is absolutely massive. The flagship game, Warhammer 40,000, is in its 9th edition. 10m18s: The Funkoverse Strategy Game. We chatted with Chris Rowlands, one of its designers, in Ludology 224: Putting the Fun in Funko. 11m01s: Heroclix, Heroscape 13m23s: Set 15m17s: Power Grid, Russian Railroads, and Gil's own The Networks 16m26s: The term "Goumbaud's Law" was coined by Jesse Schell in his book The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses. 21m12s: Sticheln (the pronunciation of which Gil has completely butchered) was recently re-released by Capstone Games as Stick 'Em. Smartphone Inc. 22m46s: Sushi Go, Disney: The Haunted Mansion – Call of the Spirits Game 25m38s: Search for Planet X, Zendo (Kory Heath's design diary for Zendo remains a fantastic look at how hard it is to design a seemingly simple game.) 26m40s: Mastermind 28m12s: Here's a description of the XYZ Wing solve technique for Sudoku. 28m33s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg21M2zwG9Q (explicit language warning) 28m59s: Hey, That's My Fish, graph theory, and the Traveling Salesman problem. 29m33s: Scott first proposed the 6 Zones of Play in Ludology 209 - The 6 Zones of Play. 32m28s: Formula D 33m27s: Seafall, the Betrayal family of games. 41m21s: Ra 43m53s: A Feast for Odin 44m22s: A Few Acres of Snow 46m45s: Nielsen Media Research is best known for its Nielsen TV ratings, that offer the TV industry in the United States metrics into the number of viewers a TV show enjoys. 48m06s: Advanced Squad Leader, The Campaign for North Africa 50m13s: We discussed the futility of 1:1 models with Volko Ruhnke in Ludology 178 - COIN Operated. Gil also brings up the "Map-territory relation" problem. 50m29s: Food Chain Magnate, Feudum, Cloudspire, Kanban 54m48s: Two designers who work in complex games: Vital Lacerda and Dávid Turczi. You can hear our chat with Dávid about complex games in Ludology 234 - Playing with Time. 55m34s: Brass: Lancashire 57m27s: Fresco 1h00m20s: Gil discussed his doomed auction mechanism most recently in Ludology 235 - Rise to the Challenge. 1h01m45s: Samurai, Steel Driver, For Sale. Here's Samurai's scoring system: If one player has the most figures of 2 or 3 of the types of figures, they win. If no one has won in the previous step, only players who have the most of a single type of figure can win. All other players are eliminated. The remaining players set aside the figures they have of which they have the most of a certain type. The player with the most remaining figures wins. In case of a tie, the tied players re-collect all their figures and count their total number of figures. Highest total wins, all remaining ties are shared. 1h02m30s: Nomic, Fluxx 1h09m23s: Descent: Journeys in the Dark 1h10m45s: Geoff and Gil discussed "tight coupling" in Ludology 172 - Odd Coupling. 1h12m04s: Carcassonne (the type Gil was thinking of is Monk) 1h13m25s: The Betrayal family of games (again) 1h14m46s: GameTrayz 1h16m20s: Mike Selinker uttered this now-legendary quote in Ludology 189 - The Missing Selinker. 1h17m47s: Gil's announcements: BGG@Home, Weird Stories pregen settings, High Rise pre-orders opening soon, Rival Networks 1h20m02s: Battling Tops, and the legendary BGG Battling Tops tournament. 1h20m22s: Tabletopia 1h20m44s: Emma, Gil, and Scott recorded Ludology 215 - Table Topics live at BGG.CON 2019. 1h21m06s: Scott's announcements: Treats, Xeno Command, Comic Book Crisis, The Pitch Project. 1h24m06s: Emma's announcements: Game Maker's Guild panel, Dutch and Hungarian versions of Abandon All Artichokes. 1h25m26s: Our contact info: Emma (Twitter, Instagram, Web), Gil (Twitter, Facebook, Web), Scott (Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook)
While Jesse is out, Jan and Alex invite a familiar face to the show! Today in Shelf or Sell Jan explains why going in hot might be a bad idea, Alex deals with A Few Acres of Snow and Sam has a need, a need for speed. Afterwards on the Medley Minute, we talk Spiel Digital and Game of Thrones. Later in On The Radar Sam takes some time to walk us through the Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game. All that and more in this week's episode of The Weekly Quack!We hope you enjoyed this week's episode! Have a question you'd like featured next week? Leave it on our website at theweeklyquack.com! We'll pick our favorites and talk about them on the show! Did you know we have t-shirts? Well, you do now! Get yours here: (Mens) (Womens).Time Stamps- Shelf or Sell- 02:32 - A Few Acres of Snow ft. Alex 10:27 - V Commandos ft. Jan 19:59 - Top Gun Strategy Game ft. Sam Healy Medley Minute- 25:44 - Spiel Digital ft. Sam Healy 28:38 - GoT Board Game - Digital Edition ft. Jan 30:18 - Core Worlds: Empires ft. Alex On the Radar- 32:22 - Project L: Finesse ft. Jan 37:16 - Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game ft. Sam Healy 44:20 - Cartographers Heroes ft. Alex 49:32 - Audience Questions for Sam Healy Support the show (http://patreon.com/quackalope)
Emma, Gil, and Scott go back to a topic that Ryan and Geoff discussed earlier in the show's history: Deckbuilding! With all that's changed (including Emma having designed a deckbuilder), what has changed, and what have we learned? 0m41s: The episode that Ryan and Geoff did was Ludology 119 - Deck the Halls. 0m46s: Dominion (which did come out in 2008) 2m39s: StarCraft: The Board Game, which is generally believed to be the first game with an in-game deckbuilding component (if we assume that Magic: The Gathering's deckbuilding component is technically not "in-game," but is part of the metagame). 5m12s: Trains, and A Few Acres of Snow 6m26s: Smash Up 14m45s: Concordia, Aquatica 17m13s: Ascension, Thunderstone, Nightfall 22m26s: Eschaton, Copycat 30m08s: Aeon's End, Thunderstone Quest, Big Book of Madness, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle 31m39s: Puzzle Strike 32m36s: The Quacks of Quedlinburg 33m19s: I think we have the name to Scott's next game... :) 34m03s: Black Friday 34m47s: Quarriors (and its themed re-implementation, Dice Masters) 36m58s: Rattlebones 37m40s: Dice Forge (which Gil mistakenly called Dice Vault) 38m25s: According to designer Stephen Glenn, Rattlebones had been in the works since 2009. 40m05s: Blank White Dice (which Emma called Blank Dice) 41m07s: Abandon All Artichokes, Xenon Profiteer, Fine Sand 44m18s: Mystic Vale, Edge of Darkness 46m21s: The game Scott was thinking of is Dead Reckoning 46m36s: Slay the Spire 48m09s: Gil is using the definition of "atom" from the book Characteristics of Games: "The smallest complete unit of play, in the sense that the players feel they've 'really played' some of the game." 49m51s: The bits in question 50m05s: VENOM Assault 51m27s: Monster Train 54m17s: Self-promotion time! Gil High Rise The Rival Networks (Gil was totally wrong, but the rulebook is with the graphic designer now, so it's close to done!) Gil's Twitch channel Gil's games at Gen Con Gil's remote playtest group Gil's upcoming storytelling game Weird Stories (watch a playthrough here) Check-In Cards Emma The Seattle Tabletop Game Designers group on Facebook Abandon All Artichokes The What's Eric Playing review Top 10 Games on our Radar The Abandon All Artichokes design diary Ludology Live at Gen Con Online Scott Comic Book Crisis Gamemaster film
Geoff continues the discussion about Alpha Zero, this time pointing out the impact a self-learning AI can have on an established tournament meta, like Magic or Hearthstone. Show Notes: 0m47s: More info about Agent57, the DeepMind AI that can beat humans at 57 different Atari 2600 games. 1m52s: The Ares Project, Geoff's first published board game (designed with his son Brian) 2m15s: More info about the Halifax Hammer strategy from A Few Acres of Snow. 2m29s: The current list of banned cards in Magic: The Gathering. And, the current list of changed Hearthstone cards.
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our Civilization III discussion with an interview with Soren Johnson, Civilization III designer and programmer and head of Mohawk Games. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:49 Interview 1:39:20 Break 1:39:54 Feedback Issues covered: surprises on the 200th episode, getting into games, mispronouncing a California city, computer science as a term, figuring out where to work, being into history, getting away from games in college, the troubled history of Civ III, preferring not to do sequels, bad choices at MicroProse, not thinking about walking away from IP, a rights battle, getting Sid Meier to make a Civ game, Brian Reynolds turning away from Civ games, brain drain, a golden opportunity, "the adults had disappeared," evolving into designer-programmer, the beginning of a franchise, switching away from adding proper nouns to the game, incorporating culture as a fountain to establish borders, design ideas that feel like they should have always been there, adding strategic and luxury resources, pushing trade and tension through resources, the advantages of particular historic civilizations and that not being a good fit for Civ, game play coming from map generation, lacking a single AI technique, starting the AI by starting at the beginning of the game, keeping hard-coded values out of the AI, making things data-driven, mod-ability, adapting the AI to changes and iteration in development, whether an AI is "cheating," being careful with how the AI interacts with the player, the intricacy of a naval invasion, how to choose a good city for your invasion and how players subvert that, making small decisions plausible, having no firewall between AI and game data, scaling for difficulty by bonuses and penalties, beating the opponent vs providing behaviors as a challenge, the inherent difficulty of diplomacy, AI as NPC, the negotiating table, AI career beginning when Civ III released, optimizing the fun out of the game, you don't give up anything to trade technologies, limiting what the AI is allowed to do, Civ is a game about math, giving up floating point math, balancing the numbers through Early Access now but patches in the past, being on the frontier of live games, holding the game together via time with the audience, discovering the perfect strategy for asymmetrical games via iteration, re-examining the 4X with his next game, automating as a poor solution, removing unnecessary vestigial stuff, taking away decision-free micromanagement, being afraid of changing mainstays, revisiting your prior design ideas, working like film and being out-of-order vs starting at the beginning, GDC postponement, Irene of Athens, Tim's love for Civ stories, manga and comics, the variety in the Japanese games market, the prevalence of handheld and mobile in the Japanese market, greater variety of games in smaller budgets, the value of common language, Tim's charity pledging. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Mark Sean Garcia, EA, Knockout Kings, Firaxis, Maxis, Spore, Dragon Age Legends, Mohawk Games, Offworld Trading Company, Adam Saltsman, Designer Notes, Idle Thumbs, Commodore 64, Amiga, Black Isle Entertainment, Avalon Hill, Sid Meier, MicroProse, Brian Reynolds, Spectrum Holobyte, Sid Meier's Gettysburg, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Activision, Infogrammes, Hasbro Interactive, Sid Meier's Dinosaurs, Starcraft, Age of Empires: Age of Kings, Tim Train, Jason Coleman, David Inscore, Railroad Tycoon, Pirates, X-COM, Julian Gollop, Jake Solomon, Jeff Briggs, Bohnanza, Settlers of Catan, Guns Germs and Steel, Warcraft, Paradox Interactive, Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, A Few Acres of Snow, Dominion, Ten Crowns, Empire, Beyond Earth, John Romero, SIGIL, DOOM (1993). Warren Linam-Church, Oedipus, Shakespeare, Johnny Grattan, Maus, PlayStation 2, Mr. Mosquito, Xbox (original), Prey (2017), Batman: Arkham Knight. Next time: Another interview?! Links: Playing to Lose, GDC 2008 Irene of Athens Twitch: brettdouville, instagram:timlongojr, @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com
I det här special avsnittet så går pappa Micke och HCM Marcus Brisse Brissman igenom sina top 100 brädspel. Nu fortsätter dom med nr 40-26. Vid top 10 kommer HCM Tomas att joina dom :D. Spel som nämns: Pax Pamir (Second Edition), Hight Society, Flamme Rouge, Chronicles Of Crime, Neuroshima Hex!, Marvel The Champions: the card Game, Fantasy Realms, The Princes Of Florence, Star Wars: Outer Rim, War Chest, Ricochet Robots, Azul, Bronze, Res Arcana, Suburbia, Carnival Zombies, Puerto Rico, Stockpile, Mombasa, Terra Mystica, Decrypto, City Of Iron, Mansions Of Madness: Second Edition, The Quacks Of Quedlingburg, Through The Ages. A New Story Of Civilization, Um Reifenbreite, The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire, The Manhattan Project, Victoriana, Tzolk´in: The Mayan Calendar, San Juan, Race For The Galaxy, Skie-tour, Vinhos, Agricola, Great Western Trail, Detectiv A Modern detectiv story, This War of Mine, Gaia Project, Cyclades, Arkham Horror LCG, Lord Of The Rings LCG, A Few Acres of Snow, Colluseum, Catan, Can´t Stop, Inkan Gold (Diamant), Star Wars Imperial Assault, Star Wars Rpg, RoboRally, Aazul, Staind Glas, Hemsidan till att ranka sina top 100 brädspelhttps://rankingengine.pubmeeple.com/?fbclid=IwAR3OZPtgDvKPcoQ-17HqPFuOpzpvIvD5vzPGsn7-UQmMfn_tAOii4yiMfkg Mickes Lista40. Carnival Zombiehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/140343/carnival-zombie39. Puerto Ricohttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3076/puerto-rico38. Stockpilehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161614/stockpile37. Mombasahttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172386/mombasa36. Terra Mysticahttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica35. Decryptohttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/225694/decrypto34. City Of ironhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/195503/city-iron-second-edition33. Mansions of Madness: Second Editionhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/205059/mansions-madness-second-edition32. The Quacks Of Quedlinburghttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244521/quacks-quedlinburg31. Through The Ages. A New Story Of Civilizationhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/182028/through-ages-new-story-civilization30. Um Reifenbreitehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/442/um-reifenbreite29. The Manhattan Project: Energy Empirehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/176734/manhattan-project-energy-empire28. The Manhattan Projecthttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/63628/manhattan-project27. Victorianahttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/180809/victoriana26. Tzolk´in: The Mayan Calendarhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/126163/tzolk-mayan-calendar Brisses Lista 40. Pax Pamir (Second Edition)https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition39. High Societyhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society38. Flamme Rougehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199478/flamme-rouge37. Chronicle Of Crimehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/239188/chronicles-crime36. Neuroshima Hex!https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21241/neuroshima-hex-3035. Marvel Champions: The Card Gamehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/285774/marvel-champions-card-game34. Fantasy Realmshttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/223040/fantasy-realms33. The Princes Of Florencehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/555/princes-florence32. Star Wars: Outer Rimhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271896/star-wars-outer-rim31. War Chesthttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/249259/war-chest30. Ricochet Robotshttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/51/ricochet-robots29. Azulhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/230802/azul28. Bronzehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/230746/bronze27. Res Arcanahttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262712/res-arcana26. Suburbiahttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/123260/suburbia Våra länkarHemsidahttps://mindy.nu/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/Mindypodd.nu/Twitterhttps://twitter.com/MindyPoddYoutubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmOr6MyeugbWX_VnckgGkDQ?view_as=subscriberInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mindypodd/?hl=svVår Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/user?u=2776677Mickes MailMicke@mindy.nuTomas Mailconradargo@gmail.comMarcus Mailbrisse@spelraido.seTomas LänkarFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/205615756115993/Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFyJceQ4JsiUhkS04K29CrgInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/conradargo/?hl=svTwitterhttps://twitter.com/ConraDargoMarcus LänkFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/spelradio/Hemsidahttp://spelradio.se/page/7/?fbclid=IwAR1qsAuQbPaViCaNdAaRjAhcCSH-tcZxDOFjQJ1h1B_KWpZB8THkoP_SZbw
Jakson pihvinä parhaiden pakanrakennuspelien top 10 -lista. Lämmittelynä puhetta Stonemaier Gamesin hypehitti Tapestrystä. Listan pelit: 10. Cthulhu Realms 9. Hero Realms 8. Orléans 7. A Few Acres of Snow 6. Star Realms 5. The Quest for El Dorado 4. Shards of Infinity 3. The Taverns of Tiefenthal 2. Dale of Merchants 1. Altiplano Lista löytyy myös Lautapelioppaasta: https://www.lautapeliopas.fi/artikkelit/parhaat-pakanrakennuspelit-2019/ Tapestryn arvostelu: https://www.lautapeliopas.fi/peliarvostelut/tapestry/ Jakso on nauhoitettu 23.10.2019.
I'll be attending Origins Game Fair this year (June 2019) in Columbus. I've been there before, but only in the 80s & 90s, so I'm sure it's substantially different now. I'll be there Thursday-Sunday, including participating on a panel of wargame podcasters/YouTubers/bloggers Sunday morning. That's listed in the program as shown below. I think it's free, and although it's about wargaming you may want to stop by anyway. The topic is the current "golden age" of the hobby, and part of what I have to say is how there are more euro-wargame crossover titles now. Some good aspects of euro design & production have made their way into wargames. I'm thinking of titles like Memoir '44, Twilight Struggle, Academy Games' 1754/1775/1812 series, A Few Acres of Snow, and so on. Whether you attend the panel or not, I'm happy to hand out my little BoardgamesToGo and WargamesToGo buttons to listeners. Just track me down and I should have some onhand to give away. I'll mostly be doing open gaming, I think. Drop me a note on Twitter or geekmail if you like. Armchair Dragoons Presents Wargaming Media: State of Play This panel featuring wargaming media personalities will discuss the current “Golden Age” of board wargaming and what can be done to ensure its survival. Location: GCCC - Apods - A210 Date: Sunday 6/16/2019 10am (2 hours) Opener: Silver & Gold Closer: SdJ jury comments • Dale Yu's 2009 interview with Tom Werneck at Opinionated Gamers • Harald Schrapers and other jury members It's Spiel des Jahres season. That means the speculation has happened, the actual nominees & recommended titles have been announced, and now we're just waiting on the final prizewinning selection. This doesn't matter to many people--in fact many gamers don't think it's a big deal. But it's a big deal to me and here's why: I'm a hobby gamer from way, way back. Like four decades. If you think hobby gaming is niche now, you have no recollection of what an odd corner it was in back then. Stereotyped as being full of nerdy boys and grumpy old men, that was kind of true. Game shops did not smell good. Mature romances and stable careers were hard to find. Now, those people are still around--and they deserve their hobby, too--but I find it FAR better today that we have more diverse game groups filled with everyday people doing everyday jobs. Interesting games are on sale in bookstores, at Target, and of course online. Not everything has to have an orc in it. I don't know if the hobby IS bigger & broader, but it sure feels that way. True, these improvements may have come around on their own. After all, formerly geeky entertainments like Game of Thrones and Marvel comics now dominate our cultural landscape. Perhaps hobby games would've developed on their own. I don't think so, however. Or, at least, it all happened much faster (and--importantly--across a broader audience) because a group of game reviewers in Germany took artistic criticism of gaming as an artform seriously. They drove their publishers to do better, and in turn the publishers were rewarded with increased business. It was a positive cycle, and we are some of its lucky recipients. There are a lot of awards thought up & given out by all sorts of organizations. There have been some in America for decades. Yet they didn't have this impact. In fact, there were other awards in Germany, too. The Spiel des Jahres has worked like no others because it has been cultivated & maintained by a dedicated, revolving collection of game critics. Even if the lighter, more family-focused games aren't your favorites, you still benefit from their polishing of the games business. For someone like me, it's even better because I honestly love many of the titles that have won the Spiel des Jahres. I don't love ALL of them, though. Not even close. As you'll hear, I'd say I love about a third, like another third, and don't like the final third. Close to that. This episode is a ranking of all 40 of the SdJ winners, and (briefly) what I think of them. -Mark ============================================================ ============================================================ ============================================================
Dominant strategies can ruin a game; if there's one clear best way to win, why not use it every time? We discuss these optimal strategies, whether they're always problematic, and how to deal with them at your game table. Before we break the game, we talk about A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians, Lost Cities: Rivals, and Second Chance. 03:16 - PUSH 04:53 - A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians 12:30 - Lost Cities: Rivals 18:12 - Second Chance 26:31 - Dominant Strategies 27:17 - A Feast for Odin 27:57 - A Few Acres of Snow 28:16 - Blood Rage 30:48 - Magic: The Gathering 32:45 - London 34:19 - Great Western Trail 36:39 - Chess 38:18 - Cthulhu Wars 43:36 - Food Chain Magnate 45:22 - Dominion 46:30 - Battle for Rokugan 46:51 - Kemet 48:53 - Ticket to Ride
¡Bienvenidos jugadores! Hoy estrenamos nueva sección en nuestra andadura wargamera, el "chrome", término venido directamente del mundo de los wargames que se refiere a todosos esos añadidos y reglas extras que sólo sirven para dar algo más de contexto histórico y sabor a los juegos. Hoy en el chrome hablaremos, precisamente, de los componentes de los wargames comparándolos con otros juegos del mercado. Además también hablaremos de los wargames de Wallace, desde su aclamado A Few Acres of Snow hasta un no tan conocido Waterloo. ¡A por ello!
Hansson och Freudenthal försöker förstå sig på balans i spel, säger åt folk att INTE googla "the Hallifax Hammer" och är nyfikna på tyskar som är italienare. I avsnittet nämns: A Few Acres of Snow Twilight Imperium 3 Power Grid/Funkenschlag Primordial Soup/Ursuppe Agricola Glass Road Caverna Magic Advanced Squad Leader Netrunner Bausack Neue Heimat/The Estates Mea Culpa Road to Canterbury Brass Tigris & Euphrates Yellow and Yangtze Brass: Birmingham Last Train to Wensleydale Age of Steam Tempus Triplanetary Egizia Leonardo da Vinci Comuni Grand Austria Hôtel Lorenzo il Magnifico
On this, the birthday of the United States, Brendan reflects on some relevant themes for the fourth of July and some games that relate to them. Join us!Games mentioned:A Few Acres of SnowSmall WorldMonopolyDiplomacyAxis and AlliesFreedom: The Underground RailroadLegendary: MarvelLove LetterWok on FireHanabiEpisode music: “Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Sousa, recorded by the US Army Band Epidose photo: “Fireworks” by Jorgan KesselerWhat ideas do you associate with the 4th of July? If you’re not from the US, what is your country’s version of this holiday, and how do you celebrate it? Drop by our guild, #3269, over at BoardGame Geek and let us know!
On this, the birthday of the United States, Brendan reflects on some relevant themes for the fourth of July and some games that relate to them. Join us! Games mentioned: A Few Acres of Snow Small World Monopoly Diplomacy Axis and Allies Freedom: The Underground Railroad Legendary: Marvel Love Letter Wok on Fire Hanabi Episode music: “Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Sousa, recorded by the US Army Band Epidose photo: “Fireworks” by Jorgan Kesseler What ideas do you associate with the 4th of July? If you're not from the US, what is your country's version of this holiday, and how do you celebrate it? Drop by our guild, #3269, over at BoardGame Geek and let us know!
On this, the birthday of the United States, Brendan reflects on some relevant themes for the fourth of July and some games that relate to them. Join us! Games mentioned: A Few Acres of Snow Small World Monopoly Diplomacy Axis and Allies Freedom: The Underground Railroad Legendary: Marvel Love Letter Wok on Fire Hanabi Episode music: “Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Sousa, recorded by the US Army Band Epidose photo: “Fireworks” by Jorgan Kesseler What ideas do you associate with the 4th of July? If you’re not from the US, what is your country’s version of this holiday, and how do you celebrate it? Drop by our guild, #3269, over at BoardGame Geek and let us know!
On this, the birthday of the United States, Brendan reflects on some relevant themes for the fourth of July and some games that relate to them. Join us!Games mentioned:A Few Acres of SnowSmall WorldMonopolyDiplomacyAxis and AlliesFreedom: The Underground RailroadLegendary: MarvelLove LetterWok on FireHanabiEpisode music: “Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Sousa, recorded by the US Army Band Epidose photo: “Fireworks” by Jorgan KesselerWhat ideas do you associate with the 4th of July? If you’re not from the US, what is your country’s version of this holiday, and how do you celebrate it? Drop by our guild, #3269, over at BoardGame Geek and let us know!
Get more than just your feet wet in this deep exploration of Hands in the Sea, a two player deck-building war game set in Roman times. Inspired by the asymmetrical A Few Acres of Snow, Hands in the Sea expands the system with dedicated sea combat among other features. Jump on the trireme with Joe and TC and let guest Jonathan take us through this episode of the Long View Podcast. Thanks to our sponsor www.gamesurplus.com for their continued support of the show. Go and check out how Elaine and Carmen are bringing the world of board games to youl! Thanks as well to Punchboard Media! Check out a wealth of excellent board game media at www.punchboardmedia.com!
In the final quarter of 2017 I'm concentrating on the French & Indian War. This first episode is an introduction, giving me a chance to take my listeners along for this ride in history. Perhaps you'll jump onboard and experience some of these games or movies with me. Hand-drawn map by George Washington, accompanying a printing of the journal he kept of his 1753 expedition into the Ohio Country. I realize that what I'm calling the French & Indian War is really the North American theater of the Seven Years War (sometimes nicknamed World War Zero), when France and England battled for global dominance throughout the newly expanding colonial world. There were conflicts in mainland Europe, too. I'm not exploring those--I'm just looking at the conflicts of Quebec, Fort William Henry, the forks of the Ohio, the siege of Louisbourg, and so on. However, my reading about the French & Indian WAR (singular) has quickly reminded me that this conflict from 1754-1763 was preceded by a few other wars between roughly the same sides: English colonies versus the French & Indian-allied forces. I have a suspicion I'll be looking into those, too. One thing that jumped out at me when I created this subject's geeklist is how many good light/short/hybrid wargames there are on it. From Quebec 1759 (Columbia's first block wargame in 1972!) to A Few Acres of Snow or 1754 Conquest (published in 2011 & 2017, respectively), there are a bunch of great choices for wargamers like me that prefer the lighter end of our hobby. I'm still curious about larger hexmap wargames, and the famous CDG on this topic, too. Map of Louisbourg and its artillery batteries in 1751. In the podcast I get to talk about the games I saw & played at the recent GMT Weekend at the Warehouse event, too. This is practically in my back yard (a 3-hour drive), so I hope to continue to go to this event once or twice per year. Next month I'll also be going to BGGcon in Dallas, where I'll be playing both wargames and euros. Hope to see you there! Say hi and ask for a podcast button to display proudly! -Mark This 1797 engraving is based on a sketch made by Hervey Smyth, General Wolfe's aide-de-camp during the siege of Quebec. A view of the taking of Quebec, 13th September 1759. Movies • Last of the Mohicans (1992) • Last of the Mohicans (1920) silent • Northwest Passage more about Robert's Rangers than the passage • Fort Ti I think this is on YouTube • Barry Lyndon I know this is European Seven Year War, but it's also Kubrick Remember to follow along & chime in on my geeklist/discussion) for all of my French & Indian War explorations. If you're a wargamer on social media, follow me on Twitter (@WargamesToGo). Feedback is always welcome.
Hoy toca programa de lujo y completo hasta las trancas. En la sección Jugando Solo cuento por primera vez con un invitado. El señor Gambito, de la BSK, experto jugador y buen amigo, nos hablará sobre el juego de la Victory Point Games llamado Mound Builders. En la sección el duelo le hincaré el diente a un clásico pero polémico juego de Martin Wallace, llamado A Few Acres of Snow, que nunca ha visto la luz en España, y seguramente así se quede. En la sección Jugando entre Muchos analizaré el divertido juego llamado Santiago de Cuba, para cerrar un episodio de Jugando Solo muy, pero que muy americano. Espero que os guste el episodio de hoy. Un saludo.
This episode is about cooperative games! What aspects of co-ops do we like and loathe? What does a great co-op need to work well with two players? Plus we give you our favorite two player cooperative games and a few you should avoid. Also: first impressions of A Few Acres of Snow and Baseball Highlights 2045! Games discussed in this episode include: Eminent Domain: Exotica Baseball Highlights 2045 The Pillars of the Earth: Builder's Duel Paradox Ophir A Few Acres of Snow XCOM: The Board Game Warhammer Quest: Adventure Card Game Galaxy Defenders Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game Pandemic: The Cure Eldritch Horror Burgle Bros Zombicide: Black Plague
Martin Wallace ma w zwyczaju poprawianie swoich gier i wydawanie ich pod zmienionym tytułem. Oczywiście nie jest to cecha charakterystyczna tylko i wyłącznie dla tego autora, ale skoro w dzisiejszym odcinku bierzemy na warsztat zaktualizowaną wersję A Few Acres of Snow, wskazanie palcem tego pana jest jak najbardziej na miejscu. Ile w Mythotopii jest Akrów […]
- Supernovas. Actualidad del mundillo lúdico. Presentamos las novedades más destacadas de las últimas semanas: Splendor, Expansión Archipelago: War and Peace, Terra Mystica en español, Rivet Wars, Lewis y Clarck y edición 10º aniversario de Aventureros al Tren. - Cuartel General. Celebramos un Torneo nocturno de Warhammer 40.000, tutorial Europa Universalis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OGHPsouRAY), Torneo interno de X-Wing y más. - Campo de Asteroides. Os hablamos de nuestros wargames favoritos de jornada completa: Sword of Rome, Pax Romana, Spartacus, Here I Stand, Virgin Queen, Musket & Pike Series, Napoleonic Wars, Path of Glory, Standard Combat Series (Staligrad Pocket, Afrika, Guadalajara) y Empire of the Sun. - Torre de Control. Criticamos los juegos jugados los últimos 15 días. Famiglia, A Few Acres of Snow, Legacy: The Testament of Duke Crecy, Bruxelles 1893, Ghost Stories, Nations, Khol & Kolonie y FireFly - Sala de Comunicaciones. Comentan en nuestra sala de comunicaciones Damaor, Sandevid, David Florit y Mr. Spock.
- Supernovas. Actualidad del mundillo lúdico. Presentamos las novedades más destacadas de las últimas semanas: Splendor, Expansión Archipelago: War and Peace, Terra Mystica en español, Rivet Wars, Lewis y Clarck y edición 10º aniversario de Aventureros al Tren. - Cuartel General. Celebramos un Torneo nocturno de Warhammer 40.000, tutorial Europa Universalis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OGHPsouRAY), Torneo interno de X-Wing y más. - Campo de Asteroides. Os hablamos de nuestros wargames favoritos de jornada completa: Sword of Rome, Pax Romana, Spartacus, Here I Stand, Virgin Queen, Musket & Pike Series, Napoleonic Wars, Path of Glory, Standard Combat Series (Staligrad Pocket, Afrika, Guadalajara) y Empire of the Sun. - Torre de Control. Criticamos los juegos jugados los últimos 15 días. Famiglia, A Few Acres of Snow, Legacy: The Testament of Duke Crecy, Bruxelles 1893, Ghost Stories, Nations, Khol & Kolonie y FireFly - Sala de Comunicaciones. Comentan en nuestra sala de comunicaciones Damaor, Sandevid, David Florit y Mr. Spock.
Dirk (the solo host for this week) sits down with acclaimed game designer Martin Wallace of Tree Frog Games. Martin’s star-studded resume includes Railroad Tycoon, A Few Acres of Snow, Waterloo, and the Discworld licensed games.
The Long View In this episode of The Long View, we take a look at A Few Acres of Snow by Martin Wallace. My guests for this episode are Justin Nordstrom and Tim Seitz, better known as out4blood on BoardGameGeek. As one of the people who discovered and refined the “Halifax Hammer” strategy, I was curious to hear what Tim would have to say about this fascinainug and somewhat controversial game. We explore both the faults and brilliance of this design in this episode. Thanks to 2d6.org for hosting, and thank you ...
Canoes and cannonballs. Join us for an in-depth review of A Few Acres of Snow, Martin Wallace's deck building board game. We row through the rivers and forests of the North to settle the fate of the French & Indian War.
Canoes and cannonballs. Join us for an in-depth review of A Few Acres of Snow, Martin Wallace's deck building board game. We row through the rivers and forests of the North to settle the fate of the French & Indian War.
Canoes and cannonballs. Join us for an in-depth review of A Few Acres of Snow, Martin Wallace's deck building board game. We row through the rivers and forests of the North to settle the fate of the French & Indian War.
In this episode we begin with some commentary on Wil Wheaton and the upcoming Tabletop show, Jeff lets us in on a great deal on Gaming Bookshelves coming up, and Rob brings up the new Martin Wallace game, a Few Acres of Fantasy. Jeff shares details on a couple of frustrating online plays and goes [...]
In this show, we kick off our annual fund raiser, with our cool new Dice Towers, and Geoff talks about pain and games. The Chief delves into Kickstarter, Andrew talks about a Few Acres of Snow, and Tom and Eric talk about 21 games in 21 minutes. We give the latest news, and talk about nolstagic games that weren't quite as good as we remembered.
In this show, we kick off our annual fund raiser, with our cool new Dice Towers, and Geoff talks about pain and games. The Chief delves into Kickstarter, Andrew talks about a Few Acres of Snow, and Tom and Eric talk about 21 games in 21 minutes. We give the latest news, and talk about nolstagic games that weren't quite as good as we remembered.
Bruce, Julian, and Rob host board game designer Martin Wallace to ask him that timeless question, "How awesome is your game?" The crew discuss A Few Acres of Snow, the card-based board wargame that has consumed their lives, and dissect how it handles its subject: The French and Indian War. Martin explains why a game about 18th-century colonial warfare was originally conceptualized as a game about interstellar warfare. How does Martin approach his various subjects, and why does he think that is distinct from how most wargames are designed?
From Discworld to the French & Indian War to orangutan filled forests, Martin discusses the development of his most recent designs: Ankh Morpork, A Few Acres of Snow, and Old Men of the Forest.
From Discworld to the French & Indian War to orangutan filled forests, Martin discusses the development of his most recent designs: Ankh Morpork, A Few Acres of Snow, and Old Men of the Forest.
From Discworld to the French & Indian War to orangutan filled forests, Martin discusses the development of his most recent designs: Ankh Morpork, A Few Acres of Snow, and Old Men of the Forest.
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