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Ambie and Crystal discuss Black Sonata and Viscounts of the West Kingdom. We then talk about how mental health and mental illness is depicted in board games. Recent Games: 0:39 Mental Health: 12:11 Outro: 29:44 Bloopers: 30:39 Listen to Meeple Overboard's discussion on mental health: https://www.dicetower.com/game-podcast/meeple-overboard/mental-health-depression-and-board-games-dan-hughes Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Black Sonata: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/231218/black-sonata Viscounts of the West Kingdom: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/296151/viscounts-west-kingdom Support us at https://www.patreon.com/boardgameblitz For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/282/episode-128-mental-health-in-games
Don't call it a comeback. Or do. We're not the boss of you. But whatever you call it, Meeple Overboard is back on the air. We return to talk about the personal chaos of the last month and Chris beginning working full-time for the Dice Tower, and also we review Tapestry Plots and Ploys expansion by Stonemaier Games. Enjoy!
Welcome to the episode 200 spectacular of Meeple Overboard! Two! Hundred! Episodes! To celebrate, we're joined by special guest Jordan Hopper of the No Cube Zone for what the Brother's Murph have coined as the "One In a Hundred" list. We went through the Board Game Geek dot com rankings and chose our favorite game out of each page of 100 games. Therefore, out of the top 1,000 games, we were FORCED to chose 10 games spread fairly evenly throughout. It's great because it means we talk about games that seldom otherwise get mentioned. Enjoy!Yes, we know this was supposed to be posted as the last episode in 2020. A whole lot of life happened. We'll discuss it in the next episode of the show after we accidentally took our January hiatus early. All will be resolved. Enjoy the first new episode in like a month!
Your favorite boys are back with an all new episode, breaking down the Garphill Games/Renegade Games Studios latest hit, Paladins of the West Kingdom. It's another Shem Phillips game so that can only mean one thing ... Gart Wolfslinger is back and ready to out thinker stinker the rest of the boys on his quest for board game glory. Also this episode: Rob gives a sneak peak to the latest Tapestry expansion, Cam spills the beans on Meeple Overboard's deepest secret and Ben plays a truly unique dexterity game.
Dan and Mike are joined by Chris Yi from the Meeple Overboard podcast and the C&C Board Game Factory in order to talk about predictions they made last year, and predictions for the next 12 months .Join the Sporadically Board Facebook group here Follow Sporadically Board on twitter @sporadicboard Follow Mike over on twitter at @michaeldilisio Donate to Dan's Patreon here Massive thanks to the ever fantastic Gary King for the graphics for the show Also huge thanks to Singing Sadie for the show's music
This week your favorite boys traveled overseas to visit the bustling port city of Yokohama - who knew 1868 Japan could be so much fun? In Yokohama, each player is a merchant broadening their sales channels, investing in technology and completing contracts. Only one player comes out on top and (spoiler) ... it wasn't Campbell! Also this episode: Rob and Josh road-tripped to BGG Con and didn't kill each other (we think), Disney+ is a thing and Chris from Meeple Overboard is here to help with a new segment!
Episode 17 Patrick & Eric discuss favorite and less than ideal board game expansions. Board Game Gumbo upcoming show www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo Tuesday 10/29/19 at 9:30 EST. Meeple Overboard sent out a tweet asking for your top 5 expansions. Their response was that they had only played one of mine - so I guess we need to talk about them here. Discuss Extensions vs Expansions, Expand alone (such as Ticket to Ride Europe) Patrick: Power Grid: any map. More of the best game ever. Pandemic: On the Brink added roles & play modes. Ticket to Ride: USA 1910. Bigger cards & more routes Flash Point: Fire Rescue Urban Structures & 2nd Story. More options & characters & tokens. Lord of Vegas UP Wits and Wagers - Vegas playmat - expands Wits & Wagers Party Eric: Marvel: Legendary -- Most of them, as the base game is FAR too easy without any of the expansion masterminds. Jamaica: The Crew -- Actually makes the game easier to teach as it simplifies the treasures. Raiders of the North Sea: Hall of Heroes -- Love the addition of the mead hall, great for adding a little extra to the game. Sprawlopolis: Beaches -- Love the added spatial restrictions and that it makes the city a bit bigger. Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport -- Basically, the blueprint for how to make a good expansion. Adds interesting decisions without adding too much complexity and very little rules overhead. Clank -- New maps are great if you play a lot. Keeps the game from getting stale. Summoner Wars -- But this gets away from the true meaning of expansions, as any two factions play standalone. This is more of the serialized LCG content model. Mixed Bag: Kingdomino: Age of Giants -- Like the additional scoring bonuses, meh on the actual Giants King of Tokyo: Power Up -- Yay, the monsters are now all unique! Boo, now some of them seem much stronger than others! Carcassonne: The Catapult - stupid fun El Grande - King and Intrigue are for experienced players only Dislike: 7 Wonders: Leaders -- I don’t feel this adds enough to the game to justify the extra draft in the beginning of the game. Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Secrets -- I love the base game, but it doesn’t need this extra stuff. Tracking swans isn’t adding fun to the game. Can't Stop: Rolling down the highway - why does this need to exist? Francis Tresham memorial
Carpe Diem is the latest Stefan Feld game, and we're here to review it. Spoilers, it's ugly as sin. But, is there a good engine underneath the layers of poor paint and uncaring production? And what in the world is with the trailer for the upcoming Cats movie? This and more, on Meeple Overboard!
Per request of the public, it's time that Meeple Overboard officially declares the best games for two players on the planet! At least in our opinion of the planet. Check 'em out!
What does planting a few acres of trees, fish ice cream, and board games have in common?? They're on this week's episode of Meeple Overboard! This week, we're doing the Monthly Ketchup as our weekly episode as it's been a very busy week. Enjoy!
Time to revisit our reviews from two years ago. Istanbul, Medieval Academy, Codenames, and A Feast For Odin were the games we looked at then. Have our opinions changed or grown? Do we still own those games? How do we feel about them today? All answered on today's episode of Meeple Overboard!
This episode, we revisit some reviews we did two years ago! As they always say, hindsight is worth two in the bush before gift horses hatch. We want to start making this a recurring item, to revisit our review to games that we have previously done. How have our opinions changed in that time? Do we still own the game, or have we even played it since then? Also, we give some tips and pointers to newcomers to board game conventions, as we figured it could be useful. Enjoy!Meeple Overboard is a proud member of the Dice Tower Network! For other great gaming podcasts, go check out www.dicetower.com/dice-tower-network
In this episode Mike and Dan talk about woodworking, wingspan, and keeping chickens. They are then joined by Chris and Wendy Yi from the Meeple Overboard podcast in order to make some predictions about what 2019 will hold for boardgaming. You can find more from Chris and Wendy on the Meeple Overboard podcast and YouTube Channel. Join the Sporadically Board Facebook group here Follow Sporadically Board on twitter @sporadicboard Follow Mike over on twitter at @michaeldilisio Follow Dan over on twitter at @dghughes28 Massive thanks to the ever fantastic Gary King for the graphics for the show Also huge thanks to the magnificent Singing Sadie for the show's music
Teotihuacan is all the rage, and super hyped. But, is it all hot air, or is it really a good and beautiful game at a surprisingly affordable price? Well, that may be obvious now. Why is it good? What did we do over Christmas? And what makes an important game? Find out this week, on Meeple Overboard!
Teotihuacan is all the rage, and super hyped. But, is it all hot air, or is it really a good and beautiful game at a surprisingly affordable price? Well, that may be obvious now. Why is it good? What did we do over Christmas? And what makes an important game? Find out this week, on Meeple Overboard!
In episode twelve of our comedy board gaming quiz show we play: Game over man, game over! Knitting or Knizia Ijnamuj (Reverse jumanji) Higher or Lower We also are joined by Chris and Wendy from the fantastic Meeple Overboard podcast - listen to it in all the usual places or download it directly here http://shoutengine.com/MeepleOverboard/ We are also running a mini contest - email us in your guess at who the mystery voice is (thisgameisbroken@gmail.com) and be in with a chance of winning a Huddersfield Timeline promo! If you enjoy the show please tell your friends! And don't forget to check out our YouTube channel This Game is Broken is released every two weeks and is hosted by Dan Hughes and features Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. The show is devised and produced by Dan Hughes and edited by Matthew Jude. If you would like Matthew to help you edit your podcast then contact him at:mathewjudcooper@gmail.com Art by our secretive sixth member Gary. If you would like to commission Gary then email him at: Graphics@deadcatdreaming.co.uk Additional production support from Mike Poole, Simon Brass, Max Davie, and Gary Pope. Email: thisgameisbrokenpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisgameisbrokenpodcast Twitter: @TGIBpodcast YouTube: https://goo.gl/CPTVj9 You can see more from Dave Luza on his board gaming YouTube channel - The Happy Luza. He also talks about tabletop games every week on the Dice Tower's Board Game Breakfast doing his Playing the News segment. The Brother's Murph also have there own gaming Youtube channel The Brother's Murph. You can find them on the Dice Tower's board Game Breakfast show too talking about Thrift Store Throwbacks. Dan Hughes and Matthew Jude also have segments on Board Game Breakfast on the Dice Tower. Dan reviews children's Tabletop games alongside his daughter on "Dan and Cora". And Mathew talks about board and card games on "Dead Last". Despite the cast's close ties to the Dice Tower This Game is Broken is not affiliated to the Dice Tower Network. Or to the Shut Up Sit Down Network, the Rhado Runs Through it Network, or the Watch it Played Network. Mostly because those networks don't even exist.
Happy Thanksgiving from us here at Meeple Overboard! In today's episode, we describe just a few of the reasons we're grateful to be in the hobby in our Thanksgaming segment. Then we talk about the rich history of butter (rich, get it? eh? eh?), and instead of a single review, we're doing 8 mini reviews all cram packed into about a minute each. The fans picked the games to compare, so if you want us to try this again and you have a recommendation, then share it with us!
In episode 21 of Meeple Overboard, we realize we hadn't recorded enough episodes to get us through the week that we'd be up at Salt Lake Gaming Con in Utah, so we recorded in the car drive with our friends Kyle and Whitney. Big shout out to them for guest starring in our episode, and our apologies for all the background driving noises during the episode. We hope you still enjoy, even though the audio quality is rather different than in our home studio! It's some really fun discussion as we talk about our hopes going in, and what came out of the first day! Enjoy, and we'll put up a Part 2 as well. And then we'll return to our regular format in by next Saturday, we promise!
Teaching games is tough, but especially when your audience has a 5 second attention span. In Random Rally, we'll discuss the difficulties of family photos. And finally in Game Time, we'll give our review of a modern classic, 7 Wonders by Antoine Bauza and published by Repos Games.Also! We've started the Meeple Overboard! Guild on Board Game Geek. Come check us out if you'd like to be a part of it, and drop a little introduction about yourself in the forums.https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/members/2946
In today's episode of Meeple Overboard! Chris and Wendy will spend Shop Talk! discussing board game conventions big and small in celebration of Las Vegas' own MeepleCon coming up on March 17th-19th. We're hoping to see you there. Then, in Random Rally! we'll talk about sneaking games into your collection and some soft skills there. Then, in Game Time! we'll be reviewing a household favorite, Istanbul, a game by Rudiger Dorn and published by Pegasus Spiele/AEG. Come give a listen, and join the conversation at:facebook.com/meepleoverboardinstagram.com/meeple.overboardmeepleoverboard@gmail.com
On this week's episode of Meeple Overboard! we discuss app versions of board games that we enjoy, and some that miss the mark. Then in Random Rally! we discuss the psychological phenomenon of the mere exposure effect. Lastly, we review one of Uwe Rosenburg's recent games, Agricola: Family Edition, a 2016 version that's friendlier and more forgiving than the 2007 original Agricola. If you have any thoughts, feel free to share them below, or send us a little message online:facebook.com/meepleoverboardinstagram.com/meeple.overboardmeepleoverboard@gmail.com
Thanks for tuning in to the inaugural episode of Meeple Overboard! In today's episode, Chris and Wendy talk about story-driven vs. mechanics-driven games, tell you a little about who they are, and give their review of Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition. If you have any thoughts or questions, feel free to say anything in the comments below. Special shout-out to Dominic, Frank, and Sean who helped us record the theme music for the show, and to Meepleville Board Game Cafe in Las Vegas for providing a great gaming location where we got to play Mansions of Madness.