Podcasts about odd bird games

Joined by Mark Swanson of Odd Bird Games to talk Feudum, Advertising, Fir and Fled. We chat about marketing and game design and where the name Odd Bird comes from.  I had the best time.  Links of Notes  https://oddbirdgames.com/  https://www.facebook.com/oddbirdgames/  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/27876/odd-bird-games  https://www.instagram.com/oddbirdgames   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below.  Please give us a rating or review on your podcast catcher of choice.  Also, please let someone else know about our show, as recommendations are wonderful things. OUR LINKS OF NOTES (https://linktr.ee/werenotwizards) Apple Podcasts   |  Our Blog, Reviews, Previews and Thoughts | Our YouTube Channel Our BGG Guild | Board Game Geek Page | Website  | Facebook |Twitter | Instagram Buy Some Merch Stay Safe, Roll Sixes, Make Something Awful..

Feudum by Mark Swanson is one of my all-time favorite games, but after five expansions fans of the game are hungry for something new from its creator. I had the opportunity to speak with Mark about the future of his company Odd Bird Games and he had some exciting news.  He has been teasing in social media that a new game will be coming out, but in fact he has a total of three brand new games in the works that will be crowdfunding in 2023 and 2024. Mark had a lot to say about these new games, called FIR, FLED, and an as yet unnamed CCG. If you're a fan a Feudum then this is a must listen episode, but to be honest after listening to this episode you will probably be a fan of everything Odd Bird Games has to offer.

Reviews of Disney's Villainous, King of Dice, Detective Club, Brains Family: Burgen & Drachen, Circadian: First Light, and Bosk. Featured review: Rune Stones by Queen Games, Reroll: Feudum by Odd Bird Games. Board game discussion at 20:34. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep159

In this episode, I talk advertising with Mark Swanson, owner of Odd Bird Games, creator of Feudum, and advertising professional. We discuss ways to market your game and your Kickstarter campaign, as well as other tips for game developers and publishers.

In today's episode Josh takes the reins in the second half and questions Bruce about all the 2019 Spiel des Jahres nominees which Bruce got to try while attending BGG.Spring. In addition Bruce talks about some of the games he was able to try at BGG.Spring in addition to the nominees, Josh talks about games he has been playing recently, there is a quick news segment to give updates on the US proposed board game tariff on Chinese goods. This is an extra large episode so that Bruce and Josh could get you all the information you want to know about the nominees. Enjoy! The Spiel Nominees are broken into 3 categories. Game of the Year (Spiel des Jahres), Gamer Game of the Year (Kenner Spiel des Jahres), and Children's Game of the Year (Kinder Spiel des Jahres). The Spiel Nominees are: Just One by Repos Production, WareWords by Bezier Games, and LAMA by AMIGO. The Kenner Nominees are: Carpe Diem by Alea Games, Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game by Portal Games, and Wingspan by Stonemaier Games. The Kinder Nominees are: Fabulantica by Pegasus Spiele, Go Gecko Go! by Zoch, and Tal Der Wikinger by HABA. Other specific games discussed were: The Witch is Dead RPG One Shot by Grant Howitt (see link below for Reddit link), Tiny Towns by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG), Batman: Gotham City Chronicles by Monolith, Feudum by Odd Bird Games, Endeavor: Age of Sale by Burnt Island Games and The Grand Gamers Guild, and Merlin by Queen Games Reddit RPG One Shot Link -> https://www.reddit.com/r/onepagerpgs/ - To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact Instagram: @boardgameimpact Email: boardgameimpact@gmail.com ----Transcription---- 0:06 - 05:01 In today's episode of board game impact, we're gonna talk about all the craziness that ensued at BG de spring. Josh is gonna talk about the games. He's been playing recently talk about some quick news. And then we're going to do a deep dive into the spiel this yards nominations. You don't wanna miss that. That's going to take place in the second half of the episode stating. Welcome to board game impact my name is Bruce Brown. And if this is your first time joining the show, I just wanna say, welcome board game impact seeks to combine our passions for the board game hobby, as well as educational lens that we both bring to thanks to our work in higher education, so board game impact is not just myself. But also, my buddy, Josh, Josh say, hi lo listener, so listeners in the for those of you who are returning. No that I went to board game board game. Geek spring this past weekend. That was the Memorial Day weekend. And I just wanna take a quick second before we get into anything of the show. Thank you, thank you. Thank you so much to all the listeners who came out and played games with me. And just like wanted to make sure that I knew that they were there because he did do that. Call out over the last couple episodes, and it was so fulfilling to get to meet you and person and get to hear your stories and the impact that this have hobby has had on you. And so I just want to say how filling that was and so quick note. Again. If this is your first time listening, please, make sure to hit that subscribe, because we are building a community here of sharing impacts across this wonderful hobby, so that way, hopefully, the lessons that we talk about in the experiences that we share our impactful for not just you but also your entire gaming group. And so, again, thank you so much listeners for coming up to me and Joshua. It was sad that he could not be there, but he will be there in time. We're getting him to go to be false. It'd be g con in downtown Dallas that refund. I'll be an November. Sorry. But thank you, again listener, so actually today, we've got a little hybrid episode for you and what we're going to be doing is going to be talking about games who've been playing recently,

We humble ourselves before you, O merciful audience, so as to lay bare our sins against the gaming world. Granted we toil as rules explainers on the behalf of ungrateful vermin who do not appreciate our labours, but nonetheless we take full responsibility for mildly inconveniencing the filthy ingrates who can't be bothered to read a rulebook. We implore that these monstrously selfish demons might find it in their paltry hearts and feeble minds to grant us a little mercy. We sincerely apologize to these subhuman monsters, we truly do.AYURIS: Feudum 3m20s (Mark K. Swanson, Odd Bird Games, 2017)Games Played Last Week: -The Boldest 4m38s (Sophia Wagner, Pegasus Spiele, 2019)-Wingspan 6m36s (Elizabeth Hargrave, Stonemaier Games, 2019)-Council of 4 9m00s (Simone Luciani & Daniele Tascini, Cranio Creations, 2015)-Root 11m42s (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2018)-Imperius 12m20s (Grant Rodiek, Kolossal Games, 2018)-Siege of the Citadel 15m23s (Richard Borg, Eric M. Lang, Jason Little, & Kevin Wilson, Modiphius, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter)-51st State expands with Allies 18m00s-Mark is not a lawyer on the Great Western Trail 19m14s-In space, no one can hear you roleplay 21m59s-Warhammer Underworlds goes digital 22m32s-Terraforming Kickstarter 23m27s-Kolossal Kickstarter takedown 24m15sFeature Game: Warpgate 26m52s (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2018)Topic: Biggest Rules Mistakes 53m10s

We humble ourselves before you, O merciful audience, so as to lay bare our sins against the gaming world. Granted we toil as rules explainers on the behalf of ungrateful vermin who do not appreciate our labours, but nonetheless we take full responsibility for mildly inconveniencing the filthy ingrates who can't be bothered to read a rulebook. We implore that these monstrously selfish demons might find it in their paltry hearts and feeble minds to grant us a little mercy. We sincerely apologize to these subhuman monsters, we truly do.AYURIS: Feudum 3m20s (Mark K. Swanson, Odd Bird Games, 2017)Games Played Last Week: -The Boldest 4m38s (Sophia Wagner, Pegasus Spiele, 2019)-Wingspan 6m36s (Elizabeth Hargrave, Stonemaier Games, 2019)-Council of 4 9m00s (Simone Luciani & Daniele Tascini, Cranio Creations, 2015)-Root 11m42s (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2018)-Imperius 12m20s (Grant Rodiek, Kolossal Games, 2018)-Siege of the Citadel 15m23s (Richard Borg, Eric M. Lang, Jason Little, & Kevin Wilson, Modiphius, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter)-51st State expands with Allies 18m00s-Mark is not a lawyer on the Great Western Trail 19m14s-In space, no one can hear you roleplay 21m59s-Warhammer Underworlds goes digital 22m32s-Terraforming Kickstarter 23m27s-Kolossal Kickstarter takedown 24m15sFeature Game: Warpgate 26m52s (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2018)Topic: Biggest Rules Mistakes 53m10s

Chris has lost all sense of time in the nightless world of Origins Game Fair 2018. Yet still he persists, acquiring interviews with amazing publishers such as Odd Bird Games, Plan B Games, Eggertspiele, Next Move Games, Tuesday Knight Games, Board and Dice, Osprey Games, and Renegade Game Studios. He's got all the hot news, all the hot game info, and all the hot bod (Chris is a very attractive man).  Odd Bird Games - 0:25 Plan B Games - 7:35 Tuesday Knight Games - 12:30 Board and Dice - 20:54 Osprey Games - 37:48 Renegade - 44:20

Eddie takes a dive into the land of Feudum in this review episode of The GN Show. Eddie talks about the deep, heavy, and beaufiful euro/economy/3x game from Odd Bird Games, Feudum. First-time designer Mark Swanson and Artist Justin Shultz have done a bang-up job on this game, but it's not for everyone. Is it for Eddie? Is it for YOU? Find out on this episode of The GamerNode Show! As always, feel free to drop us a line on Twitter or Instagram! Versus Node theme “Dungeon” by Koji Kondo for Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda, 1987, remixed by Brian Schulman and Charles Kantz, 2010. Instagram: instagram.com/GamerNode Twitter: twitter.com/GamerNode YouTube: youtube.com/gamernode Facebook: facebook.com/gamernode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gamernode/message

You wouldn't like Mark when he's angry, but that's probably attributable to his being fundamentally unlikable at the best of times. At any rate, Walker tries to rein him in from ranting too long about obvious component failures, publisher laziness, and alleged outright theft. Walker, for his part, just wants things to mean something. We are seekers here at So Very Wrong About Games.Games Played Last Week:-Spirit Island 2m10s (Eric Reuss, Fabled Nexus, 2017)-The City of Kings 4m00s (Frank West, The City of Games, 2018)-Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire 6m00s (David Sanders, Games Workshop, 2017)-World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch 9m04s (Fel Barros, Christophe Madura, Alexandru Olteanu, David Rakoto, & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2018)-Shadowrift: Skittering Darkness 9m47s (Jeremy Anderson, Game Salute, 2018).-John Company 15m22s (Cole Wehrle, Sierra Madre, 2018)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Music and geopolitics 22m14s-Red Raven Targets the mass market 24m10s-App didn't kill Imperial Assault 25m07s-In France, no one can hear you scream theft 26m18s-No app didn't kill Specter Ops 29m24sFeature Game: Feudum 30m06s (Mark K. Swanson, Odd Bird Games, 2018) Topic: Euro/Ameritrash Hybridization 54m22s

You wouldn't like Mark when he's angry, but that's probably attributable to his being fundamentally unlikable at the best of times. At any rate, Walker tries to rein him in from ranting too long about obvious component failures, publisher laziness, and alleged outright theft. Walker, for his part, just wants things to mean something. We are seekers here at So Very Wrong About Games.Games Played Last Week:-Spirit Island 2m10s (Eric Reuss, Fabled Nexus, 2017)-The City of Kings 4m00s (Frank West, The City of Games, 2018)-Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire 6m00s (David Sanders, Games Workshop, 2017)-World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch 9m04s (Fel Barros, Christophe Madura, Alexandru Olteanu, David Rakoto, & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2018)-Shadowrift: Skittering Darkness 9m47s (Jeremy Anderson, Game Salute, 2018).-John Company 15m22s (Cole Wehrle, Sierra Madre, 2018)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Music and geopolitics 22m14s-Red Raven Targets the mass market 24m10s-App didn't kill Imperial Assault 25m07s-In France, no one can hear you scream theft 26m18s-No app didn't kill Specter Ops 29m24sFeature Game: Feudum 30m06s (Mark K. Swanson, Odd Bird Games, 2018) Topic: Euro/Ameritrash Hybridization 54m22s

Mark and Walker delve into matters of criminal justice this week, pondering the balance and tradeoffs between deterrence, retribution, and rehabilitation. Walker seems to think that Bunny Kingdom a form of cruel and unusual punishment, whereas Mark seems to think that any form of travel is necessarily a form of inhumane rendition. Anyway, they're sellouts now, so if you send them free stuff in the mail they'll say whatever you want them to.Games Played Last Week:-When I Dream 3m22s (Chris Darsaklis, Repos Productions, 2016)-Noria 6m09s (Sophia Wagner, Stronghold, 2017)-A Feast for Odin 8m46s (Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2016)-Space Hulk 3rd Edition 12m13s (Richard Halliwell, Games Workshop, 2009)-XenoShyft: Onslaught 14m00s (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2015)-Massive Darkness 18m07s (Raphaël Guiton, Jean-Baptiste Lullien, & Nicolas Raoult, CMON, 2017)-Feudum 21m12s (Mark K. Swanson, Odd Bird Games, 2018)News (and why it doesn't matter)-More Shade, more Spire 28m15s-Boarders' backers left in the lurch 28m46s-Battlestar Galactica minis 30m20s-Starship Samurai 32m11sFeature Game: Quartermaster General 33m50s (Ian Brody, Griggling Games, 2014)Quartermaster General: Victory or Death: The Peloponnesian War (Ian Brody, Griggling Games, 2016)Quartermaster General: 1914 (Ian Brody, Griggling Games, 2016)Topic: Gaming Conventions 55m20s

Mark and Walker delve into matters of criminal justice this week, pondering the balance and tradeoffs between deterrence, retribution, and rehabilitation. Walker seems to think that Bunny Kingdom a form of cruel and unusual punishment, whereas Mark seems to think that any form of travel is necessarily a form of inhumane rendition. Anyway, they're sellouts now, so if you send them free stuff in the mail they'll say whatever you want them to.Games Played Last Week:-When I Dream 3m22s (Chris Darsaklis, Repos Productions, 2016)-Noria 6m09s (Sophia Wagner, Stronghold, 2017)-A Feast for Odin 8m46s (Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2016)-Space Hulk 3rd Edition 12m13s (Richard Halliwell, Games Workshop, 2009)-XenoShyft: Onslaught 14m00s (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2015)-Massive Darkness 18m07s (Raphaël Guiton, Jean-Baptiste Lullien, & Nicolas Raoult, CMON, 2017)-Feudum 21m12s (Mark K. Swanson, Odd Bird Games, 2018)News (and why it doesn't matter)-More Shade, more Spire 28m15s-Boarders' backers left in the lurch 28m46s-Battlestar Galactica minis 30m20s-Starship Samurai 32m11sFeature Game: Quartermaster General 33m50s (Ian Brody, Griggling Games, 2014)Quartermaster General: Victory or Death: The Peloponnesian War (Ian Brody, Griggling Games, 2016)Quartermaster General: 1914 (Ian Brody, Griggling Games, 2016)Topic: Gaming Conventions 55m20s

Light, party games all have their place. But sometimes you just need a four-hour, open-world, deep-dive of a game… and we’re here to deliver. In this week’s episode, we speak with Mark Swanson, the founder of Odd Bird Games, and the creator of the upcoming euro-style board game, Feudum. During our discussion, we chat aboutRead more →

Eddie Inzauto and Bianca Figueroa-Santana review and discuss the city-planning, tile-placement drafting game Subdivision by Lucas Hedgren and Bezier Games. They also give their early critical impressions of the wilderness exploration tile-laying game Lost Valley: The Yukon Goldrush 1896 by Tobias, Roland, and Johannes Goslar and Pandasaurus Games. And finally, they offer a first-look preview of what Eddie has informally dubbed a "5i Game" - Invest, Improve, Influence, Incorporate, Intimidate. Feudum, by Mark K. Swanson and Odd Bird Games, is currently on Kickstarter, and the staff at GN have been enjoying a prototype copy. As always, feel free to drop us a line on Twitter or via email! -- Versus Node theme "Dungeon" by Koji Kondo for Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda, 1987, remixed by Brian Schulman and Charles Kantz, 2010. -- Email us at vsnode@gamernode.com -- Twitter: @GamerNode Facebook: facebook.com/gamernode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gamernode/message

In this episode, Travis sits down with first time designer, Mark Swanson, from Odd Bird Games, the mind behind Feudum, coming out on Kickstarter November 10. They discuss design inspirations, crazy artwork, heavy euros, and solo play all within the context of the game. Enjoy! Odd Bird Games Kickstarter Preview Link     Check us out online here: Twitter | Online | Email | BGG Guild | iTunes | Stitcher Sponsored by BoardGameTables.com Music: Ray Gun - FasterFasterBrighter (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0 Flattered (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0