Podcast appearances and mentions of phil eklund

Welcome back, everyone! This month we're talking about games with a social or political message. It's not JUST because it's Pride Month in the USA, and it's not JUST because tariffs are currently wreaking havoc on the entire board game industry...but it's not NOT because of those things, either.  Many links follow: Amabel Holland's great video about, among other things, the REAL origins of Monopoly The games that made Jayson say, "It's awful. I hate this company. I hate it so much." KamSandwich agrees that both of these games are pretty awful. This game (and the rest of the games in its series) are also awful experiences, but for a very different reason. Joe appears to be of the opinion that subtlety is dead. Is this what a Phil Eklund game from the evil mirror universe would look like? More Amabel Holland, discussing her games about Big Tobacco and kaiju as a trans metaphor. What messages did we miss? Does a sociopolitical statement distract you from a game, or enrich the gameplay? Come visit our 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, very 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!

Stuk puk, co to tak stuka? Piracka, drewniana noga po pokładzie żaglowca, czy mikrofon Windziarza? Jest problem techniczny, mamy nadzieję że nie będzie bardzo uciążliwy. Mimo wszystko zapraszamy do słuchania. Przy okazji czemu by nie polubić naszej stronki na Facebooku i nie zasubskrybować naszego kanału na Youtubie? Zachęcamy. MP3 do POBRANIA

Os aseguramos que intentamos por todos los medios, tratar con sobriedad los fríos datos que siempre arroja una encuesta. Pero la ocupación del consulado vasco por parte de Kalisto, y la deportación de Phil Eklund por defecar a deshoras, convirtieron el programa en un poquito más de lo de siempre. Aunque eso es lo que os gusta según las encuestas... ¿O NO?

Czasami trafia się gra, w którą gramy i gramy i gramy. I tak się zbiera całkiem pokaźna liczba partii. Głupio byłoby więc nie wykorzystać okazji i nie nagrać o niej odcinka, najważniejsza robota już odwalona. Odcinek wbrew pozorom niesponsorowany przez serwis BGA. Zapraszamy do słuchania. Przy okazji czemu by nie polubić naszej stronki na Facebooku i nie […]

Wildlife games! They're full of adorable meeples, heartwarming themes, and...interesting mechanics (which lead to some differences of opinion between us and the mainstream). Come join us as we talk about:  Big chonky animeeples! We stump Frank on a Phil Eklund game, which turns out to not belong in this episode at all. Possibly the most useless insert ever to darken a game box. Contrariwise, here are some very GOOD component storage tools. Why does Mike hate birds? Their eggs are so pretty! Why does Joe hate zoos? Their Arks are so Nova! Thanks as always for listening! If you have a few extra minutes, we'd love it if you could give us an iTunes review. Please leave one if you can - it helps us a lot! 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 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 holidays! Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com Email: ascentofboardgames@gmail.com 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!

Phil Eklund es uno de los diseñadores de juegos más controvertidos. Su carrera como ingeniero aeroespacial y científico de cohetes ha marcado su forma de diseñar, con juegos muy simulacionistas, caóticos e incontrolables, pero siempre con el tema como elemento central en sus juegos. En este episodio repasamos su trayectoria lúdica, sus mecánicas, su ausencia, […] Lee la entrada completa en 7x02 - Phil Eklund.

This episode Jen and I (and Dan King of  @TheGameBoyGeeks ) answer a LOT of questions! Please keep the ?s coming by emailing us at questions@rahdo.com :) 0:00 Sponsor segment 1:23 Intro ----------------------------------------------- Game & show questions ----------------------------------------------- 2:45 Changing the Rahdo brand? 9:31 Other contributors? 10:56 How do I like the new folks on Dice Tower? 13:53 Intro game for Kevin Smith? 18:37 Shadowrun Crossfire manual in expansion box? 19:47 Pilgrim vs Trajan? 21:14 Enjoying Russia themed games? 24:20 Podcast funding vs contributor funding? 29:11 Beyond the Sun tweak? 30:04 Pointing out Paulo during runthroughs? 33:08 Faiyum vs Concordia? 36:48 Old Western theme issues? 41:49 Phil Eklund games? 43:04 Caverna: Frantic Fiends? 43:50 Jamey Stegmaier and me? 47:30 Rahdo house rules geeklist? ------------------------------------------------ Game questions with Dan ------------------------------------------------ 51:31 Changes to the board game space? 1:04:08 What boards games speak to us on personal level? 1:08:56 Tuning competitive games co-op? 1:13:44 Purposefully unbalanced cards? 1:18:34 Card drafting? 1:33:33 Boardgames into tv shows? 1:36:33 Unreasonable long turns? 1:41:30 Seating position? 1:44:27 Boardgame celebrity? 1:51:39 Boardgame industry downturn? 1:57:09 Co-ops that aren't fire fighters? 2:02:30 Agricola drafting? ------------------------------------------------ Game questions with Jen ------------------------------------------------ 2:08:57 What boards games speak to us on personal level? 2:12:45 Boardgames into tv shows? 2:14:34 What do we like about Gloomhaven most? ---------------------------------- Personal questions ---------------------------------- 2:20:35 Biggest surprises & disappointments in 2022 tv? 2:37:05 UK scifi shows? 2:38:01 Streaming overseas? 2:39:46 Professional sports? 2:49:54 Fave game names? 2:52:48 Interaction between kids & parents in games? 2:57:23 How was Vegas? 3:01:31 How was Grand Canyon? 3:05:16 Did Jen grow up on a farm? 3:07:03 My criminal past? 3:07:34 Which of my videogames would be best for a tv show? 3:09:34 Trans issues? 3:13:48 MCU's future? 3:18:31 Cooking tips? 3:21:39 Immortality and finances? 3:28:14 DOGGOs!

Podcast exclusive episode where we talk about wargame related stuff that we did in June. Part 1: 00:00 - June debrief discussion about the channel's content past and future, things we watched, read and played with Joe Dewhurst Games discussed: Iron Storm, Watergate, Crescent Moon, Caesar!, The British Way, Heroes of Normandy, Interlude: 40:02 Derrick (Theme) - Orchester Les Humphries Part 2: 46:31 - Collective review of this month's “Club de jeu”, Pax Porfiriana originally released by Sierra Madre Games and the re-released by Ion Games, designed by Matt Eklund, Phil Eklund & Jim Gutt. Guests for the discussion: Cory & Patrick. Outro: 01:36:08 - Heimat - Wieder Ja! To become part of the Homo Ludens community & support the show, send me a Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/homoludens1871 Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/homoludens1871

Aunque la teoría lo predecía, las observaciones de la zona también, nos faltaba algo muy importante, la imagen, la "fotografía" de Sagitario A*, el agujero negro supermasivo situado en el centro de nuestra Vía Láctea. Y ya tenemos esa imagen, que se buscaba de forma constante tras lograr la del agujero negro M87*. Se encuentra a 27000 años luz de la Tierra y su masa es la equivalente a 4 millones de veces la masa del sol. De ahí que se pueda ver cómo la luz, el espacio, el tiempo, se curva en su proximidad. El hallazgo de este gigante cósmico se ha dado gracias al EHT (Telescopio de Horizonte de Sucesos) y una red mundial de radiotelescopios funcionando de forma única, constituyendo un telescopio del tamaño de la Tierra. Nos cuentan más detalles y analizamos la imagen con Raquel Fraga Encinas (Univ. Redbaud), Rocco Lico (IAA) y Antonio Fuentes (IAA). Con Ismael Alonso hablamos de un ingeniero aeroespacial autor de juegos de mesa, Phil Eklund. Escuchar audio

En los entremeses hoy hablamos de Orquesta Negra. En las reseñas rápidas revisamos Calimala y Deus La charleta habla hoy del hombre detrás de los bigotes, Phil Eklund, como solemos hacer con otros autores os recomendamos cinco juegos de este diseñador. Pax Porfiriana Pax Renaissance High Frontier Bios Genesis / Bios Megafauna Neanderthal Repasamos lo jugado en la mesa de pruebas Y seguimos desarrollando nuestro plan malvado con los siguientes juegos Sagrada Aventureros al tren New York Nos podéis encontrar en: Correo electrónico: ciudadano.meeple@gmail.com URL: https://ciudadanomeeple.wordpress.com Twitter: @ciudadanomeeple Miguel: @entremeeples Jesús: @citizenpincer

¡Hola, jugadores! Hoy hemos traído al programa a Imanol. Socio de Mecatol Rex y piloto comercial, nos va a contar cuales son sus juegos favoritos relacionados con lo que más le apasiona, la aeronáutica y la astronáutica. Entre ellos, a destacar el High Frontier, del que nos hará un acercamiento contándonos algo de la historia y las motivaciones del juego de Phil Eklund. Además, tendremos algunas de nuestras secciones habituales. - Cápsula de escape: 00:05:18 Una sección en la que hablamos de lo que ha despertado nuestro interés lúdico en las últimas semanas. -  Campo de asteroides: 00:36:08 Hablamos con nuestro invitado sobre juegos relacionados con los temas de aeronáutica, astronáutica y aviación. Un repaso a sus juegos favoritos, entre ellos, el inabarcable High Frontier. - Torre de control: 01:19:45 Os contamos a qué hemos jugado últimamente: 01:21:30 - Goons 01:34:20 - The Colonist 01:43:00 - Romeo y Julieta 01:51:49 - Power Struggle 02:02:40 - Bonfire 02:06:42 - Command and Colors Napoleonic modo Epic - Sala de comunicaciones: 02:14:16 Con vuestros comentarios del último programa. ¡Que lo disfrutéis!

"My defense, Your Honour, was that I was specifically mandated by the rulebook issued by M. Xavier Georges and Quined Games to violate the lockdown restrictions issued by the Province of Ontario. I would put to you that it is unjust for the government to force me to choose between public heath measures backed by civil sanction on the one hand, and being a dirty dirty cheater on the other. Why are you all looking at me like that?"01:37 AYURIS: Gentes: Deluxified (Stefan Risthaus, Tasty Minstrel, 2018) Games Played Last Week:06:04 -Age of Industry (Martin Wallace, Treefrog Games, 2010)12:20 -Aquatica (Ivan Tuzovsky, Cosmodrome Games, 2019)16:09 -Russian Railroads (Helmut Ohley & Leanhard "Lonny" Orgler, Hans im Gluck, 2013)17:52 -Skytear (Giacomo Neri, Riccardo Neri, & Riccardo Parmeggiani, PvP Geeks, 2020)21:47 -La Granja (Michael Keller & Andreas "ode." Odendahl, Spielworxx, 2014)23:58 -Paris Connection (John Bohrer, Queen Games, 2010)26:23 -Anachrony (Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2017)30:39 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2021)News (and why it doesn't matter):38:01 Caverna: Frantic Fiends38:44 Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition. No.41:33 Abyss on Board Game Arena41:55 Isaac Vega and Lindsey Rode form Rose Gauntlet Entertainment43:41 Daniele Tascini apologizes, Phil Eklund doubles down45:31 Topic: Gatekeeping

Jack and Joel host Michael and we talk about some of the BIOS series, there are four BIOS games made by Phil Eklund that are themed in order and can be played sequentially, although it will take you upwards of 30 hours to complete all of them: Go from precellular times to interstellar space travel: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/98918/biosgenesis https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/221769/biosmegafauna-second-edition https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/235555/biosorigins-second-edition https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172737/high-frontier-third-edition

00:00:44 - What have we been playing?: Cabo, Boardgame Purchases(Nemo's War), Tainted Grail, Indonesia 00:18:24 - Banter break! Featuring: Snowboarding, VR mini golf, Wandavision, Alone, repainting 00:44:48 - News: Sucky people suck. Phil Eklund, Ion Games response  00:54:58 - News: Sucky people suck part 2. Daniele Tascini, Marco Polo,  Emma Larkins Comments 01:06:38 - KS: Mint Bid   01:16:36 - KS: Darwin's Journey 01:31:52 - Grey Fox games Late Pledges   MHGG Twitch Slack Channel  Patreon Guild

If you've been following board games social media recently, you might have noticed that it's been a rough couple of weeks. Incidents like these, albeit difficult, allow us a chance to define our community and underscore our values. Silence can imply consent. We can either choose to silently defend powerful figures use their influence to harm vulnerable people without consequence, or we can choose to try and speak up to become a more welcoming and inclusive community. So Very Wrong About Games chooses to try to do the latter.00:57 Our statement on Phil Eklund and Daniele Tascini04:24 AYURIS: Warpgate (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2018) Games Played Last Week:06:46 -Darwin’s Journey (Simone Luciani & Nestore Mangone, ThunderGryph Games, 2021)12:20 -Dinosaur Tea Party (Rob Daviau, JR Honeycutt, & Justin D. Jacobson, Restoration Games, 2018)17:00 -Calimala (Fabio Lopiano, ADC Blackfire Entertainment GmbH, 2017)20:11 -Cosmic Frog (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2020)23:31 -Yokohama (Hisashi Hayashi, Tasty Minstrel Games, 2016)25:35 -Quantum (Eric Zimmerman, Funforge, 2013)28:03 -City of the Big Shoulders (Raymond Chandler III, Parallel Games, 2019)32:21 -Food Chain Magnate (Jeroen Doumen & Joris Wiersinga, Splotter, 2015)33:28 -A Billion Suns: Interstellar Fleet Battles (Mike Hutchinson, Osprey Games, 2021)News (and why it doesn't matter):39:10 Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition41:40 Asmodee buys Philibert42:32 Castles of Mad King Ludwig Collector's Edition43:32 Topic: Death of the Rule Book

HUSSAH! Spielsteinescherben ist zurück! Heute sprechen wir über nichts Geringeres als den ultimativen Evolutions-Simulator "Neanderthal" von Phil Eklund, das knuffig kleine Solo-Kartenspiel "Onirim" und das cleverste dümmste Spiel der Welt: "Conan" von Monolith Games! Viel Spaß mit einer weiteren Stunde (oder mehr!) in der faszinierenden Welt der Brettspiele!

Dopo averlo intervistato due volte, oggi parliamo di lui in terza persona: Phil Eklund... e non solo. Il giudice Magnifico Alberto e il Professor Matteo ci accompagnano alla scoperta della serie Pax e Bios, tra giochi editi in bustine di plastica e riedizioni di prestigio. Conduce Salvatore "sava73". Regia di Michael "volmay".

Zu der 20. Folge von Fux und Bär haben wir uns einen Frühstücksgast eingeladen, den Gründer und Inhaber von Spielworxx Uli Blennemann. Bei Spielworxx wird in diesem Jahr eine deutsche Ausgabe von Pax Pamir 2nd Edition erscheinen, der wir uns heute ausführlicher widmen werden. In dieser Folge wird viel geplaudert, wir streifen Themen wie #meetoo, Frauen in der Brettspielbranche, Wargames, Literaturtipps und Phil Eklund. Viel Spaß!

On this episode I teach and review Phil Eklund’s civilization building epic, Bios: Origins.

Per la serie: le interviste di Radio Goblin, non poteva di certo mancare Phil Eklund. Eccovi l'intervista concessa in esclusiva per Radio Goblin a cura di sava73 e Grande MU in cui ne ascolterete di ogni e scopriremo come fa il buon Phil a scrivere i suoi regolamenti... Conducono Salvatore "sava73" e Michele "GrandeMu".  

In this episode I attempt to teach the Phil Eklund masterpiece, Pax Renaissance. I’ve got a cold so of course I decided to use my cough syrup haze to try and tackle one of the most dense games I’ve ever played! I start with an overview, go into the detailed teach, then read some colorful reviews from BGG.

This week's inductee is the designer of Bio Megafauna and Pax Porfiriana, Phil Ecklund. We talk about the importance of games to history and the nature of the future...but which games did he choose? Greenland Bios: Genesis Bios: Megafauna Bios: Origins High Frontier Support the show here.

Credibility, like a butterfly, is a fragile and beautiful thing. Mark is fundamentally opposed to subtlety and ephemeral joy, so he naturally seeks to destroy either whenever he encounters it. When it comes to credibility he does this by routinely making gross over-generalizations. This time he has managed to make an instant replay-esque correction, at least. As for what he does to butterflies, let's just say he manages to make garden parties awkward.Games Played Last Week: -Bios: Megafauna 2nd Edition 3m08s (Andrew Doull, Phil Eklund, & Jon Manker, Sierra Madre, 2017)-Brook City 6m37s (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2019)-Rayguns and Rocketships 12m06s (Scott Rogers, IDW Games, 2017)-A Game of Thrones: Catan--Brotherhood of the Watch 15m45s (Klaus Teuber & Benjamin Teuber, Fantasy Flight, 2017)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Walker expands what he no longer has 22m00s-Wherefore art thou, journalism? Round 1: Tariffs vs. Gamers 22m31s(Polygon article: http://bit.ly/polygontariffs)-Space Invaders 27m16s-Round 2: Stonemaier vs. Gaming Goat 28m01s-Papillon rises again? 30m41sFeature Game: Gentes: Deluxified 31m38s (Stefan Risthaus, Tasty Minstrel, 2018)

Credibility, like a butterfly, is a fragile and beautiful thing. Mark is fundamentally opposed to subtlety and ephemeral joy, so he naturally seeks to destroy either whenever he encounters it. When it comes to credibility he does this by routinely making gross over-generalizations. This time he has managed to make an instant replay-esque correction, at least. As for what he does to butterflies, let's just say he manages to make garden parties awkward.Games Played Last Week: -Bios: Megafauna 2nd Edition 3m08s (Andrew Doull, Phil Eklund, & Jon Manker, Sierra Madre, 2017)-Brook City 6m37s (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2019)-Rayguns and Rocketships 12m06s (Scott Rogers, IDW Games, 2017)-A Game of Thrones: Catan--Brotherhood of the Watch 15m45s (Klaus Teuber & Benjamin Teuber, Fantasy Flight, 2017)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Walker expands what he no longer has 22m00s-Wherefore art thou, journalism? Round 1: Tariffs vs. Gamers 22m31s(Polygon article: http://bit.ly/polygontariffs)-Space Invaders 27m16s-Round 2: Stonemaier vs. Gaming Goat 28m01s-Papillon rises again? 30m41sFeature Game: Gentes: Deluxified 31m38s (Stefan Risthaus, Tasty Minstrel, 2018)

Historiska brädspel och dussintalet böcker är några av tipsen från Vetenskapsradion Historias traditionsenliga julklappsprogram. Hör om Beowulf, sabeltandade tigrar och gäckande indoeuropéer! Nya rön om hjälten Beowulf, livsfarliga istidsutmaningar och ett 400-årigt giftmord har alla en självklar plats under årets julgranar. Allt enligt Vetenskapsradion Historias Tobias Svanelid som samlar boktipsarna Kristina Ekero Eriksson och Urban Björstadius samt spelpanelen i denna 800:e upplaga av programmet. Hör om Dalslands historia, om historiska kartor, om 200-årsjubilerande Stilla Natt och få tips om vad du ska ge historienörden i julklapp i år. De böcker och spel som nämns i programmet är: Horet i Hälsta av Jonas Lindström och Karin Hassan Jansson Allt är gift, om dödliga ämnen och deras roll i historien av Olle Matsson Människan har alltid vandrat av Jeanette Varberg Källan på botten av tidens brunn av Anders Kaliff Dalslands historia av Dick Harrison Geografins makt, tio kartor som förklarar världen av Tim Marshall Kartornas historia av Thomas Reinertsen Berg Lydia Wahlström av Ingrid Pärletun Den kvinnliga tvåsamhetens frirum med redaktörerna Eva Borgström och Hanna Markusson Winkvist Träd, en vandring i den svenska skogen av Gunnar Wetterberg Väggarnas vittnesbörd av Dominic Ingemark Det dunkla pusslet, spionagets historia från Faraos ögon och öron till global nätspaning av Wilhelm Agrell Beowulf - den nordiska bakgrunden av Bo Gräslund Gott nytt år! Drakar, eldar och champagne av Lena Kättström Höök Neanderthal av Phil Eklund, Sierra Madre Games History of the World av Gary Dicken, Steve Kendall och Phil Kendall, Z-Man Games

Ya tenéis el nuevo episodio, ¡el 20! de Ciudadano Meeple. En los entremeses hoy hablamos de Orquesta Negra. En las reseñas rápidas revisamos Calimala y Deus La charleta habla hoy del hombre detrás de los bigotes, Phil Eklund, como solemos hacer con otros autores os recomendamos cinco juegos de este diseñador. • Pax Porfiriana • Pax Renaissance • High Frontier • Bios Genesis / Bios Megafauna • Neanderthal Repasamos lo jugado en la mesa de pruebas Y seguimos desarrollando nuestro plan malvado con los siguientes juegos • Sagrada • Aventureros al tren New York Nos podéis encontrar en: Correo electrónico: ciudadano.meeple@gmail.com URL: https://ciudadanomeeple.wordpress.com Twitter: @ciudadanomeeple Miguel: @entremeeples Jesús: @citizenpincer

Ya tenéis el nuevo episodio, ¡el 20! de Ciudadano Meeple. En los entremeses hoy hablamos de Orquesta Negra. En las reseñas rápidas revisamos Calimala y Deus La charleta habla hoy del hombre detrás de los bigotes, Phil Eklund, como solemos hacer con otros autores os recomendamos cinco juegos de este diseñador. • Pax Porfiriana • Pax Renaissance • High Frontier • Bios Genesis / Bios Megafauna • Neanderthal Repasamos lo jugado en la mesa de pruebas Y seguimos desarrollando nuestro plan malvado con los siguientes juegos • Sagrada • Aventureros al tren New York Nos podéis encontrar en: Correo electrónico: ciudadano.meeple@gmail.com URL: https://ciudadanomeeple.wordpress.com Twitter: @ciudadanomeeple Miguel: @entremeeples Jesús: @citizenpincer

It's Labor Day weekend in the USA. While most people celebrate the efforts of unions and labor parties in the truest American fashion -- getting drunk and eating grilled food -- Tom and Justen celebrate by playing a 14-point 6-player game of Twilight Imperium that nearly results in blood being shed. Tom tilts at windmills, Justen rails on Phil Eklund despite owning the vast majority of his catalog, and Stefan Feld's Macao gets a dressing down.01:45 - Sierra Madre sells out05:03 - Dragonmaster and a discussion on the value of packaging15:54 - Macao21:40 - FUSE26:40 - Twilight Imperium 4th Edition42:20 - Tiltin' Out (bad attitudes ruining friendships and games)

It's Labor Day weekend in the USA. While most people celebrate the efforts of unions and labor parties in the truest American fashion -- getting drunk and eating grilled food -- Tom and Justen celebrate by playing a 14-point 6-player game of Twilight Imperium that nearly results in blood being shed. Tom tilts at windmills, Justen rails on Phil Eklund despite owning the vast majority of his catalog, and Stefan Feld's Macao gets a dressing down.01:45 - Sierra Madre sells out05:03 - Dragonmaster and a discussion on the value of packaging15:54 - Macao21:40 - FUSE26:40 - Twilight Imperium 4th Edition42:20 - Tiltin' Out (bad attitudes ruining friendships and games)

Martin Wallace, Phil Eklund, Vital Lacerda and Max Michael share a deep and abiding passion for history. From research methods to the balance between simulation and gameplay, the panel discusses how and why they incorporate history into their game designs

Martin Wallace, Phil Eklund, Vital Lacerda and Max Michael share a deep and abiding passion for history. From research methods to the balance between simulation and gameplay, the panel discusses how and why they incorporate history into their game designs

Martin Wallace, Phil Eklund, Vital Lacerda and Max Michael share a deep and abiding passion for history. From research methods to the balance between simulation and gameplay, the panel discusses how and why they incorporate history into their game designs

Neanderthal es un juego de Phil Eklund de 1 a 3 jugadores y hasta 2 horas de duración. El juego se desarrolla durante el amanecer del hombre moderno, hace más de 40.000 años, cada uno de los jugadores lleva a una de las 3 especies que competían por ser el hombre moderno. Un juego que reimplementa el sistema que Eklund ya utilizó en su juego Greenland.

¡Hola jugones! Al fin le metemos mano al especial del autor que probablemente sea el más controvertido del universo lúdico, Phil Eklund. Hay quien dice que no hace juegos y también hay quien lo venera como a un Dios. Para contárnoslo, charlamos con Vilvoh y Raul Megido, no te lo pierdas. ¡A disfrutar! - Supernovas. Actualidad del mundillo lúdico y sección Kickstarter por nuestro colaborador Belial.Ties of times, Sheriff de Nottingham, Ampliación del MageWars y Robinson Crusoe en español. - Campo de Asteroides. Especial juegos de Phil Eklund. - Torre de Control. Criticamos los juegos jugados los últimos 15 días. Viajeros al tren: Europa, 7 Wonders Duel, Ambush!, Space Infantery, Lord of the ice garden, Malifaux y Power Struggle. - Sala de Comunicaciones. Hoy participan en Sala de Comunicaciones: Sergio del Rio, Brusbru, Foxinthesierra, Nouvato, Petardo, Goshaw, Spookye, Amatde, El Monaguillo, Wonder, Mr. Pharmacist, Uthuerz, Anunnaki, Ludonavegante y Charino.

¡Hola jugones! Al fin le metemos mano al especial del autor que probablemente sea el más controvertido del universo lúdico, Phil Eklund. Hay quien dice que no hace juegos y también hay quien lo venera como a un Dios. Para contárnoslo, charlamos con Vilvoh y Raul Megido, no te lo pierdas. ¡A disfrutar! - Supernovas. Actualidad del mundillo lúdico y sección Kickstarter por nuestro colaborador Belial.Ties of times, Sheriff de Nottingham, Ampliación del MageWars y Robinson Crusoe en español. - Campo de Asteroides. Especial juegos de Phil Eklund. - Torre de Control. Criticamos los juegos jugados los últimos 15 días. Viajeros al tren: Europa, 7 Wonders Duel, Ambush!, Space Infantery, Lord of the ice garden, Malifaux y Power Struggle. - Sala de Comunicaciones. Hoy participan en Sala de Comunicaciones: Sergio del Rio, Brusbru, Foxinthesierra, Nouvato, Petardo, Goshaw, Spookye, Amatde, El Monaguillo, Wonder, Mr. Pharmacist, Uthuerz, Anunnaki, Ludonavegante y Charino.

Phil Eklund's games emphasize scientific & historical simulation with layers of detail. Phil chats about this unique approach to game design and his latest game, Neanderthal. Guide 1 of 3 human species through the Ice Age to shape human culture.

Phil Eklund's games emphasize scientific & historical simulation with layers of detail. Phil chats about this unique approach to game design and his latest game, Neanderthal. Guide 1 of 3 human species through the Ice Age to shape human culture.

Phil Eklund's games emphasize scientific & historical simulation with layers of detail. Phil chats about this unique approach to game design and his latest game, Neanderthal. Guide 1 of 3 human species through the Ice Age to shape human culture.

In this special episode of The Long View, I'm pleased to be joined by designers Phil Eklund and Philipp Klarmann as we discuss game design, and the upcoming game of Greenland. In the episode we discuss what makes Mr. Eklund's earlier designs and this new title so unique, the value of collaboration, the difference between a game and a simulation, and the role of education in game design. Along the way, "the Phils" tease us with some glimpses of even more new designs! As a bonus, I also review two new titles. The first is an outrageously fun new game from Eagle Gryphon titled Lords and Ladies, and then I discuss the fascinating mash-up of Chess and Deckbuilding found in For the Crown (Second edition) from Victory Point Games. The Lords and Ladies review can be found at the 1:45:00 mark of the episode, and the For the Crown review can be found at the 2:01:06 mark of the episode. As a note, we discuss the game of Greenland quite a bit, but never dive into the game itself in great detail, the focus is squarely on the design process and decisions made during the making of the game. If you would like a more complete picture of the game before or after you listen, please go the the Greenland game page and check out the video I made with W. Eric Martin at Gen Con, or listen to my review of the game in the Gen Con episode which you can find here in the BGG database, or at the podcast webpage of www.thelongviewpodcast.com Thanks, as always, to my sponsor www.gamesurplus.com, The Dice Tower and, of course, thanks to YOU for listening!

Welcome to Guns, Dice, Butter: Episode XX April 16, 2014 On this episode of GDB: 0:00 Episode Intro and Preview 0:13 Eklund: Conversation with Phil Eklund, designer of High Frontier, Pax Porfiriana , Greenland ,  Luftschiff (Zeppelins!) and 26 other games covering the human (and pre-human) experience. 1:22 War by Other Means: Panel discussion with Jim Doughan, Mark Herman and Brian Train regarding the other “7 M’s”  of warcraft {besides the 3 traditional "M's" of combat - machetes (irregular), machine guns (conventional) and missles(strategic)} that support the BIG “M” (morale) in making and waging war: message (casus belli – manufacturing it and maintaining it) , media, money, mercenaries (mercs/brownshirts/proxies/little green men), mayhem (attacks on opponents fabric of society), Mi5/Mi6 (spycraft) and Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Clausewitz's “have a good pen” – diplomacy – internal/external). 2:12 Conversation with Brian Train, regarding his recent DTP design  Ukrainian Crisis game and other bits and bobs 2:36 Wrap up: What’s on my wargaming plate (using wargames in school), Eklund’s “Nature bats last”, B.H.Liddell Hart’s “Lenin had a vision of fundamental truth when he said the soundest strategy in war is to postpone operations until the moral disintegration of the enemy renders the delivery of the mortal blow both possible and easy.”, shout-outs and what not. Guns, Dice, Butter available on iTunes, Boardgamegeek (guild 1293), Consimworld (Consim Café folder), the GDB website and elsewhere on the web. GDB has approximately 10k listeners and well over 40k downloads. Thank you for your continued support!

This week I welcome three prominent and distinct boardgame designers to talk about teaching boardgames. Rob Daviau, Jamey Stegmaier, and Phil Eklund help me untangle the complicated fine art of how to best bring your favorite boardgames to your friends. The post Qt3 Games Podcast: how to teach (and how not to teach!) a boardgame appeared first on Quarter to Three.

This week I welcome three prominent and distinct boardgame designers to talk about teaching boardgames. Rob Daviau, Jamey Stegmaier, and Phil Eklund help me untangle the complicated fine art of how to best bring your favorite boardgames to your friends. The post Qt3 Games Podcast: how to teach (and how not to teach!) a boardgame appeared first on Quarter to Three.

Ryan and Geoff are pleased to be joined by special guest Phil Eklund, designer of many games including High Frontier and Origins: How We Became Human.   We discuss designing games as simulations, rather than just as games. What are the specific design challenges that are faced? How do you balance accuracy, playability, and fun?  And can novel things be learned from a game?