Podcasts about Twilight Imperium

MMP does not want you to know about all the other games that exist in the world. We would never spend time on this show discussing games like Dungeons and Dragons, Settlers of Cataan, or Twilight Imperium, because we are such Advanced Squad Leader loyalists and Fan Boys.  Or would we now? In this very show, Jim Burris gives us an update on the St. Louis Tournament and what HE has been playing lately. James Treu gives us his gaming background and says hello. We also manage to read a few letters.  SHOWTIMES0:01 Small Talk8:30  Jim Burris23:30 Letters41:00 Contest Winner Announced42:00 James Treu47:39 Total Running TimeSHOWLINKSMatt Quinton's Youtube Matt Quinton's Discord  Download this episode (right click and save)

This week we continue an SCPT tradition and provide advice for the listeners out there in the congregation that do not actually play TI. It's a great time to get into this game! Especially before the homework INTENSIFIES maybe? In this silly episode Matt and Hunter walk you through all of the different angles you can approach Twilight Imperium from. It's a newcomer invitation with a lot of our go to common sense advice baked in. In the second half of the episode the boys audit themselves and explain exactly how the business works. It's not complicated lol but you wanted to know! You can buy tickets to the Portland Intergalactical Tournament here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-portland-tickets-1350685680229 You can join the Intergalactical Discord here: https://discord.gg/j5FwYsRW99 Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

In Episode 246 we look like the games that we feel obligated to play but aren't really excited about. The mandatory assignments that we've missed.Timestamps:00:00 Introduction00:34 The unfortunate required coursework of the board game designer04:33 Twilight Imperium 4th Edition06:11 Tigris and Euphrates10:40 The Crew: Deep Sea, The Crew, The Fellowship of the Ring: The Trick Taking Game13:19 Food Chain Magnate15:58 Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game20:47 Caverna: The Cave Farmers22:41 Puerto Rico25:25 Concordia, Lisboa29:55 Android: Netrunner, Magic: The Gathering36:11 Blood on the Clocktower37:58 Terra Mystica40:52 Civilization43:18 Commands and Colors: Ancients46:00 Gloomhaven, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Frosthaven52:44 Diplomacy54:59 Final Thoughts and Honorable Mentions: Cosmic Encounter, The Great Zimbabwe, Mage Knight, Slay the Spire: The Board GameIf you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/boardgamehottakesFollow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/boardgamehottakes.bsky.socialJoin our Board Game Arena Community: https://boardgamearena.com/group?id=11417205Join our Discord server at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/vMtAYQWURd

It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show30 Games enter the ring...only 1 will be victorious.  Yes it's that time of the year where we celebrate our 3rd birthday podcasting and we celebrate the only way we know how.  Pitching our favourite played games of 2024 against each other to see which one comes out on top.THE BIRTHDAY ATTENDEES - JP, Becky, Tambo, Kerley & DanIn this episode you'll learn:- the groups favourite moments as they look back over the past year now that we're 3 years old- whether the reigning champion Terraforming Mars will make it through again or will there be a new champion?- which 30 games make it through the 5 knockout rounds and which one hits the top spot for best game played in 2023OUR 2024 PLAYED LEGENDS ENTERING THE BATTLEGROUND (30 GAMES)Star Trek Captains Chair, Imperium Horizons, Andromeda's Edge, Arcs, CloudspireMinos, Twilight Imperium, Terraforming Mars, Ark Nova, Slay the Spire, Nucleum, Anachrony, White Castle, Coffee Traders, Castles of Burgundy, Secret Identity, Smartphone Inc, Primal: The Awakening, The Witcher - Old World, Too Many Bones, Seti, Shackletonbase, Endeavour: Deep Sea, Duel for Middle-Earth, Ticket to Ride, Wyrmspan, Merchants Cove, Here to Slay, Great Western Trail New Zealand, Eos Island Of Angles EPISODE CHAPTERS0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count1:22 - TURN 2 - 3 Years Old!!!2:43 - NEWS - Come and see us live at the UK Games Expo 20255:09 - A look back at our favourite moments from last year16:26 - TURN 3 - Boardgame Battleground - 2024 Inferno Edition20:54 - ROUND 11:00:04 - ROUND 21:07:02 - ROUND 31:09:40 - ROUND 41:11:49 - FINAL ROUND1:14:26 - Post Fight Analysis1:16:18 - TURN 4 - The Final TurnMEET US AT THE UK GAMES EXPO 2025We're returning again from their debut at last years UKGE on Friday 30th 12pm-1pm so if you are a listener, attendee or just fancy an hour not being on your feet we will love to entertain you.https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/2314-whose-turn-is-it-anyway-live/Support the showSUPPORTING THE SHOW- Support us on Ko-FiENGAGING WITH THE SHOWWe want your questions so engage with the show through our channels below:- Email Us - BoardGameGeek - Facebook - Instagram- Youtube - TikTok

Join David, Michael, and Jesse as they talk about two games in the top 10 on BGG and one underrated game, turn Michael's Whatcha Been Playing into an impromptu Brother Talk, and find a question that had been lost at the bottom of the mailbag.Games discussed: Twilight Imperium 4th edition, Cargo Noir, GloomhavenJoin our Discord Server at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠THIS LINK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Instagram with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠THIS LINK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Mesmo para quem joga há muitos e muitos anos, o repertório de jogos jogados sempre fica em dívida com diversos outros jogos. E, dentro desta lista de esquecidos existem as nossas vergonhas pessoais: os jogos clássicos que deveríamos ter jogado.É como se dizer um cinéfilo mas nunca ter assistido Cidadão Kane, ser um amante de livros de nunca ter lido Machado de Assis. Foi por isso que ⁠⁠Didi Braguinha⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ e ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠André Rumjanek ⁠⁠⁠⁠ montaram essa lista, para confessar seus pecados tabuleirísticos.Jogos mencionados neste episódio (mesmo que brevemente):Duna: Imperium, Wingspan, Pokemon TCG, Mahjong, Dragon Castle, Dungeon Rummy, Twilight Imperium, Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer, Star Wars Legion, HeroQuest, Battlemaster, Dune (2019) e Duna: Um Jogo de Conquistas e Diplomacia.Para saber mais sobre este episódio e os jogos mencionados: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jogos Clássico Que Deveriamos Ter Jogado | Fabuloso Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Se você ainda não conhece ou faz parte, fale conosco no nosso ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fabuloso Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E para as redes sociais: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fabuloso Podcast no ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

This week your boys are going to look back at where it all started for us. We're digging deep into the components and rules of TI 3rd edition. Check out all the beautiful details and unexpected differences. In this first part we talk about Strategy Cards, Unit stats, and Technology.   Get tickets to our live show in Minneapolis March 27th https://ccug.yapsody.com/event/book/839087/31732025 Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

We've got an off-book episode this week for you. Matt and Hunter have a frank conversation about what they value in high level Twilight Imperium play. I'm not sure we find an absolute metric but these are thoughts we've been having lately so check that out. Matt also admits that Hunter is a really smart guy finally. After so many years of Matt shooting his friend down, he finds the truth.   Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

This week we assault your imagination with discussions on the Mall Madness board game, Twilight Imperium, The Car, Foundation, Mount and Blade Bannerlord, Balatro, Civilization, The Gunfighter, Fandango, The Big Short, Hostiles, Conan the Barbarian, Gilmore Girls, Lithgow in Potter, Connecticut vs movie trailers and ads, and the Magic: The Gathering cinematic universe. So tighten that speedo, it's time for a GeekShock!

Triforce Mailbag Special 46! Did you know Lewis is in a slow, boring and horrible game of Twilight Imperium? This is news to us! Meanwhile, we learn exactly how you're meant to deal with beautiful women (like Lydia) and we get some amazing Ali Express and Airbnb emails! Support your favourite podcast on Patreon: https://bit.ly/2SMnzk6 Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're going back to the history books! And this time, it's history that we took part in. This is the beginning of what will actually be a decently long journey of charting the development of the Third Edition of Twilight Imperium and breaking down all of its various components. If you've seen our episodes about 1st and 2nd edition, don't let those fool you. We intend to talk a LOT more about 3rd Edition. And to start, it's a bunch of information about before the game even released... Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the showWe want to wish you all a fantastic Christmas to all of our listeners new & old and yes you have guessed it, it's time for another "Quiz-mas".  This year we've done something a little different and recruited a special guest & board game expert to help us be Quiz Master / Santa for the episode.SPECIAL GUEST QUIZMASTER: Paul Grogan from Gaming RulesQUIZZERS: JP, Dan, Kerley, Becky & DaveyA massive thank you to Brett, Alex & Peter who helped build the quiz who are part of Gaming Rules Patreon members, we had a blast doing it.LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOWN/AEPISODE CHAPTERS0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count1:58 - TURN 2 - It's beginning to look a lot like quiz-mas6:49 - ROUND 1 - Questions 1-511:16 - JP's x-mas plans & Cloudspire17:59 - ROUND 1 - Questions 6-1020:57 - Dan's x-mas plans & Nucluem24:31 - ROUND 2 - Questions 1-526:59 - Kerley's x-mas plans & Twilight Imperium37:04 - ROUND 2 - Questions 6-1040:09 - Becky's x-mas plans & Ark Nova Digital & Obsession44:39 - ROUND 3 - Questions 1-548:44 - Davey's x-mas plans & Civolution & Mutant Hero Zero53:28 - ROUND 3 - Questions 6-1057:53 - TURN 3 - Get your marking pencils it's time for the answers1:26:20 - The results are now in...1:28:40 - TURN 4 - The Final TurnSupport the showSUPPORTING THE SHOW- Support us on Ko-FiENGAGING WITH THE SHOWWe want your questions so engage with the show through our channels below:- Email Us - BoardGameGeek - Facebook - Instagram- Youtube - TikTok

Um episódio para discutir narrativas, mais precisamente narrativas emergentes. Sabe essas histórias que acontecem quando você joga uma partida, mas que, não necessariamente, é a história que o jogo tem pra te contar? Então, é dessas que Didi Braguinha e André Rumjanek estão falando neste episódio. A narrativa que é construída durante um jogo e sua contrapartida: as que foram escritas antes mesmo de você abrir a caixa. Jogos mencionados neste episódio (mesmo que brevemente): Nemesis, Mansions of Madness, Gloomhaven, Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game, Oath, Magic The Gathering, Twilight Imperium, Robinson Crusoé, OZOB, Arkham Horror: The Card Game, Heat - Pedal to the Metal, Terraforming Mars, Cosmos, 7 Wonders, Great Western Trail, Red Rising, Power Grid, Pandemic, Detemidos: Normandia, Trickerion. Para saber mais sobre este episódio e os jogos mencionados: ⁠Narrativas Emergentes | Fabuloso Podcast⁠⁠ Se você ainda não conhece ou faz parte, fale conosco no nosso ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fabuloso Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ E para as redes sociais: ⁠⁠Fabuloso Podcast no ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

This week we're starting a small series of episodes for tournament season that are meant to teach players high level strategies to use against some of the best factions in Twilight Imperium. This episode we'll talk about mostly above the table policies you can utilize against the Universities of Jol-Nar. Let us know what you think in the discord!   Tournament 7 is open for signups now! Get in there! https://www.patreon.com/spacecatspeaceturtles Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

In Episode 221 we take a look at several games that have voting mechanisms or a theme based around voting. We also discuss some games that have been on our tables including Stamp Swap, Flamecraft, and Frozen Frontier. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 05:07 Top 3 Games with Voting 05:12 Werewords 10:19 Godspeed 15:06 Balderdash 18:27 Votes for Women 22:11 Blood on the Clocktower 27:11 The King's Dilemma 30:17 Lancaster 34:57 Twilight Imperium: 4th Edition 40:27 Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory 44:42 Stamp Swap 56:35 Flamecraft 1:05:26 Frozen Frontier 1:11:33 Listener Shoutout If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/boardgamehottakes Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/boardgamehottakes.bsky.social Join our Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamehottakes Join our Board Game Arena Community: https://boardgamearena.com/group?id=11417205

Reul Gaviola joins us on the submarine! Ruell is a media personality in the tabletop industry and we are so excited to have him on to share his insights. We talk about Twilight Imperium and how games can transport us and create fiction we didn't expect. All this and more on today's episode!

Hunter Donaldson, stand up comedian and host of Old Gamer's Almanac, is here today to reinforce his only interested, Twilight Imperium. Thankfully he also had time to make a game based on the prompts: musical claustrophobia takes place on a single screen Horror was not explicitly on this list but you better believe we made a horror game anyway. And the worst kind: one you inflict on your friends! This game, I know why the caged bird sing (and it's scary!), turns karaoke into a shotgun blast of audio memes. Turn it on at your birthday party, lock all the doors and windows, and have a great time! Follow Hunter Donaldson on Instagram at HungryHunty, and enjoy his show Old Gamer's Almanac wherever you listen to podcasts! Visit the DFTBA Big Game Hunger merch shop at bit.ly/jennamerch. Support this show, and submit your OWN random prompts, by subscribing at Patreon.com/TheJenna. Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com. Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber. Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them.

Today we have something weird and experimental for you all. While Matt is still in Germany attending Essen we've got Hunter all alone cookin' weirdo soup for the SCPT faithful. This week Hunter is sitting down to listen to the audio from the very first SCPT episode while giving his thoughts, heckles, and commentary. Let's see just how far we've come on this show and with Twilight Imperium.    Tournament 7 is open for signups now! Get in there! https://www.patreon.com/spacecatspeaceturtles   Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Ben, Trey, and Paul explore the importance of enthusiasm at the game table.  Plus, recent plays of KCaloria, Zoo Tycoon, and Trey's first ever game of Twilight Imperium 4th Ed....0:00:00 Introduction0:04:27 kCaloria First ImpressionsWe All Take From the River0:16:20 Zoo Tycoon First Impressions0:38:50 Further Twilight Imperium 4th Ed. discussion 3 of a Kind1:22:35 Episode Topic: Enthusiasm - What we bring to the game table1:56:25 Outro-  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Instagram

A straightforward episode where we talk about the games we played one glorious weekend this September, including: Twilight Imperium (yes we still have something to say about this game) Worms - The Board Game General Orders 1815 Scum of the Earth Join our ⁠Discord⁠ or follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ to keep track of what we're up to.

Matt, Jordan, and Trey track the rise and fall of Jordan's relationship with Paul. We also review Rise and Fall!0:00:00 Introduction0:03:50 True Confessions: Mini PaintingCoraQuestHeroscapeWarhammer: Kill TeamStar Wars: Shatterpoint0:14:05 Matt's Essen Most WantedAsian TigersCivolutionBlack ForestJoyrideAndromeda's EdgeShackleton Base: A Journey to the MoonSaltfjordPhoenix New OrizonSpectacularRebirth0:21:10 Jordan recounts the great 2024 betrayal of Twilight Imperium 4th Ed.0:32:25 other Games on the BrainHarmoniesAnno 1800: Die Erweiterung0:36:24 Game Review: Rise & FallArchipelago-  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Instagram

Buzzkill is back! Back again. This time we're talking about boxed sets. That's right, if you are an old-head like Brendan you remember RPG boxed sets from the good old days. And they're back too!  Richard and Brendan go through 6 boxed sets from new games, currently available and see how the format holds up. We've got Twilight Imperium, Cyberpunk Red, The One Ring, Runequest, and Pendragon. This is part one of a two part episode, so tune back in in two weeks to hear the EPIC FINALE! Thanks for listening cultists! Check out our links: You can find Full Metal RPG through the various links below: https://linktr.ee/fullmetalrpg Also you can support my RPG writing here: Die Dunkelelfen Chroniken: https://flayedmanbooks.itch.io/ Summer of Strange: https://solemn-vale.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/495558 And check in with our comrades at Darker Days Radio: http://podcast.darker-days.org/

We catch up with the Flaming Lord Stu Stu where Gaz and Detty learn more about U.S geography one chat at a time. We dive into a bit of Twilight Imperium talk before we cover the usuals with Frosthaven. Stick around for quiz time that pits STU STU against Gaz in a duel for the ages.Find us on: IG - https://www.instagram.com/am_dirt/Twitter - https://twitter.com/uamdirt YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@amdirtOr contact us directly at: contact@rollingterribly.com** Please note our episodes may contain spoilers for the game Frosthaven **

Ben, Trey, and Paul deep dive the new 18xx innovator "Railways of the Lost Atlas." Also, the three discuss recent plays of "Terraforming Mars: Prelude 2,” "Pampero,” and “Twilight Imperium, 4th Edition.”0:00:00 Introduction0:04:08 Terraforming Mars: Prelude 20:16:12 Twilight Imperium 4th Ed0:36:50 Pampero0:53:05 Concordia: Balearica1:01:00 Age of Innovation1:11:45 Game Review: Railways of the Lost Atlas-  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Instagram

We've got another batch of Arcs Leaders to overview for you today! We're gearing up to finish our Base Game Arcs coverage before we go full hog wild into the campaign Arcs. Prepare for that content to become the mainstay to go along with our traditional Twilight Imperium coverage. Also this episode features a guest appearance from Arcs developer Joshua Yearsley! We let a developer write a strategy guide FOR THEIR OWN GAME, WE'RE THAT CRAZY. COME TO OUR LIVE SHOW ON AUGUST 1ST IN INDIANAPOLIS: https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/events/95653   Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Finally the most important episode of the year! Today we're talking about the cats we are named after. We love these poster children of the Twilight Imperium brand and we want you to care about them too. Grab a bag of a money and sit down for this big one!   Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 175 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Progression It's a what we talk about episode on progression and the two ways it shows up in board games -- progression through games and progression in games. Decisionaughts, let's rock!   Timestamps Intro - 0:00 Progression (WWTA) - 2:49 Games Mentioned Magic: The Gathering, Spirit Island, Challengers!, 7 Wonders, Dominion, Modern Art, Dune Imperium, Twilight Imperium, My City, Can't Stop, Scythe, Age of Innovation, Findorff, Samurai Spirit, Hey That's My Fish, The Castles of Burgundy, BattleCon, Blood Rage, Blue Lagoon, Great Western Trail, Tigris & Euphrates, Raiders of the North Sea, and The Quest for El Dorado.   Pre-Planners Dominion   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

We're taking a little extra time with Final Fantasy 4 this week and we owed you this Patreon bonus so enjoy this conversation about this very influential Cartoon Network program. It's so fun to get to talk about all different kinds of media with the patreon bonus episodes so thank you to everyone that supports this show.   Special thanks to one of our original Twilight Imperium crew, Christopher Felton!   Check out this video: https://youtu.be/XRGU3bREc58?si=PkCAwwmTMr1q3zA5   Please go to Hunter's comedy shows and Space Cats Live! https://linktr.ee/HunterDonaldson   To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/194Zs7HY9o2y4dgOQLsQXT0Q0cBW_Q1WZzkwqG-ALqi0/edit?usp=sharing. THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO OLDER EPISODES. Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Consider contributing to our show on Patreon. (https://www.patreon.com/oldgamersalmanac) Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac(at)gmail(dot)com. Or come talk to us on our Discord. (https://discord.gg/ASG2YpyfPx)

Travel to Arrakis and venture out into the desert for spice with Emma and Tom as they discuss the two-part 2021 and 2024 adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune (1965). Neither Emma nor Tom have mastered the voice, so no need to worry about any Bene Gesserit tricks. Just listen along for their takes on adapting a behemoth of a book, Jessica's evil arc, and a firsthand account of the limited-edition Dune AMC popcorn bucket.   Heads up that the audio for this episode has more background noise than usual because it was recorded in person on one microphone.   Content Warnings for Dune include: mind control, colonization, violence, assault, religious fanaticism, death of a parent, death of a child, many other miscellaneous deaths, and a weirdly intelligent two-year-old.   The articles Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/making-of-dune-denis-villenueve-novel-adaptation-1235052084/ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-10-21/dune-movie-book-changes-explained-denis-villeneuve https://screenrant.com/dune-2-denis-villeneuve-interview/ https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-part-2-is-a-perfect-adaptation-because-of-one-key-difference   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. Tom does not wish to be found on social media, but if you would like to connect with him on a cosmic level, try getting really into Twilight Imperium. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard and want to support them, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork   The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

The 2024 Golden Geek Award nominations have just been revealed, and we're  choosing faves, making endorsements, and offering sweeping predictions on which games will win.  Oh and by the way, thanks to everyone who voted and nabbed us a nom! Don't worry, we're focused on the games, not shameless self-promotion (well, maybe just a little self-promotion).Plus, Ben, Jordan, and Paul talk about recent plays of Ironwood, Galactic Cruise, Arcs, and Twilight Imperium.

Ben and Jordan talk about recent plays of Inventions, Galactic Cruise, Twilight Imperium, Arcs, and Resist.  Plus, discussion about space games — what does the concept of space bring to a game, and what makes a game a SPACE GAME (as opposed to a game set in space).Notations to come.

Jane Coaston joins us this week to discuss baseball, gambling in sports, Twilight Imperium, and other tribulations How our love of skating will scupper any chances we ever go to Mars USC students' current level of Grinch awareness Kids these days, in general An update on Channel 6's Dumb Bitches of History bracket This week's theme song arranged and performed by Trey McClure Follow Jason's work on Vacation Bible School, Shutdown Fullbooks, and elsewhere at jasonkirk.fyi Find Holly and Spencer writing and chirping at channel-6.ghost.io, if you dare Listen to Ryan's other, less harrowing podcasts, We're Not All Like This and Buried Treasure, wherever finer podcasts are placed Purchase only the finest merch at sunny preownedairboats.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 190 Connie Vogelmann (designer of Apiary and Wyrmspan) joins us as our guest host as we each discuss our top 5 Desert Island Board Games. We also discuss a poll on how less games might impact our play habits. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 03:08 Poll: If you only had 5 board games (of your choice) available forever do you think you'd still play board games as frequently as you do? 09:33 Top 5 Desert Island Games 12:40 Azul 15:08 Cribbage 16:27 Ark Nova 19:15 Dune: Imperium 22:00 The Resistance: Avalon 26:33 Sea Salt & Paper 28:30 Fractal: Beyond the Void 32:07 Gloomhaven 35:23 Clank! Catacombs 39:47 Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory 43:32 Stationfall 44:48 A Feast for Odin 47:10 Welcome to the Moon 49:15 Twilight Imperium: 4th Edition 51:28 Blood Bowl 55:16 Age of Innovation 1:01:10 Runner Ups (Capital Lux 2, Xia: Legends of a Drift System, Decrypto, Werewords, Codenames, Voyages of Marco Polo, Grand Austria Hotel, Skull, Just One, Fun Facts) 1:04:50 Listener Shoutout

sarbor joins us to talk about campaign games in Twilight Imperium! If you've ever wanted a sort of "legacy" aspect to TI, this is a great way to get into it.  0:34 Async tournament 3! 2:24 sarbor! 5:22 Campaign TI games 19:20 How do I get started with my own campaign game? 22:20 Fog campaigns and fun Fin maps 25:49 Why we love Arborec 31:57 Various updates

Let's travel back in time to the year 2000! FFG was still a young company and Christian T. Petersen decided to take another stab at the design of our favorite game. At times, Second Edition almost feels like the version lost to time. It's quite simple in it's approach to the game and it chooses to add very little over the course of it's life. It's mostly just a refinement of the rules of First Edition, but let's take a closer look to see what that means. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/   To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

The topic of "winmaking" is constantly evolving and changing. Every year we see tournament play handle shenanigans at the end of the game differently and it's nice to check in from time to time and evaluate the community. Today, we have two very special guests to help us in that endeavor! The designer of Twilight Imperium 4th Edition, Dane Beltrami, and rules guru and creator of Miltydraft, Milty! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/   To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

In episode 178, we discuss some hobby specific terms and how our definitions may vary from their original meaning. We also give examples of board games where those definitions are relevant (and also some examples where they aren't). We kick the conversation off by discussing a listener poll related to board game terminology. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:44 Poll Time: Do you use terminology when teaching or discussing board games that you don't ever use in other areas of your life? 04:42 Worker Placement (A Feast for Odin, Anachrony, Barrage, Orleans, Agricola, Apiary, Architects of the West Kingdom) 17:08 4X (Scythe, Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy, Space Empires 4X, Twilight Imperium, Fractal: Beyond the Void, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization) 30:28 Area Control (Blood Rage, Rising Sun, Ankh: Gods of Egypt, Scythe, Wonderland's War, El Grande) 37:49 Engine Building (It's a Wonderful World, Terraforming Mars, Anachrony, Fractal: Beyond the Void, Scythe, Space Base) 44:06 Euro (Trajan, Gaia Project, Viticulture, Catan, A Feast for Odin)

In our final episode of 2023, Tom, Julie, and Eric discuss their highs and lows of the year, including our biggest surprises, rosiest roses, thorniest thorns, and hula-iest hula hoops. 02:57 - 2023 as a Whole 14:45 - Best Game to Play at a Convention - Chicken 16:09 - Fiction 17:01 - The Same Game 19:45 - Best Theme - First in Flight 20:53 - Jekyll vs. Hyde Card Game 21:51 - Freelancers 22:53 - Most Likely to Be Gifted By A Well-Intentioned Family Member - Twilight 25:50 - Monopoly Scrabble 26:28 - Dumb Ways to Die 27:25 - Biggest Surprise - Eila and Something Shiny 28:35 - NOOBS in Space 29:32 - Earth 31:22 - Best Travel Game - NOOBS in Space 32:31 - GAP 34:18 - Rankster 36:21 - Set Aside a Day - Sleeping Gods Distant Skies 37:43 - Ticket to Ride Legacy 39:39 - Vampire the Masquerade Chapters 40:23 - Twilight Imperium 4 43:08 - Easiest Teach/Learn - Sky Team 44:04 - BOOoop 45:38 - Line-It 46:28 - Game We Didn't Get to Play - The Witcher 47:20 - Rauha 48:25 - Last Light 49:13 - Hula Hoop - Surfasaurus Max 49:57 - Hegemony 52:12 - Without Fail 52:50 - Sharpest Thorn - Finish Line 53:09 - The Shining 53:26 - Star Trek Discovery: Black Alert 53:49 - Biggest Rose - World Wonders 57:10 - Earth 58:16 - Most Anticipated for 2024 - 7th Citadel 59:25 - Mistwind 1:00:34 - Guilty: Houston 2015 1:00:56 - Defenders of the Realm: Legends Retold

Is this the best space game?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5631121/advertisement

Who needs this? Well hopefully, you're someone relatively new to Twilight Imperium and a friend of yours has suggested you play Federation of Sol and you're looking to jumpstart your winrate. If so, welcome. You've made an excellent choice of faction because Sol is really good and we're here to explain why. Hopefully, you could out of this with ways to consistently do well! Also we love you. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/   To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

A new series of Twilight Imperium books is right around the corner! Empire Falling, the first of the new trilogy by Robbie MacNiven releases December 5th and we were lucky enough to get Robbie on to discuss writing for established universes, historical fiction, and which TI faction is the most Scottish! Interview starts at 22:30 Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/   To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

We're about halfway through this years Qualifiers in the tournament and it seemed high time we celebrate the people that make the tournament a pleasurable viewing experience! Over the years, more and more amazing folks have taken on the task of streaming games of Twilight Imperium and it takes such an immense amount of effort that there's honestly not enough praise we could heap upon them. So for now, here are their delightful voices to brighten your day... 20:13 BigAlCupaChino (https://www.twitch.tv/bigalcupachino) 33:12 Rand (https://www.twitch.tv/tijunkies) 49:36 clawforce (https://www.twitch.tv/clawforce) 1:03:58 EJ (https://twitch.tv/uvula9000) 1:16:54 Duke LukeM (https://www.twitch.tv/dukelukem_ti) 1:26:30 Elspeth (https://www.twitch.tv/jeolircam) 1:35:34 Karnal (https://www.twitch.tv/karnal313) 1:57:29 Jasper (https://www.twitch.tv/jasperti4) 2:07:41 Root (https://www.twitch.tv/root711) Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/   To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

You are not prepared for this one. We have 82 system tiles in Twilight Imperium. In theory, the visuals matter quite a lot for this discussion or would at least make this go a lot faster...but then again why should it be easy? What follows is a 2 hour decent into madness to try and sort all of the system tiles into tiers. What do those tiers signify? Who knows? Is there any consistency to the sorting? Who cares? You asked for this... Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/   To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

The Homebrewer's Guild has been hard at work on a big project. The work has been largely philosophical up until this point and it was finally time to lay track down before we design this train. So today, we'd like to catch you all up to speed on the project known as Twilight Imperium Zero Edition. This is intended to be our fun modification to Twilight Imperium and act as a stripped down, simpler version of Twilight Imperium. Exactly what form that takes will be a longer process, but for now we can talk about some of the things we want to see. In addition to talking design goals, we decide to make a Prophecy of Kings compliant faction design for the Lazax Empire so that we have something to work backwards from once we decide to design them as a faction in Zero Edition. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/   To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

The popcorn wars continue as we talk about *AHEM* Fireball, Starfield, Dredge, Loki, In the Mouth of Madness, Insidious: Torgo Order, Exorcist: Believer, Clockwork-Torgo: In Bruges, Popcorn Philosophy, Food in Theaters, Frasier, Listener Mail, NFTs worth even less, a reboot of the reboot of The Office, Halloween Continues, who survived the Gunn cut, Board Game Arena adds Twilight Imperium, Evil Genius vs Rebel Moon, and Red Light/Green Light featuring: Robo Force, Dreamwalker, Shrouded College, and The Turn of the Screw. So, butter it up, it's time for a GeekShock!

Oh boy, we learned about so much lore in Starsight! Let's talk about it. We talk about delver mazes, figments, slugs, and of course, Twilight Imperium. For this book, we have Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Jessie (Lady Lameness), Ian (Weiry), and Eric (Chaos). SpanReads will come out weekly until Defiant comes out. Next up is Skyward Flight from October 13th to October 27th, Cytonic from November 4nd to November 17th, and then Defiant comes out the week after! Thumbnail is the French cover at of Starsight, by Alain Brion. If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wtcc@17thshard.com

The Space Cats are a domineering force when it comes to Twilight Imperium. They're the closest thing the game has to a mascot and when they're in game a lot of things seem to revolve around them. They've also often been accused of dramatically slowing the game down. Today we evaluate what it means to sit down at a table where the Hacan are playing, but not BY YOU. How can you utilize their wares to improve your own position? Are there things you need to do to slow them down? Is Quantum Datahub Node a death sentence for the table?! 1:05:14 - Homebrewer's Guild: Barony of Letnev Heroes! 1:21:02 - The Agenda Phase: ncurry asks “In a vacuum, would you rather have Naalu's 0 token or draw Obsidian?  If you chose the 0, what about it versus a custodian point?  If you instead chose Obsidian, what about the 0 versus Classified Document Leaks? I guess more generally, it comes down to do you value locking down R5 speaker order or the potential for an extra point more?” Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/   To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

The Galactic Council went chaotic evil this week and wanted us to provide you with the sequel to everyone's favorite episode: TI The Movie. This time we have to design a mini-series set in the Twilight Imperium universe, meant to be released on HBO circa 2010. We totally took the prompt really seriously and this is a very earnest attempt at that. There's no funny business, there's no references to the Watchmen, and there are absolutely no Muppets. Agenda Phase: RockPaperLizard asks “Would you be interested as content creators in recording games specifically oriented for ‘Listenability.'” To check out the Community Plays TI Discord: https://discord.gg/FXWFN6g5Q Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/   To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

On this eco-mechanical episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt chat about two very different - but very thematic - games! First up are Matt's early impressions of Earthborne Rangers - a massive game about protecting and engaging with the environment from one of the folks who made Twilight Imperium happen. Then, our dynamic duo shift gears to talk about their time about causing and preventing riots in the one-v-all game of prediction; City of the Great Machine. Have a great weekend, everybody! Timestamps: 01:53 - Earthborne Rangers (Production Chat) 10:01 - Earthborne Rangers (Game Chat) 24:18 - City of the Great Machine

We're nearing the end of our super POK faction guides and today we get to tackle the first faction we ever dug deep into in POK, the Titans of Ul. They're a powerful faction that has always performed very well in our tournaments, but this year had a bit of a decline. (into the middle of the pack, so don't freak out) What makes this faction so strong and how can you make the most of their toolkit? 1:25:36 - Agenda Phase: OfficialDaveAcct asks “You mentioned in your Empyrean episode that you thought that faction was a great faction for a new player. What other factions would you recommend for someone's first time playing Twilight Imperium and why?” 1:33:57 - Homebrew Review: Simple's Vuil'Raight Idol Action Card Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/   To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/