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Ben amd Steve tackle the classic Vlaada Chvatil game Tash Kalar.Support the show hereBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/five-games-for-doomsday--5631121/support.

Vlaada Chvatil es uno de los diseñadores más versátiles y que cuenta en su haber con juegos de culto como Through the ages, Mage Knight y la franquicia Código secreto. Un autor heterogéneo en sus mecánicas y que sabe simplificar un tema y quedarse con su esencia como pocos. Repasamos sus éxitos, contamos nuestras experiencias […] Lee la entrada completa en 7x03 - Vlaada Chvátil.

Welcome to the latest episode of Cult of the Old!   Each episode your hosts Iain McAllister, Matt Thrower, and Nate Owens are going to turn back the clock to look at games that are at least 10 years old. They'll give their own critical impressions, tell you about the history of the game and its impact, and what relevance these games still have in the modern hobby landscape.    So far this season we've been on the farm, battled in tokyo, cured a worldwide pandemic, built an industrial empire, expanded our Citadels, struggled in the cold war, and been the lords of waterdeep. Now it is time to cross the barrier into the unknown as we journey to space for the first sci-fi game of the season. It's time to put on your cap, yell “10-4, Rubber ducky' and blow your space horn as we sign up to become Galaxy Truckers. Published by Czech Games Edition and designed by Vlaada Chvatil with art from Tomáš Kučerovský and Radim Pech.   Show Links   Below are links to the games and anything else that the team mention during the course of the cast.  We will be linking to BGG for games, designers, artists, and publishers as that is a good place to start for raw information about the game in question.   Games Mentioned   Bananagrams Race for the Galaxy Agricola - Cult of the Old Episode Pandemic - Cult of the Old Episode Prophecy Through the Ages Dungeon Lords Mage Knight Space Alert Pictomania Jungle Speed Magic Maze 5 minute dungeon 5 minute marvel Millennium Blades Pendulum Tash Kalar Last Will Codenames Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy   Other Mentions   Czech Games Edition Team Links   Websites you can find the cast on There Will Be Games The Cult of the Old   Iain The Giant Brain Twitter   Matt Twitter   Nate Twitter   Support us on Ko-Fi   https://ko-fi.com/cultoftheold   Join us on our Discord https://discord.gg/Ye6Bem5Q6x   Email us at cultoftheolduk@gmail.com

Dan Dan The Board Game Man shares his top five games by Vlaada Chvatil on this week's episode! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure The Top Five Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF)

Dan Dan The Board Game Man shares his top five games by Vlaada Chvatil on this week's episode! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure The Top Five Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF)

Who doesn't want to spend the weekend building up a civilization, researching the internet, and crushing your friends into dust over happy faces?? In this episode we have a special guest, Smalls, who comes on to help us break down Vlaada Chvatil's civilization building game - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization! During this episode we dive into the strategies we use to help us become better at this incredibly heavy, satisfying game! So sit back, grab a drink with us, and learn all the ins an outs to becoming a better civ builder!    -    Flights: 01:40 | Table: 6:10 | Discussion: 11:40      -     Our Show Notes can be found here: https://www.fantasyandsomeflights.com/post/e38-games-through-the-ages-a-friendship-building-exercise   Reach out to us on:      Our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/jHk4jEe Our website: www.fantasyandsomeflights.com   -    Our Instagram: Fantasyandsomeflights for some cool pictures and videos   -    Our Twitter @AndSomeFlights!   -    Hope you all enjoy! Cheers!

En este capítulo conversamos sobre las familias de juegos y compartimos nuestro top 3 de los diseñadores Eric Lang, Vlaada Chvatil y Simone Luciani. Además, recorremos el año 1998 junto a JJ.   [0:00:00] - Presentación [0:00:42] - Introducción [0:40:16] - Anuncios [0:50:04] - Tema de la semana [1:26:48] - Top 3 [1:59:42] - Cronología Lúdica: 1998 [2:22:37] - Cierre See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we follow up on our discussion of some the best board games on Board Game Geek, focusing mainly on cooperative games. In this follow up of Best Games, we finish talking about competitive games before discussing some of the highest ranked cooperative games on Board Game Geek. We also discuss why we think some games may be ranked as high as they are and what makes for a generally good game.Games we talk about in this episode: Twilight Struggle, Lord of the Rings the Card Game, Arkham Horror the Card Game, Legend of the Five Rings LCG, Game of Thrones the Card Game, Marvel Champions, Marvel Legendary, Spirit Island, The Thing, Kingdom Death Monster, 7th Continent, Hi Ho! Cherry-o, Pandemic Legacy Season 1, Pandemic Legacy Season 0, Gloomhaven, The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31, Zpocalypse, Quarriors, The Oregon Trail Card Game, Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Board Game, Rising 5: Runes of Asteros, First Martians, Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island, Mechs vs. Minions, Tellstones: King's Gambit, Betrayal, Betrayal at Mystery Mansion, The Lord of the Rings, Journeys in Middle-earth, Nemesis, Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, 7th Citadel, Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition, Mage Knight (Wizkids), Legend of the Five Rings (AEG), Star Wars: X-Wing (2nd Ed.), Dominion, and Power Grid

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new series on the 2005 squad-based shooter Star Wars Republic Commando, on which both hosts worked. We first set the game in its time and also look at the various introductions made in the first part of the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: The Geonosis section Issues covered: revisiting our game and what it was like, a new console generation, HD gaming, embracing online play, the impact of a new generation on the late games of the prior generation, market pressures on Republic Commando, being a late game in a cycle and being held back by your publisher, internal flap over a separately licensed title, tying into the franchise and flooding the market, licensing as a market strategy, the growth of team size, the continuing strength of first-person shooters, presentation and Half-Life, the presentation of real life in shooters, the influence of Halo, having a sense of playing a single-player game that had the feel of playing co-op tactical games, the original high concept of the game, the mechanics of Allied Assault that helped lead to the game, wanting to point to a window and have a guy snipe from there, doing a lot with the game, a shooter for a Star Wars audience, the marines in Halo, letting the level design embrace the maneuver system, borrowing a stance system from elsewhere, why we had an unskippable intro, the strength of the team to just get things done, going above and beyond, delivering under duress, the intro being something you don't see in a Star Wars game, establishing a world, always being in the helmet, a few other influences, eliminating the text crawl, the lineage of LucasArts Logo animations, text crawls leading to the melodrama, choosing military-style introductions, introducing the characters to distinguish them more, moving to the painted armor, seeing unfinished film, giving the characters a chance to shine, creating the idea that the characters are different, having to be flexible about what the commandos can do, throwing down smoke and reflecting it in a mirror, opportunistic design, having characters comment on what they like and don't like, context-sensitive cuing, how later games would introduce a character, "we gave it to the Wolf," maybe being heavy-handed with the tutorial, finding elegant ways to trick the player into learning, difficulty levels, Brett sings a review, how to fiddle with puzzles for difficulty, messaging on a macro and micro level in presenting a puzzle, asking the player to step up, sticking to your goals, managing difficulty by presenting levels of challenge that are optional, knowing your niche and your ceiling of number of audience members, wanting to do GDC all year round, our inspiration for the 'cast, small regular bonuses of Nook Miles in Animal Crossing, letting go of Nook Miles, responding to the dopamine drip. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Morrowind, Fallout, LucasArts, God of War, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Resident Evil 4, Psychonauts, Guild Wars, Civilization IV, FEAR, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Guitar Hero, Mercenaries, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2, Star Wars: Battlefront II, Pandemic, Lego Star Wars, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Forza, Doom 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, DreamCast, Halo 2, Xbox Live Arcade, Starfighter (series), Rainbow Six (series), Rogue Squadron, Daron Stinnett, Dark Forces, Outlaws, Jedi Knight, Half-Life (series), Medal of Honor, Saving Private Ryan, EA, 2015 Games, Jason West, Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment, ARMA (series), The Longest Day, Chris Williams, Greg Knight, Kevin Schmitt, Peter Hirschmann, Freedom Fighters, Tim Ramsay, Scott Peters, Adam Piper, Jeremie Talbot, Pixar, Tippett Studio, Brett Schulz, Ryan Kaufman, Mike Stemmle, Telltale Games, Metroid Prime, Full Spectrum Warrior, Laralyn McWilliams, SWAT 4, Ken Levine, Day of the Tentacle, John Hancock, Nathan Martz, Andrew Kirmse, Borderlands, Troy Mashburn, Mike Baker, Kevin Guigere, Cuphead, Super Mario 64, Sherlock Holmes, Call of Cthulhu, Frogware, Tomb Raider, Uncharted, Pit Droids, Lucas Learning, Baba Is You, Nintendo, Dark Souls, Super Mario Odyssey, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Ori (series), Sebastian, Vlaada Chvatil, Codenames, GDC, Grand Theft Auto III, Crystal Dynamics, Rebel FM, Jesse, Animal Crossing, Destiny, Epic Mickey, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers. Next time: The Prosecutor section Links: Game Degustation (Czech) Twitch: brettdouville, instagram:timlongojr, @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

‘Ello ‘ello ‘ello, wot’s going on ‘ere then? Looks and sounds like there are three english men crammed inside one english cupboard talking about a series of “board games” from who knows where. That’s a recipe for disease-based disaster right there. Let’s see what we’ve got in here then... City of the Big Shoulders? You’re certainly crammed shoulder-to-shoulder in here, though one of you is a bit smaller than the others. I’ve heard it’s as good an economic euro as any, though I, for one, prefer my commodity speculation games a little less beige. Last Bastion? I’ve heard that one’s a pretty dandy co-operative game, but personally I felt the fantasy redesign was a little lacking. Wait, I swear on me nan’s ghost that I saw more games in here when I first burst in. Are you hiding ‘em? What’s that on there? Is that a game on your mobile device, Mr Lees? Is it Vlaada Chvatil’s classic tableau-builder, Through The Ages? You of all people should know those is contraband, as they remind people of ‘the time before’, when they could play games with their friends around their tables spreading all their germs. Not any more. You’re going to prison, but seen as we can’t go outside, I’m locking you in your own dishwasher. It’s for the best.

Better late and wrong than never wrong, am I right? Wait, that doesn't make sense. Suffice to say that we wanted to be as certain as we could this year, as past years offered rather significant asterisks on our best-of lists--but this year, with only minor exceptions, we're pretty confident we played the games most likely to make the cut. I'm sure this sense of certainty and comprehensiveness will last perhaps as long as late January.Games Played Last Week:-Blood Rage 2m09s (Eric Lang, CMON, 2015)-It's a Wonderful World 4m40s (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2019)-Battle for Biternia 8m03s (Chris Faulkenberry, Stone Circle Games, 2018)-Istanbul 12m58s (Rudiger Dorn, Pegasus Spiele, 2014)-Marvel Champions: The Card Game 15m30s (Michael Boggs, Nate French, & Caleb Grace, FFG, 2019)-Codenames: The Simpsons 16m06s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter):-Kemet 2.0: Blood and Sand Updates 19m01s-Mixlore and Prospero Hall 20m13s-Cosmic Encounter Two-Player? 21m01s-FFG's RPG Last Gasp: KeyForge 22m07s-Traintopia: All Trains, All the Time Is Back! 22m45s-Pascal Bernard v. Mythic Games 23m27s-Kolossal Games' Ongoing Eclipse Shenanigans 24m25s-Riot Games to Publish New Boardgames 29m31s-Patreon News: Presents! 30m16s Topic: 2019 in Review ExtravaganzaPersonal Top 10s 32m12sSVWAG Game of the Year 2019 54m34sOther Categories 56m42s

Better late and wrong than never wrong, am I right? Wait, that doesn't make sense. Suffice to say that we wanted to be as certain as we could this year, as past years offered rather significant asterisks on our best-of lists--but this year, with only minor exceptions, we're pretty confident we played the games most likely to make the cut. I'm sure this sense of certainty and comprehensiveness will last perhaps as long as late January.Games Played Last Week:-Blood Rage 2m09s (Eric Lang, CMON, 2015)-It's a Wonderful World 4m40s (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2019)-Battle for Biternia 8m03s (Chris Faulkenberry, Stone Circle Games, 2018)-Istanbul 12m58s (Rudiger Dorn, Pegasus Spiele, 2014)-Marvel Champions: The Card Game 15m30s (Michael Boggs, Nate French, & Caleb Grace, FFG, 2019)-Codenames: The Simpsons 16m06s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter):-Kemet 2.0: Blood and Sand Updates 19m01s-Mixlore and Prospero Hall 20m13s-Cosmic Encounter Two-Player? 21m01s-FFG's RPG Last Gasp: KeyForge 22m07s-Traintopia: All Trains, All the Time Is Back! 22m45s-Pascal Bernard v. Mythic Games 23m27s-Kolossal Games' Ongoing Eclipse Shenanigans 24m25s-Riot Games to Publish New Boardgames 29m31s-Patreon News: Presents! 30m16s Topic: 2019 in Review ExtravaganzaPersonal Top 10s 32m12sSVWAG Game of the Year 2019 54m34sOther Categories 56m42s

Perhaps it would be inevitable that there would be juvenile comments about the components in Catan: Starfarers. This is, after all, the gaming series that brought us endless unfunny remarks about wood and sheep. Perhaps the sculptors for the pieces knew what they were doing and, in turn, laughing at us. I suppose we must be thankful that Klaus Teuber remained high-minded--one shudders to imagine what the satirical outlook of, say, Vlaada Chvatil would have done with the same material.Games Played Last Week: -Street Masters: Aftershock 2m18s (Adam & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2019)-Big City: 20th Anniversary Jumbo Edition! 4m51s (Franz-Benno Delonge, Mercury Games, 2019)-Wavelength 7m46s (Alex Hague, Justin Vickers, & Wolfgang Warsch, Palm Court, 2019)-Warfighter: The Private Military Contractor Card Game 10m32s (Dan Verssen, DVG Games, 2019)-The Shipwreck Arcana 15m42s (Kevin Bishop, Meromorph Games, 2017)-Yggdrasil Chronicles 17m26s (Cédric Lefebvre, Ludonaute, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter):-Tokyo Game Market 21m39s-Matagot Makes Pronoun Progress 22m00s-Spycon (Where Everyone Is a Spy) 23m46s-Warhammer Underworlds Digital 24m33s-Airship City in English 26m00s-Expanding Spheres of Influence 27m00s-Flotilla 29m07sFeature Game: Catan: Starfarers 30m08s (Klaus Teuber, KOSMOS, 2019)

Perhaps it would be inevitable that there would be juvenile comments about the components in Catan: Starfarers. This is, after all, the gaming series that brought us endless unfunny remarks about wood and sheep. Perhaps the sculptors for the pieces knew what they were doing and, in turn, laughing at us. I suppose we must be thankful that Klaus Teuber remained high-minded--one shudders to imagine what the satirical outlook of, say, Vlaada Chvatil would have done with the same material.Games Played Last Week: -Street Masters: Aftershock 2m18s (Adam & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2019)-Big City: 20th Anniversary Jumbo Edition! 4m51s (Franz-Benno Delonge, Mercury Games, 2019)-Wavelength 7m46s (Alex Hague, Justin Vickers, & Wolfgang Warsch, Palm Court, 2019)-Warfighter: The Private Military Contractor Card Game 10m32s (Dan Verssen, DVG Games, 2019)-The Shipwreck Arcana 15m42s (Kevin Bishop, Meromorph Games, 2017)-Yggdrasil Chronicles 17m26s (Cédric Lefebvre, Ludonaute, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter):-Tokyo Game Market 21m39s-Matagot Makes Pronoun Progress 22m00s-Spycon (Where Everyone Is a Spy) 23m46s-Warhammer Underworlds Digital 24m33s-Airship City in English 26m00s-Expanding Spheres of Influence 27m00s-Flotilla 29m07sFeature Game: Catan: Starfarers 30m08s (Klaus Teuber, KOSMOS, 2019)

As the holidays draw near, it's time for a smaller and more intimate podcast crew (also because Mike and Jayson were both traveling). Sandi returns to help us discuss solitaire games, for those times when you are just sick of dealing with people. We discover two engravings from the late 17th century that show the first evidence of a formal solitaire game. It's even older than Cracker Barrel! The mere mention of Vlaada Chvatil's name renders us briefly incapable of saying words. Sandi asks what Charles Darwin has to do with Robinson Crusoe. (Answer: islands, we think) In return, we ask Sandi about the worst game Frank has ever made her play. As always, we appreciate your listening and wold love to hear your comments on any or all of these sources, and especially a review on iTunes if you have the time and inclination! Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com Email: ascentofboardgames@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ascentofgames Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/ Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under 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!

Panelists: Frank DiLorenzo, Darrell Ottery, Thomas Provoost, Vlaada Chvatil, Rikki Tahta

Panelists: Frank DiLorenzo, Darrell Ottery, Thomas Provoost, Vlaada Chvatil, Rikki Tahta

Panelists: Frank DiLorenzo, Darrell Ottery, Thomas Provoost, Vlaada Chvatil, Rikki Tahta

Summer is here, friends and neighbours, and with it comes a a thickening of the blood that prompts torpor. We here at SVWAG are part lizard, you see, and so we must budget additional time to sun ourselves and slough off our scales. At any rate, we will be shifting to a summer schedule but still releasing an episode every week--though the magic of segment-swapping. How can such wizardry be true? The secrets are revealed herein!AYURIS: Mage Knight 2m10s (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011)Games Played Last Week: -Imperius 5m36s (Grant Rodiek, Kolossal Games, 2018)-Bärenpark 7m18s (Phil Walker-Harding, Lookout, 2017)-Burning Suns 10m05s (Emil Larson, SunTzuGames, 2013)-Downfall 13m11s (John D. Clair, Tasty Minstrel, 2019)-Adrenaline: Team Play DLC 15m41s (Filip Neduk, Czech Games Edition, 2018)-Pandemic: Fall of Rome 17m39s (Matt Leacock & Paolo Mori, Z-Man, 2018)-Space Cadets: Dice Duel 19m25s (Geoff Engelstein and Sydney Engelstein, Stronghold, 2013)-Gentes: Deluxified Edition 21m14s (Stefan Risthaus, Tasty Minstrel, 2018)-Roll for the Galaxy 24m53s (Wei-Hwa Huang & Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande, 2014)-Brook City 26m54s (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Trick Shot on Kickstarter 31m16s-No dice for BloodBorne 32m36s-Pax Renaissance goes deluxe but not -ified 33m08s-Die Macher improves its graphics 34m18s-Cleopatra, comin' at ya (Clone High fans? Anyone?) 36m00s-Scythe goes modular, jumps shark? 37m03sTopic: Good Games that Induce Pain 38m07s

Summer is here, friends and neighbours, and with it comes a a thickening of the blood that prompts torpor. We here at SVWAG are part lizard, you see, and so we must budget additional time to sun ourselves and slough off our scales. At any rate, we will be shifting to a summer schedule but still releasing an episode every week--though the magic of segment-swapping. How can such wizardry be true? The secrets are revealed herein!AYURIS: Mage Knight 2m10s (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011)Games Played Last Week: -Imperius 5m36s (Grant Rodiek, Kolossal Games, 2018)-Bärenpark 7m18s (Phil Walker-Harding, Lookout, 2017)-Burning Suns 10m05s (Emil Larson, SunTzuGames, 2013)-Downfall 13m11s (John D. Clair, Tasty Minstrel, 2019)-Adrenaline: Team Play DLC 15m41s (Filip Neduk, Czech Games Edition, 2018)-Pandemic: Fall of Rome 17m39s (Matt Leacock & Paolo Mori, Z-Man, 2018)-Space Cadets: Dice Duel 19m25s (Geoff Engelstein and Sydney Engelstein, Stronghold, 2013)-Gentes: Deluxified Edition 21m14s (Stefan Risthaus, Tasty Minstrel, 2018)-Roll for the Galaxy 24m53s (Wei-Hwa Huang & Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande, 2014)-Brook City 26m54s (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Trick Shot on Kickstarter 31m16s-No dice for BloodBorne 32m36s-Pax Renaissance goes deluxe but not -ified 33m08s-Die Macher improves its graphics 34m18s-Cleopatra, comin' at ya (Clone High fans? Anyone?) 36m00s-Scythe goes modular, jumps shark? 37m03sTopic: Good Games that Induce Pain 38m07s

Here's the thing, at least as Mark understands it: acquired tastes are weird. Some things are great the first time. Furthermore, some things are easy and great the first time. Take chocolate, for example. Most people start out champs at eating chocolate. Mark tried to get good at something once, but he found out that requires effort. Who has time for ten thousand hours when there's elite-level candy consumption to be had? Walker on the other hand laments Mark's narrow little horizons. AYURIS: Space Alert 2m59s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2008)Games Played Last Week: -Warpgate 4m22s (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2018)-Caverna: The Cave Farmers 6m38s (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2013)-Codenames 8m10s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2015)-KeyForge: Call of the Archons 9m29s (Richard Garfield, Fantasy Flight, 2018)-Intrigue 10m06s (Stefan Dorra, AMIGO, 1994)-Combat Commander: Europe 14m13s (Chad Jensen, GMT, 2006)-Aristeia! 16m39s (Alberto Abal, Jesús Fuster, & David Rosillo, Corvus Belli, 2017)-Pax Renaissance 19m01s (Phil Eklund & Matt Eklund, Sierra Madre Games, 2016)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Spread the Love Letter, spread the pain 21m59s-In Defiance of the glut of dungeon crawlers 22m58s-Conflick in the Neutral Zone, again 25m35s-Scramble for outrage in wargamer land 26m37sFeature Game: Catacombs 3rd ed. 28m44 (Ryan Amos, Marc Kelsey, & Aron West, Elzra Corp., 2015)Topic: Mastering a Game 49m35s

Here's the thing, at least as Mark understands it: acquired tastes are weird. Some things are great the first time. Furthermore, some things are easy and great the first time. Take chocolate, for example. Most people start out champs at eating chocolate. Mark tried to get good at something once, but he found out that requires effort. Who has time for ten thousand hours when there's elite-level candy consumption to be had? Walker on the other hand laments Mark's narrow little horizons. AYURIS: Space Alert 2m59s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2008)Games Played Last Week: -Warpgate 4m22s (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2018)-Caverna: The Cave Farmers 6m38s (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2013)-Codenames 8m10s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2015)-KeyForge: Call of the Archons 9m29s (Richard Garfield, Fantasy Flight, 2018)-Intrigue 10m06s (Stefan Dorra, AMIGO, 1994)-Combat Commander: Europe 14m13s (Chad Jensen, GMT, 2006)-Aristeia! 16m39s (Alberto Abal, Jesús Fuster, & David Rosillo, Corvus Belli, 2017)-Pax Renaissance 19m01s (Phil Eklund & Matt Eklund, Sierra Madre Games, 2016)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Spread the Love Letter, spread the pain 21m59s-In Defiance of the glut of dungeon crawlers 22m58s-Conflick in the Neutral Zone, again 25m35s-Scramble for outrage in wargamer land 26m37sFeature Game: Catacombs 3rd ed. 28m44 (Ryan Amos, Marc Kelsey, & Aron West, Elzra Corp., 2015)Topic: Mastering a Game 49m35s

Constant vigilance is the price of audio quality, and we apologize for how badly that struggle has been going of late. Walker prostrates himself before the altar of Bars, and Bars we achieve, but the nature of those Bars have been fickle. Their shape and pattern cannot be properly contained or channeled, and thus they spurn us and assault your ears. Rest assured that we are consulting the augurs and they are poring over the entrails of many a cassette tape in order to discern how we may appease the Bars. But yeah, it's totally Mark's fault.We have a Patreon, if you're inclined to support us.Games Played Last Week: -XCOM: The Boardgame--Evolution 1m51s (Samuel Bailey & Mark Larson, Fantasy Flight, 2016)-Quest for El Dorado: Heroes and Hexes 2m56s (Reiner Knizia, Ravensburger, 2018)-Kitchen Rush 5m59s (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Dávid Turczi, Artipia, 2017)-Codenames 6m59s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2015)-Wildlands 9m18s (Martin Wallace, Osprey, 2018)-Scythe: The Rise of Fenris 14m44s (Ryan Lopez DeVinaspre & Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier, 2018)-Tobago 18m40s (Bruce Allen, Zoch Verlag, 2009)-This Guilty Land 19m42s (Tom Russell, Hollandspiele, 2018)News (and why it doesn't matter)-FFG Returns to Lord of the Rings 24m27s-Wolff Designaa in 2019: Guards and Tricks 26m11s-Snakes and Lattes unhinges its jaw and expands 27m41s-Suburbia's custom colours 28m12sFeature Game: New Frontiers 29m43s (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande, 2018)Topic: How Many Versions Is Too Many? 58m30sPatreon Summary 1h12m11s

Constant vigilance is the price of audio quality, and we apologize for how badly that struggle has been going of late. Walker prostrates himself before the altar of Bars, and Bars we achieve, but the nature of those Bars have been fickle. Their shape and pattern cannot be properly contained or channeled, and thus they spurn us and assault your ears. Rest assured that we are consulting the augurs and they are poring over the entrails of many a cassette tape in order to discern how we may appease the Bars. But yeah, it's totally Mark's fault.We have a Patreon, if you're inclined to support us.Games Played Last Week: -XCOM: The Boardgame--Evolution 1m51s (Samuel Bailey & Mark Larson, Fantasy Flight, 2016)-Quest for El Dorado: Heroes and Hexes 2m56s (Reiner Knizia, Ravensburger, 2018)-Kitchen Rush 5m59s (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Dávid Turczi, Artipia, 2017)-Codenames 6m59s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2015)-Wildlands 9m18s (Martin Wallace, Osprey, 2018)-Scythe: The Rise of Fenris 14m44s (Ryan Lopez DeVinaspre & Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier, 2018)-Tobago 18m40s (Bruce Allen, Zoch Verlag, 2009)-This Guilty Land 19m42s (Tom Russell, Hollandspiele, 2018)News (and why it doesn't matter)-FFG Returns to Lord of the Rings 24m27s-Wolff Designaa in 2019: Guards and Tricks 26m11s-Snakes and Lattes unhinges its jaw and expands 27m41s-Suburbia's custom colours 28m12sFeature Game: New Frontiers 29m43s (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande, 2018)Topic: How Many Versions Is Too Many? 58m30sPatreon Summary 1h12m11s

Reading your audience is a hard thing, and not even just when blasting your errant opinions over the interwebs. Mark couldn't read the room when Walker requested a certain game, and that didn't end well. Walker couldn't perceive Mark's growing misgivings about the feature game. This one time I thought a baby boy was a baby girl and the parents were very offended. Life is hard!Games Played Last Week: -Star Realms 2m19s (Robert Dougherty & Darwin Kastle, White Wizard, 2014)-Amun-Re: The Card Game 4m59s (Reiner Knizia, Super Meeple, 2017)-Endeavor: The Age of Sail 7m03s (Carl de Visser & Jarratt Gray, Burnt Island Games, 2018)-Ortus Regni 9m26s (Jon Sudbury, Jon Sudbury Games, 2014)-Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Jabba's Realm 12m02s (Todd Michlitsch & Paul Winchester, FFG, 2017)-Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu 13m10s (Matt Leacock & Chuck D. Yager, Z-Man, 2016)-Mage Knight Board Game 15m42s (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011)-Race for the Galaxy: The Brink of War 18m25s (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2010)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Fighting games have sequels, so too must Street Masters 19m45s-Carcassonne goes on safari 21m48s-The Grail lost? 22m44sFeature Game: 24m24s-Battle for Rokugan (Molly Glover & Tom Jolly, Fantasy Flight, 2017)Topic: Gateway Games 51m50s

Reading your audience is a hard thing, and not even just when blasting your errant opinions over the interwebs. Mark couldn't read the room when Walker requested a certain game, and that didn't end well. Walker couldn't perceive Mark's growing misgivings about the feature game. This one time I thought a baby boy was a baby girl and the parents were very offended. Life is hard!Games Played Last Week: -Star Realms 2m19s (Robert Dougherty & Darwin Kastle, White Wizard, 2014)-Amun-Re: The Card Game 4m59s (Reiner Knizia, Super Meeple, 2017)-Endeavor: The Age of Sail 7m03s (Carl de Visser & Jarratt Gray, Burnt Island Games, 2018)-Ortus Regni 9m26s (Jon Sudbury, Jon Sudbury Games, 2014)-Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Jabba's Realm 12m02s (Todd Michlitsch & Paul Winchester, FFG, 2017)-Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu 13m10s (Matt Leacock & Chuck D. Yager, Z-Man, 2016)-Mage Knight Board Game 15m42s (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011)-Race for the Galaxy: The Brink of War 18m25s (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2010)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Fighting games have sequels, so too must Street Masters 19m45s-Carcassonne goes on safari 21m48s-The Grail lost? 22m44sFeature Game: 24m24s-Battle for Rokugan (Molly Glover & Tom Jolly, Fantasy Flight, 2017)Topic: Gateway Games 51m50s

How'd we get through 36 episodes without doing a deep-dive into the oeuvre of our favorite designer? This oversight has now been fixed, as Marc and Matt talk about every single game Vlaada Chvatil has ever made. 5:20 - Arena: Morituri te salutant6:55 - Prophecy8:27 - Sherwood10:23 - Through The Ages25:51 - Graenaland27:14 - Kámen – Zbraně – Papír 28:05 - Galaxy Trucker34:16 - Space Alert36:48 - Dungeon Lords48:24 - Bunny Bunny Moose Moose49:50 - Babes In The Wood50:33 - Travel Blog51:02 - Sneaks and Snitches51:41 - Pictomania56:50 - Dungeon Petz1:02:18 - Mage Knight1:05:24 - Tash Kalar1:08:08 - Codenames1:11:26 - Codenames: Duet1:14:29 - Star Trek Frontiers1:15:28 - That's A Question!1:17:29 - Design Consistencies: Humor1:19:52 - Design Consistencies: Complexity As Mechanism1:22:44 - Design Consistencies: Inelegance1:26:30 - Design Consistencies: Mean Games1:28:03 - Design Consistencies: Multiple Success Tiers Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

After a grueling day of board gaming, Donnie and Will sit down to babble middle-of-the-night thoughts about the beautifully frustrating and enthrallingly complex Through the Ages, by designer Vlaada Chvatil. There are a lot of rules. A lot. Of rules.

This week I invite the designer of Redacted, Anachrony and the upcoming Dice Settlers, David Turczi into the cabin. We discuss the corruption of his home country, moving to a foreign land and working with Vlaada Chvatil, but which games did he choose?

This podcast scales seamlessly from 2 to an in finite number of listeners, but we're not nearly that optimistic. Walker sometimes dreams of a solo mode, but sadly Mark insists on speaking. Mark and Walker again turn to Vlaada Chvatil, a designer who loves idiosyncrasy and detail--sometimes to excess. Walker asks if it would be appropriate to rant, and Mark gladly lets him off leash. Games Played Last Week:-Railroad Tycoon/Railways of the World 1m52s (Glenn Drover & Martin Wallace, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2005)-House of Borgia 3m13s (Scott Almes, Gamelyn Games, 2017)-Ex Libris 5m24s (Ada P. McIver, Renegade Game Studios, 2017)-Situation 7 7m27s (Marvin Glass, Parker Brothers, 1969)-Biblios 10m47s (Steve Finn, Iello, 2007)-Corporate America 13m15s (Teale Fristoe, Nothing Sacred Games, 2013)-Winner's Circle 14m36s (Reiner Knizia, Face2Face, 2001)-Rheinlander 15m30s (Reiner Knizia, Face2Face, 1999)News (and why it doesn't matter)-7 Wonders expands, Walker sighs 16m32s-SVWAG expands, Walker sighs 17m37s-Renegade Arboretum 18m41s Feature Game: Mage Knight: The Board Game 20m25s (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011)Topic: Player Scaling 51m39s

This podcast scales seamlessly from 2 to an in finite number of listeners, but we're not nearly that optimistic. Walker sometimes dreams of a solo mode, but sadly Mark insists on speaking. Mark and Walker again turn to Vlaada Chvatil, a designer who loves idiosyncrasy and detail--sometimes to excess. Walker asks if it would be appropriate to rant, and Mark gladly lets him off leash. Games Played Last Week:-Railroad Tycoon/Railways of the World 1m52s (Glenn Drover & Martin Wallace, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2005)-House of Borgia 3m13s (Scott Almes, Gamelyn Games, 2017)-Ex Libris 5m24s (Ada P. McIver, Renegade Game Studios, 2017)-Situation 7 7m27s (Marvin Glass, Parker Brothers, 1969)-Biblios 10m47s (Steve Finn, Iello, 2007)-Corporate America 13m15s (Teale Fristoe, Nothing Sacred Games, 2013)-Winner's Circle 14m36s (Reiner Knizia, Face2Face, 2001)-Rheinlander 15m30s (Reiner Knizia, Face2Face, 1999)News (and why it doesn't matter)-7 Wonders expands, Walker sighs 16m32s-SVWAG expands, Walker sighs 17m37s-Renegade Arboretum 18m41s Feature Game: Mage Knight: The Board Game 20m25s (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011)Topic: Player Scaling 51m39s

We adopt a policy of firm opposition to irresolvable paradoxes here at So Very Wrong About Games. Then again, everything we say is wrong, so take that for what it is worth. Don't even ask us about sets not containing themselves. We turn our attention to Vlaada Chvatil's work for the first time, and ruminate about multiplayer conflict games and how they often fail. Also, swimwear...? And "cascades of nightmarish terribleness," which might become our new podcast name.Games Played Last Week:-World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch 1m10s (Fel Barros, Christophe Madura, Alexandru Olteanu, David Rakoto, & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2018)-Concordia 2m59s (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2013)-Meeple Circus 8m30s (Cedric Millet, Matagot, 2017)-Clans of Caledonia 10m13s (Juma Al-Joujou, Karma Games, 2017)-Rum & Bones: Second Tide 11m31s (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2017)-Warfighter 13m59s (Dan Verssen, DVG, 2014)News (and why it doesn't matter)-April Fools disappointment roundup 16m06s-More Mystic, more Vale 17m25s-More Gloom, more Haven 17m51sFeature Game: Space Alert 19m21s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2008)Topic: Problems in Multiplayer Conflict Games 43m33s

We adopt a policy of firm opposition to irresolvable paradoxes here at So Very Wrong About Games. Then again, everything we say is wrong, so take that for what it is worth. Don't even ask us about sets not containing themselves. We turn our attention to Vlaada Chvatil's work for the first time, and ruminate about multiplayer conflict games and how they often fail. Also, swimwear...? And "cascades of nightmarish terribleness," which might become our new podcast name.Games Played Last Week:-World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch 1m10s (Fel Barros, Christophe Madura, Alexandru Olteanu, David Rakoto, & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2018)-Concordia 2m59s (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2013)-Meeple Circus 8m30s (Cedric Millet, Matagot, 2017)-Clans of Caledonia 10m13s (Juma Al-Joujou, Karma Games, 2017)-Rum & Bones: Second Tide 11m31s (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2017)-Warfighter 13m59s (Dan Verssen, DVG, 2014)News (and why it doesn't matter)-April Fools disappointment roundup 16m06s-More Mystic, more Vale 17m25s-More Gloom, more Haven 17m51sFeature Game: Space Alert 19m21s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2008)Topic: Problems in Multiplayer Conflict Games 43m33s

Mark has a bit of an identity crisis, but his devotion to his listeners will see him through. Walker, as is his wont, merely patiently rolls his eyes-especially when Mark almost tries to get him to review a game they've only played once. The insolence! Games Played Last Week:-Rising Sun 2m14s (Eric Lang, CMON, 2018)-Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn 11m31s (James Kniffen, Fantasy Flight, 2017)-Domaine 13m27s (Klaus Teuber, KOSMOS, 2003)-Tigris & Euphrates 14m56s (Reiner Knizia, Hans im Gluck, 1997)-Codenames 15m34s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2015)-Star Trek: Ascendancy 16m19s (Aaron Dill, John Kovaleski & Sean Sweigart, Gale Force Nine, 2016)-One Deck Dungeon 17m30s (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2016)News (and why it doesn't matter):-Asmodee Buys Something Important 20m18s-Walker at Cons 23m15s-A Wrinkle in Time License 24m02s-Games Workshop Tolerates File Submissions on BGG 25m12sFeature Game: Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (Tobey Ho, Grey Fox, 2014) and Deception: Undercover Allies (2018)Topic: Hidden Game States 55m31s

Mark has a bit of an identity crisis, but his devotion to his listeners will see him through. Walker, as is his wont, merely patiently rolls his eyes-especially when Mark almost tries to get him to review a game they've only played once. The insolence! Games Played Last Week:-Rising Sun 2m14s (Eric Lang, CMON, 2018)-Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn 11m31s (James Kniffen, Fantasy Flight, 2017)-Domaine 13m27s (Klaus Teuber, KOSMOS, 2003)-Tigris & Euphrates 14m56s (Reiner Knizia, Hans im Gluck, 1997)-Codenames 15m34s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2015)-Star Trek: Ascendancy 16m19s (Aaron Dill, John Kovaleski & Sean Sweigart, Gale Force Nine, 2016)-One Deck Dungeon 17m30s (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2016)News (and why it doesn't matter):-Asmodee Buys Something Important 20m18s-Walker at Cons 23m15s-A Wrinkle in Time License 24m02s-Games Workshop Tolerates File Submissions on BGG 25m12sFeature Game: Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (Tobey Ho, Grey Fox, 2014) and Deception: Undercover Allies (2018)Topic: Hidden Game States 55m31s

Mark and Walker switch roles this week in a stunning reversal. Walker avoids telling Mark to "get good," but it's a close thing only narrowly avoided. In Walker's defense, Mark really should git gud--as has been noted by many a scholar and physician. They discuss the redevelopment of Terra Mystica called Gaia Project, and then they generalize to how publishers sometimes mess up new editions of their games. Mark's sanity is questioned throughout; probably a sound policy.Games Played Last Week:-Stone Age 1m17s (Bernd Brunnhofer, Hans im Gluck, 2008)-Corporate America 3m44s (Teale Fristoe, Nothing Sacred Games, 2013)-Scythe: The Wind Gambit 8m12s (Kai Starck & Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2017)-Mythic Battles: Pantheon 9m55s (Eric Bourlett & Benoit Vogt, Monolith, 2017) -Galaxy Trucker 14m26s (Vlaada Chvatil, Czech Games Edition, 2007)News (and why it doesn't matter):-Asmodee Buys Something 18m01s-ShipNaked and Dan Yarrington's Run-in with Phil Eklund 18m20sFeature Game: Gaia Project 22m06s (Jens Drögemüller & Helge Ostertag, Feuerland Spiele, 2017) Topic: Reskins & Second Editions 45m40s

Mark and Walker switch roles this week in a stunning reversal. Walker avoids telling Mark to "get good," but it's a close thing only narrowly avoided. In Walker's defense, Mark really should git gud--as has been noted by many a scholar and physician. They discuss the redevelopment of Terra Mystica called Gaia Project, and then they generalize to how publishers sometimes mess up new editions of their games. Mark's sanity is questioned throughout; probably a sound policy.Games Played Last Week:-Stone Age 1m17s (Bernd Brunnhofer, Hans im Gluck, 2008)-Corporate America 3m44s (Teale Fristoe, Nothing Sacred Games, 2013)-Scythe: The Wind Gambit 8m12s (Kai Starck & Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2017)-Mythic Battles: Pantheon 9m55s (Eric Bourlett & Benoit Vogt, Monolith, 2017) -Galaxy Trucker 14m26s (Vlaada Chvatil, Czech Games Edition, 2007)News (and why it doesn't matter):-Asmodee Buys Something 18m01s-ShipNaked and Dan Yarrington's Run-in with Phil Eklund 18m20sFeature Game: Gaia Project 22m06s (Jens Drögemüller & Helge Ostertag, Feuerland Spiele, 2017) Topic: Reskins & Second Editions 45m40s

Our most heated debate yet! Join Marc, Matt, and Orion as we discuss the merits of Vlaada Chvatil's massive adventure game: Mage Knight. Is it a masterpiece of design or merely "fine"? Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

In this special episode, Chris, Darrell, and TC are joined by guests Brad Smoley and Eric Handler for a special “live” recap from Origins Game Fair! Join the fabulous five for impressions of hot games like Century: Spice Road, Honshu, Master of Orion, Bärenpark, and Dairyman, plus adventures in trivia, the joys of an official Unpub room, Vital Lacerda, an undercover Bruno Cathala, Eric almost dies on air, and more!

We have impressions of a couple heavy hitters including Broom Service, The Pillars of the Earth, and the massive War of the Ring. Then in the main topic, Emily and I talk about the eclectic designer Vlaada Chvatil and which of his games that we've played offer a great two player experience! War of the Ring (Second Edition) - 01:48 The Pillars of the Earth - 11:05 Jamaica - 16:16 Broom Service - 20:24 Vlaada Chvatil's games for two players - 28:10

Q: When is a Mage also a Knight. A: Only when you can Ranged Attack 3 by using a white mana token on your Swiftness card to knock out a werehorse before it can kick you. That's right, kids: we talk about Mage Knight this week, and then have another round of Elephant v. Library. Adventure! Excitement! Hot, creamy dog barf! The Mildly Alarming Podcast. Intro Gag: Comin' to ya live from the Jungle of Hair, I'm Johannes Stauffer and with me as always is a man called The Juicebeard, and this is the Mildly Alarming Podcast. Episode 90210: The Tragedy of Sir Roland Cruspick Twun and His Many Dogs Segment 1: Game Review - Mage Knight As promised, here is an image of some Mage Knight monster tokens. Witness their arcane iconography! Episode Sponsor: The How-ta-do Show with Leon and Beardy Paul Segment 2: Elephant vs. Library - Round 2 Remember to vote for the winner on Twitter! Follow the links below for each individual poll. Round 1: Queen vs. Bruce Springsteen Round 2: Darius vs. Maurice Round 3: Dynamite vs. Paper Outro Gag: Skooshy's No-slip Shower Fungus Music in this episode: "Cowboy Sting" and "Comic Hero" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons By Attribution 3.0

#BoardChitless Episode 3 - Race for the Mars Bars! This week's edition of Board Chitless sees Leki, Tristan, Sam and Dave talk about Race for the Galaxy and Terraforming Mars. Paul Grogan from Gaming Rules! also drops by to talk about his work creating board game rule tutorial videos, rule editing with Vlaada Chvatil and designing expansions for Mage Knight. Spotted an angle that we missed? Join our Facebook page and let us know https://www.facebook.com/groups/428015890882352/

I poddens tjugiofjärde avsnitt kör vi en hyllning till den genialiska speldesignern Vlaada Chvatil. Vi pratar om vem han är, vad som gör honom så bra och vilka spel vi tycker bäst om i hans katalog. När vi kommer till spelade spel börjar vi just med Vlaada Chvatils Dungeon Lords för att sedan höra om Reiner Knizias tolkning av en klassiker i Carcassone: The Castle. Niklas pratar den moderna deckbuildern Clank! och Anders lever långt och prosperar(eh?) i Star Trek: Ascendancy. Sen berättar vi om lite nyheter, kickstarters och events som är aktuella. Avsnittet avslutas med en topplista där vi pratar om de spel vi verkligen önskar vi fick spela oftare.

Shelley and I discuss our plays of Codenames Pictures, the sequel to CGE's bestseller, then talk about the HUGE Z-Man/Feuerland release Feast for Odin. Codenames Pictures by Vlaada Chvatil from CGE and Feast for Odin by Uwe Rosenberg from Z-Man/Feuerland Spiele

¡Bienvenidos jugadores! Hoy hablamos de uno de los diseñadores de juegos de mesa más polivalentes del mercado, Vlaada Chvatil. Repasamos su biografía lúdica y además hablamos de Dungeon Lords, un juego donde seremos el dueño de mazmorra más malo del todo. ¡Adelante! Contenido: [0:00] Intro [1:16] El Mojo - Vlaada Chvatil [36:00] Curiosidades sobre Vlaada Chvatil -Dungeon Lords- [47:05] Introducción [47:50] Ficha técnica [48:52] Componentes y arte gráfico [53:55] ¿Qué es Dungeon Lords? -Faqs- [1:01:00] Dungeon Lords y Dungeon Petz... ¿Tienen algo que ver? [1:02:20] Aspectos mecánicos que nos gustan [1:05:40] Nº de jugadores ideal [1:07:50] Complejidad del juego [1:11:45]Publico Objetivo [1:15:57] Lo Mejor / Lo Peor Comentarios: -La Llamada era de Vlaada, para pedirnos royalties por hablar de su vida :p -Cuando dije "música sueca" quise decir "música checa" pues Vlaada es checo. Vías de contacto: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElDadoUnico/?ref=bookmarks Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElDadoUnico E-mail: contacto@eldadounico.es Música utilizada: Intro/outro: Josh Woodward - Incoherent

Panelists: Tom Grant of I've Been Diced Tom Jones, recurring panelist Chad Mekash, frequent podcast and BGG contributor The trivia is about the Czech Republic, which the panelist know more about than they expect! The gaming conversation is about one of our favorite designers, Vlaada Chvatil. The panel talks about what makes Vlaada unique and his more influential designs. They also talk briefly about his more obscure designs, discovering that there are some that they hope to play (Bunny Bunny Moose Moose, anyone?). 

We discuss Galaxy Trucker Anniversary Edition, a game for 2-5 players by Vlaada Chvatil and published by Czech Games Edition

The Long View   In this episode of The Long View, we delve into Mage Knight the Board Game. Can this game possibly be as good as all of the hype? Will it stand the test of time? To try to answer these questions and more, I am joined by Jesse Dean and Paul Grogan. We examine the game in depth, and Paul shares news with us of an upcoming expansion for this fascinating, complex and thematic game. Thanks to 2d6.org for hosting, and thank you for listening! ~ Geof Gambill      

We chat with designer Vlaada Chvatil about his newest title, Dungeon Petz from Czech Games Editions.

We chat with designer Vlaada Chvatil about his newest title, Dungeon Petz from Czech Games Editions.

We chat with designer Vlaada Chvatil about his newest title, Dungeon Petz from Czech Games Editions.

Finally, this is the forth and last of a series of four interviews I did on my visist to the SPIEL 2011 in Essen. All of these shows have been done in English (since the Germans somehow managed to evade my microphones). I hope, you can cope with my teutonic English for the sake of the interviewees. I planned to have the interviews up during SPIEL, but it turns out that editing takes a lot more raw hardware power than recording and my mobile equipment was ill-fitted for this purpose. Thus, the interviews are late. I'm sorry for that. This concluding interview is with Vlaada Chvatil from Czech Games Edition who had a small but crowded booth at the SPIEL 2011. Vlaada is a well-known Czech board game designer, famous for Galaxy Trucker, Space Alert, Dungeon Lords, his newest games Pictomania and Dungeon Petz and quite a couple more games which have been published internationally. We talk about his game design philosophy and cycle, how his designs come about, his build-and-wreak-havoc-upon-style games and a couple more smaller topics. If you have not yet played any of his games, try some. He's got something for almost everyone! So, I hope you liked the small series! If you have any suggestions or other feedback, please let me know. After all, that is the best way to improve for future interviews. So, let me know! 17:17 minutes (11.91 MB)