#107: Get It Right the First Time
Board Game Barrage30 Tammi 2020

#107: Get It Right the First Time

You only get one chance to play a game for the first time, but sometimes events conspire to make that debut ... less than ideal. We look at some first plays that could've gone better, examine what contributed to them not delivering, and offer advice on how to make sure your brand new game doesn't stumble out the gate.

02:34 - Rumble Nation
10:16 - Neuroshima Hex
12:07 - Macao
14:05 - In the Year of the Dragon
21:24 - It's a Wonderful World
23:46 - Carnival of Monsters
25:51 - 7 Wonders
26:12 - Terraforming Mars
30:28 - Better First Plays
31:00 - Brass: Birmingham
35:18 - Dominion
37:01 - Race for the Galaxy
38:21 - Empyreal: Spells & Steam
42:53 - Endeavor
46:31 - Dixit
49:12 - Awkward Guests

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#185: The Most Important Meal of the Day

#185: The Most Important Meal of the Day

It's board games for dinner, but we're not just throwing whatever we could find on your plate. No, we've got menus. We lay out our ideas for a four course board game meal, complete with appetizer, amu...

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#184: Science Based Friction

#184: Science Based Friction

Board game science is a delicate process, but thankfully BOB's here to help, in another BGB Battle of Board (Games)! This week, we're pitting our favourite science fiction themed games against each ot...

29 Heinä 20211h 8min

#183: Catch a Falling Wallace ...?

#183: Catch a Falling Wallace ...?

Martin Wallace, titan of industry, man of steam and brass. He's made a lot of games, often involving trains, but sometimes also Cthulhu. We do a deep dive into the prolific designer's catalogue, in th...

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#182: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 101-200

#182: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 101-200

If you thought the Euro 2020 final was tense, wait until you listen to this episode. The next match in the world's most anticipated series is now here, as we continue down the BoardGameGeek top games ...

15 Heinä 20211h 9min

#181: Save Dat Money

#181: Save Dat Money

Look, we know, we don't exactly help matters, but this hobby can be expensive. So, to make up for fueling your FOMO, we're gonna lay out some of the ways that we consciously try to curb our board game...

8 Heinä 202159min

#180: The Rules of Investing

#180: The Rules of Investing

We often talk about the burden of rules, and how in some of our favourite games, they just get out of the way. But when is that burden worthwhile; what makes the price of a heavy rules overhead worth ...

1 Heinä 202156min

#179: Ignorance Is Bliss

#179: Ignorance Is Bliss

Sometimes it's best not to know, right? You've just played a game, and you liked it a lot, but you're not quite sure whether that faction is quite balanced, or the designers accounted for that winning...

24 Kesä 202149min

#178: The Power of Production

#178: The Power of Production

Because making board games is hard, it's not enough just to have some solid mechanics - the best games have a production that coheres with the design. We look at some examples of games where productio...

17 Kesä 202153min

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