#172: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game
Board Game Barrage6 Touko 2021

#172: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game

After last week's love-fest made us all uncomfortable, we had to get back to what do best, spirited in-fighting. To that end, we've devised three debates around the same core: is that often criticized mechanic a design problem, or a player problem? Before we pit designers against players, we talk about Red Rising, Via Magica, and Alma Mater.

00:48 - Golden Geek Awards
04:36 - Red Rising
14:21 - Rise of Augustus
14:53 - Via Magica
20:17 - Alma Mater
29:36 - Board Game Barrage Wiki!
32:26 - Design problem or player problem?
33:11 - Player elimination
36:47 - Skull
37:55 - Secret Hitler
38:29 - Food Chain Magnate
40:33 - Diplomacy
43:40 - Alpha gamers
46:34 - Spirit Island
47:00 - Pandemic
51:31 - Kingmaking
55:50 - Rising Sun
57:04 - Cthulhu Wars
57:42 - Inis

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#127: No Stupid Questions

#127: No Stupid Questions

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#126: So Very Wrong About Games

#126: So Very Wrong About Games

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#125: REwrite the Stars

#125: REwrite the Stars

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#124: Constraints You Can See

#124: Constraints You Can See

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#123: Filler Up

#123: Filler Up

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#122: Strongest Starter

#122: Strongest Starter

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#121: FANTASTIC Four with Mike Walker from So Very Wrong About Games

#121: FANTASTIC Four with Mike Walker from So Very Wrong About Games

Mike Walker from So Very Wrong About Games joins us to talk about games that we add to our collection, not for ourselves, but (gasp) for others. Sometimes you do what you have to placate your so-calle...

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#120: Light on the Horizon

#120: Light on the Horizon

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