#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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