#64: Are Games Even Fun?

#64: Are Games Even Fun?

We're being serious. Are board games a base line level of fun that we ought to take for granted? We're all together, we're all playing a game, that's better than doing nothing, right? It couldn't possibly be that simple with us. Before we arithmetise entertainment, we also talk about Tiny Towns, Zendo, and Escape Plan.

01:41 - Tiny Towns
07:23 - Zendo
13:24 - Escape Plan
29:52 - Are games fun no matter what?
38:05 - Horse Fever
38:39 - Dominant Species
39:35 - Loopin' Louie
44:46 - One Night Ultimate Werewolf

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#232: Transcontinental Mailbag Express

#232: Transcontinental Mailbag Express

We're spread across the world and time, so we do the thing we should never do; we put the questions to you. Yes, you! It's a mailbag episode, we're answering a trio, a trilogy, a trichopteran of your ...

30 Jun 20221h 7min

#231: Why Fight When You Can Negotiate?

#231: Why Fight When You Can Negotiate?

Yes, you could make the argument that every game is a negotiation game if you try hard enough, but for a lot of games it's more integral to the design. We look at games that we think integrate negotia...

23 Jun 202255min

#230: Worth the Weight

#230: Worth the Weight

While we tend to enjoy games across the whole spectrum, there's something particular about sinking your teeth into a really heavy game. But it's not always an easy prospect; conditions have to be just...

16 Jun 202257min

#229: The Positives of Being Negative

#229: The Positives of Being Negative

There's a lot of discourse lately about the pros and cons of negative board game coverage, and so of course we thought we ought to weigh in. Is there value in negative criticism versus positive, or sh...

9 Jun 20221h 4min

#228: Bob Is Beautiful

#228: Bob Is Beautiful

It's easy to get lost in mechanical discussions of games, and forget to appreciate them as physical creations. There can be beauty in games, and we're here to get to the heart of it the only way we kn...

2 Jun 20221h 21min

#227: Board Games: The Sequel: Part II: Electric Boogaloo

#227: Board Games: The Sequel: Part II: Electric Boogaloo

It doesn't happen as much as it does in other industries, but every so often the people at the top demand serialization. We're talking about sequels in board games, when they work, when they (super) d...

26 Mai 202257min

#226: Metapod

#226: Metapod

Metagaming is all about the game that exists within (and without) the game - it's everything that's not written in the rules. Whether that's something that emerges at your table, or in the community a...

19 Mai 20221h 6min

#225: Itchy, Tasty

#225: Itchy, Tasty

With the middle of the year rapidly approaching, we've acquired our fair share of games that we're really itching to play. We talk about what's recently made its way into our collections that we just ...

12 Mai 202254min

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