#142: Play Me a Memory

#142: Play Me a Memory

Blessed are the forgetful, because they don't have to play memory games? After all, games with a strong memory component often get a bad rap in the hobby. We look at some of the reasons why very few games want to test your memory, and just to be otherwise, we discuss some of our favourite games that do. Before we walk our mind palaces, we talk about Fort, Under Falling Skies, and Tellstones: King's Gambit.

01:47 - Fort
10:15 - Under Falling Skies
17:56 - Tellstones: King's Gambit
29:37 - Ghost Turkey 2020
32:52 - Memory as a Game Mechanic
38:43 - Carnival of Monsters
39:38 - Inis
42:01 - El Grande
45:51 - Modern Art
47:50 - Tigris & Euphrates
48:43 - Time's Up!
51:09 - Cthulhu Wars
53:08 - Heroes of Land, Air & Sea
56:03 - Aeon's End
57:24 - Dune

Check out Optimal Play's Tellstones playthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3x7oZRfCs0

Join the discussion at:
https://boardgamebarrage.com/discord

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#353: Getting it Just Right

#353: Getting it Just Right

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#352: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 10-1

#352: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 10-1

Well, we started this thing, so I guess we ought to finish it, as ill-advised as that might be. This is where all the chickens come home to roost, where we learn how badly we've set ourselves up to fa...

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#351: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 30-11

#351: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 30-11

Happy new year! We're back to continue the very peaceful, collaborative, kind endeavour that is coming together to harmoniously assemble our top 50 games. It's been nothing but chill, friendly vibes, ...

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#350: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 50-31

#350: Combined Top 50 Games of All-Time 2025 Draft: 50-31

Okay, things are a bit different this year. In honour of our 350th episode (a very important milestone), we're going to combine forces, like ... Voltron. I'm the head, and my left and right feet are h...

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#349: Anticipation Auction 2025 - And the Winner Is…

#349: Anticipation Auction 2025 - And the Winner Is…

Remember way back at the beginning of the year when we took some bets on what we thought the games of the year were gonna be? Well, all those good and bad decisions are back to help or haunt us, as we...

11 Des 202550min

#348: Got 'Em, Ghost Turkey

#348: Got 'Em, Ghost Turkey

Somehow Ghost Turkey returned. And you never saw it coming! That might be because we forgot to remind people that it's Thanksgiving, but never mind that, the important thing is you're fools. Not us th...

27 Nov 202522min

#347: Bob's Design

#347: Bob's Design

BGBBOB is back, and it's been long enough that you might need a reminder. Ten game designers enter the ring, and through the arduous process of one vs one battles, we arrive at our (and not just our, ...

13 Nov 20251h 11min

#346: It's One Bananagrams, How Much Could It Cost?

#346: It's One Bananagrams, How Much Could It Cost?

This episode is not about Bananagrams (at least, I don't think so), but it is about the price of things (though not Bananagrams specifically, shut up about Bananagrams). In a world where everything co...

30 Okt 202550min

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