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

#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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#49: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 20-11

#49: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 20-11

The end is nigh! If you squint just right you can see it from here. We're almost done counting down our favourite fifty games of all time, so join us in the penultimate part of our five part series. 0...

3 Jan 20191h 5min

#48: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 30-21

#48: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 30-21

Okay, we're past the middle. It's all downhill from here, but the good sort of downhill. We're counting down our fifty favourite board games, in part three of what the world is calling our most ambiti...

27 Des 20181h 4min

#47: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 40-31

#47: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 40-31

Ten down, forty to go ... It's part two of our all-time top fifty lists! What surprises await us in this, the second installment of our historic feature?! Find out with us as we celebrate some fantast...

20 Des 20181h 2min

#46: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 50-41

#46: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2018: 50-41

We're counting down to our 50th episode, and what better way than to give our definitive lists of our 50 favourite games of all time?! You've been asking for it, so we've only gone and done it. Brace ...

13 Des 20181h 1min

#45: Green Letter Episode?

#45: Green Letter Episode?

It's question time again! After last week's massive success, we couldn't resist the urge to have you, loyal listener, once more do all the work for us. Before we turn the microphones around, we also t...

6 Des 201845min

#44: Red Letter Episode

#44: Red Letter Episode

It's your time to shine! We field questions from you, our adoring fans, in our first ever Q&A episode. You sent us the important topical issues you've been yearning for our take on, and takes ye shall...

29 Nov 201846min

#43: My Triumphs, My Mistakes

#43: My Triumphs, My Mistakes

We're getting introspective this week, weighing up the mistakes we've made in our collections, and reflecting on our earlier selves. Would you reset your board game collection? What games might you no...

22 Nov 201856min

#42: We've Been Co-opted

#42: We've Been Co-opted

Not everything has to be a competition, because this week we're talking about cooperation. I know, it's weird, in some games, you're not actually trying to beat the other players! We're counting down ...

15 Nov 201855min

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