#179: Ignorance Is Bliss

#179: Ignorance Is Bliss

Sometimes it's best not to know, right? You've just played a game, and you liked it a lot, but you're not quite sure whether that faction is quite balanced, or the designers accounted for that winning strategy. Should you find out? Or is it better just to enjoy the game on its own merits? Before we disobey our thirst for knowledge, we talk about Genoa, Durian, The Search for Planet X, and Pavlov's House.

02:04 - Genoa
05:50 - Durian
10:52 - The Search for Planet X
20:57 - Pavlov's House
27:35 - Draft winners
31:30 - Pre/post-game research
33:17 - Splendor
35:30 - Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun
39:00 - Cthulhu Wars: Duel
39:46 - Chaos in the Old World
40:12 - Root
45:33 - Hallertau
46:39 - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization

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#321: Fire Away, Ghost Turkey

#321: Fire Away, Ghost Turkey

Gobble Bobble, here comes trouble in the form of a pairing we never thought we'd see - Bob and the Ghost Turkey have delivered us another holiday nightmare. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Before we tuc...

28 Nov 202456min

#320: We Played A Clump of Games!

#320: We Played A Clump of Games!

We've been to Las Vegas and back for the very unofficial recurring gathering we like to call BarrageCon (which is really just all of us hanging out at Mark's place). We had a lot of games lined up to ...

14 Nov 20241h 23min

#319: One Exception To Rule Them All

#319: One Exception To Rule Them All

I think it's fair to say at this point, that we've pretty firmly established each of our respective tastes when it comes to board games, whether it's for genre, theme, mechanic, whatever. There's alwa...

31 Okt 202440min

#318: A Mix of Things We'd Like To See with Mike DiLisio

#318: A Mix of Things We'd Like To See with Mike DiLisio

The Fandango Tank returns! The ever wonderful Mike DiLisio joins us again, this time to collectively cast our minds forward to some things we'd like to manifest into the board game future. We've got a...

17 Okt 20241h 8min

#317: Fantasy Draft: Overrated Games

#317: Fantasy Draft: Overrated Games

So we've done a lot of these drafts before, but I don't think we've done one quite like this. This time we're each trying to draft a set of five games that we think you might agree are incredibly over...

3 Okt 20241h 11min

#316: Four Heads Are Better Than One

#316: Four Heads Are Better Than One

I'm in a bit of a quandary here, because Mark told me not to tell you what this episode is even about, but I want this description to be, well, descriptive but he's glaring at me really hard, and maki...

19 Sep 202453min

#315: Essen SPIEL 2024 Hype List

#315: Essen SPIEL 2024 Hype List

We may or may not be going to Germany (who can say), but that's where all the good gaming is gonna be, so that's what we're gonna talk about. It's almost Essen SPIEL! That sure is a lot of games debut...

5 Sep 20241h 1min

#314: Bringing Out the Best in People

#314: Bringing Out the Best in People

It's about people, right? Below all the mechanics, after all the rules explanations, beyond every crushing loss and glorious win, what really matters is people we're playing with. Some games make that...

22 Aug 202459min

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