#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 negotiation mechanics especially well, and ask how much is too much (or too little) when it comes to negotiation. Before we compromise, we talk about Septima, and Kremlin.

02:12 - Septima
18:09 - Kremlin
34:26 - Negotiation as a mechanic
35:51 - Catan
38:01 - Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant
43:23 - Inis
45:45 - Rising Sun
47:31 - Between Two Cities
49:22 - Dune
50:28 - Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery
52:48 - Diplomacy

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#347: Bob's Design

#347: Bob's Design

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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...

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#345: Essen SPIEL 2025 Hype List

#345: Essen SPIEL 2025 Hype List

Not perturbed by Kellen's trip to Germany, we're all daydreaming about the motherlode of board game conventions, Essen SPIEL. There's a lot of games coming to the show, and because we're not going, an...

16 Okt 202558min

#344: ... But the Second Leaves a Mark

#344: ... But the Second Leaves a Mark

Dreaded continuity! We're following up Episode 41 from seven years ago about the games that started our love for board games! After those first loves, what really got our hearts aflutter with the joy ...

2 Okt 20251h 1min

#343: Fantasy Draft: Card Games

#343: Fantasy Draft: Card Games

The draft's back! This time it's card games, and we're picking the bestof what ought to be a staple of any good collection. We love card games, we love drafting games, and you love winning money, so b...

18 Sep 202550min

#342: Oops! All Foreplay

#342: Oops! All Foreplay

There's any number of subtle innuendoes we could've gone with, but this is what we're doing I guess. If you haven't got there yet, we're talking about games that aren't just slow rides, but instead le...

4 Sep 202555min

#341: A Little Bit of Mailbag

#341: A Little Bit of Mailbag

One, two, three, four, five, everybody in the car so come on let's ride ... to the mailbag! We're answering your pressing questions - and oh how they press - about all manner of things: Crowdfunding a...

21 Aug 202557min

#340: All by Myself

#340: All by Myself

Are board games best played multiplayer? Who can say, but whether it's because you can't get people together at the appropriate time, or you're just itching to play something on your lonesome, there's...

7 Aug 20251h 8min

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