#124: Constraints You Can See

#124: Constraints You Can See

While all games have some restrictions, some games are more willing than others to let you go off the rails. For instance, some leave the economy entirely in the hands of the players, free to tank it if they please. We look at how games do (or don't) use player constraints to deliver unique experiences. Before we rein ourselves in, we talk about Tournay, Bullet♥︎, Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Amazons, and Container.

01:46 - Tournay
01:57 - Troyes
07:10 - Bullet♥︎
10:44 - Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Amazons
17:15 - Container
28:30 - Games with and without constraints
28:51 - Food Chain Magnate
31:14 - Sidereal Confluence : Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant
39:24 - Power Grid
40:01 - Flamme Rouge
42:25 - Startups and Zogen
43:02 - Diamant
43:28 - Crokinole
45:56 - Tigris and Euphrates
49:15 - The Estates

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#307: Gotta Guess More Golden Geeks

#307: Gotta Guess More Golden Geeks

And by guess, I of course mean predict. Okay, you all know whether we're right or not by now, but cast your imagination back to a time where we had only the nominees for the 2023 Golden Geeks, and had...

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#306: We Could All Use a Little Change

#306: We Could All Use a Little Change

What? Your podcasters are evolving! While we're certainly steadfast in some of our opinions (ahem, Biblios) we were curious to reflect on how we've changed - nay, grown - in the years since we started...

2 Maj 20241h 5min

#305: Hook, Line, and Sinker

#305: Hook, Line, and Sinker

Sometimes a game has a conceit so good, that it's the only description you need to sell someone on it. Let's call it the hook. Do all games have them, or is it something that only a certain subcategor...

18 Apr 202457min

#304: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2024

#304: Our Listeners' Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2024

Oh man, oh man, I always love this one. It's the latest edition of the Listener Top 20! We asked you all to submit your lists of your favourite board games, and we collected, collated, and compiled al...

4 Apr 20241h 4min

#303: We Played a Pile of Games!

#303: We Played a Pile of Games!

We made it all the way to Dice Tower West in Las Vegas (and some of us made it out), and we're ready to talk about all of the amazing games we played over there, between outings for pinball and sushi....

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#302: A Lotta Prattle About Vlaada Chvátil

#302: A Lotta Prattle About Vlaada Chvátil

We're back with the terrible acronym and the branding nightmare that is BGBDOG - I don't even know what it stands for to be honest, but this week we're turning the spotlight on an incredible force in ...

29 Feb 20241h 5min

#301: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2024

#301: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2024

We're in the thick of 2024 now, but there's still plenty more to come - and with that vast undiscovered country (as my father called it) ahead of us, we have loads of games to look forward to. But not...

15 Feb 202458min

#300: Resolutions and Ruminations

#300: Resolutions and Ruminations

Three hundredth episode! But no time to celebrate, we're deep in the new year now, which means it's back to your regularly scheduled podcast, and it's time to reflect on the year past, and contemplate...

1 Feb 20241h 4min

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