#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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#325: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Mark's 30-11

#325: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Mark's 30-11

And back to Mark! It's the soggy middle of his top 50, or as he insists on calling it, his numbers 30 through 11. That is twenty more delicious games, and he's here to tell you all about them while we...

23 Jan 20251h 2min

#324: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Neilan's 50-31

#324: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Neilan's 50-31

It's meeeeeeeeeee! So if you care to find my top 50 list, look right here. The first twenty incredible games on the list that early critics are calling "surprisingly tasteful" and "delightfully roomy"...

16 Jan 202553min

#323: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Mark's 50-31

#323: Top 50 Games of All-Time 2024: Mark's 50-31

It's time! The grand spectacle that is our greatest games of all time is here at last! We're breaking things out a bit differently this year, so Mark's taking center stage while Kellen & Neilan mock h...

9 Jan 202555min

#322: And What a Year It's Been

#322: And What a Year It's Been

As we approach the end of 2024, it's about time we stop, take stock, and dare I say look back at the year that's been. The highs, the lows, the mids - all the stars are here, and we're going to break ...

12 Dec 202441min

#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

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