#272: Cool Story, Bro

#272: Cool Story, Bro

Good storytelling isn't easy, and board games seem to struggle with it especially - which makes the ones that do pull it off, all the more memorable. We delve into the ways that games can engage us and create lasting experiences through stories. Before we spin a yarn, we talk about Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Artisans of Splendent Vale.

Timecodes:

01:36 - Star Wars: The Clone Wars
18:13 - Artisans of Splendent Vale
29:51 - Storytelling in games
30:40 - Gloomhaven
34:44 - The King's Dilemma
36:59 - Mansions of Madness: Second Edition
37:40 - Eldritch Horror
37:49 - Dead of Winter
38:44 - Phantom Leader
40:31 - Undaunted: Normandy
41:00 - Freedom: The Underground Railroad
43:34 - This War of Mine: The Board Game
47:23 - Return to Dark Tower
47:34 - Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
47:59 - Sleeping Gods

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#308: Fantasy Draft: Games To Last a Decade

#308: Fantasy Draft: Games To Last a Decade

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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

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#305: Hook, Line, and Sinker

#305: Hook, Line, and Sinker

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#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....

20 Mars 20241h 8min

#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

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