BGB Podcast #20 – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
BGB listener Michael is definitely not a daft punk, because he suggested this week’s topic, about games that replace other games. That’s right, it’s another countdown episode!
Every so often you play a game that does everything another one does, but maybe just a little bit better. Well, you could keep them both, but who has the space? Yeah, every game has its time and place, but it doesn’t have to be your time and place. Before we replace our collection, we talk about Chimera Station.
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Timecodes:
01:31 – Chimera Station
05:16 – Games That Replaced Others
06:49 – Queendomino
08:28 – San Juan
09:56 – The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31
13:55 – Space Base
16:36 – Cthulhu Wars
17:52 – Android: Netrunner
21:01 – Azul
23:49 – Cockroach Poker
25:56 – Watson & Holmes
29:31 – Pictomania
33:15 – Splendor
36:59 – A Feast for Odin
42:22 – Alchemists
44:45 – What Replaces Biblios?
45:44 – Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
50:48 – Aeon’s End: War Eternal
Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.
Why is the volume of the intro 10x louder than the episode? Not a cool way to start it off.
Hey there, thanks for the feedback! While we feel pretty strongly about starting the intro off with, well, a barrage, we do try to keep the relative volumes as consistent as possible. We might have missed the mark for episode 20, but rest assured we do keep it in mind!