BGB Podcast #77 – What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You

Out of sight, out of mind.

This week we’re talking about hidden trackable information. That is, information about the game state that could be remembered or recorded, but the game design (usually) assumes that players haven’t. Is it okay to memorize or divulge this information? Before we take notes, we also talk about Papà Paolo, Oceanos, and Pax Pamir (Second Edition).

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Timecodes:

02:10 – Papà Paolo
07:25 – Oceanos
13:32 – Pax Pamir (Second Edition)
26:06 – Bonus episode!
26:30 – Hidden Trackable Information
42:13 – The Resistance
43:59 – Tigris & Euphrates
47:38 – El Grande
48:11 – I’m The Boss!
50:01 – Through the Ages
54:44 – Guards of Atlantis
56:20 – Survive: Escape from Atlantis!

Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.