BGB Podcast #248: The Need for Theme

The topic of theme has come up intermittently over the course of the podcast, but how important is it? Is it something that makes or breaks a game? Or would we be mostly okay if games were mostly non-thematic? Before we burst at the theme, we talk about Mamma Mia!, Football Highlights 2052, Kanban, and Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood.

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Timecodes:

01:46 – Mamma Mia!
08:20 – Football Highlights 2052
18:50 – Kanban 
20:59 – Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
34:25 – The importance of theme
34:50 – Tigris & Euphrates
38:08 – Catherine: The Cities of the Tsarina
38:42 – Point Salad
40:04 – Abandon All Artichokes
43:29 – Glüx
47:25 – Décorum
49:08 – Deal with the Devil

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