Any creative work is built on a lot of conventions – things that we take as granted, the unspoken rules that must be followed. We get a lot of really great games by following design conventions, but some times, in order to innovate we have to break them. Before we try to find the balance between convention and innovation, we talk about Darwin’s Journey, Aleph Null, and Rome in a Day.
Let’s just keep doing this forever. It’s question time again! After last week’s massive success, we couldn’t resist the urge to have you, loyal listener, once more do all the work for us. Before we turn the microphones around, we also talk about Brass: Birmingham, Exodus: Paris Nouveau, and Werewords. If you don’t want to miss...
They say there’s no such thing as a stupid question, but we’ll show ’em. It’s your time to shine! We field questions from you, our adoring fans, in our first ever Q&A episode. You sent us the important topical issues you’ve been yearning for our take on, and takes ye shall receive. Before we...
It’s a Deutsche Mark episode. Essen SPIEL 2018! Okay, we’re not technically at Essen SPIEL, but we’ve got that Essen FEEL. We’re each counting down the five games that we most wish we were in Germany to play this weekend. Before we hand over our Euros, we talk about SPQF, Le Havre, and Scythe: The Rise...
Ah, Gen Con. It’s like Christmas in August, minus the garish decorations and bearded dudes in silly costumes. No, wait. Gen Con 2018 is almost upon us, and we’re counting down the games we’re most excited to check out! There’s a whole host of stuff that’ll be announced, spoken about, and released in the...