Episode 362: Hot Takes About Board Games
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Date
June 4, 2026
Description
The people demand takes, so get 'em while they're hot. We're weighing in on some possibly bad, certainly edgy opinions, and deciding where we land (spoiler: we're always right). Before we get heated, we talk about Diplomacy: The Golden Blade, and Cozy Stickerville.
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Timecodes
- 01:46 - Diplomacy: The Golden Blade
- 12:33 - Cozy Stickerville
- 25:41 - Hot takes!
- 26:11 - Co-op games are just single player games with an audience
- 32:01 - Catch Up mechanics ruin competitive integrity
- 37:39 - Legacy games are a predatory waste of money
- 41:22 - If a game takes more than 30 minutes to teach, it's a bad design
- 45:56 - Player elimination is actually a good mechanism
- 47:36 - Hidden victory points are a cowardly design choice
- 51:38 - Gateway games Like Catan or Monopoly should be actively avoided
- 52:44 - House ruling a game means you bought the wrong game
- 53:10 - Theme is a myth
- 54:13 - Kickstarter deluxe editions are actively ruining the hobby