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Apologies for the sound quality -- Lindsay got a new mic and it... did not work well, to say the least. Anyways, we all went to PAX Unplugged once again and it was the least stressful PAX yet. We found fun in some unexpected games and ate delicious food. What else could you want?
0:35 - General PAX Impressions
4:39 - Tether
8:44 - Fit to Print
12:05 - Block and Key
16:12 - Food. Delicious Food
You've got questions and I've got answers! I cover everything from wargames to babies to cooking to economics.
2:43 - #1: Most impactful game of the last 30 years
9:31 - #2: Best game to play while holding a baby
11:27 - #3: Good wargames for kids
13:45 - #4: How to market a game
20:24 - #5: Favorite color
21:48 - #6: Choose between: Root, Bananagrams, Vast
23:45 - #7: Which is more of a game: Candyland or Snakes and Ladders?
24:38 - #8: Solutions to high cost of shipping
32:37 - #9: Which games model economics best?
39:40 - #10: Unpopular opinions
49:28 - #11: Cooking tips
52:31 - #12: Favorite pasta shape
53:38 - #13: Games I'm uncertain about
59:12 - #14: Board game reviewing vs. other media
Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction
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Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/07/18/catch-the-moon-review/
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Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/07/11/cant-stop-review/
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Because of the holiday, here's a fresh recording of an old review. Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2017/09/27/mysterium-review/
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Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/06/27/spades-and-the-appeal-of-trick-takers/
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Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/06/21/anno-1800-review/
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I sit down with Jackson Pope and Paul Willcox from Eurydice games to talk about their gaming journey and the design and (handmade!) production of FlickFleet, which is about to launch on Gamefound with its fourth expansion.
Links:
Website: www.eurydicegames.co.uk
Gamefound: https://gamefound.com/projects/eurydice-games-ltd/flickfleet-xeno-wars
Jack on twitter: twitter.com/jackson_pope
Paul on twitter: twitter.com/paulwillcox10
0:45 - Paul and Jackson's history with board games
5:07 - The origins of FlickFleet
9:35 - The perils of trying to get a d10 to roll in a straight line
13:45 - Fun in failure with dexterity games
17:19 - Handmade production
24:33 - The expansions
26:23 - A fiery inferno
29:00 - Transitioning to Gamefound
33:39 - Deluxification
41:29 - Building a community
46:43 - The future for FlickFleet and Eurydice Games
Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction
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Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/06/14/shobu-review/
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See more details here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/06/08/i-need-your-help-for-the-thoughtful-gamer-to-continue/
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Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/06/07/through-the-ages-review/
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Sports are games too, you know. In this episode, Marc, Matt, and Bubba sit down to talk about various sports rules and controversies and analyze them as game design. What are they optimizing for? Whose interests do they serve? What's the role of randomness or human judgement in making a sport great? What even makes sports great?
0:34 - Intro
1:32 - What's the goal when "designing" sports rules?
2:45 - What's the most viewer-friendly board game?
7:12 - Gold Drafting
13:24 - Playoff size
16:18 - Promotion/relegation
21:45 - Eliminating the kick return
24:39 - Conservative play in the NFL and elsewhere
29:18 - The designated hitter
31:50 - Changes to the actual baseball ball
36:03 - 3-point line
42:56 - Dunking on basketball
45:44 - Soccer's relatively simple rules
48:27 - Punishments and penalties in different sports
50:35 - Robots and video
54:22 - Disc golf penalty culture
1:03:10 - The 2 meter rule
1:11:41 - Back to robots
1:26:39 - The shift
Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction
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Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/05/31/two-final-exit-games-forgotten-island-and-house-of-riddles/
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Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/05/25/babylonia-review/
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Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/05/17/pan-am-review/
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Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/05/10/review-blackbrim-1876/
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We're back where it all started for episode 100: Pax East. Marc and Orion discuss a number of heavy euro games they played at the convention (including one surprise hit), and get excited about NISEI.
4:26 - Ark Nova
13:22 - Space Lion
18:22 - Video Games
28:06 - Zapotec
36:48 - Pavlov's Dogs
40:06 - Radlands
44:29 - NISEI
49:46 - Boonlake
54:22 - Golem
1:07:26 - No Thanks
1:08:01 - Unmatched
Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction
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Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/04/27/that-time-you-killed-me-review/
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Here at The Thoughtful Gamer we're no strangers to innovation. We look risk and uncertainty in their faces and say "what, that's all you've got? I am unimpressed." Some may argue that audio is not the medium for board gaming, and to those people I counter with this podcast: a state of the art uni-media experience straight from our thought-labs into your ear canals: a riveting liveplay of Wolfgang Warsch's "The Mind". It's like you're right there in the room. Because there was a mic right there in the room. That's...that's how mics work.
An audio version of my written Codenames Duet review. I heard from some people that they would appreciate my reviews in audio form, so this is going to become a regular thing. Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/03/28/codenames-duet-review/
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