It wouldn’t be Oceania month without Matthew Dunstan, who is closing in on the title for the most guest appearances on the podcast!  In this episode, Jules and Joe chat about Matthew’s new YouTube channel, co-designing, and how he enjoys giving back to the board game design community.  We also hear about some upcoming games, the business of being a full-time board game designer, and which designer he’d like to co-design a game with!

Plenty of games have been hitting the table too. Jules is surprisingly taken with planning a Jazz Festival in Bebop, meanwhile, Joe and his friend Megs are newly married and not liking Conor’s taste in furnishings in Decorum.

What we’ve been playing: [36:17 ]

Sizzling Games:

Bebop [50:19 ]

Question of the Pod Recap: [59:25 ]

New Question of the Pod: [1:03:46 ]

Fired Up: [01:12:22 ]

New Question of the Pod: What game have you played that “shouldn’t work”, but does?

Check out Matthew’s You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MatthewDunstan/featured

Check out our Eventbrite page for all of our upcoming Game Days: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/board-game-bbq-32833304483

Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

Unpublished:

Wolf and Raven https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/372404/wolf-and-raven

Darn Socks (designed by Eris Elar of Delta Phase Games @deltaphasegames)

Published:

The Sixth Realm https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/401182/the-sixth-realm

Dungeon’s & Dragons: Builders of Balder’s Gate https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/428619/dungeons-and-dragons-builders-of-baldurs-gate

Seas of Strife https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/225482/seas-of-strife

Flip 7 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420087/flip-7

Decorum https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/344554/decorum

Mind Space https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/377420/mind-space

Disney Lorcana https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369646/disney-lorcana

Bebop https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414349/bebop

Hansa Teutonica https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43015/hansa-teutonica

Mysthea https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/242653/mysthea

Sausage Sizzle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118215/sausage-sizzle

Perspectives https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/400995/perspectives

The Mind https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244992/the-mind

Telestrations https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46213/telestrations

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Advent Games is an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW.  http://www.adventgames.com.au/

More Than Meeples is an Australian retail and online game store based in Brisbane, QLD.

https://morethanmeeples.com.au/

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