Ep. 179: Choices

What we have been playing!

• (Roy) Western Legends
• (Rob) Western Legends
• (Matt) Charterstone

Topic: Choices

• Gameplay is all about making meaningful choices I hope you do well in the game!
• What are some choices you have to make in board games?
• Do you like to have lots of options when playing a game?
• How can your choices in the game be meaningful?
• What are some mechanics that encourage player choice?
• Do you like the choices to be obvious in a game or do you like it to be more thoughtful we have to think of them out?
• Have you play games that lacked meaningful choice?
• Can to many choices and a game be bad?
• What style of game choices culminate to make your favorite kind of games?

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Roy Matt and Rob talk about what we have been playing and game design!

Ep. 176: Scary Games

What we have been playing!

• (Roy) Guardians, Key Forge
• (Rob) Guardians, Key Forge
• (Matt) MTG Arena

Topic: Scary Games!

• What are some great scary games?
• • Mansions of Madness
  • Betrayal of House on Hill
  • Dead of Winter
  • Cthulhu Wars
  • Kingdom Death Monster
  • Run, Fight, or Die
  • Alone
  • Zombicide/ The Others
• What aspect of a game makes it creepy or scary?
• What do you think it is that appeals to people about horror/thriller genre games?
• How would you throw a scary game party?
• What’s your current favorite scary game?
• • Mansions of Madness
  • Dead of Winter
  • Werewolf Legacy

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Ep. 175: Werewolf Legacy!

What we have been playing!

• (Roy) 5 Minute Dungeon, Werewolf Legacy
• (Rob) Magic the Gathering, Werewolf Legacy
• (Matt) Werewolf Legacy

Topic: Werewolf Legacy

• Spoiler time!!!

• What was our experience with the game like?
• What was some of your favorite moments?
• How did you like the legacy aspects and mechanics?
• How was the game as a moderator?
• What are final impressions on the game overall!

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Ep. 174: Innovation in Gaming!

What we have been playing!

• (Roy) Mansions of Madness, Splattershot
• (Rob) HABA Games
• (Matt) Nope

Topic: Innovation in gaming

• What are some innovative games?
• • T.I.M.E Stories
  • Risk Legacy
  • Junk Art
  • Captain Sonar
  • One Night Ultimate Werewolf
  • Dead of Winter
  • Dominion
  • Betrayal
• How do you feel about innovation in gaming?
• What are some ways that board games can be innovative?
• When buying games do you seek out games that are different and innovative?
• Can innovation be taken too far?
• What genre of game would you like to see more innovation in?
• What games were the most innovative of their time?
• • Catan
  • Magic: The Gathering
  • T.I.M.E Stories
  • Risk Legacy

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Roy and Mark talk games!

Episode 0.3

What is Epic Gaming Night?

Why should people check out our show?

News:

• Board games coming to switch!
• Horizon Zero Dawn Board Game
• New Tales from the Loop core book

What we have been playing!

• (Roy) Pokemon TCG
• (Rob) Spider-Man
• (Matt) Downforce

Topic: Gaming background

• What kind of games did you play growing up?
• What games most influenced your gaming tastes?
• If you had a favorite style of game what would it be?
• Interesting gaming fact about you?
• How did you start playing modern board games?
• Is there a game or games that you wish you could play more of?
• What is your current favorite board game?
• Is there a boardgame you think that everyone should try?

Patron of the Week:

• Doug Hillman

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Roy and Rob talk about some news and what games we have been playing!

Ep. 170: Restoration with Justin Jacobson

Introduce Justin!

Tell us a little bit about yourself And how you got in to gaming?

Topic: Restoration games

• Tell us about what all you do at Restoration?
• Tell us how Restoration Games got started?
• How much do you enjoy old school board gaming?
• What’s the process like of trying to hunt down all designers and publishers to obtain the rights to remake a game?
• What are some of the unique challenges to restoring old games?
• What are some of the games you have breathed life back into So far?
• • Stop Thief
  • Indulgence
  • Downforce
  • Dinosaur Tea Party
  • Fireball Island
• Are you excited about seeing the response once Fireball Island gets into Backer‘s hands?
• What were some of the unique challenges redesigning Fireball Island?
• What can you tell us about Return to Dark Tower?
• Will it be coming to kickstarter or straight to distribution?
• What are some of the most requested games for you guys to restore?
• What is your personal all time favorite tabletop game?
• • Robinson Crusoe
  • D&D
  • Best gaming experience
  • • Pandemic Legacy Season 1
• Is there anything else you would like to talk about or promote before we close this out?

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Ep. 169: Cmon with Sean Jacquemain

Tell us a little bit about yourself And how you got in to gaming?

Topic: Cmon

• Tell us a little bit about what all you do at Cmon?
• New games coming from Cmon!
• • Starcadia quest!
  • Victorian Masterminds!
  • Gizmos
  • Wacky Races
  • Munchkin Dungeon
  • Project Elite
  • Song of Ice and Fire Miniatures
  • Trudvang
• What is Cmon doing to support tournaments and organize play with their miniatures and lifestyle games?
• Cmon has some of the biggest kickstarters in the industry how do they decide which games go on kickstarter and when games go straight to distribution?
• What would you say Cmon’s Philosophy is about publishing games?
• Cmon has some of the Best production quality in the industry how important would you say visual appeal and quality components is in a board game?
• Cmon has definitely grown to be one of the biggest publishers in the industry! What’s different about working with such a big publisher?
• Is there anything more new or upcoming we should keep our eyes on from Cmon?
• • Newton
  • Railroad Ink
• What is your personal all time favorite tabletop game?
• • 7 Wonders with the Leaders Expansion

Thanks so much Sean for coming on the podcast!

Where can people find you if they want to reach out or learn more about Cmon?

• https://twitter.com/seanjacquemain?lang=en
• https://www.instagram.com/dailyworkerplacement/
• http://dailyworkerplacement.com/
• https://cmon.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/coolminiornot/
• https://twitter.com/cmongames?lang=en

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Ep. 168: This game is Dead Last! With Matthew Jude

What we have been playing!

• (Matthew) Tabletop Sim (7 Wonders Duel)

Topic: Stuff

• Tell us about your podcast This Game Is Broken!
• What is it like being part of a board game show that’s more about entertainment and Comedy than information?
• You guys have had some awesome live shows how was that?
• How did you start up with the dice Tower and Dead Last?
• So you’ve been recently hitting up the convention circuit how has your experience been traveling to different conventions in the US and UK?
• What do you think sets each convention apart?
• If you had to pick one convention as your favorite which would it be?
• At Dice tower con and we got you to play a miniatures game and then at Gen Con I talked to you about D&D for almost a hour! How is Epic Gaming Night corrupting your gaming tastes!? Lol
• Are there other gaming genres that you wish you knew more about?
• Your co-hosts do lots of live game plays on YouTube and twitch. What are your thoughts on streaming games?
• Do you think there are other avenues of ways to create a boardgame media that people aren’t currently doing?
• What is your all-time personal favorite tabletop game?
• • Viticulture

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Thanks so much Matthew for coming on the podcast!

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• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChACtrPKpYX2Q866icWzth
• His segment on Boardgame Breakfast

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Roy & Rob talk to JJ the owner of a game store in Durham NC! Atomic Empire! 

Ep. 164: Dice Tower Con Stories!!

News

• Trogdor board game! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game
• Eclipse https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalgames/eclipse-second-dawn-for-the-galaxy
• Death may die https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmon/cthulhu-death-may-die
• Overturn Plagiarism https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2025360/kickstarter-game-patchwork-plagiarism-and-most-lik

Topic: Dice Tower Con

• Scavenger hunt!
• What did we play at dice tower con?
• • Strike
  • TI4
  • POG’s
  • Isle of Skye
  • 9 player Game of Thrones
  • Blood Rage
  • Starship Samurai
  • Specter Ops: Broken Covenant
  • Rising 5
  • Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea
  • Deception
  • The Mind
  • Pioneer Days
  • Tiefe Taschen
  • Wits & Wagers
• Crazy stories?
• Why do you like Dice Tower Con?
• What was your favorite part?

Games we talked about:

• Dragon Castle

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Ep. 163: Samurai Starships and Guardians with Isaac and Callin

Topic: Plaid Hat Games

• Tell us a little bit about samurai starships!
• What are some of the mechanics of the game?
• Tell us a little bit about the setting and the theme behind the game?
• What would you say was your biggest influence designing the game?
• What was the most difficult thing about designing samurai starships!
• What anime would you love to design a game around?
• Callin tell us all about guardians!
• Tell us about the mechanics of guardians!
• Like most Plaid Hat Games is there a rich theme and story to the background of the game?
• What was it like being a first-time game designer?
• What were some of your biggest influences designing the game?
• Is this a standalone game or should we expect to see more?
• Specter Ops: Broken Covenant is out!
• Is there anything else you want to talk about from Plaid Hat Games?
• • Ashes Expansions soon
  • Clans Clans decks (Feather, Leaf, Shadow, Fang, Light, Fire)
  • July is going to be crazy for announcements
  • Issac got an exciting next week
  • Guardians preview out in September

Games we talked about:

• Starship Samurai
• Guardians
• Ashes
• Crystal Clans
• Crossfire
• Specter Ops: Broken Covenant

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• Issac
• • https://twitter.com/IsaacsAshes
• Callin
• • https://twitter.com/CardboardCallin
• Plaid Hat Games
• • https://twitter.com/plaidhatgames
  • https://www.plaidhatgames.com/
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  • https://www.instagram.com/thenotoriousphg/

Ep. 162: Up/down time!

News:

• Epic Gaming Night Pogs!!
• • https://youtu.be/_aw3dVodnTs
• Dice tower con scavenger hunt and prizes! https://docs.google.com/document/d/18o_EGKjkj8KtWzP90NBCVyHSp0qa6mGPx4teOF6AvC4/edit?usp=sharing

What we have been playing!?

• (Roy) 7 Wonders, Wiz-War, Ethnos
• (Rob) Thanos Rising, Ethnos
• (Matt) Nothing

Topic: Down time

• Describe the concept of up and down time in a board game.
• How do you feel about down time in games?
• Does length of the game have anything to do with the amount of downtime?
• What are some Games with a lot of downtime?
• • Xia
  • Forbidden Stars
• Can some games be prone to analysis paralysis and lead to down time?
• What are some ways designers & developers can minimize downtime?
• What are some mechanics that help minimize downtime?
• What are some games that keep players constantly engaged?
• • Century
  • Ethnos
  • Fief
• Have you ever been surprised by how long you been playing a game because you were engaged the whole time?
• Do you have any tips for listeners on how to deal with downtown?

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• Patron of the week:
• • Nick Vollentine

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