00:00 - A couple of rounds of toast before bed.
04:51 - Kris’s Special Place, aka Board Beans Cafe.
12:07 - Helvetiq and Coiledspring Games’s GoTown reminds us of Silk and Fluxx, but it has a sense of internal logic that calms the crazy and makes it all make sense in the end. Another “throw it in the bag” game, if ever we saw one.
19:31 - First there was Scrabble, then there was Bananagrams, and now there’s Inkling, an astonishingly good, super accessible word game from Osprey Games that’s an exercise in word chaos.
28:23 - The Expanse and its expansion Doors and Corners from WizKids feels, in some ways, like Geoff Engelstein’s take on Twilight Struggle. It’s got politics, it’s got intrigue, and it’s got some of the same mechanics, but it’s also got science fiction and a more compelling, streamlined experience, and if those things sound good to you, it’s well worth a look.
45:44 - Call of the Sea comes from Out of the Blue and Raw Fury. It’s a brighter, more beautiful take on the Mythos, with touchpoints like Myst, The Witness, and Silent Hill, all the while reminding us of Lovecraft’s ghost written and Dreamlands work.
All that, and The Great British Public, with Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).
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Dune, No Time to Die, and Little Factory - Ep138
Super Arcade Football, Midnight Mass, and Greece Lightning - Ep137
Deathloop, Squid Game, and Last Message - Ep136
Wordscapes, Mazescape Labyrinthos, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - Ep135
The Suicide Squad, Anno 1800, and The Bart Bonte Collection - Ep134
Flesh and Blood, UK Games Expo 2021, and Masters of the Universe: Revelation - Ep133
Black Widow, Alone Against the Tide, and Genesis Noir - Ep132
Loki, A Gentle Rain, and Imperium - Ep131
Overboard!, Blades in the Dark, and EXIT: The Sacred Temple - Ep130
It Takes Two, Muffin Time, and Wide Ocean Big Jacket - Ep128
Unmatched, The Mitchells vs The Machines, and Forks in the Timeline - Ep127
Bandido, Outriders, Burgle Bros 2: The Casino Capers, and Mark Robinson of Link To The Cast - Ep126
The Red Cathedral, MicroMacro: Crime City, and Control: Ultimate Edition - Ep125
Seastead, Eastshade, Undertale, and Pete Steele of Two Can Play That Game - Ep124
Legends of Andor, Celtic, and Space Brothers - Ep123
Polis, Thousand Year Old Vampire, and Taming Gaming - Ep122
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WandaVision, Schotten Totten 2, and Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard - Ep120
Tenet, Spicy, and Knights and Bikes - Ep119
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