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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The Last of Us Part II, Gain Ground, and McQueen - Ep58
Barrier, Pokémon Quest, and Burrows & Badgers - Ep57
Deadpool 2, A Way Out, and the Games Media Brit List Awards - Ep56
God of War, The Magpie Murders, and Jurassic Perk - Ep55
Avengers: Infinity War, Magic: The Gathering Arena, and the Cursed Book - Ep54
Annihilation, Civilization V, and Holiday Games - Ep53
Ready Player One, Assassin's Creed Origins, The Darkside Detective, and Dave Ryan from Link to the Cast - Ep52
Ten Candles, Hidden Agenda, and Cosmic Encounter - Ep51
Black Panther, Monikers, and Hunt for the Ring - Ep50
Dear Esther Live, The LEGO Batman Movie, and Sunless Skies - Ep49
The Book of Dust, Ten Candles, and Metal Gear Survive - Ep48
Overcooked, Fortnite, and InnerSpace - Ep47
Boss Monster, Guild Wars, Dungeons 3, and Greg Giddens from This is Xbox - Ep46
The Christmas Special - Ep45
Paranoia, Kingdomino, and The Good Place - Ep44
Thor: Ragnarok, DC's Metal, and Creamfields - Ep43
Darkest Dungeon, Warbands: Bushido, and The Polybius Conspiracy - Ep42
Golf Story, The Expanse, FIFA 17 - The Journey, and Peter Chapman from Oddworld Inhabitants - Ep41
Whitehall Mystery, Oxenfree, and Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms - Ep40
Everybody's Golf, Eight-Minute Empire, and Zoo Ball - Ep39
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