The Thoughtful Gamer Podcast

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 Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/07/18/catch-the-moon-review/ Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/07/11/cant-stop-review/ Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

Because of the holiday, here's a fresh recording of an old review. Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2017/09/27/mysterium-review/   Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/06/27/spades-and-the-appeal-of-trick-takers/ Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/06/21/anno-1800-review/ Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.  

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 Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/06/14/shobu-review/ Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.    

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Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/06/07/through-the-ages-review/ Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

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 Like the podcast? Wan

Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/05/31/two-final-exit-games-forgotten-island-and-house-of-riddles/ Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.    

Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/05/25/babylonia-review/ Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.      

Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/05/17/pan-am-review/ Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/05/10/review-blackbrim-1876/ Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

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 Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

Originally posted here: https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/04/27/that-time-you-killed-me-review/ Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.    

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/ Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.