Always Player One: A Solo Board Gaming Podcast

Here we are, have your tissues ready, it's going to get emotional... The final episode.

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In this episode Norm & Scruffy are joined once more by Kendall McKenzie to count down the top 5 solo games as chosen by our listeners. This top 5 list was made based on votes from our listeners over on our Discord server. 

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The end is near! 

That's right we are ending the podcast but not before we go out with a big bang. In this announcement we share the news of the podcast coming to an end, some of our reasons as to why and what you can expect from our final episode and Discord community going forward. 

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Top 5 Lists Start: 00:04:26 

Listener Questions: 01:12:32

In this episode Scruffy and Norm countdown their top 5 solo board games and compare their new lists with the ones they made a year ago in episode 8. 

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In this episode Scruffy and Norm take a deep dive into One Deck Dungeon and its standalone expansion One Deck Dungeon: Forest of Shadows. Together they unpack the mechanisms and try their best to work out exactly why this game is just as fun to lose as it is to win.   

Timestamps: 

00:03:54 description ends 

01:06:30 Listener questions

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In this episode Scruffy and Norm spend some time looking back at their favourite games to play with each other. This bonus episode sees them cover a wide variety of games before looking ahead to the games they are most excited to play once it is safe to do so. 

Spoiler Timestamps:

Castles of Burgundy: 00:02:44

Cosmic Encounter: 00:12:13

War of the Ring: 00:18:58

The Mind: 00:26:12

1889: 00:34:06

Ring of Fire: 00:39.52

Quickfire Suggestions: 00:44:23

What we're excited to play next: 00:56:24

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Intro and announcements - 0:00:00

Description - 0:04:00

Main Episode - 0:06:22

Listener Questions- 1:21

In this episode Scruffy and Norm take a deep dive into one of their favourite multiplayer RPGs; Blades in the Dark. Together they share their thoughts on what about the game works well solo, what needed help from external sources and what didn't work well solo. This episode is focused on the pair putting into practice all they've learned about solo RPGs in order to make this multiplayer game play solo.  This episode was inspired by what we learned from Deborah of Geek Gamers during episode 26, so be sure to check that out as well as her excellent YouTube channel. 

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Intro & Important Announcements: 0:00:00

Hello Dan: 0:05:24

Description Start: 0:06:13

Description End: 0:09:20

Listener Questions: 1:10:07

In this Episode Norm kicks us off with an important announcement about temporary changes to the podcast before Scruffy and Dan get to talking about 7th continent. We start by talking about the meta game, including the win loss conditions and how it feels to replay. We also cover the core mechanisms of the game and the ways they create conflict for the player before turning our attention to likely criticisms of the game and our reaction to those. Finally we turn our attention to ways to play, including multi-handing the game.

A massive thank you again to Dan for joining us for the episode!

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In this episode Scruffy and Norm dive into The Ming Voyages, together they share their thoughts on the AI, the output random elements and the decisions the game asks you to make. Scruffy then takes this a step further presenting his own piece of game theory "The Gamer's Dilemma" and how that helps explain the unique decision space The Ming Voyages is able to cultivate through a blend of open and closed information.  Support the show:  https://www.patreon.com/alwaysplayeronepodcast Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/alwaysplayerone Join the discord:  https://discord.gg/DhUpgX2HmU Contact us:  email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Always-Player-One-113123647053523 Instagram: @alwaysplayeronepodcast  Reddit: Always_player_one

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