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Episode 232 - Brain Burning Decision Spaces and Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Pete and Brendan explore what types of games give us that satisfying (and sometimes exhausting) feeling of "brain burn".  Why do we like this?  Are board gamers a bunch of masochists?

Also, we deep dive the classic Castles of Mad King Ludwig, a game with its fair share of brain burning decisions.

Timestamps

5:00- brain burning decision spaces

29:45- deep dive on Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Games mentioned

Carcassone, Ginkgopolis, Calico, Decrypto, Scythe, Root, Mexica, Keyflower, My City, No Loose Ends

Preplanners

Next week is deckbuilding 101 with a study of Dominion! Also we'll be drafting our favorite game components soon!

Music and Sound Credits

Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s

You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/. 

Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA

Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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