March 15, 2023

Design Problems? Yo, These Games Solved ’Em!

1 hour 11 minutes

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Episode 111 - Elegant Solutions to Design Problems

In this raucus episode, Brendan and Jake discuss design problems and the games that elegantly solve them. Join us on this journey through the many, many games tackling board game designs biggest problems.

Pre-Planners

My City next week! Messina 1347 and The Resistance still coming soon!

Timestamps

Housekeeping - 0:00

Raiders of the North Sea - 8:15

Aeon's End - 8:38

7 Wonders Duel - 10:33

My City - 15:55

Babylonia - 20:48

Messina 1347 - 23:19

Catan - 24:37

Just One - 29:25

KeyForge - 35:46

Dominion - 40:41

Arkham Horror: Living Card Game - 45:30

High Society - 49:41

Azul - 50:50

Five Tribes - 53:35

Air, Land, & Sea - 54:37

Cat in the Box - 55:42

Scout - 57:43

Kanagawa - 59:15

El Grande - 1:03:16

Tigris & Euphrates - 1:05:26

Cyclades - 1:08:49

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

Rules Overview Music:

Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI

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By Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen

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