The Ascent of Board Games

Episode 65 - 2-Player Fighting and War Games


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Remember way back in Episode 33, when we talked about two-player games but excluded fighting and war games because there were too many? Now is when we finally talk about the fighty ones! Join us as:

  • Brian's tongue stops working.
  • We talk about chess - good chess channels on YouTube, weird chess games on forums, and absolutely bonkers chess games on the computer.
  • We look back at an early first-person shooter - in book form.
  • We haggle about the intricacies of the Avalon Hill game complexity scale.
  • And we generally correct each other, talk smack, and otherwise have fun.
  • As always, thank you for listening. If you have the time to give us an iTunes review, please do - it really helps us grow!

    We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofboardgames on Bluesky. Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them.  As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there, and happy gaming!

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  • Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

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