The Ascent of Board Games

Episode 69 - Sex Games


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This is episode 69. We're discussing sex games. We're sorry. (Except Joe...Joe isn't sorry at all.) Sandi has joined us to try to provide a little bit of maturity to the topic; we'll let you decide if she succeeded.

This is an adults-only episode (and we mean it this time), but we won't be offended if you decide to give this one a miss. Just come back next month, please? I promise we won't do it again.

  • We find a series of weird connections between sex games and big wargaming companies - Columbia Games, Avalon Hill, and Victory Games - not to mention well-known designers like Sid Sackson and Wolfgang Kramer, and even Nolan Bushnell from Atari.
  • Mike asks, "Is there anything more sexy than puns?"
  • Young Mike learns about the irrepressible dynamo that was Dr. Ruth.
  • A Brief Debate Upon the Merits of Identifying Breasts by Means of Nipple Shape
  • An article about Lacerunner, which is not a game about sex and is not likely to ever be released, but sounds really interesting regardless.
  • Come visit our newly-revived Discord server to chat with us and some other like-minded game nerds!

    As always, thank you for listening. Please consider writing us an iTunes review if you like what you hear! 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 Discord, 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. Additional music this episode by HYPERTUNES.

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