August 02, 2023

Games that Play Fast (What We Talk About)

1 hour 12 minutes

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Episode 132 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Games That Play Fast

Good luck keeping up with the conversation in this week's throwback WWTA episode, because things move fast. If you don't believe me, then check the timestamps. We throw out games quicker than you can say, "I miss old school board games where you had to wait 20 minutes between turns!" In this week's episode we discuss, broadly, games that play fast, what that means, and what we perceive as a growing appetite in the board game hobby for this titular phrase. Ready or not the Interdecisional Spaceship is taking off right now! (Wow! That was fast.)

Pre-Planners

Hey pre-planners, get those plays in of Ark Nova and Food Chain Magnate while the playing is good. Other games we are considering for a deep dive right now are Torres and Santa Monica.

Timestamps

Intro - 0:00

Housekeeping - 2:48

Main Topic - 6:10

Battlestar Galactica - 8:54

A Feast for Odin - 11:37

Ark Nova - 11:55

Wingspan - 14:47

Gloomhaven - 15:12

Castles of Burgundy - 19:34

Torres - 20:16

El Grande - 20:20

Tikal, Cuzco - 21:34

Cascadia - 26:06

Five Tribes - 29:09

Keyflower - 31:01

Carcasonne - 32:48

Broom Service - 33:28

Sheriff of Nottingham - 34:29

Findorff - 35:17

Ticket to Ride - 36:17

1849 (We're the train game podcast) - 39:05

Ra - 39:54

Architects of the West Kingdom - 42:07

Tricktaking Games - 43:54

Challengers - 47:54

Spades - 49:13

Caesar! Sieze Rome in 20 Minutes - 49:35

Azul - 49:55

Kingdomino - 50:49

Millenium Blades - 53:00

Sidereal Confluence - 53:20

Guards of Atlantis II - 55:26

Barrage - 56:43

Hey, That's My Fish! - 58:47

Living Forest - 1:00:01

Isle of Cats - 1:00:02

In the Year of the Dragon - 1:00:48

Bonfire - 1:01:21

Earth - 1:03:47

Mask "Trilogy" Games - 1:05:33

Acquire - 1:09:09

Final note (Thanks Aurore) - 1:09:54

Oops - 1:10:39

Preplanner Stuff - 1:11:40

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

Contact

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Byeee!

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