Ours, Played

We look to the sea - a spunky young guitarist, and her feline first mate for company. Come aboard our ship as we care for the souls of the nearly-departed in the whimsical, deeply emotional, and ultimately triumphant cooperative resource management video game, Spiritfarer, by Thunder Lotus. 

In this episode we cover:

• The burgeoning genre of grieving simulators 
• Drunk sawmill operation. Seriously. 
• How many times is too many times to tease your spouse and co-host in one episode

Game Details:

• Name: Spiritfarer
• We played it on: PC
• Also Available on: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation4, Xbox One
• Developer: Thunder Lotus
• Year: 2020

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To pair with Spiritfarer, we recommend:

• Restorative yoga and/or guided meditation
• Charon
  • 1oz. Vodka 
  • 1oz. Cherry Brandy
  • 1oz. Orange Juice 
  • Shake on ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass

Dice, dice, baby. You won’t need the whole dining room table for this one, but you’ll definitely want to break out the dice trays! Descend down the monster and trap-laden floors with us in this miniature cooperative dice pool board game.

In this episode we cover:

• The real life dangers of virtual sea travel 
• Too many dice can spoil the broth, but that’s not the American way
• Rob’s inability to ever use the correct singular/plural of dice or die
• Bailey’s inability to ever use roguelite or roguelike correctly  
• Ikea’s guerilla support of our board gaming addiction

Game Details:

• Name: One Deck Dungeon
• We played it as a board game
• Also Available as a video game on PC
• Publisher: Asmadi Games
• Year: 2016

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To pair with One Deck Dungeon, we recommend 

• Watching Xena: Warrior Princess
• Watching The Dungeon Master (aka Ragewar)

Sure, we’ve had one Player, yes, but what about Second Player? In this episode of Ours, Played, we band together with the Fellowship on their quest to destroy the one ring - one brick at a time. Bash, break, and build your way through Middle Earth with all your favorite characters and lighthearted Lego fun in Lego: The Lord of the Rings by Traveller’s Tales.

In this episode we cover:

• The importance of hitting record to… actually record audio 
• The objective value of the elderly
• How to take cool LOTR monsters and make them boring AF 
• The things we do for loving the original IP

Game Details:

• Name: Lego: The Lord of the Rings
• We played it on: PC
• Also Available on: Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
• Developer: Traveller's Tales
• Year: 2012

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Ours, Played Date Night

To pair with Lego: The Lord of the Rings, we recommend 

• Watching the The Lord of the Rings movies, of course! Extended editions if you are superfans like we are.
  • The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Two Towers
  • The Return of the King
• French Gimli-et ...er….Gimlet
  • 2 Oz Gin
  • 1.5 oz elderflower liqueur (St. Germain)
  • .5 oz lime juice 
  • Shake all ingredients over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wedge (or if you haven’t gone grocery shopping in a while like me, use the dehydrated lime wheels you’ve been storing).

She’s hot and he’s cold. She jumps and he rolls. She swims as he glides; true love they will find. (Ok - enough with the Katy Perry remix). Get close to your Player 2 and join us as polar opposites become close companions in this beautifully illustrated, cooperative puzzle platformer, Degrees of Separation by Moondrop.

In this episode we cover:

• Figuring out who needs to be where in order to do what
• Scarves: Magical keys to doors OR emo boy fashion staples
• Does it count as beating the game if you accidentally missed a whole level?
• Rob’s incredibly high standards for unlocking levels in games. 

Game Details:

• Name: Degrees of Separation
• We played it on: PC
• Also Available on: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
• Developer: Moondrop
• Year: 2019

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To pair with Degrees of Separation, we recommend:

Love Potion

• ⅓ cup Vodka
• ¼ cup Peach Schnapps 
•  1 cup Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice (or preferred red juice) 
• Pour all ingredients into a swing top bottle, gently swirl to incorporate, and refrigerate until serving. Pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with Strawberry and raspberry on the rim. 

Braided Heart Loaf

• Ingredients
  • 1 package of dry yeast
  • 0.25 cup (50 g) warm water
  • 1 tsp. (4.2 g) sugar
  • 2 cups (400 g) milk
  • 0.5 cup (100 g) sugar
  • 0.5 cup (100 g) shortening
  • 2 tsp.(2.1 g) salt
  • 2 beaten eggs
  • 7 cups (1400 g) of flour
• Baking Instructions 
  • Add 1 tsp. of sugar to warm water; dissolve yeast into water
  • Scald milk, and then add the 0.5 cup sugar, salt, and shortening. Stir to combine, then take off of the heat and cool until lukewarm.
  • Add the yeast mixture to the milk mixture; stir in the eggs.
  • Start adding the flour a little at a time, stirring to blend in.
  • When dough is too thick to stir by hand, dump on a floured board and knead until smooth and elastic.
  • Put dough into a greased bowl, cover and set in a warm place to rise until double in size.
  • Remove from the bowl and place on a surface for shaping. Punch down dough and divide into 6 equal parts.
  • Roll each part into a rope about 24 inches (60 cm) long.
  • Use 3 ropes and make braid; repeat with the other 3 ropes.
  • On a large pizza pan or tray, shape a heart, (Each rope will he half of the heart). Wet ends of water and work together.
  • Let the dough rise in a warm place for about 1 hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 F (176 Celsius) degrees.
  • Bake until bread is brown (about 50 mins). Set to cool before enjoying.

3...2…1... We have liftoff! Our mission in search of the mysterious Planet 9 begins. Don your pressurized spacesuit and turn off your comms as communication is limited in this cooperative trick-taking card game, The Crew, published by Kosmos Games. 

In this episode we cover:

• Our AI teammate trying to kill us
• Whether or not 52 pickup is actually a card game 
• Defining the exact moment that talking in a limited communication becomes cheating

Game Details:

• Name: The Crew - The Quest for Planet Nine
• Medium: Board Game
• Publisher: Kosmos Games
• Year: 2020

Ours, Played Date Night

To pair with The Crew, we recommend:

Space Junk Cookies (an out-of-this-world take on the Kitchen Sink Cookie)

• Ingredients
  • 2 tbs.(34 g) canola oil
  • 1 cup (201 g) butter (softened)
  • 1.5 tsp. (6 g) baking soda
  • 1 cup (201 g) brown sugar
  • 2 tbs. (34 g) cornstarch 
  • 0.5 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3.25 (650 g) cups of flour
  • 1 tsp. (4.2 g) salt 
  • 2 tsp. (8.4 g) vanilla
  • 1-2 cups (200 - 400 g) chopped Milky Way bars
  • 1 cup (201 g) chopped pretzels
  • 1 cup (201 g) chopped walnuts
• Baking Instructions
  • Cream together butter, oil, and sugars until light and fluffy
  • Add eggs, vanilla, and salt until combined
  • Add baking soda, cornstarch and half of the flour. Mix only until combined.
  • Add chopped Milky Way bars, pretzels, and walnuts.
  • Chill dough for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (176 Celsius)
  • Drop heaping spoonfuls of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 7-8 mins or until the tops are golden brown.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool on pan for 2 mins.
  • Transfer to the cooling rack before enjoying.

Venus:

• 2 oz gin
• 1 oz cointreau 
• ¼ oz simple syrup 
• Dash Peychaud’s bitters 
• 6 Raspberries 
• Shake all ingredients (Raspberries too!) over ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with remaining raspberries

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All aboard! Train’s leaving the platform - but wait! We still need to build the track. Grab your tickets and meet us at the station as we frantically lead our locomotive through puzzling pixelated landscapes in Unrailed! by Indoor Astronaut.

In this episode we cover:

• A cooperative board game announcement that has us (Rob) super hyped 
• The acceptable level of emphasis for pronouncing exclamation points
• The similarities of being a railway worker and a line cook 
• Introducing….Ours, Played Date Night!

Game Details:

• Name: Unrailed!
• We played it on: PC
• Also Available on: Xbox, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
• Developer: Indoor Astronaut
• Year: 2019

Ours, Played Date Night

To pair with Unrailed!, we recommend:

• Drinking a Dynamite
  • 1 oz Gran Marnier or other orange liqueur such as Cointreau
  • ½ oz Cognac
  • 2 dashes angostura bitters 
  • 1 oz orange juice
  • Combine all ingredients in a chilled champagne flute or cocktail glass and top with champagne 
• Watching The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

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Smiles, everyone! Life on the island sure is swell thanks to our own, Mr. Sunshine! Or so some might want you to believe. Join us as we jump, kick, and roll our way into revolution in the puzzle adventure game, Pikuniku, by Sectordub. Plus, we explore finding opportunities for co-op within single-player game modes.

In this episode we cover:

• Whether or not it is ok to willfully buy into government coverups if it’s profitable  
• The performance enhancing properties of whiskey for puzzle platformers 
• The one surefire strategy for tricking your partner into enjoying gaming 

Game Details:

• Name: Pikuniku
• We played it on: PC
• Also Available on: Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 
• Developer: Sectordub
• Year: 2019

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Focus, breach mages! For The Nameless approaches, and the fate of the city of Gravehold is in your hands. Join us as we build up our decks and pray that the turn order is in our favor, so that we may drive back the vicious nemeses and their hoards of minions. 

In this episode we cover:

• To shuffle, or not to shuffle? Flipping a traditional convention of deck-building games on its head.
• The going conversion rate of HP to citizens of Gravehold.
• Rob gushes over the most beautifully organized board game he has ever seen.

Game Details:

• Name: Aeon’s End: Second Edition
• Medium: Board Game
• Publisher: Indie Boards and Cards
• Year: 2017

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Surprise! It’s time for an Ours, Played bonus episode. In our first holiday special, we’re asking you to help us find what to play on game night. Listen as we highlight the co-op games that are at the top of our wish lists this year, and let us know which game should find its way under our tree.

Wish List Games:

• Gloomhaven
• The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth
• The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game
• Spiritfarer
• Stuffed Fables
• Unrailed!

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They - are - family! Linda, John, Kevin, and Lucy! Not forgetting the rest of the Bergsons, of course. This week we were adopted by the guardians of Mount Morta to drive back the Corruption and protect our lands. 

In this episode we cover:

• Growing as a team: leveraging leveling up to boost all Bergson family members’ stats.
• Interior design inspired by the Bergsons’ manor.
• The rogue-like and rogue-lite talk: moving beyond frustration to realizing that death is progression.

Game Details:

• Name: Children of Morta
• We played it on: PC
• Also available on: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch.
• Developer: Dead Mage Inc.
• Year: 2019

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