Episode 574

This week's hosts: Eoin, Shane & Savage. Special Guests: Barry Sheppard and Colin Eager

This week the party discusses the motives and desires underpinning competitive gaming.

This weeks hosts: Eoin, Shane, Donogh and Gavin.

This week, the party discuss.....THINGS. Specifically things that aren’t games that we think gamers might like to read, watch, listen to, or otherwise experience. Apologies for the sound imbalance, a switch was thrown out of alignment. Show Notes:

• 01:40 The Expanse series
• 07:50 The Atomic Rocket website
• 09:00 Dr. Jackson Crawford, The Cowboy Viking
• 11:35 The Salmon Leap, the infamous technique of the Irish mythological ‘Hero’, Cú Chulainn.
• 14:19 Band of Brothers (The Book)
• 15:07 Molten Sulfur
• 16:07 Cake Law
• 16:25 The Expeditionary Force books
• 17:30 This premise also slightly reminds me of the Wraith Squadron books from the old Star Wars Expanded Universe, the only part of the EU I missed after Disney wisely flushed it all away.
• 19:47 This was once the hieght of childrens entertainment
• 20:25 Skullduggery Pleasant
• 24:20 I didn't just imagine them! But I still can’t find anything about the book starring mice who came from space to save the mice of earth, and somehow spoke better gaelic than the irish mice. Listeners, if you remember this, please prove I’m not crazy.
• 25:59 Kruggsmash
• 26:05 Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress
• 28:28 The original Rogue
• 33:25 Rivers of London, book 1 of the Peter Grant series
• 35:05 Rivers of London TV series in the works
• 35:28 Rivers of London RPG, by Chaosium no less
• 36:31 The Spinning Heart, as reccommended by fellow host Icecream in 2015 and 2019
• 36:46 The Cradle series
• 40:08 The inevitable rant about the state of modern literature, and how the 1000-page clunkers of our youths were so much better than the 1000-page clunkers of today, etc etc.
• 43:23 Return of the Obra Dinn

Episode 572

This week's hosts: Shane, Eoin, Donagh & Gavin.

This week the party tussle over a pile of carefully selected and wrapped presents.

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This week the party roll up their sleeves, put up their fists and square off to discuss skirmish wargames.

This week's hosts: Savage and Mary

Our Somewhat Special Guest: Jude

This week, the Party discuss Investing In The Hobby: The accoutrements and accessories that can make your games better, and prove you’re one of the Patricians of Gaming.

Show Notes:

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• 02:19 Our Keyforged Episode

• 02:27 Warhammer Underworlds

• 06:44 One example of custom boardgame inserts and replacement components

• 08:40 I like the Lords of Waterdeep box, inside and out

• 09:10 Savage in there with the relevant questions

• 12:02 The laugh of the damned

• 15:50 I do beleive Mytholon are the first stop shop for most LARPers in Europe

• 21:30 For the benefit of the peasants in the audience: Free RPGs, and it’s worth pointing out the D&D Basic Rules as well

• 23:05 I’m a fan of the Pathfinder Basic Flip-Mat as an entry to gridded adventuring, but there are many mroe in the line

• 24:10 Big Book of Battle Mats

• 24:48 Little Book of Dungeons

• 25:50 Destroy your home with one easy payment!

• 29:10 Does it spark joy?

• 31:20 Not A Filthy Euphimism

• 32:30 Give a gamer a mini, they’ll game for 3-4 hours. Give them a glue gun, they’ll complain about ruining all their minis for the rest of the their life

• 32:50 Mary has a very good idea

• 34:45 The longest technical phrase Savage has ever used

• 36:10 One infamous gaming table manufacturer. I didn’t realise they were greek

• 39:20 Syrinscape

This week the party sit down with some guest to chew over some recent gaming news and releases.

This week the party sit down to chat about what it's like to be part of a couple who are both gamers. What kinds of unique and special opportunities arise when you are struggling to house a game collection with two curators or scheduling a busy gaming and social life around conventions and releases?

This week the party examines issues of scale in fantasy RPG's. How do you accurately convey how big or small environments or opponents are to players? How do distance and height play out on the table?

This week the party weigh up the pros and cons of balance and asymmetry in CCGs and RPGs. Special Guest Gavin weights in on how asymmetry and balance collide in different types of games.

This week the party weigh up the pros and cons of balance and asymmetry in boardgames. Does balancing a game necessarily make it fun? Can you have a fun game if you know you are not playing on a level field? When does it become a game of two or more halves? If you are tempted to walk the tightrope of asymmetry while all about you are chucking dice then listen in!