The Broken Meeple

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 43 - Is Kickstarter A Menace?

This episode is packed!! I got a beige Euro that I played, several items of news, channel highlights, a channel shoutout for supporting small creators and then a big discussion on whether Kickstarter is more of a problem than a solution these days?

00:00 - Introduction, General Wellbeing & Upcoming Content

10:45 - Channel Shoutout - Solo Playthroughs

13:06 - News

26:37 - What I Played (City State)

38:39 - Is Kickstarter A Menace?

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 42 - Too Much Effort For Solo

On today's episode there is not much news to speak of, so instead you're getting 2 full reviews and a solid discussion topic as given by one of my amazing Patreons.

I will talk in detail about Roll Player Adventures and Mortum (without spoiling of course) and hint at an upcoming first impressions video for Procyon III. After that I'll go back to solo gaming where I've been asked the question "how much effort are you willing to put in for heavy solo games"?

00:00 - Introduction, General Wellbeing, New Job & Upcoming Content

10:58 - Express Review - Mortum

23:47 - Express Review - Roll Player Adventures

39:20 - What Is Too Much Effort For A Heavy Solo Game?

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 41 - Why Is It So Hard?

On today's episode there's a bunch of news to talk about, but the focus is more on the difficulty curves of games. Are co-op board games these days becoming too hard to beat? Is there a trend to up the difficulty curve in the late stages of an LCG? Are campaign games subject to spikes with impossible finales?

00:00 - Introduction and General Wellbeing

09:05 - What I Played

16:00 - News

28:00 - Why Is It So Hard?

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 40 - Resolutions - Whats A Deck Builder?

It's 2022 and we start the year with a show devoted to resolutions, games played and then a debate started by me and a friend - "what ACTUALLY IS a deck builder"?

00:00 - Introduction and General Wellbeing

07:17 - What I Played

19:43 - Resolutions for 2022

39:20 - What Is A Deck Builder?

So many games to talk about, so this is basically a bumper episode where I talk about a ton of games I've been playing lately, mainly because of attending GRIDCON last week, a great local convention hosted by Paul Grogan of Gaming Rules!

00:00 - Introduction and General Wellbeing

03:16 - ZATU Giveaway

07:18 - Channel Shoutout - Gaming Rules!

What I Played:

14:14 - Ark Nova

22:31 - Weather Machine

29:33 - Grand Trunk Journey

37:14 - Euthia

46:33 - Roll Player Adventures

57:31 - Iki and Other Games

On today's episode I got a ton of games to talk about that I played, some of which you'll be surprised I played at all, and also a big discussion on innovation in games and a signature Broken Meeple rant on the new CMON KS rumours.

How Am I? (00:00) - General stress, health and what I've done on the channel and future content!

What I Played (04:00) - From my games at Merrycon we have Agricola with Farmers of the Moor, Glass Road impressions, Terraforming Mars, Diamonds and my first play of the new Mortum by Arcane Wonders.

News (20:22) - An upcoming giveaway that I'm doing in collaboration with ZATU to look out for and the new Marvel Zombicide rumours and CMON's sales tactics.

Do You Want Innovation or The Same Formula? (29:12) - Following an interesting Facebook discussion, I talk about my thoughts on the question of whether as gamers we want to see brand new ideas in design that are inherently more risky, but give us something new or just games that repeat the same formulaic ideas, but are tried and tested and known to work?

Been a while since a normal podcast and I've had time to play a bunch of Essen games - how is 2021 shaping up as a result?

How Am I? (00:00) - General stress, health and what I've done on the channel and future content!

Channel Shoutout (12:00)- Mark Dainty - Not Bored Gaming

News (15:10) - Garphill Games new Trilogy, another Splotter game and a new Tapestry expansion.

What I Played / How is 2021 shaping up? (22:37) - I give my thoughts on what I've played since Essen and comment on how 2021 is shaping up in general?

Special episode today! I figured instead of doing a podcast episode for the aftermath of visiting Essen Spiel, I decided to do a live stream on YouTube. If you want to check that out in full please visit the channel.

But here for you there's an audio only version if you want to listen to it in podcast form! I go over Essen, the fair, the people, the games and questions from the chat! Enjoy!

How Am I? (00:00) - Why this episode was meant to be shorter (and yet wasn't) due to a convention cut short, my upcoming gastroscopy and prepping for Essen 2021.

Channel Shoutout (10:37)- Games Made Easy

Convention Cut Short?(14:!6)

News (18:51) - A 7 Wonders spin off, a new Azul and the highlights from the Fantasy Flight Games In Flight Report.

What I Played (24:55) - First impressions of Pandemain, Fox in the Forest and my current status with regards to Descent which will now be getting a full Detail review in the future.

First Impressions & Rant - "Dune" (33:00)

Conclusion (51:45)

How Am I? (00:00) - How my Top 100 is going, my current health issues and why I'm stepping back from Twitter to get away from toxicity.

What I Played (10:30) - First impressions of Pandemain, Fox in the Forest and my current status with regards to Descent which will now be getting a full Detail review in the future.

News (21:38) - A 7 Wonders spin off, a new Azul and the highlights from the Fantasy Flight Games In Flight Report.

Useful Game Accessories (34:08) - I go over a bunch of ways I pimp out my board games and some other useful accessories to have.

Conclusion (01:04:36)