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We regroup with the Architect of Megagames, Ben of BKGameDesign, to tackle the romance-inspired megagame Bound by Desire.

We talk about the secret to getting megagamers to a megagame, why Lady McStuffin' Face is so insidious, and just how dangerous romantic polyhedrons can be.

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The Great Game logo was made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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For the inaugural session of Team Time, Jack, Pat, Ben and Ciaran hash out what's going on with councils in megagames and ask the question - do we really need 'em?

Find Ciaran and Trenton over at the Megagame Coalition and True North megagame servers (and of course, at the Great Game server)!

The Great Game theme is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing Orchestra

The Great Game logo was made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Just in time for the New Year, it's our self-indulgent, parasocial, bottle episode. Jack and Pat talk about what 10 years of megagaming has done to them.

The Great Game theme is ⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing Orchestra

The Great Game logo was made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Are you down for some Agency Death? A bit of Player Lock? Maybe a journey into the Three Table Trap? Or do you just want to hear Jack further his vendetta against the English and their tea?

Whatever you're here for, we've got it. We round out 40 episodes with a conversation about megagame bugbears and pet peeves - those things in the megagame world, community and design space, that just really grind your gears.

The Great Game theme is ⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing Orchestra

The Great Game logo was made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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The Architect of Megagames, Ben of BKGameDesign, has arrived. We touched on Touched By Darkness (...) during the GenCon episodes, but now we get a full deep dive into the game, where it came from, and what makes it a perfect 'control's first megagame'.

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The Great Game theme is ⁠⁠Balrog Boogie⁠⁠ by the Diablo Swing Orchestra

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Tony, the Duke of Highland, takes us to Gencon 2024... again!

Part 2 of 2. Make sure you check out episode 37 of the Great Game to hear the first 5 interviews.

01:20 - Forrest, Gods of the Ancient World

18:50 - Trenton, Grimvale Ventures

30:05 - Scott, Goblin City

55:15 - Tony, It Belongs in a Museum

Want to know more about Scott's CANDI? Check out the PBEM gang over at OMEGA.

You can find all of these amazing people over on Discord, on both the ⁠Megagame Coalition⁠ and the ⁠Dukes of Highland⁠ servers.

While you're there, why not join ⁠our Discord server⁠?!

The Great Game theme is ⁠Balrog Boogie⁠ by the Diablo Swing Orchestra

The Great Game logo was made by ⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠

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Tony, the Duke of Highland, takes us to Gencon 2024. Part 1 of 2, in which we hear from a bunch of interesting people about their megagames!

01:47 - Ben, Touched by Darkness

11:28 - Pinto, Pantheon

22:00 - Tony, It Came From the Skies

39:20 - Riley, Jungle (Philly Megagames)

57:46 - Josh, Crucible of Nations

You can find all of these amazing people over on Discord, on both the Megagame Coalition and the Dukes of Highland servers.

While you're there, why not join our Discord server?!

The Great Game theme is Balrog Boogie by the Diablo Swing Orchestra

The Great Game logo was made by ⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠

Do you know what the opposite of a piggyback is? Neither do we.

We spoke to Riley and Trenton from the Megagame Coalition about... the Megagame Coalition!

Established as an umbrella organisation that connects and supports megagame groups all across North America, we spoke about how the Coalition game to be and how GenCon has been such a driving force for the American megagame scene.

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We venture south again, chatting with the Megagames Argentina gang about what their experience in the megagame world has been and how they're bringing megagame design to the homeland, its culture and its history.

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- Learn more about Megagames Argentina

- Open Veins of Latin America, an important book and inspiration for Aceleración Constante

- The Great Game logo by Jack McNamee using https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/earth

Diving into some listener requested subjects, we regrouped with Paddy (of Running Hot fame - see episode 13 back in 2020) to talk about the art of running the same megagame over and over and over...

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- The Great Game logo by ⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠ using Logo designed by ⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠ using ⁠⁠Earth Vectors by Vecteezy⁠