Unnecessary Gaming

Board Games: Part one of our Tabletop Scotland Special, featuring an overview of our shenanigans during our weekend at the convention, interviews with Stuff by Bez, Andy from YAY Games, Kenny from the Dice Roll Cafe, and a good long chat about the excellent Bridge Simulator by Edinburgh College!

Enjoy!

Highlights:

Games by Bez (13:00)

YAY Games (27:35)

Kenny from Dice Roll Cafe (43:00)

Starship Bridge Simulator (49:45)

This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Euan Glasgow, and Dave McCreary

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria

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A quick announcement from Chris about the current state of play at Unnecessary HQ.

Video Games: Chris and Dave (the stalwarts) are on their own this week, but it's worthwhile because they've both played the ridiculous and immensely fun Cooking Simulator; Chris has returned to Ghost Recon Wildlands and Planet Coaster to check out some new features, and has also managed to put a few hours into tycoon-style transport and industry building game Rise of Industry; and Dave has been having his brain burnt by the crazy puzzler Baba is You.

Enjoy!

Cooking Simulator (01:15)

Planet Coaster (19:45)

Ghost Recon Wildlands (23:20)

Rise of Industry (29:25)

Baba is You (44:45)

This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty and Dave McCreary

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria

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Board Games: Dave finally let Chris and Euan play Serious Poulp's survival storytelling game The 7th Continent, which was enjoyed immensely for roleplaying reasons; Chris and his non-gamer partner have had a crack at a couple more of Lucky Duck's Chronicles of Crime scenarios; and we've all got Villagers to the table, the new tableau-building euro-style card game from Sinister Fish.

Enjoy!

The 7th Continent (02:30)

Chronicles of Crime (22:07)

Villagers (26:30)

NOTE: As explained at the beginning of the episode, we had some issues with Euan's vocal track. We've done what we can to fix it, but it's still a bit distorted. It's still listenable though, so don't worry!

This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Euan Glasgow, and Dave McCreary

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria

This episode produced by Chris Hanratty

Logo by Rebecca Horner

www.firstplayertoken.com

Video Games: Pawel and Dave have been playing the recently released action-adventure stealth game A Plague Tale: Innocence; Chris quickly mentions walking simulator What Remains of Edith Finch before getting lazy and sitting on his couch playing lots of difficult dungeon crawler Darkest Dungeon; and Dave's been doing some mobile gaming with the popular Rebel Inc.

Enjoy!

A Plague Tale: Innocence (02:35)

What Remains of Edith Finch (23:00)

Darkest Dungeon (25:10)

Rebel Inc. (47:20)

This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Pawel Daruk, and Dave McCreary

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria

This episode produced by Chris Hanratty

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Video Games: Dave's getting round to talking about award-winning puzzle/deduction game Return of the Obra Dinn in which he tells us about the mixture of ways you can identify a corpse; Chris has put his helmet on again and got into sinister PSVR puzzler Statik: Institute of Retention; and Pawel's been playing with cards in both the tactical roguelike Trials of Fire and the Dominion-inspired War of Omens. Enjoy!

Return of the Obra Dinn (03:06)

Trials of Fire (27:53)

Statik: Institute of Retention (43:26)

War of Omens (55:05)

This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Pawel Daruk, and Dave McCreary

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria

This episode produced by Chris Hanratty

Logo by Rebecca Horner

www.firstplayertoken.com

Board Games: It's a wild mixture of tabletop games this week as Dave gives an overview of how stupid we all are while playing quirky investigation game Chronicles of Crime; Chris does his best to describe solid Euro game Lorenzo il Magnifico; and Euan terrorises us all with tales of Plague Inc, the game of destroying humanity with horrendous diseases.

Enjoy!

Chronicles of Crime (03:00)

Lorenzo il Magnifico (26:45)

Plague Inc (39:50)

This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Euan Glasgow, and Dave McCreary

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria

This episode produced by Chris Hanratty

Logo by Rebecca Horner

www.firstplayertoken.com

Video Games: We're back after a short break, so we're packing a show with a load of games. Pawel's talking about The Witcher again, or whatever he calls it in Polish, but specifically Gwent and its solo version Thronebreaker. Chris has jumped back into survival games with Outward, which is a bit Kenshi and a bit Dark Souls, but also addictive and weird. Dave's been dabbling with puzzle games, playing maze puzzler The Witness and the co-operative mobile game Tick Tock: A Tale for Two, and to wrap up the episode Chris has some thoughts on Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, a game which Pawel rates very highly.

Enjoy!

Gwent/Thronebreaker(04:10)

Outward (21:30)

The Witness(36:35)

Tick Tock: A Tale For Two (53:00)

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (59:50)

This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Pawel Daruk and Dave McCreary

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria

This episode produced by Chris Hanratty

Logo by Rebecca Horner

www.firstplayertoken.com

We bring you a bit of a different episode this week, as Chris and Dave attended the Red Dice Games Mini-Con at the weekend where they played a couple of games and interviewed some of the lovely people they met there. Stuart, owner of Red Dice Games, tells us about his shop and the mini-con itself; Tom from Format 15 talks to Dave about his newest creation, Squirrel; Kevin from Inspiring Games tells us about Legends Untold and their plans for the future; and Eric from Juniper Green Board Gamers talks to Chris about bringing science games into the classroom. We also played some Hand of Fate: Ordeals and newly fulfilled Kickstarter Village Pillage, and our topic this week: what themes would you like to see in board games?

Enjoy!

Stuart from Red Dice Games (04:15)

Hand of Fate: Ordeals (11:45)

Tom Sudall from Format 15 & Squirrel (15:30)

Kevin from Inspiring Games & Legends Untold (21:15)

Eric from Juniper Green Board Gamers (33:10)

Topic - Board Game Themes (42:07)

Village Pillage (49:22)

This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty and Dave McCreary

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria

This episode recorded and produced by Chris Hanratty and Dave McCreary

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Video Games: Dave is eating chips but still finds time to get angry at Pawel while talking about Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice; Pawel has taken his first foray into colony management games in Oxygen Not Included; and Chris is YET AGAIN reliving his childhood by playing the Theme Hospital spiritual successor, Two Point Hospital, with its crazy illnesses. Enjoy!

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (03:27)

Oxygen Not Included (26:08)

Two Point Hospital (45:53)

This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Pawel Daruk, and Dave McCreary

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria

This episode recorded and produced by Chris Hanratty and Dave McCreary

Logo by Rebecca Horner

www.firstplayertoken.com