HEX&CUBE: Euro Board Games and Board Game Design - #16 - Hangout - Worker Placement Games & Barrage, Caylus, Hansa Teutonica, City of the Big Shoulders, Gugong, Concordia: Venus

#16 - Hangout - Worker Placement Games & Barrage, Caylus, Hansa Teutonica, City of the Big Shoulders, Gugong, Concordia: Venus

03/01/21 • 94 min

HEX&CUBE: Euro Board Games and Board Game Design

In this laborious 16th episode of the HEX&CUBE podcast, Luke and I hang out while working; working on this amazing episode, that is! I lie about when this episode would be live and Luke sands a table during part of the episode. It's wonderful how well he can multitask! In between the carpentry and deceit, we chat about worker placement games and my pretentious clarification of the term "action selection". I hope you enjoy!
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Welcome (00:18)
News (1:23)
Kickstarter News - Maquis (2:07)
Game Night - Barrage, Caylus, Hansa Tuetonica, City of the Big Shoulders, Gugong, Concordia: Venus (8:35)
Topic - Worker Placement (27:09)
Outro - (1:31:43)

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#15 - Workshop - Jonathan Weaver & Narrative in Board Games

In this workshop episode, Kyle is joined by Jonathan Weaver to talk about narrative in games. Jonathan takes us on an enlightening journey in which Kyle discovers that he has been in love with narrative in games all along....or has he? That's for you to decide, and for me to find out. This episode is half-full of agreeable groans. Enjoy!
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Welcome (00:17)
Introducing: Jonathan Weaver (2:40)
A Conversation on Narrative (13:22)
Outro - (1:03:36)

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#17 - Workshop - Ode. Andreas Odendahl & Cooper Island

Wow. What an enjoyable episode! I had a blast talking with Andreas Odendahl (Ode). We talked about Helmets, chickens, and even board games. I learned that censoring can actually be fun, and that Suchy is lazy (Ode's words, not mine). :D We got to talk about Ode's approach to designing and about his game, Cooper Island. This is a long'n, but an oh-so-good'n.
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Welcome (00:18)
Get to know....Ode! (00:56)
Ode and Game Design(23:30)
Cooper Island (45:43)
Outro - (1:31:43)