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Space-Cast! #32. The Mirroring of Jenna Felli
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09/19/23 • 67 min
Jenna Felli is the well-known designer of some truly unique board games, among them Shadows of Malice, Zimby Mojo, Bemused, Dûhr: The Lesser Houses, Cosmic Frog, and The Mirroring of Mary King. Despite her relative fame, however, Jenna is appearing for the first time on today's episode. Join us as we discuss chaos, identity, and authenticity in board games and in life.
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Space-Cast! #30. Remembering Stonewall
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06/28/23 • 79 min
On this day in 1969, a police raid in Greenwich Village sparked three days of intense rioting by members of the gay community. This was the turning point in the fight for LGBT+ rights in the United States. Today we're joined by Taylor Shuss, designer of Stonewall Uprising, to discuss how his game charts the beginnings of the Pride movement, wading into the muddy waters of gamifying the AIDS epidemic, and how playing as history's baddies can give players a deeper perspective on civil rights.
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Space-Cast! #28. Land and Conversation
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04/19/23 • 66 min
The politics of the Spanish Civil War are complicated — which only makes it all the more impressive that Alex Knight's Land and Freedom distills them so elegantly into a three-player scrum for control of the Second Republic. Today, Alex joins us to discuss the genesis of his game, including how he solved the semi-cooperative problem with a silk bag, evolving the card-driven formula so popular in wargames, and the factional politics behind the gameplay.
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Space-Cast! #31. An Undaunting Conversation
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08/23/23 • 104 min
As befits as large and ambitious a game as Undaunted: Stalingrad, today on the Space-Cast! we're joined by Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson to discuss WWII, inclusions and omissions in historical games, and whether board games are art — or at least what it means for them to have authorial intent.
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Space-Cast! #29. Enduring Snake-Eyes
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05/17/23 • 80 min
What's the commonality between Shackleton's voyage to the Antarctic, brain hemorrhages, and the virtue of watching R-rated movies? Today, it's Amabel Holland's Endurance, a board game about the strength of the human spirit in the face of abject misery. Join Dan and Amabel as we chat about this game's difficult development, throwing out historical determinism, and why not every game should have a victory condition.
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Space-Cast! #27. No Rethemes
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03/30/23 • 96 min
Dan Bullock is one of a handful of up-and-coming wargame designers determined to do things a little differently. Today, we sit down to chat about some of his games, including No Motherland Without, 1979: Revolution in Iran, and the yet-unpublished Blood & Treasure. Sadly, this was recorded before I'd played Bowie. Although maybe that's a good thing, since otherwise that's all we would have talked about.
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Space-Cast! #35. But Then She Spilled Tea
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02/27/24 • 120 min
For this month's episode, we're unexpectedly joined by Amabel Holland to discuss board games — except this time, we cover three titles in total, ranging from Kaiju Table Battles to Doubt Is Our Product and But Then She Came Back. Along the way, we dive into the advantages of board games over other artistic mediums, that New Yorker article, and Amabel's birthday orgy. Be warned: there's a chance that this episode should not be played at work, in the presence of impressionable children, or at church. That is, unless your church is the fun kind.
Space-Cast! #20. The Acts of the Interviewees
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05/02/22 • 107 min
Come to hear about Jeff Warrender's The Acts of the Evangelists, stay for the rambling discussion about New Testament scholarship. Or don't. Stay away, all ye who fear extended chats about religion, independent publication, and games as devotion.
Space-Cast! #14. Mind Managed
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08/10/21 • 85 min
For today's "podcast," our topic of discussion is everything about Mind MGMT by Sen-Foong Lim and Jay Cormier. Over the course of a single episode, we discuss Sen and Jay's psychic powers, origin stories, and the process of designing, iterating, and activating latent psychics — sorry, I mean adapting Matt Kindt's comic series.
Space-Cast! #25. Nonsense Words
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01/19/23 • 55 min
What's the difference between a puzzle and a game? Heck if we know. Today's Space-Cast delves into two puzzle titles by designer Blaž Gracar, the 18-card microgame All Is Bomb and the pen-and-transparent-sheet game LOK. Listen in as we discuss both games, the value of nonsense words, and share some of our favorite puzzle recommendations.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Space-Biff! Space-Cast! have?
Space-Biff! Space-Cast! currently has 66 episodes available.
What topics does Space-Biff! Space-Cast! cover?
The podcast is about Leisure, Games, Podcasts and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on Space-Biff! Space-Cast!?
The episode title 'Space-Cast! #32. The Mirroring of Jenna Felli' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Space-Biff! Space-Cast!?
The average episode length on Space-Biff! Space-Cast! is 76 minutes.
How often are episodes of Space-Biff! Space-Cast! released?
Episodes of Space-Biff! Space-Cast! are typically released every 33 days, 8 hours.
When was the first episode of Space-Biff! Space-Cast!?
The first episode of Space-Biff! Space-Cast! was released on Jul 14, 2018.
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