Episode 69 - Sex Games

Explicit content warning

02/01/25 • 80 min

This is episode 69. We're discussing sex games. We're sorry. (Except Joe...Joe isn't sorry at all.) Sandi has joined us to try to provide a little bit of maturity to the topic; we'll let you decide if she succeeded.

This is an adults-only episode (and we mean it this time), but we won't be offended if you decide to give this one a miss. Just come back next month, please? I promise we won't do it again.

We find a series of weird connections between sex games and big wargaming companies - Columbia Games, Avalon Hill, and Victory Games - not to mention well-known designers like Sid Sackson and Wolfgang Kramer, and even Nolan Bushnell from Atari.
Mike asks, "Is there anything more sexy than puns?"
Young Mike learns about the irrepressible dynamo that was Dr. Ruth.
A Brief Debate Upon the Merits of Identifying Breasts by Means of Nipple Shape
An article about Lacerunner, which is not a game about sex and is not likely to ever be released, but sounds really interesting regardless.

Come visit our newly-revived Discord server to chat with us and some other like-minded game nerds!

As always, thank you for listening. Please consider writing us an iTunes review if you like what you hear! We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Discord, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofboardgames on Bluesky. Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them. As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there, and happy gaming!

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Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Additional music this episode by HYPERTUNES.

The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved.

Thank you for listening!

This is an adults-only episode (and we mean it this time), but we won't be offended if you decide to give this one a miss. Just come back next month, please? I promise we won't do it again.

We find a series of weird connections between sex games and big wargaming companies - Columbia Games, Avalon Hill, and Victory Games - not to mention well-known designers like Sid Sackson and Wolfgang Kramer, and even Nolan Bushnell from Atari.
Mike asks, "Is there anything more sexy than puns?"
Young Mike learns about the irrepressible dynamo that was Dr. Ruth.
A Brief Debate Upon the Merits of Identifying Breasts by Means of Nipple Shape
An article about Lacerunner, which is not a game about sex and is not likely to ever be released, but sounds really interesting regardless.

Come visit our newly-revived Discord server to chat with us and some other like-minded game nerds!

Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com
Email: [email protected]
Discord: https://discord.gg/tdH3QAn
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ascentofboardgames.bsky.social
Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/
And, occasionally, Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ascentofboardgames

Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Additional music this episode by HYPERTUNES.

The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved.

Thank you for listening!

Previous Episode

Episode 68 - Looking Ahead to 2025

Well, we made it to 2025, technically. What new board games are coming out to give us hope for the future?

Frank describes one of his choices as "big...sprawling...French..."
Joe is unhappy with Mike's love/hate relationship with Tales of the Arabian Nights
Has Joe made The Ultimate Crowdfunding Mistake?
Will Frank go 3-for-3 on Fantasy Name: Dramatic Subtitle?
The delightful Deep Regrets teaser trailer that sold Jayson on the game

Are we wrong in some way? (Almost certainly.) Do you want to tell us what the correct choices would have been? Come visit our newly-revived Discord server to chat with us and some other like-minded game nerds!

Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com
Email: [email protected]
Discord: https://discord.gg/tdH3QAn
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ascentofboardgames.bsky.social
Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/
And, occasionally, Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ascentofboardgames

Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved.

Thank you for listening!

Next Episode

Episode 70 - Auction Games

That's right, folks, it's episode 70! Do I hear 75? No? Episode 70, going once, going twice...sold to the discerning podcast listener!

IS Jayson actually Agent 47? Probably not. Forget we said anything.
Frank calling out Reiner Knizia within 4 minutes of the episode start
"What is fish?" Help us, Jane Austen!
Is this the first Eurogame?
What happens when you take the auctions out of a game that's all about auctions?
What is a Dutch Auction, and should anyone be offended by the term?
Frank continues to be our resident board game hipster

Are we wrong in our opinions on auction games? Are there some that we overlooked that you want to tell us about? Come visit our newly-revived Discord server to chat with us and other like-minded game nerds!