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The sky suddenly darkened above me. As I looked up, I saw the giant spaceship that was filling up more and more of my view. It towered above the skyscrapers like a huge saucer, dotted in lights and what seemed like openings. It was hard to make out, but it seemed to be bigger than downtown. Suddenly, small aircraft emerged from the spaceship's openings and started to descend. It felt like we were suddenly living Under Falling Skies by Czech Games Edition.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/30/under-falling-skies-saturday-review/LinksUnder Falling Skies: https://czechgames.com/en/under-falling-skies/Czech Games Edition: https://czechgames.com/en/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Epic Blockbuster and Epic Dramatic Trailer by AShamaluevMusic (https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Let's face it. The pandemic has made a huge impact on the world overall, including, of course, board games, which is what I want to focus on in this article. Without being able to meet in person, many of us have changed how we play games, while others have stopped playing board games altogether and turned to other forms of entertainment. All of that has directly impacted the design and development of new games and I want to try and evaluate what that impact is. (This topic was inspired by the always wonderful Bez.)Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/26/change-of-interest-topic-discussion/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

I had to get my message to the Princess. It was vitally important that she would hear this, but I had to be extremely careful. Many people were plotting against her, and against me, so nobody could be trusted. I had to try and get past the guards, the handmaiden and others to reach her. My heart was beating in my throat and my emotions were welling up. I tried to keep it together, because I was so close to delivering to her my Love Letter by Z-Man Games.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/23/love-letter-saturday-review/LinksLove Letter: https://www.zmangames.com/en/games/love-letter/Z-Man Games: https://www.zmangames.com/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Now We Ride by Alexander Nakarada (https://filmmusic.io/song/6074-now-we-ride)License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseIf you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Nikita Sullivan has always been a techie and surrounded by nerds. She has a BSc in Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence and after working as a software engineer, she became a freelance graphic designer. She always loved being creative, so decided to become a board game designer. It allowed her to learn a lot of new […]Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/20/nikita-sullivan-let-me-illustrate/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

It is nice when you have a regular games group, be it friends or family or a mix of both. You get to play games regularly, you can share each others' collections, you can maybe even decide to buy games together and split the cost and there are many other positives when you have a group of people to play games with. What I want to talk about in this article, is why I think it's so wonderful to learn a new game together with a group of people you regularly play with.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/19/learning-together-topic-discussion/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The crowds were gathering outside, asking difficult questions, asking to be let in, not sure if we still had any control over them - but we fobbed them off with excuses, sent them to a different office and generally put up a smokescreen. We hadn't finished our final project yet. There was so much left to do, so much evidence to destroy or get out of the back door. We didn't know how much time we might have left, when we finally heard the chanting outside: "Stasi raus, es ist aus!" by DDR Museum.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/16/stasi-raus-es-ist-aus-saturday-review/LinksStasi Raus, Es Ist Aus!: https://onlineshop.ddr-museum.de/buecher-spiele/422/stasi-raus-es-ist-aus?c=148DDR Museum: https://onlineshop.ddr-museum.de/Unboxing video: https://youtu.be/oSbAsWqcgE0Playthrough video: https://youtu.be/CBZlnCK9G_AIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Some games just click. There are very few rules and you can basically start playing after reading a couple of paragraphs. Other games take longer to learn, with pages upon pages of rules, turns that consist of multiple phases or maybe some sort of conflict resolution steps that take a while to grasp. In fact, even seemingly simple games can take a long time to master. So in this article, I want to look at how patient we are with games and why some games deserve our perseverance.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/12/perseverance-topic-discussion/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Acoustic Breeze by Bensound (https://www.bensound.com)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

I could hear screeching tyres and gunshots coming from video game machines, the melodic sounds of fruit machines and some general hubbub of laughter, talking and other noise. I was standing at one end of the air hockey table, with my opponent on the other side. Yet, even though it felt like we were at some sort of amusement arcade, we were both at home and hadn't left the house. We were just about to play a game of Klask.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/09/klask-saturday-review/LinksKlask: https://klaskyourway.com/Big Potato Games: https://bigpotato.com/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Motion by AShamaluevMusic (https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com/)Sound Effects: BBC Sound Effects (http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Madeleine Fjäll is a 2D-artist who loves to make artwork inspired by history and fantasy. She has a bachelor's degree in Game Design and Graphics and has a Higher Vocational Education Degree in 2D-graphics, which helps her a lot as an artist in the board game industry. Right now she's working at Ion Game Design and is an artist for the games Pax Viking, Bios:Mesofauna and Dawn on Titan.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/06/madeleine-fjall-let-me-illustrate/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

I think like pretty much every hobby, playing board games is about having fun. You might prefer to play solo, you might like to play with your partner or you have a group of friends you play with. You probably play different types of games with different people. Maybe you play lighter games with your loved one in the evenings, because you're both tired after work and want to have some relaxing time together, but when you play with your games group you want something complex and thinky to really stretch your brain. Ultimately though, I think it's all about having fun.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/05/finding-the-fun-topic-discussion/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Tranquilize by Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The Chancellor's new reign had begun, as the Exiles had fled to the far reaches of the land. They had failed in their attempts to usurp the ruler, but here was another chance for them. They would muster their warbands, campaign against the Bandits, explore the world until eventually, they were strong enough to try again and finally succeed in overthrowing the leading power. Yet, they could never be sure if their fellow Exiles would deceive them and maybe even swear allegiance to the Chancellor, instead of staying strong and following the Exiles' code of honour, sticking by the sacred Oath by Leder Games.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/02/oath-chronicles-of-empire-and-exile-digital-eyes/LinksOath: https://ledergames.com/products/oath-chronicles-of-empire-exileLeder Games: https://ledergames.com/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Village Ambiance by Alexander Nakarada (https://filmmusic.io/song/6586-village-ambiance)License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseIf you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been an "odd" year. It all started to well, with lots of promise, but then deteriorated into a right mess. In this article, I want to look back at the year that's nearly gone and talk about the ups, the downs and everything in between.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/29/2020-in-review-topic-discussion/LinksAireCon: https://www.airecon.co.uk/Discord server #topic-ideas channel: https://discord.gg/wuPjy5TwGBIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

As is customary at the end of a calendar year, it's time for my top 5 board games of this, rather odd, year and for me to announce the winner of the Top Table Award 2020. Let me say that this year, I happily allowed games into the top 5 list that were published before 2020, as long as these games were new to me this year. There is a clear winner for me, not just based on the number of plays, the amount of enjoyment the game brought and the nostalgia factor that the game has for me, but because this game took a well-established genre and took it to the next step, making it more accessible to a wider range of people. However, let me not spoil it for you, but start at number 5 and work my way to the top slot.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/26/top-5-board-games-of-2020-saturday-review/LinksTapestry: https://stonemaiergames.com/games/tapestry/Stonemaier Games: https://stonemaiergames.com/Amended setup for&nbsp;Tapestry: https://app.box.com/s/uqp6m71co7gdyfahz5qamp3bd7o1v06iTapestry&nbsp;review:&nbsp;https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/11/09/tapestry-saturday-review/Tapestry&nbsp;unboxing video: https://youtu.be/vT8kOHae9j4Andrew Bosley interview: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/07/22/andrew-bosley-let-me-illustrate/Jaws: https://www.ravensburger.org/uk/discover/jaws-game/index.htmlRavensburger: https://www.ravensburger.org/uk/start/index.htmlDune: https://www.gf9games.com/dune/Gale Force Nine: https://www.gf9games.com/homeDune (1979): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/121/duneBack to the Future: Dice Through Time unboxing video: https://youtu.be/FUdEq4QZbtYBack to the Future: Dice Through Time rules teach video by Watch it Played!: https://youtu.be/loYoxo6-kowBack to the Future: Dice Through Time: https://www.ravensburger.org/uk/products/games/strategy-games/back-to-the-future-26842/index.htmlRavensburger: https://www.ravensburger.org/uk/start/index.htmlThe Crew: https://www.kosmosgames.co.uk/games/the-crew-quest-for-planet-nine/Kosmos: https://www.kosmosgames.co.uk/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Superhero Fanfare by Freesound (https://freesound.org/people/humanoide9000/sounds/505426/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: <a href="https://

Harald Lieske was born in 1975 in Siegen, Germany and is an illustrator, game designer and musician. After beginning to study art in Siegen, he switched to studying design in Münster with a focus on game illustration and comics. Even during his studies, he already created relationships with publishers and was created illustrations for a few games. During this time he also worked on a handful of game prototypes. At the end of his studies, he had two prototypes, one of which (Das Gold der Inka) has already been published.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/23/harald-lieske-let-me-illustrate/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Many of us in the board game hobby love our collection. Some of us have many, many Kallax shelves with dozens upon dozens of games, others, like myself, have maybe 80 or so small games stashed under the sofa and in a small cupboard, and others still only have a handful. Normally I would say, it doesn't matter how many games you have, but for the purpose of this article I want to look at if maybe some of us have too many games. (This topic was inspired by the always wonderful Bez.)Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/22/game-hoard-topic-discussion/LinksDiscord server #topic-ideas channel: https://discord.gg/wuPjy5TwGBIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Upbeat Acoustic by AShamaluevMusic (https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

It was getting dark, which meant it was time to light the campfire. We had already collected plenty of wood and tinder and someone had started to build the first layer of the fire. Now we were going to take turns and add more wood to it. After all, we were on a teambuilding camping trip, so we had to show we could work together. Of course, most of us were very competitive and soon people were starting to show off. The head of marketing decided that adding branches vertically, balancing them on the base, was the thing to do. IT, of course, went one further and decided to light the fire in a couple of places to add extra peril. It was quickly turning into a mad competition of Tinderblox by Alley Cat Games.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/19/tinderblox-saturday-review/LinksTinderblox: https://www.alleycatgames.com/tinderbloxAlley Cat Games: https://www.alleycatgames.com/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: My Dream by AShamaluevMusic (https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com/)Sound Effects: BBC Sound Effects (http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

It is the time of cheer and joy - and giving: Christmas. Of course, for many of us it's about receiving gifts, but there is also a lot of joy to be gotten from giving. If you think Christmas has become over-commercialized, then it's especially important that you give a gift - and I don't mean buying someone something, but giving away what you've already got. I'm talking about giving away some of your board games to spread the joy of our hobby to others.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/15/christmas-spirit-topic-discussion/LinksDiscord server #topic-ideas channel: https://discord.gg/wuPjy5TwGBIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Christmas Party by AShamaluevMusic (https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

"Asbestos and its use have a long history. A naturally occurring mineral, asbestos was once celebrated for its seemingly wondrous resistant and strengthening properties until it was declared a human carcinogen by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer in 1987. [...] This odd dichotomy between the recognition of the harmful effects of the mineral and lure of the potential to make a profit on it is by no means new to industry or unique to asbestos. As game designers and game players, however, this is thought provoking." From the rulebook of The Cost by Spielworxx.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/12/the-cost-digital-eyes/LinksThe Cost: https://www.spielworxx.de/produkte-shop/The Cost unboxing video: https://youtu.be/mn4fAwY3j8EThe Cost Vassal module: http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:The_CostSpielworxx: https://www.spielworxx.de/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Mihai Georgescu is a freelance artist living in Scotland. He enjoys drawing goblins, painting miniatures and having too many hobbies. Throughout his career, he has created band logos, album covers, video game assets, and really silly sketches on sticky notes. He is most proficient in Adobe Photoshop and, more recently, Clip Studio Paint. His most ambitious project so far has been the continued work on the board game Arcane Blaster Casters as the art half of Battle Boar Games.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/09/mihai-georgescu-let-me-illustrate/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

As you can probably tell from my review of The Crew, I love trick-taking games. I grew up with them. I learned to shuffle cards when I was about six and started to play Skat with my family when I was about eight. In secondary school, I learned Doppelkopf. I didn't play them for many years after I left school and it was only when I played Vivaldi at Gaming Rules' evening during last year's Essen Spiel Messe that I rediscovered the genre. So I wanted to talk more about my fascination with these games.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/08/its-tricky-topic-discussion/LinksThe Crew review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/05/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine-saturday-review/Skat: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6819/skatDoppelkopf: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9364/doppelkopfVivaldi review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/11/23/vivaldi-saturday-review/Gaming Rules: https://www.youtube.com/c/GamingRulesVideos/Spiel Messe: https://www.spiel-messe.com/en/Bridge: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2181/bridgeScopa: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15889/scopaBriscola: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11733/briscolaBriscola Chiamata: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/99696/briscola-chiamataIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Space, the final frontier. We're on a 50 mission journey to find a new planet in our solar system. We have to work together to seek out new theories, new experiments and new proof. It's no trick and we have to boldly go, where no scientist has gone before. These are the adventures of The Crew by Kosmos.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/05/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine-saturday-review/LinksThe Crew: https://www.kosmosgames.co.uk/games/the-crew-quest-for-planet-nine/Kosmos: https://www.kosmosgames.co.uk/Skull King review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/01/04/skull-king-saturday-review/The Mind review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/01/05/the-mind/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music:Star Trek original series opening themeA New World by Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The old topic of "house rules" keeps cropping up. Some of us are purists and feel that you have to play games with the rules they came with, because otherwise you won't get the experience that the designer intended. Others feel that tweaking a few rules here and there can make a game more fun for you and the people you play with and that designers want us to enjoy their games. In this article, I want to speak for the latter group and show that house rules aren't a sacrilege.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/01/overruled-topic-discussion/LinksDiscord server #topic-ideas channel: https://discord.gg/wuPjy5TwGBIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

I was ready. It seemed like an impossible task, but I was mankind's only hope. I had to do what I could and fight my way through the ever-increasing number of machine parts, which were making the machine stronger and bring it closer to sentience. It was a matter of taking it one machine part at a time until I reached the core and was finally able to put an end to the Doom Machine by Nathan Meunier.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/11/28/doom-machine-digital-eyes/LinksDoom Machine: https://nathanmeunier.com/my-tabletop-games/doom/Doom Machine on Gamecrafter: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/doom-machine1Doom Machine on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nmeunier/doom-machine-a-pocket-sized-card-dice-solo-gameDoom Machine playthrough video: https://youtu.be/B5rkRn8ZosMNathan Meunier: https://nathanmeunier.com/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music:Dramatic Trailer Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProd (https://filmmusic.io/song/6634-dramatic-trailer-logo-01)Dark Viking by Frank Schröter (https://filmmusic.io/song/6969-dark-viking)License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Sabrina Miramon is a French illustrator based in the UK who works mostly on boardgame and video game art, but also does the occasional book illustration. She originally studied 3D, but after a few years decided that she preferred drawing and painting. Her artwork has appeared in games such as Ecos : First Continent, Coral Islands, Welcome to DinoWorld, Planet and many others, having worked with publishers such as Iello, AEG, Blue Orange, Alley Cat Games among others.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/11/25/sabrina-miramon-let-me-illustrate/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

As a board game reviewer, you need to have access to board games. That's obvious. Some reviewers rely solely on games they bought themselves, maybe got as presents or borrowed from friends, while others will only review games sent to them by the publisher or even the designer. Many reviewers will rely on a mix of both. What I want to look at in this article is how review copies, which are (usually) free, may influence a review and what the relationship between publishers, or designers, and reviewers may look like and how it can also play a part in how a review is written.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/11/24/it-depends-topic-discussion/LinksDiscord server #topic-ideas channel: https://discord.gg/wuPjy5TwGBIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Like a Wave by Lilo Sound (https://filmmusic.io/song/5812-likeawave)License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

We were sitting quietly at each end of the sofa in the living room, fully engrossed in our needlework. It was so relaxing to use our hands and make something. Arts and crafts. That was the way. We looked at each other for a moment, seeing the contentment in each other's eyes. I reached into the bag to pick out another piece of material to add to my quilt. It would look all higgledy-piggledy, but that was fine, because I was aiming to create a Patchwork by Lookout Games.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/11/21/patchwork-digital-eyes/LinksPatchwork: https://lookout-spiele.de/en/games/patchwork.htmlLookout Games: https://lookout-spiele.de/en/news.phpIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The longer we enjoy our hobby and the more games we play, the more our taste in games is likely to change. As a reviewer, I can only write about a game as I feel about it at the time, but even if my taste in games changes, the review will remain on the blog. So the question is whether a review should stay frozen in time or if it should be revisited with a fresh perspective. Let me try and answer those questions in this article.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/11/17/reviews-reviewed-topic-discussion/LinksTakebacks articles: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/category/takebacks/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Quantum Computer Love by MusicLFiles (https://filmmusic.io/song/6943-quantum-computer-love)License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

We had all the plans ready, planning permissions had been sought and approved, contractors had been signed up, the project manager was ready and a rough schedule had been put together. We also knew what building materials we needed and where to get them, so it was time to build our Micro City by Thistroy Games.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/11/14/micro-city-saturday-review/LinksMicro City: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thistroygames/micro-city-pocket-sized-citybuilding-gameThistroy Games: https://www.facebook.com/thistroygames/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Corporate Culture by WinnieTheMoog (https://filmmusic.io/song/6156-corporate-culture-)License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sound Effects: BBC Sound Effects (http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Natalia Rojas is a self-taught artist and illustrator from Colombia living in Tampa, Florida. She specializes in highly detailed and realistic graphite and coloured pencil drawings and loves to create portraits of people, pets and wildlife, as well as meaningful pieces that could be anything from a portrait of a loved one to a special item or a still life. She has worked on the board game Wingspan by Stonemaier Games, as well as all its expansions.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/11/11/natalia-rojas-let-me-illustrate/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

As we all know, different people play games for different reasons and with different goals. Even the heaviest of games can be played in all sorts of different ways, and I don't mean with different strategies in mind. Sure, in an 18xx game, you probably want to do everything to win and it's unlikely that people will play it who just want to build scenic routes going through cities that they like - but it is a possibility. In this article, I want to look at the different motivations players have and how different games accommodate them to a larger or smaller extent.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/11/10/flexible-gaming-topic-discussion/LinksWingspan review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/16/wingspan/Scythe review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/01/19/scythe/Clans of Caledonia review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/02/clans-of-caledonia/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Inspiring Acoustic by AShamaluevMusic (https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The seasons began again. We had to build our rice paddies, fill them with water, plough them with our buffalos, plant our rice and wait for it to grow. We had to be clever about how we divided the land to make the best use of the most fertile soil. We also had to have enough help to get the harvest in, but overall, we had to be patient and wait for the end of the Seasons of Rice by Button Shy.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/11/07/seasons-of-rice-saturday-review/LinksSeasons of Rice: https://buttonshygames.com/products/seasons-of-riceButton Shy: https://buttonshygames.com/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Follow That Dream by Luca Fraula (https://filmmusic.io/song/5156-follow-that-dream)License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sound Effects: BBC Sound Effects (http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

So, the convention season for 2020 has drawn to a close, and it’s obviously been a very different set of experiences compared to The Before Times. The last show I actually physically attended was AireCon back in spring, and even that was under the shadow of the then-upcoming nationwide lockdown in the UK, a last hurrah before we all spent the summer indoors. Since then, many and various show organisers have done their damnedest to pivot and transform their events into an online format, all with varying degrees of success. And frankly, despite their best efforts, no single event has managed to get close to the real deal. Lessons have been learned, of course, and if things continue as they seem to be on track to do, Year Two of the Online Convention will invariably be better - but what would I like to see from them?Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/11/03/virtually-there-topic-discussion/LinksMichael Fox: https://twitter.com/idlemichaelAireCon: https://www.airecon.co.uk/UK Games Expo: https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/Gen Con: https://www.gencon.com/Spiel.Digital: https://spiel.digital/enTabletopia: https://tabletopia.com/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

"...crisis on Wall Street as Lehman totters towards..." - "...worries could wreak havoc on markets..." - "...banking giants rush to raise capital..." - "...markets in disarray as lending locks up..." - "...sweeping plan to fight crisis..." - "...vast bailout..." - I switched off the television. The news wasn't good and it was clear what we had to do to stop the world markets from collapse. It was time for some Q.E. by BoardGameTables.com.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/31/q-e-saturday-review/LinksQ.E.: https://www.boardgametables.com/products/qe-quantitative-easing-board-gameBoardGameTables.com: https://www.boardgametables.com/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Will to Achieve by Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com/)Sound Effects: Freesound (https://freesound.org/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Jessi Cabasan is a freelance artist based in Co. Meath, Ireland. She works in a variety of industries including games, logo making and traditional pencil portraits. She designed the artwork for the game board and cards for Luzon Rails published on Kickstarter in 2020. She is skilled in graphic design and illustration with Affinity Designer on the PC, Artstudio Pro and Procreate on the iPad and photo editing with Adobe Lightroom.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/28/jessi-cabasan-let-me-illustrate/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

If you have played a number of games, you will have noticed how the pace in some games changes over time. A game might start slow and then speed up towards the end, or it keeps an even pace throughout. Some games even slow right down in the last round. In this article, I want to look at this more closely and see what affects the pace of a game.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/27/keeping-pace-topic-discussion/LinksWingspan review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/16/wingspan/Mystic Vale review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2018/12/08/mystic-vale/Brass: Birmingham review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/03/brass-birmingham-saturday-review/Terra Mystica review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/06/01/terra-mystica/Scythe review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/01/19/scythe/Chai review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/06/27/chai-takebacks/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Special Place by Ketsa (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Above_and_Below/Special_Place_1026)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

It was going to be great. We were going to visit most of the USA and play to millions of people over a few months. It was going to be fun, but also a lot of hard work and the planning was the most difficult. In the end, we decided to roll the dice to decide what states we were going to visit in what order, but rather than making it completely random, we turned it into a little game. It would let us build an almost circular route, so we could finally go On Tour by BoardGameTables.com.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/24/on-tour-saturday-review/LinksOn Tour: https://www.boardgametables.com/products/on-tour-usa-and-europeBoardGameTables.com: https://www.boardgametables.com/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: A Trip Around the Moon by Unicorn Heads (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbdU8d-QYGeEseYLlrSy8KQ/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

A 60 miles an hour dust storm is whistling around the small Mars base, pulling at the airlock, shaking the whole station side to side and blowing over the tiny buildings with a deep rumbling sound, while the computer equipment fans quietly hum away in the background and a random bleep from one of the monitoring systems indicates that our communications channels to Earth are still down. No, this isn't a review of one of the many Mars themed games available these days, but an idea of how you might set the scene for everyone when playing one of those games, because in this article I want to talk about how you could create a thematic atmosphere when playing board games with your friends.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/20/atmospheric-ambience-topic-discussion/LinksScythe review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/01/19/scythe/Clans of Caledonia review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/02/clans-of-caledonia/Terra Mystica review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/06/01/terra-mystica/Wingspan Digital playthrough: https://youtu.be/YRY6uztJ1eADune review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/02/08/dune-saturday-review/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Gold Rush by Arnav Srivastav (https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-gold-rush-get)Sound Effects: BBC Sound Effects (http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Living in the country is nice, but getting to work requires a car. In fact, getting anywhere needs a car: shopping, going out (unless it's to the local at the edge of the village), seeing friends (because even though you pretend to, you don't actually get on with your neighbours) and doing the school run. On the other hand, because it's so hard to get around, we don't actually spend as much on things, which is good. However, there is a lot we need to do if we want to make sure our household leaves only a Tiny Footprint by Gaard Games.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/17/tiny-footprint-saturday-review/LinksTiny Footprint: https://www.gaardgames.com/pages/tiny-footprintGaard Games: https://www.gaardgames.com/Tiny Footprint unboxing: https://youtu.be/G3bFVTO_sMsCarbon City Zero review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/06/20/carbon-city-zero-saturday-review/Carbon City Zero unboxing: https://youtu.be/MvIH_w-tijsTipping Point: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1677242759/tipping-point-the-climate-change-card-gamePandemic review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/01/18/pandemic-saturday-review/Pandemic unboxing: https://youtu.be/rkKrFMeaFJIIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Acoustic Breeze by Bensound (https://www.bensound.com)Sound Effects: BBC Sound Effects (http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Rory Muldoon is a graphic designer and games designer from the south-east of the UK. After going freelance in 2016 he began working on is own game, Skora, which has recently been published by Inside the Box Board Games. Alongside his own projects, he has created artwork and graphic design for tabletop games such as [&#8230;]Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/14/rory-muldoon-let-me-illustrate/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Now, that many of us no longer meet in person, many face-to-face games groups have stopped meeting and have gone online. Of course, online isn't the same as "in real life", so I want to use this article to look at how my virtual board gaming experience compares to playing with people sitting around a real table.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/13/separate-together-topic-discussion/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Memories by Bensound (https://www.bensound.com)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

It was time to find the next victim. The beaches were full of swimmers, so it was going to be easy pickings. Yet, the sea around the island was patrolled by the Orca, a 42-foot former lobster boat, that was launching barrels into the sea to flush me out. A little speedboat was also making its rounds and using its fish finder to see if it could spot me. So far, I hadn't been found and already five people had lost their lives to my merciless attacks. I just needed four more victims to end up in my Jaws by Ravensburger.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/10/jaws-saturday-review/LinksJaws: https://www.ravensburger.org/uk/discover/jaws-game/index.html Ravensburger: https://www.ravensburger.org/uk/start/index.htmlIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Pursuit by AShamaluev Music (https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com/)Sound Effects: BBC Sound Effects (http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

I've recently got into heavier games, such as Brass: Birmingham with my games group, because they help me completely focus on a game, allowing my brain to fully put aside my day-to-day worries and thoughts. I've also started to enjoy games with more player interaction, which encourage everyone to stay focussed on what everyone around the table is doing, rather than just doing their own thing and not being part of the group. However, for me, the best type of player interaction is where you don't just put one over on another person, but where everyone gets something out of it, and in this article, I want to look at those types and what it is I enjoy about them.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/06/give-and-take-topic-discussion/LinksBrass: Birmingham review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/03/brass-birmingham-saturday-review/Rising Sun review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/10/26/rising-sun-saturday-review/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Cinematic Dubstep by AShamaluevMusic (https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Looking back, building that last pottery had been foolhardy. Investing in the rail network would have been much more lucrative and sensible, but you had wanted to compete with your contemporaries. Maybe if you had been more careful and had planned further ahead when you first started out as an entrepreneur, things would have worked out differently. But then, nobody could have predicted the Industrial Revolution to be so transformative as it had been. Yet, overall you had done well and were certainly top Brass: Birmingham by Roxley Games.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/03/brass-birmingham-saturday-review/LinksBrass: Birmingham: https://roxley.com/products/brass-birmingham-deluxe-editionRoxley Games: https://roxley.com/Brass: Lancashire: https://roxley.com/products/brass-lancashire-deluxe-editionIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Industrial Revolution by Kevin MacLeod (https://filmmusic.io/song/3911-industrial-revolution)License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sound Effects: BBC Sound Effects (http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Julie Okahara was born in Osaka, Japan and after graduating from Osaka Industrial Arts High School, began work as a graphic designer. Wanting to further their studies in studio art, Julie came to California in 2005. Since then Julie has expanded into acrylic painting, ink drawing, sewing and clay sculpting. This year, she started teaching herself animation and now live-streams with interactive animations on her Twitch channel.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/09/30/julie-okahara-let-me-illustrate/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The holy grail of the perfect rulebook is something that most publishers try to find and is something that we all want. It's no surprise that unboxing videos usually show you what the rulebook of a game looks like and one reason why many publishers allow you to download rulebooks for their games, so you can see for yourself if you'll be able to learn the game from it. I have read quite a few rulebooks over the years and wanted to share my thoughts about what makes for a good rulebook.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/09/29/easy-rules-topic-discussion/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Snow Day by Pictures of the Floating World (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pictures_of_the_Floating_World/Snow_Day/Snow_Day)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Your 8-bit computer may seem to be collecting dust in your loft, but actually, there is still a lot of life in the old box yet. Two of the microprocessors, Mikro and Chip, are keeping themselves amused by playing little, fun games. After all, their buffers and memory stacks are still in working order. With a handful of assembly instructions, they keep each other entertained: push, pop, peek as well as some Mini Memory Mischief by Atikin Games.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/09/26/mini-memory-mischief-saturday-review/LinksMini Memory Mischief: https://atikingames.com/memorymischief/Mini Memory Mischief Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atikingames/mini-memory-mischiefAtikin Games: https://atikingames.com/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Electro Motion by Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com)Sound Effects: BBC Sound Effects (http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The more we play games, the more we learn. We learn better strategies, new mechanisms, how to be a better loser, as well as a better winner, we learn that we don't always have to have the latest games, or that we definitely do, and we learn a few other things besides. In this article, I want to focus on something else though. I want to look at what playing board games has taught me about myself, about the people around me, and how it has changed me over time, if at all.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/09/22/play-and-learn-topic-discussion/LinksMahjong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MahjongSkat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skat_(card_game)Doppelkopf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoppelkopfIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Elevate by Bensound (https://www.bensound.com)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

It was the fifth factory you had visited today, as you were trying to find three turquoise ceramic tiles to complete your pattern in the King's palace. You needed three - exactly - no more, no less. The first factory you had visited had no turquoise tiles, the second had four, the third had only one and the fourth had two. The factory you were in now, was the last one that made these tiles, and if it didn't have the exact number of turquoise tiles you needed, you had to go back to the previous one and make do with two, which would put you behind schedule and make the King angry. Yet, you were in luck. The factory overseer told you that they had your tiles and exactly three of them. You were so pleased that you found three tiles that were all Azul by Next Move Games.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/09/19/azul-saturday-review/LinksAzul: https://www.nextmovegames.com/en/26-azulNext Move Games: https://www.nextmovegames.com/en/Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Majestic Earth by Claus Appel (https://filmmusic.io/song/4694-majestic-earth)License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sound Effects: BBC Sound Effects (http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Naomi Robinson is a freelance artist and illustrator based in the North-West of the UK. She has worked on a variety of different board games and RPG books, with a wide range of styles and themes.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/09/16/naomi-robinson-let-me-illustrate/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Throughout time, terrible things have happened: plagues, wars, colonialism, genocide, executions, experimentation, extinctions, terrorism, abuse and many other atrocities. Some are still going on, most are condemned and they all evoke strong emotions in us. So when board games, which most of us see as a fun way to spend time, use these terrible events as their background, their setting, it seems to be a contradiction and it becomes very important how the game treats its subject matter. In this article, I want to find out if board games can treat atrocities in a sensitive and respectful manner that allows us to learn about these topics better and grow our understanding.Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/09/15/sensitive-settings-topic-discussion/LinksThe Cost: https://www.spielworxx.de/produkte-shop/Spielworxx: https://www.spielworxx.de/World Health Organization: https://www.who.int/International Agency for Research on Cancer: https://www.iarc.fr/Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr: https://www.wearehubgames.com/shop/holding-on-the-troubled-life-of-billy-kerrHub Games: https://www.wearehubgames.com/This War of Mine: http://awakenrealms.com/games/this-war-of-mine-the-board-game/Awaken Realms: http://awakenrealms.com/GMT Games: https://www.gmtgames.com/GMT&#8216;s announcement about Scramble for Africa: https://mailchi.mp/a9c2643ed89c/p500-update-removing-scramble-for-africa&#8220;A Cancelled Board Game Revealed&#8221; by Vice: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb9gd9/a-cancelled-board-game-revealed-how-colonialism-inspires-and-haunts-games&#8220;Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis?&#8221; by The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/style/board-games-cancel-culture.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Music: Peace of Mind by Kevin MacLeod (https://filmmusic.io/song/4199-peace-of-mind)License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKDWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/