The Polyhedron Collider Cast
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Three British chaps talk about tabletop gaming of all kinds. Board games, card games, miniatures and more. Each episode we talk about what games we've been playing and our thoughts on them
Location:
United Kingdom
Description:
Three British chaps talk about tabletop gaming of all kinds. Board games, card games, miniatures and more. Each episode we talk about what games we've been playing and our thoughts on them
Twitter:
@PolyhedronC
Language:
English
Episodes
Episode 158 - Endeavor Deep Sea, Castle Combo, Moving Wild, & Pathfinder 2nd Ed
12/18/2024
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Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
During this season, it is a tradition for board gaming and RPG podcasts to embrace the festive spirit, sing, and celebrate. The Polyhedron Collider team will follow a more typical custom by indulging in too much drink and sparking a debate!
In this episode, the boys from the PhC will be challenged by Endeavor: Deep Sea, the poker-themed card game The Gang, and the newest drafting game from Oink, Moving Wilds. We also share our appreciation for the charming Castle Combo and offer our insights on the popular roleplaying game Pathfinder Second Edition.
Games Mentioned
00:05:10 Endeavor: Deep Sea
00:22:39 The Gang
00:27:10 Castle Combo
00:32:25 Moving Wilds
00:42:46 Pathfinder Second Edition
⭐Show Sponsor: Kienda
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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Duration:01:04:28
Episode 157 - Shackleton Base, Duel for Middle-earth, and Undaunted 2200: Callisto
11/30/2024
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Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
We’re flooded in, which means more time for games. We battle out in the future in Undaunted 2200: Callisto, colonise the moon in Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon, and decide the fate of the peoples of Middle-Earth in The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth.
We then dive into the mail bag talking about two player games and our Kickstarter red flags, ending with the most important question of them all: do Yorkshire puddings deserve to be on a Christmas dinner?
Games Mentioned
00:05:52 Undaunted 2200: Callisto
00:24:21 Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon
00:42:26 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
00:52:01 Questions from the mailbag
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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Duration:01:17:37
Episode 156 - Ezra and Nehemiah, Avalon: The Riven Veil, Big Boss
11/10/2024
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Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
Its time to channel our inner Bob Ross and Duncan Rhodes, as we talk about our anual painting challenge, this time using only the Two Thin Coats starter paints.
Go check out the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec37fRNzegc
We also talk about the Arthurian legend board game from the makers of Oathsworn, Avalon: The Rivel Veil, trade stocks and shares in Big Boss from Funko, and rebuild ancient city walls in Ezra and Nehemiah from Garphill Games.
We then answer listener questions on what we like and hate about the games industry and where to get the latest releases in the UK.
Games Mentioned
00:01:58 Airecon West
00:06:47 Andy bought a Baneblade
00:10:52 PHC painting contest with Two Thin Coats
00:19:43 Avalon: The Riven Veil
00:28:07 Big Boss
00:36:33 Ezra and Nehemiah
00:50:53 Questions from the mailbag
⭐Show Sponsor: Kienda
When you sign up to an account with Kienda use this link to bag yourself a wee discount and help support the show. Let's face it, you were going to buy a board game anyway 😉
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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Duration:01:02:35
Episode 155 - Vrahode, Mutagen, and Timeless Journeys: The Italian Grand Tour
10/12/2024
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Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
Episode 155 is a bit of a Kickstarter Special as the boys discuss Vrahode, a fantasy adventure game with stunning miniatures and a fancy player console.
Mutagen, a worker placement game where your workers mutate and the meeples gain little rubber gloves to match.
And finally, Sid and Rory embark on a Timeless Journey in a clever hand management and action programming game in Renaissance Italy.
Games Mentioned
00:10:25 Vrahode: Age of Prophecy
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weathervanegames/vrahode-age-of-prophecy
00:32:25 Mutagen
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drandagames/mutagen
00:48:23 Timeless Journeys: The Italian Grand Tour
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/liriusgames/timeless-journeys-the-italian-grand-tour
01:05:30 Expansions
01:09:23 The Top 100 Challenge
⭐Show Sponsor: Kienda
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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Duration:01:16:25
Episode 154 - Spiel Essen Preview, Set A Watch, An Age Contrived, and Nucleum
9/22/2024
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Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
Join Steve, Andy, Sid and Rory for a jam packed episode of board game reviews, a special Essen Spiel preview and more Ramshackle Nonsense than you’ve come to love and expect.
“I’m the Branston’s pickle in this ginger bread sandwich” - I mean, where else are you going to find tabletop commentary like that, eh?
The boys make camp on their way to face off against the big bad in a review of Set A Watch: Forsaken Isles. Build some fancy magnetic monuments in an Age Contrived before jumping on a train full of radioactive material in Nucleum before spending a good chunk of this episode gushing about all of the lovely games available to (finally) buy and demo and this year’s Essen Spiele.
Games Mentioned
00:02:46 Set A Watch: Forsaken Isles
00:18:55 An Age Contrived
00:33:58 Nucleum
Essen Preview
00:46:20 Revenant
00:49:02 Tir na NOg
00:52:57 Polaris
00:55:52 The bit where Andy said “Rory’s right”
00:56:35 Flatiron
00:59:32 Nucleum: Court of Progress
01:01:18 Get Salty
01:03:32 Rock Hard 1977
01:04:58 Bantam West
01:08:10 Chandrigah
01:10:30 Civolution
01:12:44 Escape from New York. Andromeda's Edge, and Undaunted 2200: Callisto
01:14:58 Pampero
01:18:15 Baghdad: The City of Peace
⭐Show Sponsor: Kienda
When you sign up to an account with Kienda use this link to bag yourself a wee discount and help support the show. Let's face it, you were going to buy a board game anyway 😉
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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Duration:01:23:45
Episode 153 - Arcs, Draft & Write Records, and Dorfromantik: The Duel
8/31/2024
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Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
In this episode of the Polyhedron Collider Podcast, Steve, Andy, and Rory break the mould and discuss a game on the bleeding edge of the tabletop gaming zeitgeist: Arcs, from Leder Games. Andy shares his highlights from Airecon North West boardgame convention, and Steve and Rory go on tour with the band in Draft & Write Records (from Inside Up Games) before building rival romanticised county villages in Dorfromantik: The Duel, from Pegasus Spiele.
They round off the episode with some questions from the mailbag, including: what game mechanic are you rubbish at but utterly love?
Games Mentioned
00:10:22 Sky Team and Colt Express
00:12:25 Prey Another Day
00:18:12 Draft & Write Records
00:30:05 Arcs
00:53:45 Dorfromantik: The Duel
01:07:35: Games we love but are crap at
⭐Show Sponsor: Kienda
When you sign up to an account with Kienda use this link to bag yourself a wee discount and help support the show. Let's face it, you were going to buy a board game anyway 😉
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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Duration:01:13:06
Episode 152 - Castellans, Sky Team, Port Royal: The Dice Game, and Maps Of Misterra
8/11/2024
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Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
In this jam-packed episode of tabletop gaming chat, we have a few miniature painting brags to get out of the way before we delve into four in-depth board game reviews (sorry if you were hoping for some DIY or BBQ tips in this episode).
The dice-drafting, area control game, Castellans gets the Polyhedron Collider treatment, before Steve and Rory wax lyrical about the two-player cooperative game, the Spiel des Jahres game of the year winner Sky Team. We then explore and map new islands in Maps of Misterra, before sailing the high seas in search of booty in Port Royal: The Dice Game.
Finally, we delve into the mailbag to talk about AI in board games, and our biggest gaming surprise of the year.
Games Mentioned
00:00:00 Miniature Painting, Star Wars: Imperial Assault and Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth
00:07:01 Castellans
00:19:18 Sky Team
00:27:30 Maps of Misterra
00:41:07 Port Royal and Port Royal: The Dice Game
00:58:26 The Mail Bag
⭐Show Sponsor: Kienda
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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Duration:01:13:38
Episode 151 - Yonder, Cthulhu Death May Die, and Achtung Cthulhu
7/21/2024
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Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
No, it’s not a Bisto advert, it’s Rory and Steve’s gushing review of Yonder from Sinister Fish[/company], their latest worker placement boardgame from Villagers and Moon designer Haakon Gaarder - which is currently live on Kickstarter and absolutely worth your time checking out.
We then get all Lovecraftian with a lively discussion about Cthulhu Death May Die from CMON (and provided by show sponsor Kienda), its similarities to Mansions of Madness and whether both, or either are any good - are you Team Sid, or Team Rory?
We then move to the other end of tabletop gaming as we explore the bonkers, pulpy Achtung! Cthulhu 2D20 Starter Set from Modiphius.
Games Mentioned
00:02:30 Pandemic Legacy: Season 2
00:10:12 Yonder
00:29:12 Trickerion - The Role-playing Game
00:33:10 Cthulhu: Death May Die
00:56:32 Achtung! Cthulhu 2D20 Starter Set
⭐Show Sponsor: Kienda
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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
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Duration:01:09:58
Episode 150 - Terminus, Sand, Rebirth, and Windmill Valley
6/30/2024
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Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
The boys from the Collider are back and they are still reeling from all the board game goodies they picked-up during the UK Games Expo - which means this is a packed episode full of reviews of the latest tabletop games. In fact there is so much to talk about, there really isn’t time to write a joke in this description.
In this latest podcast episode we build inner city trains in Terminus, grow tulips in Windmill Valley, trade spices in Sand, and re-terraform Scotland in Rebirth.
Games Mentioned
00:04:58 Terminus
00:21:24 Windmill Valley
00:37:34 Sand
01:02:18 Rebirth
✍️ Episode References
Rebirth Pre-Order https://mighty-boards.com/1/56/products/Rebirth
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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
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Duration:01:16:34
Episode 149 - The Best of UK Games Expo 2024
6/8/2024
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Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
UK Games Expo 2024 has come to an end, and we are completely knackered! But that won't stop us talking about the amazing board games, tabletop roleplaying games, and miniatures we saw at the Birmingham NEC. Join us as we make some dubious awards!
Games Mentioned
00:09:15 The Shelf Dodger: The board game that hit the table before it hits the shelf
https://aethermon.com/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/355433/boop https://www.aresgames.eu/games/war-of-the-ring-line/war-of-the-ring-card-game
00:17:51 The RPG Most Likely to Create a Rules Debate
https://www.edge-studio.net/categories-games/arkham/https://darringtonpress.com/candela/https://www.threesailsstudios.com/mappamundirpg
00:29:15 Instabuy Award
https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/web/content/67664https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/web/content/67664https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/web/content/67664https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/web/content/67664https://www.drandagames.co.uk/shophttps://phalanx.co.uk/games/huang-reiner-knizia-board-game/
00:40:42 Bling
https://buythesametoken.com/https://gamersgrass.com/https://www.honeybadgergames.co.uk/https://terratopworkshop.com/
00:51:41 The Game Most Likely to Bankrupt us when it hits Kickstarter
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/mindclash-games/ironwoodhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/addaxgames/rovehttps://www.shadowborne-games.com/pages/avalonhttps://hegemonicproject.com/games/strategy/world-order/
01:03:30 The Miniature We Are Scared to Paint
https://warcrow.com/games/warcrowhttps://www.cerberus-studios.com/miniatures/goddess
01:06:10 Expo Strength Itch Relief: the game we are itching to play again
https://medusagames.co.uk/orangesandlemons.php https://sorryweare.fr/fr/game/shackleton-base-a-journey-to-the-moon/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/421006/the-lord-of-the-rings-duel-for-middle-earthhttps://czechgames.com/en/seti/https://insideupgames.com/product/terminus/
01:16:08 The Polyhedron Collider Definitely Not Shit Award (i.e. the game of the show)
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/411369/chronicles-of-light-darkness-falls-disney-editionhttps://gamefound.com/en/projects/chaosium/horror-on-the-orient-express-the-board-game This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss
Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Don't forget to visit www.polyhedroncollider.com and YouTube for more great reviews and interviews, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and check us out of twitch.tv/polyhedroncollider
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Duration:01:26:02
Live form UK Games Expo 2024
6/3/2024
Recorded live at UK Games Expo 2024, the boys talk about the board games that have got their attention from this years show, as well as eclairs, sore losing, and our old mate Ron Dell.
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Games Mentioned
Ada's Dream
Terminus
Horror on the Orient Express
SETI
Courtisans
Shackleton Base
Coffee Rush
Chronicles of Light
Mutagen
Acropolis
Athena
Aethermon
Arkham Horror the RPG
Avalon
Keep on Questing
Ironwood
Galactic Cruise
This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss
Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Don't forget to visit www.polyhedroncollider.com and YouTube for more great reviews and interviews, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and check us out of twitch.tv/polyhedroncollider
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Duration:00:54:25
Episode 148 - The UK Games Expo 2024 Preview
5/24/2024
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Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
The UK Games Expo will be hitting the Birmingham NEC between Friday 31 May and Sunday 2 Jun 2024 and to say the boy from PHC are excited is an understatement. In this episode we go through the board games and table top roleplaying games that we are most excited to see, think about our annual miniature painting competition, and talk about the food we plan to eat!
Come see us live on Sunday in Piazza 4 - Dice room at 11am. https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/1418-polyhedron-collider-uk-games-expo-live-podcast/
Check out the full geeklist at https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/328923/most-anticipated-games-of-the-uk-games-expo-2024
Find out more about the UK Games Expo at https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
Games Mentioned
00:13:00 Avalon: The Riven Veil
00:17:54 Ada’s Dream
00:21:04 Undaunted 2200: Callisto
00:26:08 Mutagen
00:28:55 Infinity and Warcrow Adventures
00:31:22 Celestial Affinity
00:35:38 Candela Obscura
00:38:48 Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game
00:48:37 Terminus
00:56:26 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
00:57:29 Rebirth
01:02:10 Sid's Mystery House: Vrahode: Age of Prophecy, Shackleton Base, and SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
01:11:43 Yonder
01:13:50 The last picks: Courtisans, The Flames of Fafnir, and Sand.
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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Duration:01:24:18
Episode 147 - Carpe Diem, Salton Sean, and Sea, Salt & Paper
5/12/2024
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Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
The boys from the Collider waste little time in the latest episode of the Collider Cast and get straight to business discussing the clever but hideously ugly Carpe Diem by Stefan Feld on which both Andy and Rory agree upon, for a change. Steve talks us through the deeply satisfying, if not mentally taxing and beautifully pastel Salton Sea from Devir Games. Sid and Rory chime in with their two cents of their experience of that and Sea, Salt and Paper that they'd enjoyed on a work day bunk at the Games Den.
The episode wraps with some burning questions from the bag bag, such as Bacon of Sausage Sarnie.
Games Mentioned
00:04:12 Carpe Diem
00:19:20 Salton Sea
00:46:32 Sea Salt & Paper
00:58:36 Questions
This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss
Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Duration:01:19:42
Episode 146 - BGG Top 100, Apiary, and The Vale of Eternity
4/21/2024
Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
We are over a quarter of the way through the year, so that means Rory and Steve, are a quarter of the way through their BGG Top 100 challenge, so we look back at the current highlights and lowlights and of course talk about some of the best board games currently playable.
But its not all about looking back as we go into detail about card drafting game Vale of Eternity, a game that’s much deeper than it looks, and Apiary, a Euro-style game themed around bees in space. We then dip into the mailbag for chat about the themes we are fed up of.
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Games Mentioned
00:02:50 Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin
00:08:10 BGG Top 100
00:32:17 Vale of Eternity
00:43:54 Apiary
01:01:45 Questions
This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss
Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Duration:01:19:14
Episode 145 - Airecon, Heat, Faraway, and Sidequest Nemesis
3/31/2024
Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
Join the PhC boys for Episode 145 as Andy discovers his lucky totem that allows him to make it to and from Airecon without his car breaking down. Steve accedentally creates what is sure to be the best fabric softener in the history of fabric softners. Sid invents a new word #Begrumble, and Rory awards himself the board game equivalent of the Victoria Cross for playing his least favourite game on the BGG Top 100.
They also discuss the highlights and the further highlights of Airecon, which unsurprisingly consists of food, beer, and board games (in that order), including: a chaotic and hilarious game of Heat from Days of Wonder, the light and delightful "revesres action-programming" Faraway from Catch Up Games/Hachette, and challenging, almost dinner-reservation-missing, Side Quest Nemesis from Board & Dice.
A quick dip into the mail bag reveals thier most hated "popular" game and an announcement that if you are not already following Polyhedron Collider onInstagram, now might be a good time to do so as there is an upcoming competion supported by show sponsor Kienda!
Games Mentioned
00:10:22 Heat: Pedal to the Metal
00:22:23 Faraway
00:31:54 Sidequest: Nemesis
01:03:55 Secret Identity
This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss
Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Duration:01:11:36
Episode 144 - Kutna Hora Ark Nova and Blade Runner RPG
3/10/2024
Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
In this episode we tread the rain soaked streets of the Blade Runner RPG, blow up dissident planets in Star Wars Rebellion, and explore the best Dungeons & Dragons adventures. But this is not before we take an in depth look at the historical economic game Kutná Hora: The City of Silver from CGE and give an in depth look at zoo builder Ark Nova (aka Terraforming Zoos).
Games Mentioned
00:00:00 Star Wars: Rebellion
00:06:15 Brass: Birmingham
00:09:45 Kutná Hora: The City of Silver
00:30:50 Ark Nova
00:56:27 Blade Runner The Roleplaying Game
01:09:43 RPG questions from the mailbag
✍️ Episode References
Blade Runner RPG
https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/blade-runner/
Dungeon Magazine
https://archive.org/details/dungeonmagazine
Kienda
https://www.kiendagames.com/
Free League Publishing
https://freeleaguepublishing.com/
Twilight 2000
https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/twilight-2000/
Call of Cthulhu
https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/
Cthulhu Pulp
https://www.chaosium.com/pulp-cthulhu/
Achtung! Cthulhu
https://www.modiphius.net/pages/achtung-cthulhu
Curse of Strahd (D&D Module)
https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/curse-strahd
The Whispering Cairn (Dungeon Magazine)
https://archive.org/details/dungeonmagazine
Clashes Sepulcher (Dungeon Magazine)
https://archive.org/details/dungeonmagazine
This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss
Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Duration:01:20:21
Episode 143 - Expeditions, Scythe, and Scholars of the South Tigris
2/19/2024
Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
The Polyhedron Collider Cast is back with another episode packed with tabletop gaming chatter.
In this episode, our hosts, Steve, Andy, Sid, and Rory, bring us breaking news that's set to change the game – literally. We're talking about a new sponsorship deal with Kienda that's as exciting for the listeners as it is for the podcast. With a special QR code discount for board game purchases, it's a win-win for everyone involved.
But that's just the beginning. The episode takes a playful turn with discussions ranging from selling body parts for board games (yes, you read that right) to the possibility of wearing sponsored pyjamas.
The meat of the episode, however, lies in the thoughtful and in-depth discussions of two board games that have captured the hosts' attention: 'Expeditions' and 'Scholars of the South Tigris.'
We'll also be answering listener questions, including a trip down memory lane as we attempt to recall the very first games we played with each other. Expect a blend of nostalgia, confusion, and the usual banter as we try to piece together our gaming origins.
Games Mentioned
00:00:00 Sponsorship
00:07:10 Airecon https://www.airecon.co.uk/tickets
00:11:42 Andy's trip to Japan: Crash Octopus and Yura Yura Penguin
00:21:19 Expeditions
00:39:38 Scholars of teh South Tigris
00:55:52 CMON exclusive with Gamefound
00:59:35 Our favourite paints
01:06:59 Themes and mechanisms we want to see more and less of
01:09:54 First Game you played with each other
✍️ Episode References
Kienda
https://kienda.co.uk/
Airecon Convention
https://www.airecon.co.uk/
Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy
https://www.duncanrhodes.com/
Tainted Grail
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/242574/tainted-grail
Stonemaier Games
https://stonemaiergames.com/
Scholars of the South Tigris
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342942/scholars-south-tigris
This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss
Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Duration:01:16:51
Episode 142 - Peurto Rico, The Gig and Agents of Dune RPG
1/28/2024
Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
A relative return to normality at Polyhedron Collider HQ as we discuss the start of Rory and Steve's Top 100 challenge and the games we have played along the way. We then segway to some smooth jazz in rolle and write game The Gig and find spice in the desert in Agents of Dune RPG starter set, before asking questions about rulebooks and board games that use RPG mechanics.
Games Mentioned
00:03:52 Pandemic Legacy Season 1
00:07:58 Terraforming Mars
00:13:27 Azul
00:16:12 Puerto Rico
00:25:52 The Gig
00:38:41 Dune - Adventures in the Imperium: Agents of Dune
00:57:16 Questions from the mail bag
✍️ Episode References
Kienda
https://kienda.co.uk/
Airecon Convention
https://www.airecon.co.uk/
Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy
https://www.duncanrhodes.com/
Tainted Grail
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/242574/tainted-grail
Stonemaier Games
https://stonemaiergames.com/
Scholars of the South Tigris
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342942/scholars-south-tigris
This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss
Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Duration:01:14:38
Episode 141 - The Most Anticipated Games of 2024
1/7/2024
Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
It’s time to read the tea leaves and consult the horoscope we list the board games and tabletop roleplaying games that we are looking forward to playing in 2024. It is of course an eclectic mix of heavy eurogames, miniature laden dudes on a map and quirky RPGs.
We then discuss our BGG top 100 challenge!
Games Mentioned
00:05:30 Cthulhu: Dark Providence
00:11:27 One D&D
00:14:46 Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin and Tainted Grail Tabletop RPG: Song of a Dying World
00:19:02 Euthia: Torment of Resurrection
00:23:07 Yonder
00:24:58 Heroes of Cerulia
00:28:31 Arcs
00:32:44 Inventions: Evolution of Ideas
00:35:32 Terminus and Civolution
00:29:28 Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game
00:47:04 Warcrow, Avalon: The Riven Veil, and Inventors of the South Tigris
00:53:20 Dawn of Madness and The Queen’s Dilemma
This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss
Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Duration:01:07:18
Episode 140 - The Best Games of 2023
12/31/2023
Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
2023 has drawn to a close, so the boys from PHC size up their favourite board games and roleplaying games of the year.
In addition to the best of the best, we announce the winner of our painting competition, Andy awards his insert of choice, and we ask you, the listener, to tell us your favourite games of the year.
Games Mentioned
00:00:00 PHC painting competition
00:12:03 Steve and Rory's BGG top 100 Challenge
00:17:14 Andy' Insert of Choice
00:24:51 Actung Cthulhu! 2d20
00:23:39 Solani
00:33:21 Ahoy!
00:38:01 Kingdom Death: Monster Gambler's Chest
00:42:33 Bot Factory
00:47:54 Stomp the Plank
00:52:06 Beast
00:58:46 Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies
01:05:34 Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
01:13:10 Listener Choices: Sleeping Gods, Oathsworn, Undaunted
01:22:20 Game of the Year!
This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss
Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Duration:01:26:34