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A podcast dedicated to solitaire board gaming.

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United States

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A podcast dedicated to solitaire board gaming.

Language:

English


Episodes

1P 332 - Bullet ♥︎

3/16/2024
This week Julius and I talk about Bullet ♥︎ and, really, Bullet ★. These games are in the style of Bullet Hell video games were bullets are flying all over the place in overwhelming quantities. It's a really fast playing simultaneous play game with a timer. Julius find the timer optional and I appreciate that because it makes the game sound more fun to me. BGGBGGLevel 99

Duration:00:40:53

1P 331 - Red Cathedral

3/9/2024
This week's episode I tell Julius all about the game Red Cathedral, in which you are tasked with helping to build St. Basil's Cathedral in Russia. It's an interesting game with beautiful artwork and a very simple AI for the solo gamer. Fortunately, I did most of the talking this week. Julius's audio was a bit garbled and I was unable to clean it up.

Duration:00:38:55

1P 330 - Popular Mechanics: Mathy Games

3/2/2024
This week Julius and I look at Mathy and try to figure out if the subject adds up for us. We had some conversations I thought were interesting in what makes or doesn't make a mathy game while presenting six different examples. BGGBGGBGGBGGBGGBGGWikipedia

Duration:00:27:16

1P 329 - Back to the Table: Escape: The Curse of the Temple

2/17/2024
This week Julius and I revisit a classic realtime game... Escape: The Curse of the Temple, in which you Indiana Jones your way out of a cursed temple. Hurry though, you only have 10 minutes! BGGQueen Games

Duration:00:29:20

1P 328 - Flamecraft

2/3/2024
This week Julius and I talk about Flamecraft, a fun worker placement-ish game of running around being a good dragon. It is actually worker placement but for me it felt more like running around doing errands than like placing workers. BGGCardboard Alchemy

Duration:00:42:02

1P 327 - Cyberion

1/27/2024
This week Julius and I look at Cyberion, the latest Oniverse game my Shadi Torbey. It's a cool game about fighting the Devious Cog whose trying to destroy your factory. We really like the Oniverse and send almost an hour discussing this game! BGG

Duration:00:51:36

1P 326 - New York Zoo

1/20/2024
This week we learn how to start a new zoo! Julius tells us about New York Zoo, a game in which you are trying to build a new zoo with animals and rides. It's a rondel game with polyominoes by Uwe Rosenberg and pretty family friendly. BGG

Duration:00:38:16

1P 325 - Popular Mechanics - 2023

1/13/2024
This week's popular mechanics episode is a bit unorthodox. Instead of looking at a single mechanic, we talk about mechanics (or game stuff) that caught our attention in 2023. BGGRPG GeekBGGBGGBGGBGGBGG

Duration:00:29:41

1P 324 - Wreck This Deck

12/30/2023
This week I go solo and talk about an RPG called Wreck This Deck. The title says it all, this is a game in which you get to alter and craft on a deck of playing cards all while trapping demons, doing readings and casting spells. Best of all, you are altering cards! These are the cards I've altered. RPG Geekitch.ioRedditUnofficialUnkn's

Duration:00:20:04

1P 323 - Lock & Spell

12/16/2023
This week I'm out, as well as next week, so Julius and family fill in to talk about a solo poker game! BGGJupiter Valley Studios

Duration:00:22:48

1P 322 - Age of Civilization

12/9/2023
This week's episode, I talk about a small game called Age of Civilization, in which you can play through the rise and fall of empires in about 30 minutes. It's a fun little worker placement game with lots of choices and lots of variability. The entire show collapses at the end when my headphones run out of battery.

Duration:00:29:44

1P 321 - Endangered

11/25/2023
This week Julius shares a game he can't stop gushing about. It's Endangered, the cooperative game about saving endangered species. It's a neat little compact game with an interesting theme and nice artwork.

Duration:00:42:38

1P 320 - Popular Mechanics: No Shuffle

11/18/2023
Poor Julius sprained his wrist pretty badly and has been struggling with shuffling cards. This week we brainstorm games that we can play without having to do all that shuffling. BGGBGGBGGBGGBGGBGGBGGRPG GeekBGGBGG

Duration:00:31:39

1P 319 - Pericle: The Gathering Darkness

11/11/2023
This week's game is Pericle: The Gathering Darkness. It's a fantasy adventure board game set in a world that reminds me of ancient Rome or Greece. It is app driven to simulate playing with a game master and really does feel a lot more like playing an RPG than it feels like playing a boardgame. I very much have enjoyed playing the game and think it is a pretty unique experience. The game was kindly provided by the publisher, Long Dog Games. BGGLong Dog Games

Duration:00:40:37

1P 318 - Back to the Table with PAX

11/4/2023
This week Julius and I revisit the game PAX by Bernd Eisenstein and published by Irongames. This game is a small, fast playing drafting game that reminds me (but not Julius) of 7 Wonders. BGGIrongamesBGG

Duration:00:29:02

1P 317 - The Spill - take 2

10/28/2023
Oops, I forgot to attach the episode to the 1st post. This week Julius and I talk about The Spill, a game about saving the environment from a dangerous oil spill from a deep sea rig. It's a cooperative game with some interesting components and lots to talk about. BGGSmirk & DaggerSmirk & Dagger Deluxe

Duration:00:52:35

1P 316 - Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Amazons

10/21/2023
This week we talk about the Ravensburger game by Propero Hall, Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Amazons. This is a very affordable, family friendly co-operative game that isn't intended for solo but can work if you don't mind making a few compromises. BGG

Duration:00:25:25

1P 315 - Unpopular Mechanics: The Game Between the Game

10/14/2023
This week Julius and I talk past each other as I try to describe games that are good if you want more enjoyment from the game than just the time at the table, or as I call it, the Game Between the Game. Not all is in agreement here though so come listen and decide how you feel about this topic. Let us know what you think about the topic. Do you agree with either of us? BGGFFGBGGBGGVRGBGGSide Room GamesRPG GeekIronsworn.com

Duration:00:24:14

1P 314 - Banish the Snakes

10/7/2023
This week I tell Julius all about the GMT Games title Banish the Snakes. You play as St. Patrick or some of the other saints that worked to convert Ireland to Christianity as the Roman Empire and Roman Britain and collapsed. This is a really interesting historical title that plays very similarly to a Pandemic but with the complexity taken up a notch or two. BGGGMT Games

Duration:00:36:59

1P 313 - Skytear Horde

9/30/2023
This week Julius tells us about Skytear Horde. A cooperative card game not too unlike M:tG. In it you play cards to cast spells and summon allies. A rift has torn the sky open and from that tear emerges a horde of demons, more or less one at a time in a pretty orderly fashion to defeat you! You can play solo or cooperatively to defeat this horde and their boss! BGGSkytear

Duration:00:39:49