A brief podcast about hobby board games, recorded by English professor Brendan Riley on brief 15 minute walks around town. Join us for a stroll as we discuss mechanisms, gameplay, theory, and topics of the day.
Find show notes at RattleboxGames.com
A brief podcast about hobby board games, recorded by English professor Brendan Riley on brief 15 minute walks around town. Join us for a stroll as we discuss mechanisms, gameplay, theory, and topics of the day.
Find show notes at RattleboxGames.com
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A brief podcast about hobby board games, recorded by English professor Brendan Riley on brief 15 minute walks around town. Join us for a stroll as we discuss mechanisms, gameplay, theory, and topics of the day.
Find show notes at RattleboxGames.com
A brief podcast about hobby board games, recorded by English professor Brendan Riley on brief 15 minute walks around town. Join us for a stroll as we discuss mechanisms, gameplay, theory, and topics of the day.
Find show notes at RattleboxGames.com
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Brendan shares his first impressions of FOUR games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you?
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/410201/wyrmspan
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/400314/apiary
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/278413/charty-party
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/74/apples-apples
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/311322/herd-mentality
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/347805/green-team-wins
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264267/smartish
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20100/wits-wagers
What games have you tried recently? Share your experiences over on https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3269/.
Brendan suggests some games that have themes related to taxes, and some films that go with them. Join us, won’t you?
- Games that have taxes in them
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1406/monopoly
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/164928/orleans
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/147932/power-grid-taxes
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/321608/hegemony-lead-your-class-to-victory
- Film suggestion: https://letterboxd.com/briley929/film/the-accountant-2016/
- Poverty in Games
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/236191/london-second-edition
- Film suggestion: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-commitments/
- The Economics of Children
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34635/stone-age
- Film suggestion: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-witch-2015/
- Collaborative Effort to survive
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/337765/brian-boru-high-king-ireland
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/231581/auztralia
- Film suggestion: https://letterboxd.com/film/night-of-the-living-dead/
- Complex Calculations
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/68448/7-wonders
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163805/transatlantic
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184921/bunny-kingdom
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5/acquire
- Film Suggestion: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-beautiful-mind/
What games do you play on Tax Day? What films do you watch? Head over to https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3269/ and share your list there.
Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried recently, and revisits an older game. Join us, won’t you?
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/194880/dream-home
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/154386/medieval-academy
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391163/forest-shuffle
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/180974/potion-explosion
- https://rattleboxgames.com/tag/potion-explosion/
What games have you tried lately? Share your plays over in our guild on https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3269/.
Brendan talks about his favorite house rules and what he thinks about them.
- Episode inspired by https://open.spotify.com/episode/41YbT165ZNjb9hQUvnsnkw
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342942/ark-nova
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174430/gloomhaven
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1406/monopoly
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/55600/shipyard
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/231733/obsession
What house rules do you use? Share your tweaks over on https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3269/.
Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried recently. Join us, won’t you?
- – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/303669/magic-rabbit
- – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/221669/dawn-of-peacemakers
- – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/382843/evacuation
- – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237179/weather-machine (1 Year, 2 Months, 26 Days dusty)
- https://rattleboxgames.com/2022/12/10/pick-up-deliver-491-world-of-yo-ho-my-fathers-work-weather-machine/
What games have you tried recently? Join the conversation over on https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3269/.
Brendan looks back at episode 202, and reflects on his history of doing 10×10 lists. Join us, won’t you?
- https://rattleboxgames.com/2020/01/27/pick-up-deliver-202-twenty-by-five/
- – https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/235177/2018-top-of-the-stack-list
- – https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/250692/2019-top-of-the-stack-list
- – https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/266322/2020-top-of-the-stack-list
- – https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281062/2021-top-of-the-stack-list
- – https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/294406/2022-top-of-the-stack-list
- – https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/309268/2023-top-of-the-stack-list
What do you do to track your 10×10 plays? Head over to https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3269/.
Brendan shares the games he played last month. Join us, won’t you?
- https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/328784/2024-top-of-the-stack-list?itemid=10569870
- NEW GAME – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244049/forum-trajanum X
- CO-OP CHOICE – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181236/bastion ✓
- SOLO – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329148/hunted-wode-ridge X
- ONE MORE CHOICE – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/154386/medieval-academy ✓
- https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/213880/shelf-opportunity
- https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/328784/2024-top-of-the-stack-list?itemid=10640451
- NEW GAME – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172385/porta-nigra
- NOVELTY CHOICE – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5282/raise-the-titanic
- SOLO – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329148/hunted-wode-ridge
- TRYING AGAIN CHOICE – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181293/alien-artifacts
What games did you play this month? Join the conversation over on http://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3269/.
Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he played for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you?
- Project L (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260180/project-l)
- Freelancers: A Crossroads Game (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383206/freelancers-crossroads-game)
- https://rattleboxgames.com/tag/forgotten-waters/ (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/302723/forgotten-waters)
- Kingdom Rush: A Rift in Time (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/272533/kingdom-rush-rift-time) (dusted off)
- Flipout (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41585/flipout)
What new games have you played recently? Share your news over on https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3269/. This episode brings us to the end of season 6. Thanks for joining us! Season 7 will begin in April.
Brendan “dives deep” into several small games he’s played a lot. Join us, won’t you?
- https://rattleboxgames.com/tag/message-from-the-deep/
- https://rattleboxgames.com/tag/duel/
- https://rattleboxgames/tag/anomia (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/67877/anomia)
- https://rattleboxgames.com/tag/so-clover/ (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329839/so-clover)
- https://rattleboxgames.com/tag/friday/ (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43570/friday)
- https://rattleboxgames.com/tag/dead-mans-draw/ (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/149155/dead-mans-draw-captain-carcass)
- https://rattleboxgames.com/tag/incan-gold/ (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15512/incan-gold)
What small games would you include on a must-play list?