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Episode Synopsis
In Episode 183 we each discuss our top 5 game boards as well as discussing a listener poll about what makes a great game board.
We conclude the conversation discussing a couple of game boards that have some very confounding choices in their design.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Poll: What makes a great game board?
12:19 Nunami and Raas: A Dance of Love
16:39 Barcelona
20:22 Pax Pamir 2nd Edition
21:42 Pan Am
25:05 Godspeed
27:31 Smartphone, Inc.
28:50 The Great Wall
32:00 Viscounts of the West Kingdom
36:11 Scythe
37:55 Merchants of the Dark Road
40:58 Evacuation
45:27 Tzolk'in the Mayan Calendar
48:18 Trickerion: Legends of Illusion
51:33 Empires of the Void II
54:22 Windward
56:31 Underwater Cities
57:55 Beyond the Sun
1:00:42 Listener Shoutout
We conclude the conversation discussing a couple of game boards that have some very confounding choices in their design.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Poll: What makes a great game board?
12:19 Nunami and Raas: A Dance of Love
16:39 Barcelona
20:22 Pax Pamir 2nd Edition
21:42 Pan Am
25:05 Godspeed
27:31 Smartphone, Inc.
28:50 The Great Wall
32:00 Viscounts of the West Kingdom
36:11 Scythe
37:55 Merchants of the Dark Road
40:58 Evacuation
45:27 Tzolk'in the Mayan Calendar
48:18 Trickerion: Legends of Illusion
51:33 Empires of the Void II
54:22 Windward
56:31 Underwater Cities
57:55 Beyond the Sun
1:00:42 Listener Shoutout
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