This week we talk about creating characters in role playing games. We also talk about playing role playing games, and to bring it full circle we talk about character death. This one is a bit long, but we were having so much fun talking about this subject, Chris couldn’t bring himself to cutting it any shorter.
This week we’re kind of all over the place. We start with our usual banter, and then talk about the Oculus Quest 2, then finally get on topic, mostly. We talk about games (video and board) and books that are in our collection even though we don’t plan to play or read them. We also talk about barbies. And kickstarter. And flying with pets. But it was all fun!
This week we Josh replaces Fletcher for our discussion of real time games. Why do these tend to be a love ’em or hate ’em category of gaming? How many of these are in the top 100 games on BGG? Top 1000? What are the pros and cons of real time games. Is realtime one word or two?
Listen to Josh ask Elon Musk a tough question: https://youtu.be/iU-poglarHc (Starts at about 3:11:50 – yes this is a long video.)
This week we Josh replaces Fletcher for our discussion of real time games. Why do these tend to be a love ’em or hate ’em category of gaming? How many of these are in the top 100 games on BGG? Top 1000? What are the pros and cons of real time games. Is realtime one word or two?
Listen to Josh ask Elon Musk a tough question: https://youtu.be/iU-poglarHc (Starts at about 3:11:50 – yes this is a long video.)
This week we talk about multiplayer solitaire games and why we like them but also why the term tends to be used to describe a negative aspect of these games.
Also, next week we talk about realtime games and this is the game Kitty was describing that is both multiplayer solitaire (literally) and realtime: https://bicyclecards.com/how-to-play/nerts/
This week we talk about multiplayer solitaire games and why we like them but also why the term tends to be used to describe a negative aspect of these games.
Also, next week we talk about realtime games and this is the game Kitty was describing that is both multiplayer solitaire (literally) and realtime: https://bicyclecards.com/how-to-play/nerts/
This week we talk about the randomness in our games. Input vs. output randomness. And games without any random elements at all. And we talk about some games that blur those lines (actually most games probably blur it in some way).
This week we talk about BoardGameCo’s two recent YouTube videos on the 10 best value games and the 10 worst value games. We don’t really agree with his criteria, so we come up with some of our own.
This week we look at the rest of the top 100. And do exactly the opposite of what Kitty says we’re going to do at the beginning of the episode. That is to say, we look at every one of them… Well almost, some we had no idea about.
This week for the first time ever there’s no Chris, he’s busy with a brand new baby! Kitty and Fletcher do their best to struggle on without him and discuss curating their game collections, what to add and what to let go of. Go to http://TabletopGameTalk.com/live to learn how to be part of our live audience.
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This week Kitty is off somewhere with no internet, so Fletcher and Chris talk about games that take all day to play. Or this may be better titled, War of the Rings and Twilight Imperium 4th Edition. But they do get around to talking about why all day games are great and why you should give them a chance. Go to http://TabletopGameTalk.com/live to learn how to be part of our live audience.
This week we continue down the board game geek top rated list and talk about the next 15 games. We then look back over the top 25 and pick the games we want to play most of the ones we have not yet played. Well all except for Chris because he played them all (almost).
We’re back! And this week we’re going to talk about the top 10 rated games on boardgamegeek.com. What are they? Who’s played them? Should you play them? This is part 1 of (likely 3) episodes where we’ll look at the top rated games and talk about why they are there and are they right for everyone. (No, they are not, but it’s still interesting to talk about why they may or may not be right for you…)
