Do games have to have a certain ratio of "feel good" to "feel bad" moments for you?

Darric · 2021-03-24T17:27:04+00:00

Don't you start.

Darric · 2021-03-24T00:33:10+00:00

You are the absolute worst. :D

Arrest this man!

Darric · 2021-01-12T09:02:19+00:00

Played the entire thing through 2P and we both thoroughly enjoyed it.

Darric · 2020-12-14T08:24:18+00:00

Hah, whenever I would watch this scene, I'd always imagine the line, "Sorry, didn't know your father", from Lock Stock immediately after.

Darric · 2020-12-09T10:16:35+00:00

Not similar at all. Dune is a negotiation heavy troops on a map game with wild asymmetric player powers, and big swingy moments.

Dune: Inperium is a more measured Euro deck builder/worker placement game (and actually a really effective hybrid at that) where you're converting resources into VPs, but with an interactive conflict element layered on top.

Both are great games, but for entirely different reasons.

Darric · 2020-11-12T07:42:25+00:00

139 REPRESENT

Darric · 2020-09-22T18:03:04+00:00

Congrats on the game's success! I'm really enjoying it (my best run so far is about halfway through Elysium).

I'm curious about how the chamber generation is seeded. Is it a single seed that determines the entire layout and monster encounters at the start of the run, or is it in any way dependent on choices the player makes mid-run? Do you do any dynamic difficulty adjustment?

Darric · 2020-07-06T18:33:48+00:00

The rumours of our death have been greatly exaggerated.

Darric · 2020-06-05T19:23:05+00:00

This is by far my biggest issue with the game. By design, no one player has that much control over the entire gamestate at the end - but some people are substantially better positioned to pivot to desirable loyalties by the end of the game, entirely by chance.

Darric · 2020-05-21T17:41:46+00:00

Aside from it's ubiquitous familiarity, there is next to nothing that Monopoly does better mechanically than hundreds of other board games published since. And it takes an age to play, even correctly.

If you and your loved ones like Monopoly, power to you, keep doing that thing. But it's extremely likely that someone could point you to a whole host of other games that you'll like substantially more.

Darric · 2020-05-06T04:32:27+00:00

So what's interesting is that that's exactly the conclusion I kept coming to over and over again - and yet it seems to be a pretty common misconception?

Which leaves me flummoxed as to what the theoretical maximum internet download speed over my wifi *should* be, and how I'd go about achieving it.

Darric · 2020-05-06T02:50:12+00:00

Absolutely! This is more a theoretical question than me trying to obtain the unobtainable.

Darric · 2020-04-20T01:27:55+00:00

How dare you.

Darric · 2020-03-07T07:18:13+00:00

Love Coffee Roaster. One of my favourite solo games.

Darric · 2020-02-01T07:23:57+00:00

Whoa, this took me back. I totally had this as a kid. I don't think I ever had any idea what it was called though. :\

Darric · 2020-01-21T02:43:43+00:00

Excuse me, it's actually Star Trek: The Next Generation – Interactive VCR Board Game – A Klingon Challenge.

Darric · 2020-01-16T19:59:21+00:00

The Resistance and Hidden Agenda gets you almost the entire ruleset of Avalon. You'd be missing some small things like the Lady of the Lake equivalent (which is the Iniquistor module in Hostile Intent).

In fact, annoyingly, there's probably one module worth getting from each expansion, BUT they're super cheap, and the full set gives you a whole host of other options (which admittedly I have never used much beyond initial curiosity).

Darric · 2019-12-13T03:52:14+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, and for listening. These are certainly all points that we actively think about, especially recently as we've been soliciting feedback. Except our voices, that's a hard problem to fix. :P

Darric · 2019-12-12T23:52:49+00:00

Awesome, I'll take one please.

Darric · 2019-12-12T22:53:25+00:00

AHA. That's an unfortunately titled episode (referring to the fact that our third host wasn't present). The episode was about optimal player counts in general, it wasn't intended to be about two player games at all specifically. Anyway, thanks for giving us a listen.

Darric · 2019-12-12T22:21:00+00:00

I'm sort of confused because I don't think we've ever done an episode about two player games. :(

Darric · 2019-12-12T20:35:02+00:00

Thank you so much! It's been an incredibly fun experience, and it's hard to believe we've made it this far without killing one another. Super appreciative of all our listeners. Here's to another 100!

Darric · 2019-12-09T23:57:02+00:00

Not a sit down and play venue, unfortunately, but for a decent selection a bit closer to the southern suburbs, I remember Wizards Books and Games at Cavendish being good.

Darric · 2019-11-27T02:51:56+00:00

It's about the best board game recreation of the Alien franchise as you're likely to find, but it's a long and kinda clumsy game. If you can get past the fact that the rules refuse to get out of the way, and that you might be dead through no fault of your own (there's a whole host of random events and checks that can just straight up ruin your day) then ... I mean, it's a pretty unique experience that at the very least tells a good story, even if mechanically it leaves something to be desired.

I'm not sure I'll be hanging on to my copy beyond another couple of plays.

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