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Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games.
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Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 143 - Santa Monica
This week, the Interdecisional Spaceship takes a much-needed detour to the beach. That's right, we are catching some waves in sunny Santa Monica. In the episode, Brendan and Jake will deep dive into the game and get into some pretty deep waters about the implementation and nature of variability in this game. Enjoy!
Pre-Planners
Santa Monica coming up next week!
Timestamps
Intro - 0:00
Ratings and Review - 2:09
Game Background - 5:29
Rules Overview - 6:17
Santa Monica Deep Dive - 8:15
Takes from Preplanners - 16:34
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music:
Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
Byeee!
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 142 - Our Most Played Physical and Digital Games
Brendan and Jake share their top 5 most played games digitally and physically and think about what these lists mean through a lens focused on replayability. We hope you decisionaughts enjoy this discussion as much as we enjoyed having it!
Pre-Planners
Santa Monica coming up next week!
Timestamps
Intro - 0:00
Main Topic - 2:46
Most Played Games Digitally - 10:47
My City - 11:09
Bruges - 12:54
Star Realms - 14:13
Hey, That's My Fish - 17:34
Lost Ruins of Arnak - 19:12
Claim It! - 24:!8
Tigris and Euphrates - 26:56
The Castles of Burgundy - 29:52
Challengers - 32:44
7 Wonders - 35:48
Most Played Games Physically - 39:23
Kingdomino - 39:42
The Fox in the Forest - 41:21
Monikers - 44:54
Dominion - 47:06
Arkham Horror: The Living Card Game - 50:29
The Resitance - 53:56
Keyforge/Magic: the Gathering - 55:55
Cascadia - 57:58
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music:
Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
Byeee!
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 141 - Catching Up
We didn't prepare for this episode at all! Without time to create a full fat episode of Decision Space, Jake and Brendan hop on the mic to catch up with eachother on what has been going on over the past few weeks. We invite you to listen in. Topics include Jake's vacation, the games we've squeezed in, TV shows, and Stonemaier Design Day. Enjoy and we will see you next week for an episode we've actually prepared for.
Pre-Planners
New to the list Taverns of Tiefenthal! Santa Monica, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al remain in our backlog. Santa Monica will likely be the next deep dive we do!
Timestamps
Intro - 0:00
Can Games Be Scary - 3:50
Can't Stop - 11:35
Zombie Dice - 12:36
Jenga - 13:00
Dread (RPG) - 15:33
Pandemic/Pandemic Legacy - 16:59
The Princes of Florence - 18:10
Incan Gold/Diamont - 20:37
Clockwork Wars - 21:42
Hidden Movement (Fury of Dracula, Letters from Whitechappel, Beast) - 23:46
Star Wars Rebellion - 25:11
Codenames - 25:32
The Resistance - 27:01
Spooktacular - 33:25
Broom Service - 33:47
Mysterium/Mysterium Park - 35:35
The Mind - 37:45
Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition - 41:45
Return to Dark Tower - 43:55
The Hunger - 48:04
Social Deduction (Werewolf, Blood on the Clocktower, Deception: Murder in Hongkong, etc.) - 50:20
Arkham Horror: The Living Card Game - 51:10
Alice is Missing - 53:33
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music:
Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
Byeee!
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
Join our active and welcoming Discord community,
Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or
Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!
Episode 140 - The Spooktacular (Can Games Be Scary and Game Recommendations To Play this Spooky Season)
Pumpkin spice is in the air, and we are in the mood for some spooky times with our favorite hobby. In this episode we consider if games can be scary and share recommendations for spooky games to play this fall/halloween season. Hey Interdecisional Spaceship travellers, are you afraid of the dark?
Pre-Planners
New to the list Taverns of Tiefenthal! Santa Monica, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al remain in our backlog. Santa Monica will likely be the next deep dive we do!
Timestamps
Intro - 0:00
Can Games Be Scary - 3:50
Can't Stop - 11:35
Zombie Dice - 12:36
Jenga - 13:00
Dread (RPG) - 15:33
Pandemic/Pandemic Legacy - 16:59
The Princes of Florence - 18:10
Incan Gold/Diamont - 20:37
Clockwork Wars - 21:42
Hidden Movement (Fury of Dracula, Letters from Whitechappel, Beast) - 23:46
Star Wars Rebellion - 25:11
Codenames - 25:32
The Resistance - 27:01
Spooktacular - 33:25
Broom Service - 33:47
Mysterium/Mysterium Park - 35:35
The Mind - 37:45
Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition - 41:45
Return to Dark Tower - 43:55
The Hunger - 48:04
Social Deduction (Werewolf, Blood on the Clocktower, Deception: Murder in Hongkong, etc.) - 50:20
Arkham Horror: The Living Card Game - 51:10
Alice is Missing - 53:33
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music:
Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
Byeee!
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
Join our active and welcoming Discord community,
Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or
Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!
Episode 139 - Torres
So we may be a little obsessed with Kramer and Kiesling games, but we felt compelled to share our thoughts on Torres -- a spiel winner and honorary 4th game in "the mask trilogy." In this episode, we return to our classic deep dive format where we share ratings and reviews and then get down to business breaking down the decision space. We try to think about what separates this game from some of the other K&K action selection/territory control offerings, the action economy, and a very cool card system that drives the whole thing forward. And with that, the Interdecisional Spaceship is off!
Pre-Planners
New to the list Taverns of Tiefenthal! Santa Monica, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al remain in our backlog. Santa Monica will likely be the next deep dive we do!
Timestamps
Intro - 0:00
Ratings and Reviews - 3:20
Game Background - 5:47
Rules Overview - 11:00
Torres Deep Dive - 12:47
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music:
Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
Byeee!
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
Join our active and welcoming Discord community,
Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or
Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!
Episode 138 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Balance, Part Two
...And we're back with part two of the balance what we talk about episode. This time we dive into questions of perceived balance vs. objective balance, and do we really want an objectively balanced game? If so, who is that really serving? We talk about the ways designers might choose to balance the game, and *gasp* how they even use players to do this dirty work for them. Of course we give examples, and wrap up with a discussion of so what, why is it that we even care about balance, and what are the consequences of an under- or over-balanced game. Sheesh! That's a lot, we hope you enjoy it as today's in flight entertainment aboard the Interdecisional Spaceship!
Pre-Planners
Santa Monica, Torres, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al are coming up in the relatively near future!
Timestamps
Intro - 0:00
Discussion Start - 2:53
A Few Acres of Snow - 8:45
Citadels - 12:24
BattleCON - 13:39
Findorff - 15:16
Player Balance vs. Designier Balance - 17:30
Root - 18:00
Cosmic Encounter - 20:43
El Grande - 23:49
Zoo Vadis - 25:44
The Castles of Mad King Ludwig - 28:50
Isle of Skye - 30:33
Keyflower - 31:14
Bruges - 34:16
Magic: the Gathering - 35:10
Why do we care about balance - 36:10
Innovation - 44:10
Imhotep - 47:47
Diplomacy - 51:51
Freedom: The Underground Railroad - 52:58
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music:
Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
Byeee!
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
Join our active and welcoming Discord community,
Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or
Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!
Episode 137 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Balance, Part One
There are no rules on the Interdecisional Spaceship. We break from tradition and declare that "What We Talk About" episodes can be two parters. Today, we deliver the first part of our topical episode on balance in board games. We attempt to define balances versus fairness; we discuss assymetric balance and strategic balance; and we ask for whom thy balance tolls for. It's a robust and, at times, unhinged conversation that we hope you join us for!
Pre-Planners
Santa Monica, Torres, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al are coming up in the relatively near future!
Timestamps (Spoilers)
Intro - 0:00
Defining Balance and Fairness - 4:23
Asymetric Balance and Player Order - 14:30
Who Is This Game Balanced For? - 21:09
Strategic Balance - 22:04
Azul - 22:33
Guards of Atlantis II - 27:32
Keyflower - 31:45
The Unstoppable Board Position (Come Back Mechanism) - 32:40
Bruges - 35:12
Variable Set Up and Variance - 39:11
Catan - 39:41
Innovation and Imhotep - 42:56
How Often Should the Better Player Win - 45:32
Next Week on Decision Space! - 49:12
Patreon Plug (Join the Crew!) - 49:57
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music:
Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
Byeee!
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
Join our active and welcoming Discord community,
Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or
Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!
Episode 136 - Top 10 Games We Are Enjoying in 2023
In this week's episode we count down the TOP 10 board games we are enjoying, so far, in 2023. This is distinctly not a discussion of games released in 2023, rather it is about the games that we are playing, that are hitting our tables this year. Also, Jake wants you to know that technically kickball and disc golf are essentially board games and remain as perpetual #0 on the top of his list. Okay, with that important clarification out of the way it is time to hop aboard the Interdecisional Spaceship and launch into this fan-favorite episode format!
Pre-Planners
Santa Monica, Torres, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al are coming up in the relatively near future!
Timestamps (Spoilers)
Intro - 0:00
Honorable Mentions - 3:00
Sports - 3:58
Can't Stop - 5:15
Barrage - 5:19
KeyForge - 5:22
Crokinole - 5:33
Coloretto - 5:52
District Noir/Throne and Grail - 6:32
Barrage - 6:53
TOP 10 - 8:46
Imperial 2030 - 8:59
Magic: the Gathering - 11:54
Renature - 14:45
My City - 16:36
Zoo Vadis - 18:13
Findorff - 20:53
Chicago Express - 24:49
Savannah Park - 27:10
Azul - 29:25
Bonfire - 32:57
TOP 5 - 36:00
Tigris & Euphrates - 36:11
Torres - 39:07
Cuzco - 41:50
Renature - 45:25
Challengers! - 47:52
Trajan - 49:33
Ra - 51:49
My City - 55:45
Challengers! - 59:16
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music:
Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
Byeee!