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Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games.
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Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games!
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Episode 91 - Point Salad
Hope you are hungry, but not that hungry because it is salad week on Decision Space. Point Salad that is -- designed by Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, Shawn Stankewich and published by AEG. We provide our usual ratings and capsule reviews, deep dive this small game's decision space, think about the implication of "bound" and "unbound" card systems, and disagree quite a lot. We hope you enjoy your inflight meal aboard the Interdecisional Spaceship. Dinner is served!
Timestamps
Intro and Ratings - 0:00
Rules Overview - 10:41
Point Salad Deep Dive - 12:15
Music 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/.
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 Twitter @DecisionSpa 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 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games!
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Episode 90 - Bonfire
We get to talk about another Stefan Feld game, and I just have to say it feels so good. This time we talk about the 2020 hit (I'd call it a hit), Bonfire. It's a psychedelic game about gnomes, guardians, and colorful bonfires, man. Truly, that is really all I can tell you about it. Also, it's a classic Feldian point salad euro, but it just hits different some of Feld's other, best offerings. Is that a good thing, a bad thing, or somewhere in between? We'll talk about that and more as we try to "find the path" through this episode (and fail). We do hope you'll join us in this. Let's get interdecisional!
Timestamps
Intro and Ratings - 0:00
Rules Overview - 15:45
Bonfire Deep Dive - 18:11
Music 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/.
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 Twitter @DecisionSpa 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 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games!
Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community!
Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon)
Episode 89 - Top 15 Waning Decision Space Games with Jamey Stegmaier
Today special guest Jamey Stegmaier is back on the pod, and we count down the top 15 games with a waning decision space. That means you get 5 games from Brendan, Jake, and Jamey to sink your interdecisional fangs into. Also, we'll learn that it's all about the shape of the wane, baby! Okay Decision Space travellers, let's dive in!
Timestamps
Topic Intro - 0:00
Honorable Mentions - 7:05
Palaces of Carrara - 15:28
Underwater Cities - 17:34
Space Base - 20:35
Calico - 24:32
Hey! That's My Fish - 27:08
T.I.M.E. Stories - 30:10
Patchwork - 34:01
Anno 1800 - 35:55
Cat in the Box - 40:35
Welcome To - 43:29
Five Tribes - 47:29
Roll Player - 50:43
Babylonia - 52:49
Codenames - 55:17
Planet Unknown - 57:05
Music 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/.
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 Twitter @DecisionSpa 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 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games!
Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community!
Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon)
Episode 88 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Visual Design
This week we are back with another in our series of what we talk about episodes focused on game design. In this episode, we touch on a topic we don't often give enough credence to in our game deep dives -- visual design. We discuss why visual design is more than just graphic design and illustration, share examples of games that we think incorporates visual design well, and even pitch visual design focused board game ideas at the end. Now, sit back, enjoy, and thank you for flying Interdecisional Spaceship Air!
Timestamps
Topic Intro - 0:00
Azul - 12:57
Lost Cities - 16:02
Enchanted Plumes - 18:26
Quacks of Quedlinberg - 24:20
Raiders of the North Sea - 28:24
String Railway - 32:45
Wingspan - 34:58
Burgle Bros - 38:13
Underwater Cities - 41:18
Keyflower - 45:45
Broom Service - 50:01
El Grande - 53:07
Shobu - 55:33
Game Pitches 1:00:00
Music 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/.
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 Twitter @DecisionSpa 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 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games!
Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community!
Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon)
Episode 87 - Get on Board: New York & London
This week in lighter fare, the Interdecisional Spaceship veers towards London & New York in the aptly named Get on Board: London & New York, designed by Sashi and published by IELLO games. As always we explore the decision of flip and write turned flip and write and place components on a board game.
Timestamps
Intro, Ratings, and Game Background - 0:00
Rules Overview - 17:28
Decision Space Deep Dive - 19:59
Music 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/.
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 Twitter @DecisionSpa 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 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games!
Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community!
Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon)
Episode 86 - Blood Rage
For the first time and at long last, we steer our Interdecisional Spaceship towards the Eric Lang galaxy. Our first stop in this sector of the known decisioverse is with the 2015 smash hit Blood Rage -- currently ranked as the 40th best board game of all time according to the users at Board Game Geek. In this episode we think a lot about the type of decision space offered by this innovative hybrid game that seeks to offer the best of both 2015 Euro and Ameritrash sensibilities, while at the same time seeking to be a game that is bigger than the box. Does it deliver on these incredible ambitions? Hop in because this space craft is departing now!
Referenced Links
Opinionated Gamers' Interview with Eric Lang - https://opinionatedgamers.com/2012/08/13/the-art-of-design-interviews-to-game-designers-21-eric-m-lang/
Timestamps
Intro and Ratings - 0:00
Rules Overview - 14:09
Blood Rage Decision Space - 18:07
Music 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/.
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 Twitter @DecisionSpa 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 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games!
Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community!
Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon)
Episode 85 - First Decision Space Debate: Cult of the New VS Cult of the Old (Brendan Hansen VS. Paul Salomon)
At long last the first decisional debate night has arrived. Today features a debate between Brendan Hansen and Paul Salomon (Designer of Honey Buzz), with Brendan representing cult of the old and Paul representing cult of the new. The debate features listener questions across three categories, including: Current Events, The Economy, and Game Design.
Music 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/.
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
Exciting Debate Music:
Track: Back to 1981 — Iaio [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/3MVRIfyWlnA Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/back-1981
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa 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.
Bye!
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games!
Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community!
Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon)
Episode 84 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Mechanical Artifice
This week we get old school with a throwback What We Talk About style episode. This time our co-pilots are talking through Brendan's new concept that he's calling mechanical artifice. In this episode, we'll define it, discuss how it fits into our understanding of decision space, and provide game examples as a point of reference. Jake also is just kidding a lot.
Content Links
(Article) The Decision Space of Monopoly by Jim D’Ambrosia - https://www.decisionspacepodcast.com/articles/the-decision-space-of-the-game-monopoly-by-jim-dambrosia
(Song) I Don't Wanna Know by Flash Floods - https://open.spotify.com/track/2Gm8o5PA0yohx4Z7o1OXiA?si=2bae7e2830164cc8
Timestamps
Intro - 0:00
Mechanical Artifice Discussion Starts (Chess, Dice Hospital) - 5:38
Keyflower - 19:05
A Feast for Odin - 26:26
I Don't Wanna Know by Flash Floods- 37:35
Imhotep - 39:52
Codenames, Just One, and The Mind - 49:15
The Castles of Burgundy and Azul - 53:50
Cascadia - 1:02:37
Ending One - 1:05:55
Ending Two - 1:08:54
Music 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/.
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 Twitter @DecisionSpa 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.
Bye!