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Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games.
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Wednesday May 19, 2021
Wednesday May 19, 2021
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Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games and now on YouTube.
Episode 17 - KeyForge
At long last, our interdecisional spaceship has successfully navigated to the Crucible, the land of KeyForge. This is old stomping grounds for Jake and Brendan who have long -- like kind of absurdly -- histories with the game. KeyForge is designed by Richard Garfield and published by Fantasy Flight Games. In today's episode, we explore the decision space in KeyForge and whether it delivers on its unique promise. So... does it deliver?!
KeyForge, Chess, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Yugioh, Magic the Gathering...
Preplan Your Next Turn
Next week is what we talk about when we talk about signposting.
Call to Action
Leave us a review and we'll read it on the next episode! (Still, still, still, still waiting, but not without hope!) We can be reached on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. Follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! Thank you for helping to grow the show!
Music Credits
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
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
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Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games and now on YouTube.
Episode Sixteen - Lost Ruins of Arnak
UH OH! The Interdecisional Spaceship has crash-landed into some kind of overrun forest. Is that some generic ruins of nonspecific civilization over there?! That's right, it's another deckbuilding game, but is it just another deckbuilding game? Today on Decision Space, we explore Lost Ruins of Arnak, designed by Elwen and Mín and published by Czech Games Edition.
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Ratings and Slogans
3:48 - Rules Overview
5:42 - Decision Space Exploration Intro
16:52 - Lunch (Deckbuilding)
27:56 - Gear Up (Card Drafting / Travel System / Actions and Artifacts)
45:34 - Explore the Wilderness (Exploration & Idol System)
56:10 - Dig! (Worker Placement)
1:02:17 - Research Discoveries (Temple Research Track) and Signposting
1:16:17 - Turbulence and wrap up
Games Mentioned:
Lost Ruins of Arnak, Star Realms, KeyForge, and others I'm sure
Preplan Your Next Turn
Next week we cover KeyForge... no really!
Call to Action
Leave us a review and we'll read it on the next episode! (Still, still, still, still waiting, but not without hope!) We can be reached on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. Follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! Thank you for helping to grow the show!
Music Credits
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
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
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Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games and now on YouTube.
Episode Fifteen - Return of the Game Night (What We Talk About)
Jake and Brendan have a nice chat about returning to in-person play after so much time away. It's a conversation, as Brendan eloquently points out, that is like the scene in Star Wars where everyone takes a break to play chess, except with no mad Wookies. We also congratulate Brendan on his new published game Enchanted Plumes, and Jake does a mini-review of Red Rising.
0:00 - Prologue
1:50 - Intro
4:30 - Where's Is My Mind
10:39 - Red Rising
18:20 - Return of the Game Night
52:57 - Wrap Up
Games Mentioned:
Enchanted Plumes, Red Rising, Pandemic Legacy, Kingdomino, Mysterium, Mansions of Madness, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Modern Art, Holochess/Dejarik, etc.
Preplan Your Next Turn
Next time on Decision Space... we explore the decisions in Lost Ruins of Arnak.
Call to Action
Leave us a review and we'll read it on the next episode! (I'm going to keep posting this until it happens.) We can be reached on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. Follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! Thank you for helping to grow the show!
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
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Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games and now on YouTube.
Episode Fourteen - Star Realms with Paul Salomon
We are honored to be joined by board game designer Paul Salomon, perhaps best known for his recent hit game Honey Buzz, to talk about Star Realms. Star Realms, designed by Robert Dougherty and Darwin Kastle, is a game Paul is very familiar with, and he came prepared to school us on the inner workings of this fascinating decision space. I hope you brought a notebook because class is now in session! Also, stick around at the end of the episode for our after thought (Where Is My Mind) segment.
0:00 - Intro
2:42 - Ratings and Slogans
5:52 - Rules Overview
7:54 - Decision Space Exploration
27:06 - Turbulence
37:03 - Thresholds, Turning Points, and Tempo
44:18 - Purchasing and Scrapping
1:02:46 - Favorite Cards and Final Thoughts
1:10:18 - Where Is My Mind (Afterthought Edition)
Games Mentioned:
Star Realms, Hero Realms, Honey Buzz, KeyForge, Chess, Ascension
Preplan Your Next Turn
Next week is a What We Talk About Episode. It's KeyForge after that!
Call to Action
Leave us a review and we'll read it on the next episode! (Still waiting, but not without hope!) We can be reached on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. Follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! Thank you for helping to grow the show!
Music Credits
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
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
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Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games and now on YouTube.
Episode Thirteen - Does El Grande Hold Up to 25 Years of Innovation?
The year was 1996, one year after the release of a little game we like to call Settlers of Catan (or just Catan now, I guess). The German board game circuit is absolutely buzzing about the exciting future for board games hobby and designers are poised to risk it all with their next design. At that moment, Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich seize the moment and shock us all with their new design, El Grande. Fast forward. It is 2021. The board game hobby now ascends to heights many never thought possible. Glossy games with beautiful components and spot UV crowd the marketplace, with innovative mechanics seeking to refine, explore, and improve on the giants that came before. In this landscape, is it possible for any game, even a bonafide classic like El Grande to hold up 25 years of board game innovations? So we must ask, is it time to thank this dusty, old relic for its service that led us to this moment and move on to bigger and better things, or is it possible... there's still some life in this game yet. There's only one way to find out. Hop into our interdecisional spaceship and let's explore the Decision Space together!
0:00 - Intro
1:16 - Where Is My Mind
6:51 - Ratings and Slogans
10:01 - Rules Overview
13:14 - Decision Space Exploration
24:05 - Power Cards
31:44 - Action Cards
47:47 - Castillo, Secret Disc, and El Grande Cube
58:50 - Provinces and the Court
1:02:29 - Region Scoring (Ties, Special Scoring Tiles)
1:06:51 - Final Thoughts and Turbulence
1:14:40 - Wrap Up (Leave a Review!)
Games Mentioned:
El Grande, Rock Paper Scissors, High Society, Red Rising, A Feast for Odin, Blood Rage, Game of Thrones, Risk, etc.
Preplan Your Next Turn
Next week we'll explore the decision space in Star Realms with special guest, Paul Salomon.
Call to Action
Leave us a review and we'll read it on the next episode! (Still waiting, but not without hope!) We can be reached on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. Follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! Thank you for helping to grow the show!
Music Credits
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
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games and now on YouTube.
Episode Twelve - We Invented a New Way To Talk About Games
There's Waxing and Waning and Dynamic and Static, but do you recall, the most famous decision framework of all?
Well, Brendan has really went and done it this time. That's right, he invented a whole new way to talk about games. On this episode, we'll talk about this new paradigm and way to frame future discussions of decision space on Decision Space. Woof. We admit it's a lot, but this isn't the time to sit statically by. Do a dynamic leap right into this week's podcast, where Jake and Brendan wax poetically while the runtime wanes down to nothing!
Games Discussed
New York Zoo, Patchwork, Spades, Rock Paper Scissors, Underwater Cities, KeyFlower, KeyForge, Welcome To..., Res Arcana, Mansions of Madness, Dominion, Splendor, Ticket To Ride, Five Tribes, Arkham Horror: LCG, Magic: the Gathering, Hearthstone, Legends of Runeterra... etc.
0:00 - Intro
2:23 - Where Is My Mind
6:27 - New Paradigm Overview
15:07 - Waning
24:01 - Waxing
34:54 - Static
43:41 - Dynamic
50:17 - Questions
1:06:07 - Outro
Preplan Your Next Turn
Next time on Decision Space... we explore the decisions in El Grande!
Call to Action
Leave us a review and we'll read it on the next episode! (I'm going to keep posting this until it happens.) We can be reached on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. Follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! Thank you for helping to grow the show!
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
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Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games and now on YouTube.
Episode Eleven
Little boxes on the worksheet
Little boxes filled with tricky tracks
Little boxes on the worksheet
Little boxes all the same
There's a pool one and a park one
And a fence one and a double one
And they all cross off scoring tracks
And they all work just the same
Welcome to... episode eleven! (See what I did there?) Today, we talk about the famous roll and write/Roland Wright/flip and write board game Welcome To... designed by Benoit Turpin and published by Blue Cocker Games. Hop on into our interdecisional spaceship as we go deep into the variants, variance, and decisions of this exceedingly pleasant game.
0:00 - Intro
3:12 - Where Is My Mind
8:24 - Rules Overview
10:41 - Ratings and Slogans
14:40 - Decision Space Exploration
39:15 - Turbulence
48:20 - Scoring Mechanisms
1:05:00 - Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up
Preplan Your Next Turn
Next week is a discussion episode, where we'll talk more about waxing, waning, static, and oscillating decision spaces. In two weeks we'll explore the decisions in El Grande.
Call to Action
Leave us a review and we'll read it on the next episode! (Still waiting, but not without hope!) We can be reached on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. Follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! Thank you for helping to grow the show!
Music Credits
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
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
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Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games and now on YouTube.
Episode Ten
It's our the big one-zero, and we make it a doozy by covering the legendary Magic: The Gathering. Was it perhaps too bold to attempt to cover the decisions in Magic: The Gathering in a single podcast episode? Yes. Definitely yes. But hey, you have to give us some points for trying. Magic is a game that needs no introduction. It's a game that has stood the test of time and one that both Brendan and Jake have spent untold hours pouring their hearts into. Well, we are back at that again and now there is nothing left to do but answer one last lingering (souls) question: is it any good?
0:00 - Intro, Ratings, and Synopses
11:55 - Rules Overview
14:00 - Personal MTG Backgrounds
19:25 - Decision Space Exploration
44:59 - Turbulence
57:57 - Bluffing
1:05:22 - Card Stories
1:16:08 - Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up
Preplan Your Next Turn
Next week we'll explore the decisions in Welcome To...!
Call to Action
Leave us a review and we'll read it on the next episode! (Still waiting, but not without hope!) We can be reached on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. Follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! Thank you for helping to grow the show!
Music Credits
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