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#63: Hype Men
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Apr 11, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
The train's pulling into the station and you've got a ticket, because this week we're talking all about hype. Why do we get irrationally excited about games we know nothing about? How much should we listen to our overly excited inner selves? Before it's all aboard, we also talk about Reykholt, PUSH, and Great Western Trail. 01:51 - Reykholt 10:13 - PUSH 14:54 - Great Western Trail 30:50 - Hype and anti-hype 32:41 - Res Arcana 33:45 - The 7th Continent 35:32 - El Grande 38:29 - Gloomhaven 38:57 - Brass: Birmingham 40:09 - Blood on the Clocktower 42:43 - Terraforming Mars
Released:
Apr 11, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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