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12. Old Frontiers - Race for the Galaxy, Roll, & New Frontiers Triple Review
12. Old Frontiers - Race for the Galaxy, Roll, & New Frontiers Triple Review
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Apr 29, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
We couldn't help ourselves and review just one game. Instead, we looked at Race for the Galaxy, Roll for the Galaxy, and New Frontiers, Tom Lehman's three variations on a theme.Speaking of variations, in our feature discussion, we discuss how designers reuse their core mechanics and core themes from one game to a next, including designers like Tom Lehman, Uwe Rosenberg, Michael Kiesling, Ryan Laukat, Simone Luciani, Vital Lacerda, and Vlaada Chvátil. What we've been playing: 01:26 Men at Work03:37 Carpe Diem05:34 Orléans & Rococo09:03 Tony beat Gloomhaven!FEATURE REVIEW: 11:09 Race for the Galaxy, Roll for the Galaxy, and New Frontiers11:30 Tom Lehman, San Juan, and Puerto Rico22:59 New Frontiers vs. Empires of the Void II34:00 Iconography FEATURE DISCUSSION: 35:37 Iteration by board game designers36:15 Tom Lehman's iterative designs39:23 Fixing games - 1846 and 203840:32 Designing into different play spaces - Res Arcana42:17 Designing for curiosity - Uwe Rosenberg, Feast for Odin, Patchwork, Cottage Garden, and Indian Summer43:03 Agricola44:53 Why we love designers - Designer personality, Uwe Rosenberg, and Michael Kiesling46:38 Ryan Laukat's long journey to Empires of the Void II & Islebound48:55 Simone Luciani's design iterations in the Voyages of Marco Polo, Tzolkin, Lorenzo, Newton, and Barrage50:59 The adaptive designer - Vital Lacerda, Escape Plan, and Lisboa52:18 The adaptive designer - Vlaada Chvátil, Space Alert, Mage Knight, and Codenames54:11 Norwegians, the smallest iteration
Released:
Apr 29, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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