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62. Overboss & Replayability
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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Apr 19, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Be your own boss, dad said. Make your own decisions, dad said. Well dad, today I finally did it. Today I'm not only my own boss, today I'm an Overboss. And I don't event have to pay self-employment tax. Today it's Aaron Mesburne and Kevin Russ' Overboss, a pixelated followup by designer of beloved tile-layer Calico. Then it's the aspects of a game that make us bring it out 20, 30, 40, 50 times to play. What makes a game replayable?We're a very relistenable podcast! Find more of us at:Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/two-wood-for-a-wheatOr on Google Podcasts: tinyurl.com/36gzg2hyRead Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogsLeave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y2eyvquxShare the love and nominate us for a golden geek award for best podcast: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2639250/15th-annual-golden-geek-awards-nominations-open01:51 Red Rising03:31 Hallertau04:33 Mandala04:45 Marvel: United05:05 Ankh: Gods of Egypt05:30 Rocketmen08:04 John Company08:33 After the Empire11:04 FEATURE REVIEW Overboss14:30 Calico and Tasty Humans23:55 Hallertau25:37 FEATURE DISCUSSION Replayability27:13 Go, Chess, Stupid Chess32:23 Race for the Galaxy33:09 Res Arcana33:45 A Feast for Odin and Agricola34:35 Tainted Grail, Near and Far, and Above and Below35:29 Rising Sun and Gloomhaven38:21 Gons Schon Clever38:51 Tapestry39:45 Calico41:49 Mandala and Anno: 180043:06 Tyrants of the Underdark44:11 Clans of Caledonia, Gaia Project, and Terra Mystica44:55 Tiny Towns45:59 John Company and This War of Mine46:45 Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein47:37 Scythe and Scythe: Rise of Fenris49:19 Charterstone50:43 Red Rising51:12 Sea of Clouds52:26 Praga Caput Regni
Released:
Apr 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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