The State of Games, Ep. 157 – The One About Just a Little Filler

stateofgameslogonewLast podcast we pulled out all the intellectual stops and dove head deep into the rabbit hole of Game Theory. Judging from the listener numbers that wasn’t exactly what all you dear listeners wanted to hear. Oh well, at least we had fun discussing it! We wanted to get deep again with a chat about rules, if they’re getting worse in board games, and what we might do to fix them, but we decided to table that one for another time, return a bit to formula, and focus on something a little less… filling.


 

nemoswarGames and things mentioned

Unpub Network

Èze

Maastricht

Magic: The Gathering

Rolling America

VivaJava

Jaipur

Tiny Epic Zombies

Sprawlopolis

Obsession: Pride, Intrigue, and Prejudice in Victorian England

Nemo’s War

Captain Sonar

Legends of Sleepy Hollow

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Striking Flint

Pints & Loggers

Can’t Stop

Diamonds

Timeline

Mr. Jack Pocket

Divinare

Patchwork

Coup

Coloretto

No Thanks!

For Sale

Elkfest

Codenames

Piepmatz

Ladder 29

Barenpark

Honshu

Onirim

 

Homebrewers (KS)

Project L (KS)

Viceroy: Times of Darkness (KS)

Periodic (KS)

Artemis Project (KS)

Climbers XL (KS)

 

Time Markers

“Darrell plays Yokohama”
01:59:56

“Darrell competes in a BBQ competition”
03:05:41

“Boo-B-Q Competition coming up!”
09:12:61

“Game Design of Baltimore”
14:27:54

“TC: Testing more Eze”
14:41:19

“TC: Tiny Epic Zombies”
15:53:35

“Chris: Hurricane Florence”
24:54:57

“Chris: GrandCon & Captain Sonar”
25:54:10

“Darrell: Nyctophobia”
30:38:67

“TC: Sprawlopolis”
34:14:53

“Chris: Nemo’s War”
39:05:25

“TC: Obsession – Pride, Intrigue, and Prejudice in Victorian England”
42:53:25

“Chris: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”
51:27:69

“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”
54:09:36

“Chris: Prototypes – Striking Flint, Pints & Loggers”
54:44:69

“Gamenews!”
57:39:44

“Homebrewers is on Kickstarter!”
57:53:19

“Meat of the podcast – Fillers!”
61:10:07

“What is a filler?”
61:35:40

“Is there a time limit for fillers?”
63:07:73

“Alternative names for fillers?”
64:40:40

“Filler Songs Tangent”
66:33:07

“What are some classic fillers that everyone has played?”
69:13:60

“Do fillers have a stigma with certain types of gamers?”
71:01:52

74:59:54

“Our personal top 5 fillers”
82:23:33

“Are games that have simple rules but long play time fillers?”
104:53:08

“Backside of the podcast: Notable Kickstarters”
108:31:15

“Unpub News”
113:28:16

 

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One Response to “The State of Games, Ep. 157 – The One About Just a Little Filler”
  1. Lee says:

    The time markers are a welcome addition. Way to class up the joint around here!

    My top five fillers:
    Hanamikoji (elegant and tense)
    Coup (terrific bluffing game)
    Love Letter (the original micro-game and a universal favorite)
    Visby aka Santo Domingo (great fun trying to outthink others)
    Melee (really rewarding bluffing game)

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