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Episode 45 - I Want To Play......Honest!
13 maart 2022 · 54 min
The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 45 - I Want To Play......Honest! Lees meer
A shorter episode as I've just returned from a stag weekend! Some news of upcoming games, a general update including why I'm kind of done doing KS videos and finally a short discussion of some games that I do want to legitimately play but haven't got round to yet and why!
00:00 - Introduction, General Wellbeing & Why I'm Done Doing KS Videos
14:55 - News
26:04 - Games I Want To Play But Haven't Yet -
Episode 44 - How Many Players?
27 februari 2022 · 1 uur 14 min
The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 44 - How Many Players? Lees meer
I've jammed a ton in this episode! Plenty of new things in my life, a new sponsor for the channel, a played game, a piece of news, a new segment on my musings for potential Kickstarter projects I'm interested in and a discussion topic as well on player counts! Wow I hope you have a long commute journey ahead!
00:00 - Introduction, General Wellbeing & Upcoming Content
13:13 - New Sponsor Details (Kienda)
23:10 - What I Played (Empyreal)
31:45 - News (Co-Op Carcassonne)
33:30 - Kickstarter Musings
50:06 - What Is The Best Player Count? -
The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 43 - Is Kickstarter A Menace?
13 februari 2022 · 1 uur 13 min
The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 43 - Is Kickstarter A Menace? Lees meer
This episode is packed!! I got a beige Euro that I played, several items of news, channel highlights, a channel shoutout for supporting small creators and then a big discussion on whether Kickstarter is more of a problem than a solution these days?
00:00 - Introduction, General Wellbeing & Upcoming Content
10:45 - Channel Shoutout - Solo Playthroughs
13:06 - News
26:37 - What I Played (City State)
38:39 - Is Kickstarter A Menace? -
Episode 42 - Too Much Effort For Solo
31 januari 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 42 - Too Much Effort For Solo Lees meer
On today's episode there is not much news to speak of, so instead you're getting 2 full reviews and a solid discussion topic as given by one of my amazing Patreons.
I will talk in detail about Roll Player Adventures and Mortum (without spoiling of course) and hint at an upcoming first impressions video for Procyon III. After that I'll go back to solo gaming where I've been asked the question "how much effort are you willing to put in for heavy solo games"?
00:00 - Introduction, General Wellbeing, New Job & Upcoming Content
10:58 - Express Review - Mortum
23:47 - Express Review - Roll Player Adventures
39:20 - What Is Too Much Effort For A Heavy Solo Game? -
Episode 41 - Why Is Everything So Hard?
16 januari 2022 · 51 min
The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 41 - Why Is It So Hard? Lees meer
On today's episode there's a bunch of news to talk about, but the focus is more on the difficulty curves of games. Are co-op board games these days becoming too hard to beat? Is there a trend to up the difficulty curve in the late stages of an LCG? Are campaign games subject to spikes with impossible finales?
00:00 - Introduction and General Wellbeing
09:05 - What I Played
16:00 - News
28:00 - Why Is It So Hard? -
Episode 40 - Resolutions / Whats A Deck Builder?
2 januari 2022 · 59 min
The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 40 - Resolutions - Whats A Deck Builder? Lees meer
It's 2022 and we start the year with a show devoted to resolutions, games played and then a debate started by me and a friend - "what ACTUALLY IS a deck builder"?
00:00 - Introduction and General Wellbeing
07:17 - What I Played
19:43 - Resolutions for 2022
39:20 - What Is A Deck Builder? -
Episode 39 - GRIDCON - So Many Games!!
5 december 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
So many games to talk about, so this is basically a bumper episode where I talk about a ton of games I've been playing lately, mainly because of attending GRIDCON last week, a great local convention hosted by Paul Grogan of Gaming Rules! Lees meer
00:00 - Introduction and General Wellbeing
03:16 - ZATU Giveaway
07:18 - Channel Shoutout - Gaming Rules!What I Played:
14:14 - Ark Nova
22:31 - Weather Machine
29:33 - Grand Trunk Journey
37:14 - Euthia
46:33 - Roll Player Adventures
57:31 - Iki and Other Games -
Episode 38 - Don't You Want Innovation?
21 november 2021 · 50 min
On today's episode I got a ton of games to talk about that I played, some of which you'll be surprised I played at all, and also a big discussion on innovation in games and a signature Broken Meeple rant on the new CMON KS rumours. Lees meer
How Am I? (00:00) - General stress, health and what I've done on the channel and future content!
What I Played (04:00) - From my games at Merrycon we have Agricola with Farmers of the Moor, Glass Road impressions, Terraforming Mars, Diamonds and my first play of the new Mortum by Arcane Wonders.
News (20:22) - An upcoming giveaway that I'm doing in collaboration with ZATU to look out for and the new Marvel Zombicide rumours and CMON's sales tactics.
Do You Want Innovation or The Same Formula? (29:12) - Following an interesting Facebook discussion, I talk about my thoughts on the question of whether as gamers we want to see brand new ideas in design that are inherently more risky, but give us something new or just games that repeat the same formulaic ideas, but are tried and tested and known to work?
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Episode 37 - How Is 2021 Shaping Up?
7 november 2021 · 58 min
Been a while since a normal podcast and I've had time to play a bunch of Essen games - how is 2021 shaping up as a result? Lees meer
How Am I? (00:00) - General stress, health and what I've done on the channel and future content!
Channel Shoutout (12:00)- Mark Dainty - Not Bored Gaming
News (15:10) - Garphill Games new Trilogy, another Splotter game and a new Tapestry expansion.
What I Played / How is 2021 shaping up? (22:37) - I give my thoughts on what I've played since Essen and comment on how 2021 is shaping up in general?
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Episode 36 - THE LIVE ESSEN SPECIAL!
18 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 34 min
Special episode today! I figured instead of doing a podcast episode for the aftermath of visiting Essen Spiel, I decided to do a live stream on YouTube. If you want to check that out in full please visit the channel. Lees meer
But here for you there's an audio only version if you want to listen to it in podcast form! I go over Essen, the fair, the people, the games and questions from the chat! Enjoy!
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Episode 35 - The Spice Doesn't Flow
3 oktober 2021 · 54 min
How Am I? (00:00) - Why this episode was meant to be shorter (and yet wasn't) due to a convention cut short, my upcoming gastroscopy and prepping for Essen 2021. Lees meer
Channel Shoutout (10:37)- Games Made Easy
Convention Cut Short?(14:!6)
News (18:51) - A 7 Wonders spin off, a new Azul and the highlights from the Fantasy Flight Games In Flight Report.
What I Played (24:55) - First impressions of Pandemain, Fox in the Forest and my current status with regards to Descent which will now be getting a full Detail review in the future.
First Impressions & Rant - "Dune" (33:00)
Conclusion (51:45)
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Episode 34 - Useful Game Accessories
19 september 2021 · 1 uur 6 min
How Am I? (00:00) - How my Top 100 is going, my current health issues and why I'm stepping back from Twitter to get away from toxicity. Lees meer
What I Played (10:30) - First impressions of Pandemain, Fox in the Forest and my current status with regards to Descent which will now be getting a full Detail review in the future.
News (21:38) - A 7 Wonders spin off, a new Azul and the highlights from the Fantasy Flight Games In Flight Report.
Useful Game Accessories (34:08) - I go over a bunch of ways I pimp out my board games and some other useful accessories to have.
Conclusion (01:04:36)
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Episode 33 - Preparing for Essen 2021
5 september 2021 · 1 uur 8 min
How Am I? (00:00) - The initial success of the Top 100 and my thoughts on the K-Con convention. Lees meer
What I Played (09:15) - Obsession and Anno 1800 get my first impressions and a full blitz review of Cabbagehead Garden.
News (32:10) - The downfall of IDW Games
Preparing for Essen 2021(36:44) - My plans for Essen 2021 including my volunteering for Portal Games. And then I'll give you a ton of top tips to follow for preparing for Essen based on my 3-4 years of experience.
Conclusion (01:04:36)
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Episode 32 - So You Want To Be A Content Creator?
22 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 22 min
How Am I? (00:00) - A long weekend, both good and bad. Reuinions with old friends, a very productive time in the editing room and with the upcoming Top 100, but also anxiety pains from people unfollowing me behind my back, the stress is real. Lees meer
What I Played (09:14) - Haven, Herbaceous and The Lost Expedition get my first impressions!
News (24:05) - A Zombicide RPG, a new portable Citadels version and a big box for King of Tokyo.
So You Want To Be A Content Creator? (32:21) - Content creation can be very fulfilling and it enables you to meet and interact with so many wonderful people in the hobby. BUT it's not without its problems, its stressful times and its pitfalls. And you need to be aware of that. So let me give you some tips as well as some warnings to bare in mind before you set foot on the path to content creation, coming from someone from a small creator background who likely has to put up with more problems than the trending channels.
Conclusion (01:19:05)
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Episode 31 - The UK GAMES EXPO Special 2021
8 augustus 2021 · 58 min
How Am I? (00:00) - Work is improving, a bit behind on the blog because of the UK Games Expo but some recent great live content to watch! Lees meer
News (06:10) - A new expansion for Maracaibo, an updated app for Neuroshima Hex and the end of Tasty Minstrel Games.
THE UK GAMES EXPO (12:25)
Descent: Legends of the Dark (16:27)
Equinox (24:51)
Tinners Trail (28:54)OPEN GAMING - What Did I Play? (33:13)
Architects of the West Kingdom, Abyss, Whistle Mountain, Rune Stones, Fox in the Forest Duet, Bastille
Conclusion (54:10)
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Episode 30 - Are We Getting Paid?
25 juli 2021 · 1 uur 3 min
How Am I? (00:00) - 2nd Vaccine sickness, going to the UK Games Expo, upcoming videos and why I'm frustrated at the closed mindedness of people on social media. Lees meer
What I've Played (09:40) - First impressions of Clinic and Cinco Linko and finally I played Circadians: First Light!
Support Small Creators (27:40) - The Nerd Shelves
News (31:53) - The winners of the Spiel Des Jahres and Kennerspiel, yet another Pandemic themed game and a reimplementation of Awkward Guests.
Topic of the Day (41:00) - Are Reviewers Paid To Say Good Things?
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Episode 29 - The Dice Tower 2020 Awards
11 juli 2021 · 1 uur
How Am I? (00:00) - One mad job requirement out of the way, but no rest for the wicked! Lees meer
What I've Played (05:57) - First impressions of Die of the Dead, Ohanami, and the Rune Stones 2nd expansion as well as continuing thoughts on Hall of the Mountain King.
News (19:45) - Expansions coming to Lost Ruins of Arnak, Dune Imperium and Journeys In Middle Earth.
Topic of the Day (24:50) - The Dice Tower Awards 2020! Join me as I go through the entire awards for The Dice Tower 2020 and give you my comments on what won, what lost and whether I agree or disagree with the verdicts!
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Episode 28 - Tips On Locating A Game Group
27 juni 2021 · 1 uur 1 min
How Am I? (00:00) - My hiking break in the Yorkshire Dales and recent content. Lees meer
What I've Played (06:36) - First impressions of Cryo, In the Hall of the Mountain King and Kokopelli
Channel Shoutout (23:30) - Board of It
News (27:13) - A new Fort expansion, an upcoming "Dixit" competitive game, Board & Dice's new Geek Essentials, Divinus announced and my rant on the behaviour associated with the Ares Expedition controversy.
Topic of the Day (45:24) - How To Find A Gaming Group - many people ask for tips on how to find a game group when they move to a new area or don't know the local people. Well here are 5 tips you should consider, some of which I used myself in the past!
Coming Soon (59:04) - stuff to look forward to!
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Episode 27 - Why I Don't Like Roll & Write Games
6 juni 2021 · 1 uur 13 min
How Am I? (00:00) - Dude, where's my car? And why I'm keen to go up to Yorkshire! Lees meer
Channel Shoutout (07:03) - Board Game Gran
What I've Played (11:18) - First impressions of Fort, Vienna Connection and Red Rising.
News (32:00) - FFG's new LCG format, the next Marvel Champions expansion, a new campaign for the D&D board games and what has to be one of the most desperate moves on Z-Man's part.
Topic of the Day (44:40) - Why I Don't Like Roll & Writes. People ask why I don't do a Top 10 of this genre. . . . well because I don't like it, i barely have 3 I like, I think this genre is bloated, devoid of variation and. . . . well I'll let my fun rant do the talking!
Coming Soon (01:09:52) - stuff to look forward to!
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Episode 26 - Do Your Research Before You Buy Games
23 mei 2021 · 1 uur 8 min
The new format was received well last week so we're going to continue with it! Lees meer
How Am I? (00:00) - I can now socialise indoors, my game cafes are open, I can still go to the gym and I've had my first vaccination against Covid! I'd say pretty good! :P
What I've Played (06:47) - First impressions of Destines and War of the Ring followed by Sunset Over Water and Pictures.
News (24:52) - The nominations for the 2021 Spiel Awards, a new Dominion app with a scary AI and the infamous "Update 80" from Frosthaven.
Channel Shoutout (41:31) - Jay Plays
Topic of the Day (43:47) - Researching A Game: How much research goes into a game before I decide to pull the trigger and spend my money on it and does FOMO play a part? Websites, videos, forums, here's where to look and how I go about making my ultimate decision.
Coming Soon (01:03:07) - the upcoming videos and reviews on the channel to look forward to!
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Episode 25 - Expansions: Should I Buy Or Not?
9 mei 2021 · 51 min
We got a new format this time round! Not too dissimilar from before but you'll notice somme tweaks and additional segments within! All explained as to why at the start of the show! Lees meer
How Am I? - With lockdown restrictions soon to be lifted for indoor socialising, how excited am I? Also what was this live stream I did that got me all excited?
What I've Played - 13 Clues and the entire Innsmouth Conspiracy saga for Arkham Horror LCG receive my thoughts!
News - The Geek Awards 2020, Voidfall and some upcoming releases from Catan and Renegade Games
Channel Shoutout - The Lighten Up Initiative
Topic of the Day - Expansions, expansions, expansions. We love buying them for games, but are there moments where we should reconsider and perhaps buy different games instead? Why do we buy expansions anyway? To add variety? To fix base game issues? Have we considered additional storage or the possibility of bloat? All these and more answered in my discussion!
Coming Soon - the upcoming videos and reviews on the channel to look forward to including FINALLY a return to solo Top 10 lists!
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Episode 24 - Gamers Underestimate Weight
25 april 2021 · 40 min
More positive now, with the UK slowly going back to normal, I'm able to exercise a lot more at the gym and get my massage therapy fortnightly. As a result, the stress is much lower despite work being hard as ever! :-) Lees meer
After some great channel updates of content released and incoming I give a shout-out to Shelf Clutter who you should support under #supportsmallcreators if you want news on Kickstarter Games.
Then I briefly talk about my thoughts where I see gamers on social media constantly under-estimate how much weight a game has. How is Anachrony a medium weight game? How is Architects of the West Kingdom light? Should there be a super-heavy category? These are my thoughts!
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Episode 23 - Top 5 Animal Games for National Pet Day
11 april 2021 · 54 min
For channel updates, there's some fun content to come including a great live stream next week. Lees meer
Gems & Biscuits gets my channel shoutout for the week - a local UK creator just starting out who will feature in an upcoming live collaboration Top 10 list in May. Show him some love for small creators.
In the news I talk about new Twilight Imperium maps, Carcassonne 20th Anniversary, Agent Venom for Marvel Champions and my hopes for the upcoming UK Games Expo in 2021.
And then because it's National Pet Day, I'm doing a short Top 5 list on behalf of animal kind. Animals are great and deserve the love so I'm talking about 5 games where animals are the forefront of the theme or art or mechanics.
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Episode 22 - The Dice Tower Nominations Reaction
28 maart 2021 · 50 min
Apologies if this podcast seems different, I recorded this with a rather painful tension headache, but I didn't want to skip the broadcast! Suffer through the pain and soldier on! Lees meer
On this show we have:
00:00 - Channel Updates and Reflections on Recent Videos
12:55 - SupportSmallCreators shoutout to One Pip Wonder!
16:10 - Board Game News
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Episode 21 - First Impressions of Sleeping Gods
14 maart 2021 · 55 min
Channel updates including a trial run of a brand new ad hoc series as well starting to give you some board game news in general from the last couple of weeks. Lees meer
A shout-out for #supportsmallcreators to Mark Dainty at Not Bored Gaming.
Then my first impressions from a nearly finished 1st campaign run of Sleeping Gods which has finally hit my table. There's a lot of good to say.........but also a couple of bads.........including one big bad.
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Episode 20 - What Qualities Make a Good Content Creator For Me?
28 februari 2021 · 1 uur 6 min
- Channel updates for what's on the horizon including the new Broken Blitz Review format
- update on how the #supportsmallcreators movement is going
- Shout-out to Board Crazy for my small channel of the week
- A detailed explanation of all the qualities I look for in a content creator for board games. This will hopefully provide some more context as to where I'm coming from. What kind of videos do I watch? What channels do I watch both small and large? What elements of a video do I look out for when it comes to integrity, humour and community support? Lees meer -
Episode 19 - More Love To The Community Needed
14 februari 2021 · 54 min
Bit of a "on the nose" topic today for everyone. After my channel updates and a shoutout to GAMING INDOORS for my channel promo, I have to tackle something I wished I didn't have to. Lees meer
I've have worries about the board game community particularly the creator community and lately we've seen a lot of drama on social media with designers, creators, gamers etc. And I can't not give my thoughts any longer! I need to try and rekindle some of that love for the community like I had 7 years ago when I first started as a content creator!
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Episode 18 - Shem Phillips Top 100
31 januari 2021 · 1 uur 7 min
I'm so exhausted, THANK YOU JANUARY! Being a tax accountant in the UK means that January is a hellish month! And with lockdown + remote working it's even harder this year. So on the last day of the worst working month of the year, I want a ton of board games to talk about! Lees meer
So after I give my channel updates, my channel promos come back with a highlight of Board Gaming Perspective! Support small creators because others do not!
And then the main event! Shem Phillips published his Top 100 list on Twitter! I want a ton of board games to talk about! So let's go through his entire list and comment on it!
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Episode 17 - Both Board & Video Gaming
24 januari 2021 · 44 min
I'm not just a board gamer, I'm a PC gamer as well! And this episode highlights that fact. Lees meer
First of all I go through my channel updates as well as a brief message to the community to not divide themselves.
Then I have a special shoutout to a viewer at littleplastictrain.com who has a Kickstarter coming soon where you can pimp up your copies of Ticket to Ride.
Then the meat of the episode where I talk about my current favourite PC games I play and then go over my Top 5 Board Games That Were Based on Video Games.
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Episode 16 - 2021: For Better Or Worse?
10 januari 2021 · 59 min
Hello 2021!! Hopefully we can have a better year but it's certainly not getting off to the best start outside of gaming is it? Lees meer
I'll talk about some channel updates and my life in general first, then give you two reviews of 7 Wonders: Agora and New York Zoo. Then I'll skim over some upcoming releases of 2021 and give my thoughts as to what I'm looking forward to.
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Episode 15 - Looking Back & Ahead
20 december 2020 · 1 uur 10 min
Possibly the most heart-felt I've been during a podcast! On this bumper length end episode marking the last podcast put out for 2020, I take a look back over the channel and what I've achieved (or not) throughout this year, reflecting on my experiences what worked/didn't work. Has the channel grown or do the views say otherwise? Lees meer
While talking about that I'll also lay on some plans set in motion for what the channel can offer in 2021.
After that I'll reflect on some games of 2020 - not my "best" game as that's on my recent Top 10 list, but discussing my top surprise, disappointment, reprint, expansion and of course, the worst game I've played in 2020.
There's a lot of discussion from the heart in this episode especially my final apology at the end. Here's to a brighter future in 2021! Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!!
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Episode Fourteen - The Mini Cull Of Games
6 december 2020 · 38 min
To make room on the shelves I had to sell off a bunch of games from the collection. So many that I think it was worth talking about my reasons why in a podcast episode! So after I talk about some channel updates, I'll explain why all these games didn't have what it takes to remain on the shelf. Lees meer
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Episode Thirteen - Review Anthology II
22 november 2020 · 57 min
It's that time of year when I can't cover every game with a full review, so here's another review anthology where I will talk about 4 recent releases. Lees meer
Truffle Shuffle, Arkham Horror LCG: Innsmouth, Paris and The Search for Planet X all get their fair share! Come hear what I have to say!
On top of that, there's some more developments for the channel in general such as my recent Top 10, my name change for the solo playthroughs and my recent subscription to Streamyards.
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Episode Twelve - Into the Oniverse
8 november 2020 · 44 min
Lockdown has begun in the UK which means I need help with my sanity again. Well the podcast is one way to do it! But also plenty of solo gaming! So for this episode I thought I would look at the Oniverse series of games and rank them in order of my preference. Lees meer
On top of this some developments have happened with regards to my latest Patreon goal and I give my first impressions of Isle of Cats, both multiplayer and solo mode.
00:00 - Introduction & Channel Updates
08:25 - Kickstarters (Pursuit of Happiness / Freedom Five)
17:10 - New Games and Isle of Cats First Impressions
23:50 - Into the Oniverse (ranking the games)
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Episode Eleven - House Rules (Yay or Nay?)
25 oktober 2020 · 50 min
Is the game not good enough for you? Do you feel it needs a tweak here or there for your own enjoyment? Then feel free to introduce a house rule. But should you do so? Should you tell everyone at the table? What house rules work better than others? What examples are there? All this and more is part of the main discussion topic. Lees meer
Before then though we have a call to action on the Patreon to allow multi-user streaming, my play of Stockpile, my first impressions of the Shadowed Paths expansion to LOTR: Journey's in Middle Earth and how my week has been in general.
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Episode Ten - Issues with My LCG's
11 oktober 2020 · 44 min
Lots of content on this episode including 3 reviews and some discussion. Lees meer
First up, my reflection of the Top 100 saga and channel updates!
Then 3 reviews covering the following games:
Village Green
Quirky Circuits
Marvel Champions: The Once & Future KangAnd finally I want to mention some warnings with my favourite LCG's. I love these games immensely, but no game is flawless and before you suddenly jump in and start buying them, maybe you should listen to my personal issues with each game just in case. . . .
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Episode Nine - Review Anthology I
27 september 2020 · 37 min
The first of many review bonanza's I'm sure in this podcast. I have a lot of games to talk about and today I'm going to talk about 3 in particular. Lees meer
Splendor: Marvel, What's Missing and Alubari: A Nice Cup of Tea all get a proper review in this podcast episode. Hear my thoughts, hear my rating! Let's discuss!
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Episode 8 - Sponsored by Marvel
13 september 2020 · 40 min
I'm suffering from a sore throat caused by a hot spicy curry from last night so bare with me, but I didn't want to deprive you all of content! Lees meer
This episode is effectively the Marvel special! I will be reviewing (experimenting with podcast bitesize reviews to maintain work/life balance) the expansion to Marvel Champions "The Rise of Red Skull" and the Love Letter reimplementation "Marvel Infinity Gauntlet".
After that I'll be taking a look briefly at Splendor: Marvel and Smash Up: Marvel to see if there's anything specific to look forward to in those games.
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Episode 7 - The Year of Czech Games Edition?
30 augustus 2020 · 53 min
So much to do on the channel and to begin with I'll give you the lowdown on all the incoming reviews, plays and more coming up! Lees meer
But then the main event. During VIrtually Expo 2020 I guested on two of Paul Grogan's live streams demonstrating two games by CGE - Lost Ruins of Arnak and Under Falling Skies. These are on YouTube for you to view and I urge you to watch them for laughs and fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tBROfyWzu8&t=3967s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoUgsKt6LNk
I give my first impressions on the games and relay my thoughts and highlights from the streams themselves. Could this be the year that CGE truly shines?
Stay tuned to the end for a special discount code for ZATU Games.
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Episode Six - Gaming WIth The Family
16 augustus 2020 · 52 min
Back from my trip up North to spend a few days with the immediate family, the first time we've been all in the same place in over 3 years, wow. Emotional to leave them to come back home, but I did get some gaming done while I was there. Work had some "not-so-great" surprises for me when I got back and in order to ensure the job is put first, the podcast will revert back to a bi-weekly affair (full reasons explained in the show). Lees meer
So in this episode after I talk about general channel updates I will discuss the games I've had success with in teaching the family before as well as how the games I took along this time round went down.
I'll also talk about how gaming with your non-gamer family can be a very different experience to playing with gamers and how you may need to adjust your settings a little to cope with them pushing your buttons. . .
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Episode Five - Hot And Jaded?
9 augustus 2020 · 43 min
IT'S SO HOT!! Before i go away for a few days to spend time with the family, I need to record this podcast and I pick the hottest day in the UK of the entire year to do so. So I look like a wet fish and yet will try to give you an entertaining show! Lees meer
I talk about channel updates, the games I played recently, the recent PR boo-boo with Pendulum and Stonemaier and then talk about whether we as gamers, myself included are starting to get jaded on online gaming when we desire face to face interaction?
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Episode Four - Chit Chat & FFG News
2 augustus 2020 · 33 min
Just a general chit chat to tell you what I've been up to, channel updates, holiday plans, what I've seen on TV, played in video games etc. Then I mention the recent updates by FFG for upcoming games and expansions.
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Episode Three - Even More Awards
26 juli 2020 · 44 min
I wasn't sure if I was going to do this but by popular request on my first stream, people wanted to hear my thoughts on the recent Dice Tower Awards. So I though I'd combine the Spiel Des Jahres awards as well as Dice Tower into one big thoughts episode. Watch me go through the awards on their websites and discuss in more detail! Lees meer
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Episode Two - Feat. Jeremy Howard
19 juli 2020 · 1 uur 32 min
Well in general I will be doing 30 minute episodes give or take but this was a special case. Jeremy Howard of ManvsMeeple got in touch with me and asked if we could do a chat over Skype. Of course I jumped at the chance and as you might imagine, we talked for........A LONG TIME.......so much so that I didn't want to do 3 separate episodes for one conversation. So after a poll was held, I decided to release it all as one bumper episode! Lees meer
The introduction to the show goes into detail about the circumstances and then we get right into 75 minutes of conversation about everything from games to theme to publishers to cats to relationship advice. This was great fun to do but a pain to edit!
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Episode One - General Update & Virtual Cons
12 juli 2020 · 35 min
The audio is much better guys! I finally figured out OBS filters so now you should have no troubles going forward! Sorry for last week! Lees meer
So let's kick off the show with some highlights of what games I'd played recently, some Kickstarter projects I'm looking into and how great it was to finally go back to my Dice Portsmouth cafe after so many months.
Then I talk about my experience at Virtual Gridcon run by Paul Grogan while giving my general thoughts on what I think of virtual conventions in general.
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The Broken Meeple Show - Episode Zero
5 juli 2020 · 27 min
Hold on!! What's this? Lees meer
Well everyone, I recently did a massive relaunch of my whole channel "The Broken Meeple" - if you check out my YouTube channel you can see the after effects of that. Well that also means the podcast got a refresh, with a brand new look, ACTUAL VIDEO CONTENT OF ME SPEAKING via OBS software and a promise to maintain a regular production (95% certain) of 1 episode of around 30 minutes each Sunday.
So rather than delete all the old content, I've created this Episode Zero to explain everything in detail and show you on screen (audio fans don't worry, I describe everything!). I will say OBS was a "pain" to say the least and my audio isn't 100% perfect, but it's a learning curve so expect improvements going forward!
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Season 4 Episode 7 - What's Been Happening?!
9 juni 2020 · 41 min
It's been a while due to a mix of reasons, mainly because of my daily YouTube content I've put out to keep you all sane (or not) during COVID. But it's time you got an update as to what else I've been doing as there's plenty going on behind the scenes. Lees meer
In addition there are few interesting app/PNP additions to some games that are worth a discussion and at the end, there's my final 3 questions for the Q & A.........please submit more questions! :P
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Season 4 Episode 6 - Golden Geek Awards 2019
4 mei 2020 · 56 min
Talk about hot off the press! The Golden Geek Awards for 2019 were just released. Now granted, I don't tend to rely on the rating or award systems governed by BoardGameGeek, but that doesn't stop me from giving my thoughts! Lees meer
So I will take you through each award (that I can fairly comment on) giving you the winners and runners up and some of the nominations that I feel should have been given more love.
Afterwards, I have 3 more questions from the mail bag including thoughts on a rather controversial "solo gaming" video released by others recently. . . . .
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Season 4 Episode 5 - Isolation Woes
12 april 2020 · 44 min
Doesn't isolation just suck?! Lees meer
Ah well once I've moaned about how I'm coping as an extrovert with isolation, I can talk about gaming matters!
Firstly my thoughts on Dominant Species which I played literally last night for the first time on Tabletopia........was it worth the 5 hours of investment?
Second, a quick snippet on my fears for how the gaming industry is going to return to normal with regards to releases.
Thirdly a kind contributor has given me a few cool questions to answer for Q & A including how I came up with the Broken Meeple name and why is theme so important to me in a game?
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Season 4 Episode 4 - Swiss Army Cards
30 maart 2020 · 35 min
We got some new segments debuting on today's show! Lees meer
Firstly a summary of how life is progressing under the Coronavirus restrictions for someone who doesn't like being stuck at home. . .
Then my first impressions of Rune Stones and Silver & Gold.
Followed by the first new segment "Movers & Shakers" where I talk about games that have risen or fallen in their ratings and explain why.
Finally the second new segment "Mechanics" where I talk about my favourite game mechanics, explaining why I love them so much and give examples of games where they feature prominently in my collection.
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