In this interview episode, Travis sits down with prolific game designer Todd Sanders to discuss PnP, his multitude of games, lower player counts, and the recently-released Pulp Detective on Kickstarter.
Todd Sanders Current Projects
Pulp Detective on Kickstarter
Todd Sanders Printer Studio
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In this episode, the LPC crew discusses ancient board games, shipping privilege, and all about the category of Space Opera in games! Plus a giveaway, plus cool stuff from some of our favorite publishers.
Times:
01:30 - Shipping Privilege
04:58 - Ancient Gaming
07:20 - booooooooooardgametables.com
08:11 - Scattergories: Space Opera
08:50 - What even is a Space Opera game?
19:10 - Games Meeting this Description
33:15 - What does or does not appeal to us about Space Opera
games?
43:50 - Space Opera for 1-2p
47:20 - Final Thoughts on Space Opera
51:15 - Game Surplus Giveaway!
52:20 - Van Ryder Announcements
58:50 - End Bits
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In this minisode of Cliff’s Corner, Cliff begins a multi-part series about logical fallacies in boardgaming: statistics, expected value, unconventional strategies in gaming, decisions and decision-trees, and rules orientation.
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In this episode, the LPC crew wraps up 2017 as they talk about their favorite moments, biggest regrets, and ponder what 2018 might hold for gaming.
Times:
00:45 - Banter
02:20 - Shipping Costs
08:50 - BOARDGAMETABLES.COM
09:33 - Favorite Gaming Moment
17:45 - Biggest Gaming Regret
27:20 - Gaming Resolutions
38:00 - What does 2018 hold for boardgames?
44:25 - What are you looking forward to?
48:30 - One Game to Watch
55:45 - 2018 Hot Take
70:35 - End Bits
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In this episode, the LPC crew discusses revisions, expansions, and sequels. What are they? Are they good? When is it time to make a sequel? What are games that need them? They also chat Game Surplus contest, neural networks, and end of year stuff.
Times:
00:45 - Banter
02:00 - Shawn Quits (his job)
03:40 - Neural Network BGG Games
19:03 - BOARDGAMETABLES.COM
19:46 - Sequels, Expansions, and Revisions…
20:30 - Reprints, a Short Discussion
21:55 - Sequels, Spiritual and Otherwise
35:00 - Expansions and Modules
40:00 - Standalone Expansions
47:20 - Revised Versions
61:30 - Solo Gaming Afterthoughts via KS
65:50 - #thanksgamesurplus
70:35 - End Bits
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In this minisode, Shawn gives us a rundown of his favorite Solo Adventure games in various categories.
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In this episode, Donny and Travis discuss their ideas for the 2017 Holiday Gift Guide while also reminiscing about BGGcon. Also, give a listen for the LPC Contest to get some money from Game Surplus.
Times:
00:45 - Intro
04:21 - An Interjection
05:55 - booooooooardgametables.com
06:35 - The LPC Holiday Gift Guide
49:42 - The LPC Contest with Game Surplus
51:38 - BGGcon 2017 Recap
61:20 - Aldie & Jeff A. run-in
63:45 - End Bits
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In this minisode, Travis gives you listeners a shot at $100 from Game Surplus. Listen to the episode and head over to LPC Contest to get all of the details. #thanksgamesurplus
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In this minisode of Travis Gets Heavy, Travis sits down with wargamer Jerry White, designer of Enemy Coast Ahead: The Doolittle Raid & The Dambuster Raid.
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In this episode, the LPC Crew can hardly contain their excitement about BGG.CON. They discuss the hot games they want to play, the events they are excited about, and other ramblings about playmats, gear, boardgametables.com, and more.
Time:
00:36 - Welcome back!
03:13 - boardgametables.com
03:45 - BGG.con Stuff
06:15 - Top 10 Hot Games from BGG.con Rundown
52:35 - 4th Annual Craft Coffee Exchange
55:00 - Winsome Day
57:40 - AssassinCon
63:50 - GameSurplus.com LPC code
67:30 - BGG.Con Gathering
70:45 - End Bits
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In this new minisode series, Cliff Fisher kicks off Cliff’s Corner, a segment devoted to discussing gaming strategies, statistics, probabilities, and all sorts of random stuff.
This time? Traveling with Games
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In this minisode, Donny and Travis sit down with R. Eric Reuss, designer of the 1-4 player settler-destruction strategy game, Spirit Island.
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In this episode, the Low Player Count crew gets in the Halloween spirit by discussing their board game horrors. They also giveaway a copy of Sylvion, chat about LPC swag, and direct you to their DFW Auction.
Time:
01:05 - Banter
03:03 - Boardgametables.com
03:45 - Friday the 13th
04:30 - Boardgame Horror Stories
24:30 - Our Personal Horrors
34:29 - Game Surplus giveaway
36:05 - Anewsments
36:15 - Cave v Cave Giveaway results
40:25 - LPC Swag
43:25 - No Essen Sorry
45:15 - BGG Guild #2223
48:00 - Local DFW Auction
50:30 - End Bits
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In this minisode of Travis Gets Heavy, Travis sits down with Ryan & Sean Spangler of Elephant Laboratories to discuss their crazily thematic logistics game Sol: Last Days of A Star. Come along for the ride and watch out for that sun burning up!
Elephant Laboratories
Solo Leaderboard
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In this episode, the Low Player Count crew is all back together again! They discuss what happens when the desire for gaming burns out, all the sweet, new swag they have, and some catch-up on life.
Times:
01:00 - Banter
01:24 - Shawn’s Announcement
08:13 - boardgametables.com
09:04 - Gaming Burn Out
09:40 - A Gaming Check-In
15:35 - What are obstacles that keep us from gaming?
25:40 - Is Solo Gaming easier to get back into?
30:51 - What do we in the hobby to keep us interested?
45:28 - Anewsments!
46:10 - Giveaway #mycavevsyourcave
48:13 - All of the stuff
48:42 - Possible BGGcon LPC Meetup
51:57 - LPC Merch on Threadless
54:00 - LPC Inked Playmats
57:30 - Game Surplus Podcast Picks
59:38 - End Bits
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If You Buy One Game is a minisode series where the individual Low Player Count crew and friends across the boardgame universe can individually discuss and review a game of their choice, based on theme, topic, or even time of year.
In our final installment? Our Favorite 1 and/or 2 Player Games
00:30 - Travis’ Solo Pick: Nemo’s War
06:14 - Bill’s Pick: Fields of Arle
10:41 - Eric’s Solo Pick: Burgle Bros.
14:55 - Travis’ 2P Pick: Wir Sind Das Volk
19:59 - Aaron’s 1-2 Pick: Baseball Highlights 2045
24:46 - Donny’s Solo Pick: Mage Knight
26:16 - Donny’s 2P Pick: Magic the Gathering
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In this new minisode series, Shawn digs into Solitaire Adventure games. This time? Runebound Third Edition!
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In this minisode of Big Fun in a Little Box, Donny and Travis co-opt the segment from Shawn to tag-team talk about the incredibly clever 2-player asymmetric game of Fugitive from Fowers Games.
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In this episode, the Low Player Count crew shakes up the format ever so slightly while discussing different iterations and reimplementations of boardgames, contest giveaways, and all without Shawn. So sad!
Times:
01:00 - Banter
04:18 - A Slight Format Change
04:53 - boardgametables.com! HEYOOOOOOOO
05:20 - Gaming Reimplementations / Iterations / Something Definitions
11:50 - The Different Player Count Discussion
15:00 - San Juan vs RFTG Forever
22:17 - Sticking with the Same
34:00 - Reaching Larger Audiences
38:00 - Favorite Reimplementations
44:15 - Gaming Reimplementations You Want
51:22 - Game Surplus Giveaway
52:28 - Anewsments!
52:50 - #LPCHolmes
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If You Buy One Game is a minisode series where the individual Low Player Count crew and friends across the boardgame universe can individually discuss and review a game of their choice, based on theme, topic, or even time of year.
This episode? Worknight Games
00:30 - Eric’s Pick: Sagrada
04:09 - Donny’s Pick: Onitama & The Lost Expedition
11:25 - BJ’s Pick: Kanagawa
15:28 - Travis’ Pick: Hounded
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In this episode, the Low Player Count crew begins a new series focusing on individual categories in the board gaming hobby, with this episode focusing on Exploration games. They also talk about the two giveaways going on and their GenCant plans.
Times:
01:31 - Two Giveaways!
03:25 - GenCant Plans
07:27 - boooooardgametables.com
08:10 - A New Series: Scattergories
09:53 - Exploration Games Definitions
15:10 - What excites us about Exploration themes?
28:50 - Why Exploration games with lower player counts?
35:15 - The Top Exploration games
56:20 - Other Topic Suggestions
57:25 - End Bits
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In this episode, the Low Player Count crew continues their popular mechanics discussion with not one, but two mechanics: Press Your Luck and Roll & Write games. They also discuss Travis’ Targi birthday poem giveaway, giveaway Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft, and depression & gaming by Katie Aidley.
Times:
02:55 - 50 Fastest Ways to Lose Subscribers
03:00 - Targi Winner Giveaway Poetry Contest
09:30 - Punchboard Media Updates
13:40 - Depression & Boardgames by Katie Aidley
16:30 - GenCantSoloCon News
17:54 - Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft Instagram Giveaway
20:00 - BOARDGAMETABLES.COM
20:30 - Two Mechanics? Crazy!
21:08 - Let’s define things
23:00 - What is it you enjoy?
32:05 - What do you not enjoy?
39:48 - Favorites Press Your Luck
47:45 - Favorite Roll & Writes
52:45 - Final Thoughts
53:10 - GenCant Roll & Write Contest
56:45 - End Bits
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If You Buy One Game is a minisode series where the individual Low Player Count crew and friends across the boardgame universe can individually discuss and review a game of their choice, based on theme, topic, or even time of year.
This episode? Travis’ Birthday
00:30 - Bill’s Pick: High Frontier 3rd Edition
05:42 - Patrick’s Pick: Cribbage
11:25 - Richard’s Pick: Sword of Rome
15:28 - Travis’ Pick: War of the Ring 2nd Edition Anniversary
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In Episode 51, the Low Player Count crew discusses a multitude of boardgaming terms from solo vs solitaire to automa vs AI, why they matter, and why rulebooks should be well-written. They also chat about Raxxon from Plaid Hat Games, give away a copy of Targi, and tell you to support Watch It Played’s Season 7.
Times:
01:00 - In Alaska...
02:44 - Ducklings on Kickstarter
04:24 - The Plaid Hat Raxxon Giveaway!
11:30 - The Raxxon Winners
19:00 - A Ridiculous Targi Giveaway Contest
23:22 - Rodney Smith’s Watch It Played’s Indiegogo
25:44 - boooooooooooooardgametables.com
26:21 - A Way With Words
30:30 - Description vs. Gameplay Dissonance
35:30 - Specific v. Generic Terminology
39:44 - Jamie Maltman, Man of Words, Consistent Verbiage
45:50 - Rulebook Lingo
46:45 - Unspecific Term Usage in Game Teaching
48:50 - Porting Over Known Terms
50:30 - Known v. New Concept Terms
61:00 - “Controversial” Gaming Terms
95:50 - Gaming Genres Series
95:56 - End Bits
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In this episode of Travis Gets Heavy, Travis sits down with prolific wargame designer Brian Train, to discuss the upcoming 1-2p COIN game release of Colonial Twilight: The French-Algerian War, 1954-62.
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