Orthogonally Adjacent
An updated, off-centered board game podcast.
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Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa, designed by Mandela Fernandez-Grandon, Fabio Lopiano with artowrk by Ian O'Toole and published by Osprey Games is a a mid-weight Eurogame for 1-4 players. Each player manages the prestigious University of Sankoré in 14th-century Timbuktu, tasked by the emperor Mansa Musa with spreading knowledge throughout West Africa, even as the great university is raised around them. With a BGG weight of 4....
A Devir game we have been playing on repeat over our gaming nights for a while is "Rock Hard 1977" -- would you call it a rock star simulation exercise? A board game? Insight into the difficulties of being a musician in the 1970s? It's basically all of the above. Developed by Jackie Fox, bassist of the 1970 proto-punk band the Runaways, it's an amazing achievement that has been winning Fox and Devir awards since i...
It's a Josh Wood Extravaganza Episode! We sat down and played Santa Monica and Let's Go! To Japan several times back to back. Two very different formats filled with the love of travel and local exploration.
Are they worth your time? Come on in and see for yourself.
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It's been a busy 2024 for game releases, and it doesn't seem like 25 is slowing down. Matt and Chris take some time to investigate upcoming releases to give some targets they'll cover for the year.
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Well, it's been three years! Where has the time gone!?! To kick off this NEW year we're doing the obligatory year end Top 5 no matter how late it is in January! If you've been with the show the whole time check this episode out and see whose list you most closely vibe with. (It's horrible to end a sentence with a preposition but it had to be done. Do folks read the show description?)
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Tis' the season for partying, and although we are coming down from the fun of RivirCon and rocked the Christmas festivities we still wanted to make sure we let you all know about a game we can't get enough of -- when we can actually get to play a copy (thanks to our friends at Unplugged Cafe)
Santa's Workshop (2nd Edition) is published by Elf Creek Games and plays 2-5 players, 30-60 minutes playtime, Ages 6+, BGG weight 2.00
Design...
Amazing game with deluxified experiences in the retail version, Life of the Amazonia published by Bad Comet Games is a game you must play for yourself. Why? C'mon in and listen...
1-4 players, 60-150 minutes playtime, Ages 14+, BGG weight 2.93
Designer Jamie Bloom
Artist Sophia Kang
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Rio Grande Games recently sent us a game cache with a good spread of difficulty levels and themes. This episode we start with some of the games on the lighter end of the spectrum. Specifically, we'll touch on "It's A Balloon" "FTW?!" and "Black Friday" -- all perfect offerings for family holiday gatherings. Check out our thoughts and follow up in your favorite shops for your own copy if your interested!
Choo Choo! We finally get Nucleum to the table and ready the Austrailia Expansion for continued gameplay. From Simone Luciani and Dávid Turczi, published by Board&Dice and CMON, it's definitely an experience you need to have for yourself. What do we think? Come inside...come inside.. and find out.
Were working on our Darwin themed games Bingo card and we this is our second! Darwin's Journey is a delightfully complex game designed by Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone and published by ThunderGryph Games. Replayability and strategy galore -- if you see it grab it!!!!!
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After the first unboxing, Botany by Dux Somnium Games has been a mainstay on our table top for the last month and a half. Blown away by the easy of gameplay and the sneaky strategy that kept us coming back for more, we thought it was time to talk to talk to half of the design design team, Dusty Droz, about it.
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Not too far away from the context of our last show covering Daybreak, imagine the world is beyond repair and we must move all we know and hold dear to another planet.
This show focuses on the Rio Grande Games 2023 release Evacuation by designer Vladimír Suchý.
Standing at 4 on the BGG weight scale, put on your workout clothes and get prepped workout this heavy game with us.
A universal problem, and tabletop investigation.
We weren't sure what to expect with CMYK Games release "Daybreak" -- box art and description were intriguing, but we were not prepared for it at all.
An amazing mix of education and gaming, this cooperative experience had us cheering for our success and fearing the consequences of our failures each time we played.
Why? Well, come check the episode out and see.
This one is a long time coming, but worth the wait. After EXTENSIVE gamplay of the Aporta Games jewel "Revive" we discuss our impressions and speak with one of its designers Kristian Amundsen Ostby!
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In this episode we cover some quick card games we've repeatedly tabled between our epic board game faire. We chat up Hachette Boardgame's beautiful "Vaalbara", Plepic Game's "Lunarbase", Fantasy Flight's "Star Wars: THe Deckbuilding Game" and Renegade Games's "GI Joe Deckbuilding Game" -- THese games will have a second social media life soon, more on that at a later date.
...Well, it's been year for us! And to kick off this NEW year and NEW season we're doing the obligatory year end/beginning Top 5! If you've been with the show the whole time check this episode out and see whose list you most closely vibe with. (It's horrible to end a sentence with a preposition but it had to be done. Do folks read the show description?)
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It's time to game on and regarding the big blue marble on which we live -- Earth! As promised, multiple playthroughs at different player counts have given us a good enough overview to give some feedback on this popular game from Inside-Up Games. Come check out if we loved it or composted it in a hole in the yard.
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Since its been a while since college we all decided to try some mid-week brewing and drinking with Paverson's newest, hard to find board game Distilled. This quick overview comes after 6 play-throughs at varied play counts. Will it be a full on buzz or a kick in the head hangover? With this crew you never know.
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We went down a Hatchett Games and Studio H rabbit hole friends! This episode we discuss "Vivarium". From the publisher: An efficient and tense card collection game, with a great artistic direction! Each turn players use dominoes to create coordinates that allow them to build their card collection. After 7 rounds, the player that has successfully completed their objectives and collected the greatest creatures wins the g...
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