Decision Space
Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games.
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Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 222 - What have we been playing?
In this very chill episode, Jake and Pete discuss some recent plays of some new and old games. Listen for such unexpected topics as: Mac Gerdts designs a rondel game???
Pete talk...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 221 - Balancing for Player Count (WWTA)
A game development episode in which Pete, Paul, and Brendan ask the important questions:
What makes games flexible or inflexible when it comes to player count?
Should a publi...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 220 - Listener Question Mailbag
A loose episode in which Jake, Brendan, and Pete answer such hard hitting questions as:
"Why do you play board games?"
"What designs are you working on?"
"Who is the hottest member...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 219 - Root Deep Dive (part 1)
Buckle in for a long one! Pete and Brendan go DEEP on Cole Wehrle's Root. Did Brendan enjoy exploring Pete's favorite game? Is the Vagabond OP? Do the Cats suck? Is this game too ...
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Episode 218 - Lifestyle Games
What we talk about when we talk about lifestyle games. Are they worth sinking all your time and money into? Let's discuss!
Timestamps
4:15 what is a lifestyle game?
30:00 what do we like ...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 217 - The Wow Factor
What makes you stop and say "wow" when playing a game? Listen to Jake workshop his newly patented "Six Kinds of Wow"!
Special guest Bill Collins!
Game Timestamps
3:00 Vivo
4:10 Anachron...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 216 - Innovation and Games without Guard Rails (Look Mom, No Hands!)
Look mom, no hands! Brendan and Pete are diving into a discussion without guard rails (games) and then review Carl Chudyk's, Innovation.
Timest...
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Episode 215 - The Laughing Table Friends Played Hot Games at Geekway To the West!
Jake alongside fellow Laughing Table Friends members Luke William...
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Episode 214 - Top 10 Games of All Time of All Hosts in 2025 (5 to 1)
We finish off our top 10 lists, counting down from 5 to 1!
Timestamps
0:00 - Show Business The Resistance - 3:35 Imhotep - 5:38 Dune Imperium: Uprising...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 213 - Top 10 Games of All Time of All Hosts in 2025
All four hosts are here to share the first half of our top 10 games of all time lists. That is Paul, Pete, Jake, and Brendan counting down games number ten throug...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 212 - Cooperation, Communication, and Vantage with Jamey Stegmaier
Jamey Stegmaier, disc golf enthusiast, omni gamer, and president/CEO of Stonemaier Games, drops by the show to talk about communication in cooperat...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 211 - Let's Duel! Toy Battle and Dueling Games
Get back to basics with Jake and Brendan as we discuss how there are duel games and then there are duel games. Then, we toe tap into the kiddie pool with Toy Battle.
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Episode 210 - Quintessential Pete and Paul Games
Get to know the new Decision Space hosts tastes in games. In this episode, these two old friends explore the games that are quintessential to their tastes and where those ta...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 208 - F Is for Filler and Faraway
This week's episode, hosted by Pete and featuring Brendan and Paul, asks the question, "Are filler games just bad?" Enjoy this discussion on fillers before transitioning to a quick...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 208 - This Episode Is Broken
Welcome back to another episode of Decision Space, the only game that takes place right here, between the episodes of your favorite podcast! Good luck to all of our contestants and happ...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 207 - RIP To 3 Dearly Departed Board Games
Brendan, Jake, and Pete each share a eulogy for one board game that they once loved, but which is now, sadly, no longer on our table. Funeral attire is strictly enforced.
...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 206 - What We Talk About When We Talk About If Games Can Be Mean
Pete, Brendan, and Jake debate whether games can be mean with our usual sense of decorum and mastery of the oral argument.
Timestamps
Can Games Be...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 205 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Drawing Cards
It's an OG host episode, with the twist that Jake made the notes for once (with a little help from our discordians). In this episode Jake and Brendan talk a...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 204 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Expression in Board Games
Brendan and Pete talk about expression in board games! The discussion takes us to the ways we can express ourselves through game play, the games...
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 203 - Fromage
What the heck! The first episode ever with no Jake and no Brendan. It's up to Paul and Pete to lead the way, and they do an awesome job discussing the types of simultaneous play that you'll find in bo...
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