The Wow Factor of 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 Anachrony

6:30 Cat in the Box

10:00 Yahtzee

10:30 Just One

11:20 Cryptid

12:00 Arcs

16:40 Jenga

18:30 Calico

19:00 Tichu

23:30 The Resistance

24:30 Princes of Florence

25:00 The Thing

26:00 Hearts

27:00 Dune Imperium / Dune Imperium Uprising

30:00 High Society

30:30 Tikal

31:00 Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy

32:00 A Game of Thrones the Board Game

32:45 Food Chain Magnate

35:00 Magic the Gathering

36:30 Lords of Waterdeep

38:40 Innovation

39:00 Root

39:20 Scythe

40:40 Imperium the Contention

41:30 Twilight Struggle

44:30 Wavelength / Lacuna / Hot Streak

46:00 Return to the Dark Tower

51:30 Robo Rally

53:30 Cascadia

 

Preplanners

Game design discussion on balancing for player count hosted by Paul coming up soon?! 

Also a double header of episodes about deckbuilding and the long awaited deep dive of Root!

 

Music and Sound Credits

Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s

You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/. 

Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA

Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Intermission Music: music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

 

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