How should game publishers and designers respond to recent political events? We also talk about premium components (the business behind them and how we do our own upgrading) and reissued/remade games like King of Tokyo Dark and Kemet: Blood and Sand.
James Hudson, senior director of tabletop gaming at Skybound Games (Sorcerer City, Superfight, Tidal Blades) joins us this week for this discussion.
Here's a full list of games discussed on the show:
Intro
- The Grimm Masquerade
- Guardian's Call
- Sorcerer City
- Wonderland's War
- Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef
Christina's topic: How should game publishers respond to calls for more inclusiveness vs. "less politics" in games?
- Dead of Winter
- Summoner Wars
- Bloodstone
- The Grimm Forest
- Guardian's Call
Shoe's topic: Board game remakes...do you buy them?
- Dune
- King of Tokyo
- King of Tokyo: Dark
- Kemet
- Kemet: Blood and Sand
- Caylus
- Caylus 1303
- Tribune
- Last Bastion
- Ghost Stories
- The Castles of Burgundy
- Carpe Diem
- Egizia
- Egizia: Shifting Sands
- Tokaido
Mike's topic: What are some premium upgrades you've personally added to games?
- The Castles of Burgundy
- The Estates
- Blood Rage
- Rising Sun
- Concordia
- The Grimm Forest
- Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
- Chaos in the Old World
- Dune
- Crusaders
- The Crew
James's topic: Deluxe components from the manufacturer's perspective
- The Grimm Forest
- Sorcerer City
- Zombicide
- B-Sieged
- Copenhagen
- Ticket to Ride
- Blood Rage
- Gloomhaven
- Gùgōng
- Bloodstone
- Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef
- Valor & Villainy
- Pebble Rock Delivery Service
Final thoughts
- The King's Dilemma
- Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
- Lords of Vegas
- Star Trek: Ascendancy
- Twilight Imperium
