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Rob starts out by insulting Jason, big surprise!
Jason has been playing: MindTrap
Rob has been playing: Tokyo Jungle
Network Building
Swinging JiveCat Voodoo Lounge
Jason pitches a game about Aliens on a Spaceship.
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Let us know your comments about the game!
– Rob
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New Mics!
Jason sold his game Gunslingin’ Ramblers to a publisher!
Electronic Components
Rob pitches a Tower Building Game.
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Jason had a great weekend but won’t tell why until next episode.
Rob is a Debbie Downer.
Jason has been playing: The Hostage Negotiator Print and Play by @VanRyderGames
Rob has been playing: Cards against Humanity and Solitaire
Role Selection as suggested by @DMassek
Our friend Wilhelm pitches the game Shame.
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[Powerpress]
I was really happy with this playtest. While, it did expose that the game is ridiculously unbalanced, it also provided some great ways to fix those problems.
The main issue seemed to be that the Developer was able to consistently build a lot of locations all while depriving the Conservator of the ability to do anything. So yeah… unbalanced.
So how do I fix those problems? My first inclination was to just try rebalancing all of the current cards for both players. However, as Rob and I discussed the game I realized that the way to make it better lies within making sure the flavor of each role is accentuated.
So how do I accomplish that? To me, that answer seems pretty easy. The Developer will continue to focus on getting a lot of money and using it to build a ton of expensive locations based on their business ventures. The Developer’s action cards revolve around gaining money and screwing over the Conservator. The earning money cards are great but I now believe that some of the take that cards need to be changed. They need to not focus on bankrupting the Conservator but instead creatively slowing them down. Allowing for the Conservator to at least have a chance to bounce back.
As for the Conservator, they need with their locations to be able to place in a larger variety of places and also to be able to cheaply restrict the Developer via actions that represent real world things. Protestors chaining themselves to trees or using legislation to stop locations from being built.
Finally, in the general rules, I need to more accurately scale location prices based on where you can build. I did this originally by making locations that can be built anywhere cost the most. Now I need to continue that backwards down to locations that can be built on only one area and making those very discounted.
So listeners, what did you think of the episode and of the notes here? Leave a comment and let me know!
– Jason
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Rob wants to do stuff different sometimes…. Loser.
Rob is drinking Holy Grail Ale!
Alaskan White Ale: THERE’S A POLAR BEAR ON THE LABEL!!!!
Jason has been playing: Quiddler
Rob has been playing: Architekton
Removing cards or tiles to force randomization and prevent card counting.
Jason pitches a two player game about Conserving VS Developing.
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Jason just got back from his epic journey to Colorado, where he was almost eaten by a bear and a ghost.
Jason has been playing: Bowling Dice
Rob has been playing: Bananagrams, Banditos
More than first place winners
Rob pitches Fair Food.
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The Guys from Flip the Table are here on our show!
Best Mashup ever: Murder She Wrote and America’s Funniest Home Videos
Chris has been playing: Dominion: Dark Ages, Monopoly
Jared has been playing: Pogs, Blood Bowl: Team Manager
Flip has been playing: La Havre, Eclipse, Pass the Bomb, Troyes
Mechanics that generally do more harm than good.
Roll and Move
VHS and DVD Mechanics
Trivia
Halo Interactive Strategy Game
Settlers of Catan: Rockman Edition
@TableFlipsYou (Flip the Table Podcast)
@GameKnight (Flip Florey)
@Jared_Hunnefeld (Jared Hunnefeld)
We all work together to pitch what could actually be a good game…
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This week and next week we are recording in the studio of Flipwerks Media.
Jason has been playing: Lost Cities and Blokus
Rob has been playing: Banditos and Civilization
Combat in games
En Garde (Made by our good pal Reiner Knizia…. I wonder if there is math involved)
Jason pitches a game about Camp Troublemaker.
Crossover show with FLIP THE TABLE on the next episode!!!
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Rob is tired.
Jason has a sick sexy voice.
FAT TIRE IS COMING TO MICHIGAN
Jason has been playing: Settlers of Catan (with house rules and team rules)
Rob has been playing: Banditos Desgined by: Sean Scott Garrity
Player elmination
Rob pitches a game about Tattoos.