Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 89 - Top 15 Waning Decision Space Games with Jamey Stegmaier Today special guest Jamey Stegmaier is back on the pod, and we count down the top 15 games with a waning decision space. That means you get 5 games from Brendan, Jake, and Jamey to sink your interdecisional fangs into. Also, we'll learn that it's all a...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 89
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 88 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Visual Design This week we are back with another in our series of what we talk about episodes focused on game design. In this episode, we touch on a topic we don't often give enough credence to in our game deep dives -- visual design. We discuss why visual design is mor...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 88
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 87 - Get on Board: New York & London This week in lighter fare, the Interdecisional Spaceship veers towards London & New York in the aptly named Get on Board: London & New York , designed by Sashi and published by IELLO games. As always we explore the decision of flip and write turned flip and write ...
Sep 28, 2022•56 min•Ep. 87
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 86 - Blood Rage For the first time and at long last, we steer our Interdecisional Spaceship towards the Eric Lang galaxy. Our first stop in this sector of the known decisioverse is with the 2015 smash hit Blood Rage -- currently ranked as the 40th best board game of all time according to the users at Board Game ...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 86
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 85 - First Decision Space Debate: Cult of the New VS Cult of the Old (Brendan Hansen VS. Paul Salomon) At long last the first decisional debate night has arrived. Today features a debate between Brendan Hansen and Paul Salomon (Designer of Honey Buzz), with Brendan representing cult of the old and Paul represent...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 85
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 84 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Mechanical Artifice This week we get old school with a throwback What We Talk About style episode. This time our co-pilots are talking through Brendan's new concept that he's calling mechanical artifice. In this episode, we'll define it, discuss how it fits into our und...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 84
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 83 - Dice Hospital This week, we make significant use of the Interdecisional Spaceships infirmary. Not only is Brendan recovering from an illness and more than a little raspy on the record, but we are recording about Dice Hospital . Designed by Stan Kordonsky and Mike Nudd, Dice Hospital is a worker placement di...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 83
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 82 - Agricola The day has finally arrived when our intrepid decisionaughts take on one of the titans of the industry, Uwe Rosenberg's Agricola ! Though intimidation is a small factor, your co-pilots press forward to present the game through our decision-focused lens and even bring in a little more game backgroun...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 82
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 81 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Power Grid, Playing Games in Teams, and Other Odds & Ends Not going to lie, this episode is a bit of an odd duck. Brendan and I were both out traveling this past week/weekend, so we had to record and edit this in a day to get it into your feeds on time. It's kind of...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 81
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 80 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Vacation Games You are likely in your car, train, or plane and on your way to your long-awaited vacation right now! That's why we decided to record this episode just for you. In it, we will talk about the kinds of games we like to bring on vacation, introspect on some f...
Aug 10, 2022•59 min•Ep. 80
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 79 - The Isle of Cats If you are reading this then you have been lured into our basket by the wafting smell of fresh fish. Ha! Never fear, we are transporting you to safety in our Interdecisional Spaceship. While you are here though, you might as well enjoy our deep dive discussion about the decisions in The Isl...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 79
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 78 - Living Forest Interdecisional Spaceship passengers, it is the moment you have been waiting for. A moment many thought, us included, would never come. Though it may go against our morals, religion, and ethos, for one day only on Decision Space, we are doing the hotness! That's right, we are covering Living F...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 78
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 77 - Top 10 Games We Are Enjoying in 2022 (So Far) Interdecisional Spaceship passengers, there has been a sudden change of course. Today we are back with another discussion topic episode, rather than the aforementioned plan to cover Living Forest (next week). Instead, today we each share the top 10 games that we...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 77
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 76 - Mechanics that Make the Game with Special Guest Gnarly Carley This week we are joined on the Interdecisional Spaceship bridge by a special guest, co-pilot Gnarly Carley. In the episode, we each highlight four games that we individually feel are examples where a single mechanic MAKES the game... whatever tha...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 76
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 75 - Space Base New microphone who dis? That's right, you are hearing new crispy clean audio thanks to our crew at Patreon. Jake has finally updated from a usb microphone to a full-on podmic and audio interface (ooh shiny). We hope it makes a difference and than you sincerely for supporting our show! But that's ...
Jul 06, 2022•59 min•Ep. 75
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 74 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Depth and Size in Board Game Decision Space This week on Decision Space we break out a fan-favorite format and go deep into the concepts of decision space size and depth in board games. We try to define these terms as well as discuss how they are useful in thinking abou...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 74
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 73 - Lost Cities It's Reiner Knizia day on the Decision Space Podcast! This time we are deep diving and exploring the decisions in Lost Cities . Like last week's feature game, Riftforce , this is a lane-based, 2-player card game, only this one came out 22 years prior -- making it a fantastic companion to last we...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 73
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 72 - Riftforce Dust off your rift rocks (as they say) because today we are covering Riftforce. It isn't every day that we cover a new game on Decision Space, but Riftforce (2021) , designed by Carlo Bortolini , was something of a perfect storm. First, Jake had the opportunity to play it at Geekway to the West an...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 72
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 71 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Board Game Design Process This week is a throwback "what we talk about" format, where Jake and Brendan chat about board game design process. We share our personal design histories and then talk about the game design process, including idea origination, prototyping, play...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 71
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 70 - Bärenpark We welcome you to the first Phil Walker-Harding fan club meeting of 2022. Jake and Brendan are joined by PWH Fan Club president, Paul Salomon (designer of Honey Buzz), giving us a quorum. Today's agenda includes a discussion and exploration of Bärenpark, designed by Phil Walker-Harding and publish...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 70
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 69 - Ganz Schön Clever (That's Pretty Clever) This week we deep dive Ganz Schön Clever / That's Pretty Clever / Ganz Schön Whatever by the inspirational designer Wolfgang Warsch. Say what you will about the saturation of roll and write games in the market today. Way back in 2018, this clever little game was maki...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 69
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 68 - Geekway Convention Recap Jake attended a board game convention for the first time in three years. In this episode, you'll hear Jake recount his experiences with the 14 games he played last weekend, while Brendan steers the Interdecisional Spaceship and keeps the run time to under 90 minutes. Timestamps Rift...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 68
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 67 - Games are Agency as Art with C. Thi Nguyen We are joined by philosopher and author C. Thi Nguyen to discuss the ideas in his incredible book Games: Agency as Art . We touch on the value of games as an artistic medium, striving play vs. achievement play, flow state, and why fly fishing is the 18XX of, well, ...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 67
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 66 - Downforce Buckle your safety belts because this one gets a little bit bumpy. This week we cover Downforce , a Restoration Games remake of Wolfgang Kramer's original design with design work by Kramer, Rob Daviau, and Justin D. Jacobsen. Timestamps Intro - 0:00 Rules Overview - 7:36 Feature Discussion - 9:26 ...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 66
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 65 - Sushi Go! Sushi Go! by Phil Walker-Harding is our feature game in this week's episode. As card-carrying members of the PWH fan club, we're excited to sink our teeth into this super-light game. We'll explore the decisions in the game and offer card-by-card analysis. If that wasn't enough, it is also the retu...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 65
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Call to Action Please nominate Decision Space for a Golden Geek award! Episode 64 - Audience Q&A You asked, and in this episode, we answer. We take on tons of great questions submitted by our audience (thank you so much to everyone who submitted a question) that range from seriously thought-provoking to seriously silly. More than ever before, join us in the Interdecisional Spaceship as we take off! Games Discussed Tigris and Euphr...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 64
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 63 - Tigris and Euphrates Part Two Interdecisional Spaceship recalibrating. Charting return course to Tigris and Euphrates. Read Message: "Please join us for the exciting conclusion of our two-part series on the modern board game classic Tigris and Euphrates , the one where we actually Decision Space!" Now comme...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 63
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 62 - Tigris and Euphrates Part One This is a bit of a doozy. In the first part of the first two-part episode ever, Brendan and Jake spar about the merits of Tigris and Euphrates. Is this a great game? Would you recommend it to new gamers in the year 2022? And of course we talk about whether or not this game is t...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 62
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 61 - Great Western Trail Howdy! Today, we cover a game that, fittingly, Brendan and I have both had our own long and winding journeys with. And wouldn't you know it, it appears we hit a fork in the road and ended up in very different places. Great Western Trail is designer Alexander Pfister's biggest hit. It's a...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 61
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community ! Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon) Episode 60 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Digital Play This episode is all about the way we play board games digitally and what we've learned from the experience. Our show would not be what is without the learnings that digital play affords. Jake also reveals just how many games he is playing simultaneously at ...
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 60
