67: Post-quarantine gaming, elegant designs, content creation (guest: JonGetsGames)
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 67
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Episode description
Things are a mess around the world, but many of us are just starting to socialize again. So what will we be playing first with our long-lost gaming buddies?
The prolific Jonathan Cox from JonGetsGames joins us to discuss this and more. Our chosen topics:
- Christina Ha (host): What board games are you most excited to play with your friends, post-lockdown? (2:24)
- Jonathan Cox (guest): How do we define "elegant design," and what are our favorite examples? (17:20)
- Mike Zipkin (editor): What difficulties are there in making board games media a full-time job? (35:28)
The games mentioned in this episode:
Christina's topic: Games you're excited to get to, post-quarantine
- Beyond the Sun
- Lost Ruins of Arnak
- Taxi Derby
- Fast and Furious: Highway Heist
- Ginkgopolis
- Anno 1800
- Trans-Siberian Railroad
- Irish Gauge
- Iberian Gauge
- 18XX
- Ticket to Ride
- Paris Connection
- Praga Caput Regni
- Telestrations
- Dixit
Jonathan's topic: Elegance in game design
- Taxi Derby
- Go
- Azul
- Gentes
- Concordia
- Calimala
- Hansa Teutonica
- Wingspan
- Pandemic Legacy
- A Feast for Odin
- Terraforming Mars
- Coloretto
- Arboretum
- Isle of Skye
- Tichu
- City of the Big Shoulders
- Whale Riders
- Irish Gauge
- Iberian Gauge
- Ride the Rails
Mike's topic: Board game content creation
- Ginkgopolis
Final thoughts
- Genotype
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