Welcome to steamy episode 69 of The Last Standee Podcast! What's in store for the sexiest number of them all? But of course, a contest to find the least sexy game in our collections! NO SPOILERS HERE, so you'll have to listen to the episode to find out what it's about (spoiler: all games discussed are actually good games!)
Welcome to Episode 68 of The Last Standee Podcast! Despite the heat (without the pedal to the metal) wrapping up everything in the Northern Hemisphere, we are once again at our posts to provide you precious opinions about boardgames! After the catch-up, Alessio brings up the Tourney vibe with Challengers!, then Fen goes on with a critique of Lands of Galzyr - finally it's Cara's turn to talk about a famous RPG we won't even name directly to not draw the attention of the lawyers of the wizard who...
Welcome to this belated and much anticipated episode of The Last Standee Podcast - now with cutting "uhmmms" when we spot them in the sound curve! In this episode we have a bit of everything: we begin with the Standee Catch-up with two very different heartwarming pieces of news: one about human empathy and the other about eternal kickstarter projects getting closer to fulfilment. After that, we have Alexis talk about Journeys in Middle-Earth, then Fen does their own catch-up with a lot of mini-r...
Welcome to episode 66 of The Last Standee Podcast! It's again that time of the year where we interview Marcin Welnicki from Into The Unknown Studio, this time to discuss their ongoing Kickstarter for Aeon Trespass: Odyssey reprint and Twelve Sins of Herakles standalone prequel! Expect the usual Marcin's enthusiasm, a lot of small facts and trivia and behind-the-scenes design choices, and some not-yet-heard-about piece of content scattered around!
Welcome to episode 65 of The Last Standee Podcast! You might feel that the Standee Catch-up has fallen a bit behind the Timefront, but no worries! In this episode, Cara talks about Flamecraft, finally giving us a dispassionate opinion whether the game is more cute or more fun (looking at you, Unstable Unicorns!), then Audrey introduces us the "co-opetitive" games we all love and will now know, Hellapagos. And since we already talked about flames and hell, well, it's time for Fen to introduce us ...
Welcome to: a) Episode 64 of The Last Standee Podcast b) the World of Monsters! Well, let's get this in order- there's the welcome, in the form of the Standee Catch-up with Fen, Alessio and Alexis - we talk about big boxes, big games and big box games. After that, there's "a" world, the world of Cry Havoc- a genius asymmetric area control game of "old". And then there are Monsters. And Monster Hunting. In a World. From Steamforged Games, courtesy of Capcom. And there's good in it. Don't miss thi...
Why tuckboxes? I'm afraid this will be a mystery, like the name of the designer of Love Letter. But don't fret, all shall be answered within the episode. When Alessio talks about Astro Knights and Audrey talks about Love Letter, respectively. Other than those, Fen does an exhaustive comparison of both campaigns in Aeon's End: Legacy and Aeon's End: Legacy of Gravehold and Cara brings us to the most-bought-by-Cara's-family boardgame of all times: Tokaido Duo. There's also a Standee Catch-up somew...
Welcome to episode 62 of The Last Standee Podcast! The Last Standee: the only podcast brought to you by intergalactic sewage pipes. But let's get to this from the beginning. No, not the Standee Catch-up, although that is the beginning enough. Oh, WELCOME BACK CARA, by the way! Anyway, very close to the beginning there's Fen talking about Hoplomachus: Victorum from Chip Theory Games. Then, we get to the (quite) larger picture with Alessio and Galaxy Trucker: 2nd Edition (go ahead, panic), where w...
Welcome to episode 61 of The Last Standee podcast! What day is it now? Well, after the usual Standee Catch-up, we begin in Victorian Age with Fen talking us about Black Sonata, a brilliant solo hidden movement game. After that, it's Audrey's turn with Patchwork, a 1v1 game of merciless quilting. Finally, Alessio does the honours with Era: Medieval Age.
Welcome to this fantastic episode of The Last Standee Podcast! After the usual catch-up, Fen brings us into the fantastic(?) world of industrial production with Fantastic Factories. After that, Alexis leads the talk about Steampunk Rally Fusion, a very different type of racing game from Roxley. To finish, Alessio introduces the line of Hidden Games, some innovative investigation games for more than one player!
Welcome back to episode 59 of The Last Standee Podcast! While you might think we are late with the publishing of the episode, that is just a very clever way to present one of the topics of the episode. But let's go in the mandated order of this timeline! First we have a catch-up where we give news of a few Kickstarters (sorry that a couple of them just expired in this timeshift, but there is late pledge for everything!), but it's already time to get to the main topics - first, Fen and Alexis tal...
Can you really blame me for sliding in this quote? We have dinos, a reference to cosmic powers and the word 'betrayal'. I mean, the young 'uns must know about Firefly! Anyway. We begin with the usual catch-up, then Audrey hosts the talk about Draftosaurus. After that, Alessio bends a few rules and talks about Marvel SNAP! (well, to be honest, it IS a game and it was played A LOT). Finally, Alexis closes the episode with a chat about the evergreen Betrayal at the House on the Hill.
Welcome to Episode 57 of The Last Standee Podcast! After the Standee Catchup from the A-Team (Audrey, Alexis and Alessio) with a bit of sparse news from gaming world, Alexis takes us into a BGG Geeklist covering "the perfect collection" by genre, then Audrey invites us to the Giant's feast in Service Compris (or actually the mob elimination game in Family Business? weird translation stuff). Finally, Alessio drives (!) last segment with Heat: Pedal to the Metal (and why you won't scoff at racing ...
Welcome back to a new episode of The Last Standee Podcast! While this episode has Fen have a chat with the team talking about 2022's top 200 (ok, 25) Solo games from 1 Player Guild on BGG, Alexis recount his experience with Warp's Edge and Alessio describe what Spire's End: Hildegard feels like to play, this episode has so many other highlights! Since we are idly chatting, here are a few: - what happened to Fen's elderly electrician? Is he still alive? Discover it with us on the Standee Catch-up...
Welcome to episode 55 of The Last Standee Podcast! We start with a definite Western vibe when Audrey chats about Colt Express, an old classic "bandits-assault-the-train" game, very fast-paced and family-friendly. The (spaghetti) western mood keeps on with Alexis, covering the OSR gem Frontier Scum (snake oil salesmen anyone?), only to be definitely destroyed by the barbarian conclusion by Alessio with War Chest (by the way, we don't have Barbarians there, but there are Berserker to fill in those...
Welcome to Episode 54 of The Last Standee Podcast! In this episode, after a chatty Standee Catchup, Alexis does the opening by talking about the crowfunding campaign for the boardgame adaptation of Slay the Spire, the classic deckbuilder video/boardgame. After that, Audrey covers the heavy economy (and economy-heavy) Terraforming Mars, while Fen closes on a relaxing note with Verdant, a game about drafting, collecting and organizing the coziest interior space with plants!
Welcome to this super-synthetic episode of The Last Standee Podcast! So, after the shortest Standee Catch-up you ever listened to, be ready to be (quickly) informed by Fen's recollection of Marvel Champions: Mutant Genesis, Audrey's recollection of Marvel United and Alessio's fastest speech ever about Shamans!
Welcome to episode 52 of The Last Standee podcast! After the Standee Catch-up (where we discuss a bit what's up with some kickstarter updates), Alessio talks a bit about Mindbug, a quick card game where mad scientists hit each other with weird creatures. After that, Fen talks about Hadrian's Wall, a game which stretches the concept of roll & write, and Alexis ends with a quick review of Souk - formerly Spice Merchant.
Welcome to Episode 51 of The Last Standee podcast! Let's start with a disclaimer: a weird German regional school decision (in her own words) is forbidding Cara to take any work activity outside teaching at school until she's back at 100%, so we'll have to go a few episode without her - come on Cara, hurry up! This episode, an A-Team episode (not the Vietnam war veterans, but Alexis, Audrey and Alessio) starts with a well-due boardgaming news recap (there were a lot of news lately!), then Audrey ...
Welcome to a new episode of The Last Standee Podcast! Other podcasts would have celebrated episode 50, but we aren't other podcast, no sir! After the usual Standee catch-up, Audrey talks at length about Erune, a low-complexity dungeon crawler with a choice-based narrative. After that, it's time for a bad transition and David's turn(DAVID! How's this as a plot twist?) to tell us about Into the Odd, a Dickensian RPG remaster by Old School Renaissance guru Chris McDowall! To finish up the episode, ...
Hi everybody and welcome to episode 49 of The Last Standee Podcast! In this episode we have a peculiar collection of very, very notable titles - right after the Standee Catch-up, Fen talks about Etherfieds, Awaken Realm's adventure through nightmares. Awakening (!) from that, it's Cara's turn to talk about Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion. Will the current #5 game on BGG get a thumbs up from our favorite reviewer? To finish this AAA episode, we have Alexis talk about The Search for Planet X (recentl...
Welcome to episode 48 of The Last Standee podcast! In this episode, we have a quick catch-up of the team, then we talk about the just-out boss battler Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood by Shadowborne Games! Fen, Cara and Alessio talk about the game in general and, in the very last few minutes of the episode, have a VERY SPOILERY talk about the first seven encounters of the game!
Hello and welcome to victuals part 2: From Farm to Table(top) episode! After the usual Standee catch-up, we have Cara introducing us to Stardew Valley with one "Classic Cara" reviews, then we have Fen recount their experience with the classic Uwe Rosenberg game Bohnanza. To complete the menu, Alexis leads the gang in talking about a comparison between Sushi Go and Sushi Go Party!
Hello The Last Standee fans! How is this scorching hot summer treating you? (Except for you guys down under, how is this warm winter going?) After the usual Standee catch-up, love (and tragedy) is in the air with Romeo & Juliette - Audrey leads the talk, then it's Alexis' turn to introduce us to The Duke. Finally, Fen closes with the revised edition of the long-running fan-acclaimed Arkham Horror LCG, with a focus on the Murder at the Excelsior Hotel scenario pack.
Welcome, and welcome back to our usual format, with episode #45 of The Last Standee podcast! In the catch-up, the team talks about upcoming fulfillments, events and small in-house disaster, then the rattiest rat-based episode begins! First, Audrey talks us about A War of Whispers, a great area influence game where hidden powers manipulate forces at war on the map, in a game of shifting loyalties and compelling decisions which lasts about an hour (!). Then it's Alessio's turn talking about Libert...
Welcome to episode 44 of The Last Standee Podcast - also known as, the weird oddball episode! In this unconventionally formatted episode, Fen, Audrey and Alessio share stories and anecdotes from conventions, interspersed with a few useful information. After that, Fen goes over a boardgaming holiday by briefly talking about 20 boardgames they played (and boardgames fit to be played when on a vacation)!
Welcome to Episode 43 of The Last Standee Podcast! We start right off the bat with a Standee Catch-up, then Cara takes the lead to talk about Unstable Unicorns and a later reimplementation of it, Llamas Unleashed. Right after it, Alessio goes into competitive trick-taking with Brian Boru: High King of Ireland. Last, Audrey reports impressions and opinion about Aeon's End: Legacy.
Welcome to episode 42 of The Last Standee Podcast! In this importantly numbered episode, after the usual Standee Catch-up Cara takes us to a stroll from Kyoto to Edo in Tokaido, a laid-back set collection, track movement, optimization game from 2012. After that, Fen leads you to bring balance to the forest in Brew, our multi-faceted light-to-medium brain burner of choice - and finally Audrey takes us into the beautiful world of Beez, a quick-to-catch family game with a couple twists!
Welcome to a new episode of The Last Standee Podcast (we are one number short of the Answer and two days short of Towel Day, how perfectly imperfect)! In this episode, we discuss news in the usual Standee Catchup, then Alessio brings us into asymmetric Trick-Taking with Jekyll vs Hyde,just a wee bit before we discuss another type of boss battler with Fen and Marvel: Champions. Finally, Cara tells us the tale of a little Dwarf and his adventures with Storm Weavers.
Welcome back to "normal" broadcasting with Episode 40 of The Last Standee podcast! In this episode, after a brief Standee Catch-up, Fen talks about Tussie Mussie, a quick, cutthroat drafting game of flowery bouquets. After it, it's without any doubt Audrey's turn to talk about miniature storage. We get back to boardgame broad talk with Dice Realms, Tom Lehmann's latest effort published by Rio Grande Games. Finally, Fen closes the episode with a rare specimen of a working 2-player social deductio...
