Decision Space

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 100 - Episode 100 We made it to 100 episodes of Decision Space. There isn't much else to do but give a heartfelt thank you to everyone who made this possible. Thanks Brendan for taking this show to greater heights and deeper dives than I would have thought possible. Thanks Maya and Bridget for putting up with hours of their husbands recording, editing, and, of course playing games. Thank you patreon supporters for quite literally impacting every episode though your sage advice and financial support (hello shiny new microphone and big plans for the future). Most importantly of all, thank you to our listeners, without you I promise you this project would have come and gone long ago. We love you all and are always humbled that you choose to spend some of your week with us! In this week's episode, we talk about the games we played over our holiday break with family and friends. We discuss the future of the show and what we hope to see in the next 100 episodes from here. Finally, we end the episode with a little mission planning about some of the games we hope (or at least one of us hopes) to deep dive on the show in the future. This Interdecisional Spaceship is now departing for its 100th voyage! Pre-Planners I'd recommend getting your plays in of Renature now, deep dive coming soon. Timestamps Intro - 0:00 Blokus - 2:46 Quest - 7:16 Longshot: The Dice Game - 12:16 Celebrity - 17:07 Poetry for Neanderthals - 19:35 Blue Lagoon - 24:28 Azul - 25:01 Enchanted Plumes - 25:26 Nertz - 25:51 Renature - 53:06 Ticket To Ride - 53:33 Barrage - 54:39 It's a Wonderful World - 55:16 Coloretto - 57:16 Can't Stop - 58:06 Root - 59:41 My City - 1:02:14 Paladins of the West Kingdom - 1:03:43 Messina 1347 - 1:04:50 Ark Nova - 1:05:45 Music Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!  

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 99 - In the Year of the Dragon From the designer who brought you the masochistic pain land of Carpe Diem, we ask, is In the Year of the Dragon the most punishing game ever? Today on Decision Space, we will pilot our Interdecisional Spaceship right into the heart of this game. We answer whether this game's cruel reputation is warranted or not, and explore one of designer Stefan Feld's earlier board game design offerings. There's so much good stuff in here, better dive right in! Pre-Planners We're on break! See you in 2 weeks for episode 100! Timestamps Intro, Ratings, and Reviews - 0:00 Rules Overview - 11:40 Deep Dive Discussion - 15:37 Music Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!  

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 98 - We Rank EVERY Game 2022 Year End Special We have finally made it to the end of the year special in which we rank every game featured on Decision Space in 2022. It is pretty amazing that we have been at this now for two years. It is a tremendous privilege that so many interdecisional spaceship travelers are now with us on this journey. We just want to thank you for kindness, insights, and friendship that has made this such a fun project from day one. Pre-Planners In the Year of the Dragon   Timestamps RANKING ALL OF THE GAMES (that we covered this year) - 0:00 Downforce - 4:14 Evolution: Climate - 6:03 Memoir '44 - 9:25 Barenpark - 12:33 Point Salad - 17:06 Space Base - 20:29 Get on Board: New York & London - 24:22 Splendor - 27:30 Agricola - 31:24 Dice Hospital - 35:34 That's Pretty Clever! - 38:28 Cartographers - 41:13 Great Western Trail - 44:04 Rajas of the Ganges - 47:20 Blood Rage - 49:57 Living Forest - 53:32 Sushi Go! - 58:34 TOP 10 - 1:00:03 Riftforce - 1:00:05 Bonfire - 1:03:49 The Palaces of Cararra - 1:08:04 Cascadia - 1:10:18 Lost Cities - 1:12:59 Tigris & Euphrates - 1:15:53 The Isle of Cats - 1:19:53 A Feast for Odin - 1:23:18 BattleCON - 1:26:10 Broom Service - 1:28:25 COMMUNITY TOP 10 - 1:33:42 Wrap Up - 1:37:51 Music Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!  

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 97 - BattleCON We have been interested in covering BattleCON since day one of this show, and it only took us 96 episodes to get to it. Fortunately, the wait was worth it because this game is awesome. It really is, but is it for everyone? Definitely not. We hope that todays flight aboard the Interdecisional Spaceship will be educational as to whether it is for YOU. Pre-Planners Next week we are ranking all the games covered in 2022! Year End Community Ranking Announcement! Participate in our year-end ranking! - https://www.decisionspacepodcast.com/rankings Timestamps Intro - 0:00 Rules Overview - 12:27 BattleCON Deep Dive - 15:32 Music Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!  

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 96 - Games as Gifts and $100 Collections In this two part episode, we first discuss the benefits, risks, and what to think about when giving games as gifts. We follow that up with a semi-related excercise where we each build our ideal collection, BUT we are limited to a budget of $100, AND we are drafting against eachother. We'd love to know who you think ended with the better collection and what games would make your $100 collection.  Pre-Planners Next week, we are covering BattleCON. Year End Community Ranking Announcement! Participate in our year-end ranking! - https://www.decisionspacepodcast.com/rankings Timestamps Intro - 0:00 Games as Gifts - 5:25 Brendan's Gift Ideas - 23:35 $100 Collections - 27:01 Resistance - 31:29 Isle of Cats - 33:49 Fox in the Forest - 36:52 Race for the Galaxy - 38:16 Kingdomino - 40:02 So Clover - 41:45 Carpe Diem - 43:58 Qwixx - 46:39 Sushi Go - 50:04 The Crew: Mission Deep Sea - 52:11 Modern Art - 54:38   Music Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!  

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 95 - Memoir '44 This is an episode of firsts. We cover our first war game, our first didactic game, and our first ameritrash game all in one shot. Today, we dive deep into Memoir '44, the award winning game designed by Richard Borg and published by Days of Wonder. We do our deep dive thing, but also talk a lot about the theme and what it means to be a game that wants to teach the player something. We hope you enjoy it, interdecisional spaceship traveller! Timestamps Intro and Ratings - 0:00 Rules Overview - 15:04 Memoir '44 Deep Dive - 17:43   Music Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!  

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community!  Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon)   Episode 94 - Rajas of the Ganges This week we deep dive a worker placement, tile placement, dice manipulation euro game with, and I can't stress this enough, a river that you can move forward down but never back! If that doesn't get you fired up then your name must not be Jake Frydman! Welcome interdecisional spaceship travelers to Rajas of the Ganges! Timestamps Intro and Ratings - 0:00 Rules Overview - 11:19 Rajas of the Ganges Deep Dive - 13:35   Music Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!  

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community!  Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon)   Episode 93 - MARVEL SNAP You are reading that right. There is not an error on your phone, computer, tablet, etc. We've done board games, we've done sports, and now, for the first time, Decision Snap veers into the exclusively digital play area of video games. Specifically, we are covering MARVEL SNAP, the new digital dueling card game from the team largely responsible for Hearthstone. And we are here to tell you that it's too late for us, but it might not be to late for you interdecisional spaceship traveller! Timestamps Intro and Ratings - 0:00 Rules Overview - 14:20 MARVEL SNAP Deep Dive - 16:36   Music Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!  

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 92 - Developing Decisions in Games with Special Guest Alex Cutler We are joined by Alex Cutler, the the lead board game developer at Pandasaurus, to talk about what it is a developer does. Alex brings his wealth of experience and uses Pandasaurus' new hot game The Wolves as a case study to teach us a thing or two. The episode concludes with a special announcement and a live game development case study of sorts. We know you are going to love it, so fasten those safety belts and let's rock, interdecsional spaceship passengers! Timestamps Developing Decisions in Games - 0:00 The Wolves - 27:16 Special Announcement - 43:35   Music Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!  

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 91 - Point Salad Hope you are hungry, but not that hungry because it is salad week on Decision Space. Point Salad that is -- designed by Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, Shawn Stankewich and published by AEG. We provide our usual ratings and capsule reviews, deep dive this small game's decision space, think about the implication of "bound" and "unbound" card systems, and disagree quite a lot. We hope you enjoy your inflight meal aboard the Interdecisional Spaceship. Dinner is served!  Timestamps Intro and Ratings - 0:00 Rules Overview - 10:41 Point Salad Deep Dive - 12:15   Music Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Twitter @DecisionSpa and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!