One Stop Co-Op Shop

The African Board Gaming Convention is a pan-African event that brings many people together from all over Africa and beyond to play games, celebrate games, and spread the word about a growing, local gaming scene. Oluwafemi Olusanya (or Femi) joins the show to share his boundless enthusiasm for sharing games and spreading the word about this fifth installment of AB Con. At the time of recording, they were working on a stretch goal to get Eric Lang to make an appearance and help out local designers. If we are truly into the work of diversity and inclusion in our games, this is it! Femi's doing the work, so I am happy to support and lift his voice for everyone listening and watching. African Board Gaming Convention Project page, ending 8/10/21 - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cowriegames/ab-con-the-african-boardgame-convention?ref=discovery&term=AB%20con (Apologies for sub-optimal audio. Trans-Atlantic Zoom calls can be an adventure. The project is so important, though, that I am posting regardless. If you find the video easier to follow, please follow the link to Shelf Stories below) Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/shelfstories __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/onestopcoopshop www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Earthborne Rangers is the debut expandable card game from Earthborne Games, a 1-4 player cooperative adventure in a futuristic, naturalistic sci-fi setting. Project lead Andrew Navarro and designer Andrew Fisher join the show to answer some tough questions about the project - How does the game actually play? Where are the gameplay videos? What do you mean by "no winning or losing?" How does it relate to other LCG? Big shout out to the One Stop Coop Shop community on Discord for helping craft good questions. Please find a link to our community in the description below. Earthborne Rangers on Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/earthbornegames/earthborne-rangers?ref=user_menu Team Covenant Live Stream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_zBR6B0vSA ----- 0:00 Intro 2:49 High level description 10:05 Theme 19:33 Is there a "bad guy"? Nope! 34:00 Is this "just" a story game? Nope! 42:30 Why no early gameplay videos? 53:23 Mechanisms Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/shelfstories __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/onestopcoopshop www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Steve interviews Jim from One for All about Soul Raiders. This was a previously live interview on YouTube. Enjoy! YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg YouTube(streamed) - https://www.youtube.com/c/OneStopCoopShopStreamed Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Tanya Pobuda, social scientist extraordinaire, joins Jason once again to carry our conversation forward about increasing diversity in board games. This time, we discuss points of resistance and pushback - where it comes from, ways to counter-argue, and more. Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/shelfstories __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/onestopcoopshop www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

This week Peter and Mike discuss Keyforge Adventures and have a design discussion about print and play. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg YouTube(streamed) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Tanya Pobuda, social scientist extraordinaire, joins Jason to break down current board gaming demographics - who is playing vs. who is making the games, what our box covers look like, and much more. Every discussion of inclusion and diversity should be grounded in hard data, which we discuss here. Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/shelfstories __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Dan Thurot the Space-Biff returns to the show to continue our critical reflection of what we are doing as board gaming media and content creators. In this episode, we take a deeper look at board game previews. We all know the epithets - hype train, cult of the new, etc. Yet, Dan and I both engage in preview content. We examine our approach and our desire to maintain healthy relationships with ourselves, publishers, and our audience. Dan's blog - www.spacebiff.com Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

This week Peter and Mike discuss Warp's Edge and have a design discussion about solo games vs co-op games. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg YouTube(streamed) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

The Space-Biff, Dan Thurot, stops by the show to chat about... what in the world are we doing! We discuss the concept of "content creation", both in terms of its largely negative roots and how it has been appropriated and used by today's board game media creators. We also discuss related topics like meaningfulness, burnout, discovery, and others that have relevance for the human beings that make the board gaming media we all enjoy. Dan's blog - https://spacebiff.com/ Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

A snippet from Saturday live discussion about cooperative Living Card Games (LCG) and comparing the deck construction and building tips between all the cooperative LCGs from Fantasy Flight Games.