Organised Fun

Year 4 kicks off with a promo playthrough of Oros with its creator, Brandt from Aesc Games! Learn about their debut project of tectonic tile smashing and demigod worshipping, live on Kickstarter now!

We've been going for three years! Here we have the traditional review of the past 12 months of Organised Fun! Highlights include: - How's Derek Ring been doing? - What have we learned from the polls this year? - All the major developments in podcast history - The prestigious FRAG awards - Everyone (almost) tells us their gaming highlights - What do we want from Year 4?

Laurie and Rhi from Stop, Drop and Roll Games share their upcoming game Earth Rising with us! You'll learn all about the game and its creators, and definitely get something to add to your wishlist :D

Our heroes have discovered a way to cancel the effects of the Triumph pill - now all they have to do is sneak in to the Fun Palace and tamper with the goods - but with Eclipse upping the ante, will they get away with it?

We're joined by Jane as we all go on a spiritual journey of self discovery and horrific truths! Who will be the first to fulfil their destiny? Highlights include: - Mark killed Wesley Harper, and now everybody knows it - This game was discovered Indiana Jones style - Get the Thesaurus out! - You'll learn all about Mark's haircut - But what is the audience? - My first love was cake - Uranus brings...

The stakes are higher than ever in Bluesburg! Our heroes learn about some disturbing connections between the Fun Palace and the Temperance Society, as well as making an illuminating trip to the library and the chemistry club!

A giant spire has burst out of the ground and everything's gone to shit. Looks like it's up to us to head inside and investigate! Highlights include: - Nobody wants a gap in the flaps - Mark is definitely not listening this week - Black for armour, red for... blood? - If you've had a head injury, don't go to sleep - I may or may not be some sort of gardener

The pixelated land of Biternia is in the midst of a power struggle. Two teams vie for supremacy, their power tied to mystical gems - if one team's gem is destroyed, they're done for! Highlights include: - The box promises something big - Board or mat? - What do you mean, you can't remember your orders? - Cards, cards everywhere! - You can fight each other, but why? - What are you really? - Did I r...

Secret missions and sneaky tricks in a game of pranks and japes. Who got got? Highlights include: - We played a game where Mark literally did nothing - It's been so long since parties have been allowed, we can't remember reasons to have one - I used our lack of bread to secure a victory - En Francais, s'il vous plait - This would be a great app

After Ed's improbable display at the basketball game, our heroes investigate further, leading them to the depths of the Fun Palace, where dark deals are being sealed - but why? 

We've just broken out of our dank cell deep in the depths of the castle, hooray! The only thing standing in our way now is a maze of traps, monsters and general shittery! Will we escape the dark castle? Highlights include: - We're on the radio! - It's black and white. There's lots of black. And lots of white. - Every game features a Rasputin - You could play this in any of your typical gaming loca...

Who needs a board and some dice when you've got Monopoly Deal? We buy, we sell, we charge rent - but all in card form! Highlights include: - Where is Mark's travel Monopoly? - I love a good reference card - Don't get caught without money... - Mark cracks down on overfragging... - Rich Uncle Pennybags is all over the shop

I am Groot.

Riley's back for more, as this time we have to use our card skills to save everyone from the Green Goblin's nefarious schemes! Will Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and Captain Marvel succeed? Highlights include: - Anyone can be a woman - There needs to be more dials in the world - Mark's all about the damage - We all get engaged multiple times to multiple people - Before you know it, everyone's a goblin...

It's MI6 vs the CIA in a race to contact all our secret agents. Trouble is, only one member on each team knows their true identities - sounds like poor governmental planning to me! Highlights include: - Who had trains first? - Clothes? - Is it better to give or receive... clues? - Mark thought it would be too 'codey' - Just in case you didn't notice, Riley and Kimmy are American!

We've got to use a mix of 007 characters, gadgets and vehicles to defeat Scaramanga who's trying to fake his own death (Why?) Simple, obvs! Highlights include: - Mark falls at the first hurdle of Bond knowledge - It's all a bit golden - Say hello to Agent Rainbow Ralphing Cat - James Bond = Poker + Car Flipping - There's a whole deck of Pussy

This week, we're farmers who seem to be lacking all the basic animals for our farms. Tch! Now it's a race to buy the relevant creatures from the market... on market day! Highlights include: - We basically enabled a new Fluxx set - Everyone knows Wingdings sounds like junk falling down the stairs - Are beauty contests offensive now? - Would you rather paint a mural, or pick up dog shit? - Ladies ca...

The jungle of Jumanji is full of dangers, but will they stop us from achieving our goal? Highlights include: - It's a creeperless affair - Where's Nick Jonas? - When did board games get so woke? - Starring The Rock/Greg Wallace/Dara O'Briain - The losing streak continues - What do fonts sound like?

Who's the most knowledgeable on horror, or are we both intro-kill shitness? Highlights include: - Mark can't say 'pursuit' - Purple > Brown - There's nothing like a game of Trivial Pursuit to highlight how shit you are - John Moore! - There's a strange opinion of what constitutes a comedy - Purple = Pink - And now for the impressions round!

A ritual to summon one of the great old ones has successfully been completed, spilling all sorts of eldritch shit out into the Miskatonic campus. But don't worry, there's still one final chance to reverse it! Highlights include: - The odds against us are astronomical! - It's Arkham, so you know what you're getting - The box is a bit of a liar - It's all about the priority cards - It's a bit of a t...

A wizard and a crone, desperately searching for mysterious items in an ever changing maze of twisting paths and dead ends! Highlights include: - Prepare for a multiple Ravensburger tangents - Nothing to do with Bowie - Nothing to do with burgers either - I get distracted by Hocus Pocus - By the time you listen to this, I will have already bought Market Day - You literally need no knowledge to play...

Some evil douchebag is on his way to pillage the Isle of Cats, so it's up to us to rescue as many of the inhabitants as possible! There's just one problem - how to fit them all in? Highlights include: - Mark's in charge! - Watch out, your sister is mean - It's basically cat-tetris - Obviously, cats can't go through walls - This is my child, Polyomino - Mark's approach to unboxing a game has raised...

Various locations in the world of Harry Potter are being beset by magical miscreants, and it's up to us to use our deck-building skills to kick them into oblivion! Highlights include: - For some reason, Mark can't say 'Ron Weasley' - Nothing says romance like forcing your other half to play board games - It's Valentine's Day, let's have a fight - Spells are the guns of the Harry Potter world - If...

The Great Old Ones are at it again, this time battling for control of Yuggoth... which is actually Pluto, would you believe? It's a new map, but is it a game changer? Highlights include: - Mark doesn't know who he is - Is it a place or is it a monster? - Mark generally struggles to comprehend things - it's like he's in a Lovecraft novel of his very own... - There's slime, but I wouldn't go out of...

The excitement is palpable as the Blue Eels take on the Lower Granfeld Elks - but will the mysterious goings on bring trouble to the game?