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Andrew Fischer, one of the lead project managers at Fantasy Flight Games for the new Descent, joins Jason to discuss various topics about the new game. 0:00 Intro 2:46 Descent Third Edition? 9:20 A Deluxified Experience 28:46 3D Terrain 36:10 Art 39:34 Digital Integration 1:04:32 Scenario Design 1:14:25 Characters 1:18:30 Conclusion and Outro Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) -...

This week Peter, Mike, Jerry & Bairnt talk about Descent: Legends of the Dark. YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg YouTube(streamed) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - @onestopcoopshop Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Jason discusses the recent controversy about the surprising depiction of a nude female in Trudvang Legends. The image has since been removed. This is the audio version of two episodes about the subject - one was recorded before removal. the second was recorded afterwards. Please follow the links below if you want to see the video versions of these monologues. Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of t...

Steve & Kim sit down with Cody and Ira from Far Off Games to answer some live questions from the audience following a play of Arydia Paths We Dare Tread. 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 - htt...

Kevin Bertram, Founder of Fort Circle Games and designer of Shores of Tripoli, joins Jason to discuss rising prices in board games. He breaks down how much his game cost and how much he profited from Shores of Tripoli, then talks about how deluxification and changes in manufacturing play into recent price increases. 0:00 Intro 4:57 Shores of Tripoli 7:55 Pricing a Board Game 19:28 Deluxlification...

This week Peter and Mike talk about Night Cage, and have a design discussion about tile laying in co-ops. 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 C...

Wicked and Wise is a new Kickstarter project from Weird Giraffe Games, a partner-based trick taking game with asymmetric roles and a high degree of cooperation. Jason is joined by designer Fertessa Allyse and artist Estefania Rodriguez to talk all about it. In the second half of the show, we talk about making it in the industry, being seen, overcoming the dreaded Impostor Syndrome, and navigating...

Steve & Bairnt discuss their favorite AI in board games and some of the best implementations and why. 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/...

This is part two of Jason's interview with Andrew Navaro and Andrew Fisher of Earthborne Games. In this episode, we get into some Good Trouble, only this time Andrew Navaro aims to help people think twice about how we produce our games. For the sake of the environment and for the sake of inspiring local employment and entrepreneurship, we would benefit greatly from local production and distributio...

This week Peter and Terence discuss Marvel Champions after three full cycles and tell you all about our top 5 heroes. 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 t...

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, th...

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 rel...

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.f...

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....

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-...

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 _________________...

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 ours...

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...

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 t...

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.

This week Peter and Mike discuss Testament and have a design discussion about building on the mechanisms that came before. 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 Don...

Kickstarter alert! Dr. Eugene Marshall has launched a new project, now live on Kickstarter, called S5E. This is an superhero-centric RPG with vivid comic book-style art and rules that integrate directly with Dungeons and Dragons, Fifth Edition. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sigil/s5e-superheroic-roleplaying-for-5th-edition ----- Jason is causing some more Good Trouble! This time, he is join...

Katia Howatson, one of the main administrators and moderators from the Board Game Revolution Community, joins Jason to share about her latest project on Kickstarter. The Board Game Mosaic Calendar displays Katia's mosaics with actual game pieces from games like Too Many Bones, Roll Player, Honeybuzz, and more! We also get to know Katia a bit more, talking about being a female in the gaming space a...

Sarah Shipp joins the show to chat about our favorite subject - themes! This is a discussion where we zoom the lens out and talk about how to define "theme" in general, how they can be used to generate emotional resonance for a player, and where the practice of theming can sometimes go wrong. Sarah's blog - https://shippboardgames.blogspot.com/ Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording)...

This week Peter and Mike discuss Paleo and have a design discussion about replayability in story 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-...